Overview
- Petrino won 29-28 on all three scorecards, improving to 7-2 in the UFC and 3-0 since moving to heavyweight.
- The three-round bout featured heavy exchanges, a cut that bloodied Asplund, and a first-round knockdown of Petrino by Asplund.
- Asplund was transported for precautionary hospital scans and later posted a video disputing the result, saying he dropped Petrino twice.
- The fight drew talk as a potential Fight of the Night, with both men trading throughout and Petrino mixing in kicks, body work, and grappling.
- Petrino noted he had been briefly removed from No. 15 in the official rankings before the event, and his heavyweight move has coincided with better health and form.