Vietnamese original boxer Steven Nguyen has just had a memorable experience when winning the first victory at UFC. At the glove with Mohammad Yahya, even this boxer also made the opponent deformed his face.
Steven Nguyen has previously been judged without the predestined relationship with UFC. In fact, he had to receive defeat at the first time participating in the Contenders Series selection event organized by UFC. After that, Steven Nguyen had to wait until 3 years, and the victory in 2 selection events to be signed by UFC.
Notably, in the first time UFC Fight Night in March 2024, Steven failed at the hands of Dutch boxers, Jarno Errens by calculating the disagreement. If you continue to lose to Yahya, the boxer born in 1993 owns a height of 1m80, which is at risk of being cut by UFC. However, in the competition with Yahya 5 cm lower than him, Steven Nguyen did not let the script happened.
In the two rounds, Steven Nguyen had 6 times causing Yahya to lie on the floor. This is a record because only two fighters beat the opponent 5 times in a match. It was Forrest Petz (winning Sammy Morgan in 2006) and Jeremy Stephens (winning Gilbert Melendez in 2017).
Returning to the glove with Yahya, Steven Nguyen's continuous blow caused the opponent to suffer an injury in the eye area. At the end of the second half, the referee must ask for a stop to stop the game early to avoid danger to Yahya.
The technical knockout victory over Yahya helped Steven Nguyen first win a match at UFC. In addition, he also received an additional reward of 50,000 USD (equivalent to 1.2 billion). This is a bonus for boxers with excellent performance.