Cutelaba (18-9-1 MMA, 7-8-1 UFC) meets Aslan (14-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) on Saturday in a light heavyweight bout at Climate Pledge Arena ( ESPN+ ), and the matchup has all the makings of a brief and highly violent affair.

Ion Cutelaba excels in chaos. "The Hulk" continued to reassert himself in the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division, as he dismissed Ibo Aslan with an arm-triangle choke in the first round of their featured UFC Fight Night 252 prelim on Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

SEATTLE – Ibo Aslan won’t stand for any for any of Ion Cutelaba ’s antics at UFC Fight Night 252.

Ion Cutelaba closed out the UFC Seattle prelims with an impressive first-round submission victory over Turkish knockout artist Ibo Aslan.

Light heavyweights Ibo Aslan and Ion Cutelaba closed out the UFC Seattle prelims at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington on Saturday – and had a tough act to follow. Six of them, in fact. The first six fights of the night at UFC Seattle had ended inside the distance,

UFC Seattle continues with a fight between Ion Cutelaba and Ibo Aslan. Check out our UFC odds series for our Cutelaba-Aslan prediction.

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Ion Cutelaba was the Moldovan national champion in Sambo and Judo before transitioning to MMA. The former European Sambo champion (90kg) debuted in the UFC in 2016. In nearly ten years of promotion, Cutelaba has competed against many of the top guns in the light heavyweight class.