 Then, in the third and final round, Eastman completed the comeback, landing two knees to Roufus' body and putting him away for good.Eastman made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut at "UFC 43" against another future UFC Light heavyweight titlist Vitor Belfort, Belfort delivered a knee to Eastman's forehead that dropped him resulting in quite possibly the largest cut in recorded mixed martial art history, thus losing via technical knockout due to strikes in just 1 minute 7 seconds of the very first round.He then returned to King of the Cage to defeat Vernon White via unanimous decision in a rematch.