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Two unranked, undefeated-minded heavyweights stand eye to eye at 6-foot-5 in the APEX main event, and the tale of the tape splits almost perfectly down the middle.
UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs Salkilld lands at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday, 8 August 2026, and the top of the card is all heavyweight thunder. Steven “Concrete” Asplund (7-2-0, USA) squares off against Guilherme “Kong” Pat (6-1-0, Brazil). Neither man carries a divisional ranking yet, which is exactly why this feels like a proving ground: the winner walks away as the heavyweight everyone suddenly wants to talk about. Time to study the tape and pick your side.
It is rare to line up two heavyweights and find them standing at the exact same height in the exact same stance. That is what makes this one fun to break down: the small edges matter more than usual.
On paper, “Concrete” brings two things Pat cannot match. First, age — at 27 he is the younger man by half a decade, and in a heavyweight main event that can mean fresher legs and more room to grow into his frame. Second, mileage: nine pro fights to Pat’s seven means Asplund has simply been in there more often, seen more looks, and logged more rounds. His 7-2 record shows a fighter who has been tested, lost, and kept climbing. Same height as Pat means he never has to fight uphill just to reach his man.
“Kong” answers with the two numbers that jump off the sheet. His 81-inch reach is a full three inches longer than Asplund’s 78 — and when both men stand 6’ 5", that extra reach is pure separation, the kind of length that decides who touches first from range. Then there is the loss column: 6-1 means Pat has been beaten only once in his career, the cleaner ledger of the two. Add five years of extra ring wisdom at 32, and you have a longer, more battle-schooled fighter who may be tougher to solve.
Because both fight from an orthodox stance at identical height, this is a straight-line duel — no southpaw puzzle, no height mismatch to hide behind. The whole riddle boils down to Pat’s reach and lower loss count against Asplund’s youth and deeper fight log. Does the longer, more polished Brazilian keep Concrete on the end of his range? Or does the younger American with more fights under his belt walk him down and drag him into deep water?
Watch the range battle early: whoever controls the three-inch reach gap sets the terms. Watch whether Asplund’s extra experience shows up when the rounds pile on, and whether Pat’s single career loss reflects a nearly airtight game. Two 6’ 5" heavyweights, one main-event slot, and a tape that refuses to pick a favorite. So make the call yourself — who leaves the APEX as the name to know? Lock in your pick and build your bracket.