#weight-loss-transformation

#weight-loss-transformation

I had reached a point with my mental health and my weight that I truly believed that I was too far gone to change and that it wasn't possible for me to come back from 600 pounds. I was fighting for my life in the hospital. I was days away from going septic.

Contender Series winner Steven Asplund, a former LFA heavyweight, made his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 112, facing off against Sean Sharaf. Sharaf was looking for his first win inside the octagon after coming up short in his own debut last year. As for Asplund, his story - weighing over 500 pounds, and losing over 300 in his journey to the UFC - had taken off ahead of his DWCS appearance, putting a few extra eyeballs on his preliminary card debut.