I believe Gable Steveson will do much better. He's clearly got power and isn't afraid to get into a fist fight. Bo Nickal would never fight in a Dirty Boxing event like that.
dude have you seen the quality of ufc hw's lately?
Last 2 Olympic gold medalist in the UFC became champions. One became a 2 division champion. Don't kid yourself.
Mark Madsen didn't taste defeat until he was 38 years old, ya know, past his prime.
I just saw the man leap over the ropes like nothing after knocking a man out with the paws while being a wrestling specialist sponsored and cosigned by Jones. This looks a little realer than Bo fucking Nick don’t you think?
It depends, doesn't seem like he's taken a solid punch yet, so who knows how he'll react to getting hurt. I feel like he could do a good job, he seems to be a dick similar to Jon Jones, so they probably get along really well during training lol.
Yea that's a great point. It's one thing when he's bulldozing cans, but how will he react when he gets hit by a top tier UFC heavyweight punch?
it is heavyweight in 2025 tho... so he's basically already top 5-10 in the UFC(maybe higher) without even being there yet. Doesn't the UFC heavyweight roster only have like 20 guys total n a lot of them are fat old men? It's like women's featherweight. You're top 10 ranked in the division by just simply existing
Well it's heavyweight. We all saw handy and that other guy fight last week. I'm sure hr will do fine
And numerous Olympic and top-level wrestlers have NOT won a title or have failed altogether, so we see who is kidding themselves. Not even sure what your point is- that it is some kind of guarantee of a championship? We already know it isn't by way of fact.
If the division doesn't pick up any new contenders that have under 50% body fat, with some real potential, I think he could make it to the title fight before too long.
There's only been 4 Olympic gold medalists in the UFC. Henry Cejudo ( 2 division UFC champ), Kayla Harrison (BW champ), Kevin Jackson ( UFC Tournament champion), and Mark Schultz ( 1-0 in UFC and retired). They are on a completely different level discipline wise and athleticism wise then other "high level wrestlers" and Olympic "runner ups"
I agree with all of that except Lewis. He's one of those guys that can be dominated for 14 minutes and sneak in a KO just before 3rd round bell rings. Give him a HW fatty who doesn't have too much KO power, at least for his first fight.
I never said anything about gold. So again- you are saying this is a guarantee of a championship?
Fact of the matter is 3 out of 4 Olympic gold medalists won belts or a tournament. The other retired undefeated in the UFC. Don't let facts and logic discourage you from forming an opinion, though.
