Jon Jones praises Gable Steveson potential

"Bones" spoke with prime words astir the 25-year-old wrestler. Gable Steveson made his nonrecreational MMA debut 2 weeks ago; with a method knockout aft conscionable 98 seconds of the fight, Gable defeated Braden Peterson astatine the LFA 217 event. The young athlete's show attracted a batch of attraction due to the fact that helium is, aft all, a idiosyncratic who is known for his successes extracurricular of MMA. 

A two-time NCAA Division 1 nationalist wrestling champion, with 2 golden medals astatine the U-17 World Championships and 1 astatine the U-20 World Championships, Gable reached the highest of his vocation with Olympic golden successful Tokyo 2021. 

He wrestled successful the ace heavyweight class (-125 kg), but successful caller years helium has been investigating himself successful assorted sports, from nonrecreational wrestling, American football, to MMA, showing exceptional diversion versatility.

Training with Jones

Steveson often trains with 36-year-old Jon Jones, wide considered the top MMA combatant of each time. Responding to a instrumentality question via X, Jones spoke astir Gable; 1 follower asked, 

"Do you deliberation Gable tin go a UFC champion?", to which Jones replied, "It's not a question of if, it's a question of when. I've had a fig of large teammates implicit the years, but I've ever said that I tin lone manager a wrestler who is wholly committed to success. I've recovered my benignant and I'm looking guardant to adding a satellite rubric to my coaching resume."

Potential and future

When specified greatness speaks volumes astir an athlete, it's wide that Gable Steveson has peculiar potential. He's lone 25 years old, has a large wrestling pedigree, is athletically talented for a heavyweight, and has a trainer similar Jon Jones connected his side. All the ingredients for a large vocation are there; clip volition archer if helium tin unrecorded up to each that endowment and the fans' expectations.