News Gable Steveson Goes 2-0 W/ QUICK KO - Future HW Champ?!

[Pequeño Corey]

K'd him with the punch, and took down his lifeless body before realizing the guy was KO'd. Very fast.

 

[CJrider]

Clearly he is the hottest prospect in MMA, denying that would be stupid.

HW Champ? I mean probably, but let's see his defense against someone ranking in the top 1,500 globally.

 

[Travis Alexander]

Sign him NOW!!

His striking looked fluid and VERY comfortable for a wrestler that transitioned and is so early in his career. He looks special and his wrestling accolades speak for themselves, dude is a freak. UFC needs to sign him and give him the Paddy treatment en route to the top. He actually deserves it and is young enough to develop into something truly special.

HW is famine level thin and if they sign Rico (who’s a free agent) and Gable with those two high profile signings and opening up the check books to give a couple guys their worth they would make HW one of if not the most exciting division in the sport again.

That KO sequence was pure violent fucking poetry this fool needs to be signed asap!

 

[Just Creed]

You might be waiting for a while for him to go the full 15 minutes in a fight, if he keeps finishing them all this quick. Counting his dirty boxing fight, he's 3-0 now and all of the wins were quick.

He's ready for DWCS now.

Fair enough. I can't really sniff at a ko machine with questionable cardio. People criticised Shane Carwin for gassing versus Brock but Carwin gave us a string of very fun knockouts until his career slid. Some fighters get unfair criticism which I too am guilty of

 

[Mind Mine]

Fair enough. I can't really sniff at a ko machine with questionable cardio. People criticised Shane Carwin for gassing versus Brock but Carwin gave us a string of very fun knockouts until his career slid. Some fighters get unfair criticism which I too am guilty of

Unfair criticism? Carwin cardio? These things can’t be in the same paragraph unless alternate universe. I guess Ronda Rousey poor striking is unfair as well? I get it this early April Fools Day prank

 

[Uber_Noober]

He is who we thought he is.

 

[Black9]

Cain Velasquez was 2-0 when he joined UFC and that went pretty well

As well as Brock Lesnar to be fair.

Heavyweight is the easiest in terms of skill to join early. Especially when it's an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Fair enough. I can't really sniff at a ko machine with questionable cardio. People criticised Shane Carwin for gassing versus Brock but Carwin gave us a string of very fun knockouts until his career slid. Some fighters get unfair criticism which I too am guilty of

Oh I agree with you that he could very much gas when he finally runs into someone that can take him the full 15 minutes.

I'm just not sure that happens before he gets to the UFC.

 

[Kwic]

The real question is:
who right now can stop him? Jon, who trains him with Ryan and them? Maybe, but who else?

He is a real freak athlete. The alpha among alphas. He moves like men half his size with ease and could smesh 10 of them at once...

I'm on board. If nothing else it'll be a blast watchin it play out.

I thought he was going to jump out of that cage too, lol.

 

[prime_lobov]

Comparing Gabe to Greg Hardy is dumb. Hardy came from football; Gabe comes from wrestling, the best base for MMA. Totally different.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Comparing Gabe to Greg Hardy is dumb. Hardy came from football; Gabe comes from wrestling, the best base for MMA. Totally different.

Yeah, the comparison would be Brock Lesnar if anything. Except he's entering MMA younger than when Brock decided to step in.

 

[Siver!]

Feels inevitable, question is when do they sign him?

They've stacked the heavyweight division with rookies with smaller records lately, so probably now's as good as ever.

 

[DiazSlap]

Fast AF at that size…look out.

Hope he has a chin but dude is legit.

 

[DiazSlap]

Yeah, the comparison would be Brock Lesnar if anything. Except he's entering MMA younger than when Brock decided to step in.

Minus the steroids also.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I'm impressed. That's a nasty lead left hook for someone who we know can wrestle like he can

Fluidly chaining the punch directly into the takedown too. This guy can fight

Yeah, I mean how long has he been training striking, not more than a year I'd guess. The other great wrestler I can think of who picked up striking very quickly was DC, we could see a similar run from this fella.

 

[Tito Tapped]

Yeah, I mean how long has he been training striking, not more than a year I'd guess. The other great wrestler I can think of who picked up striking very quickly was DC, we could see a similar run from this fella.

As long as he doesn't turn into Josh Koscheck who knocked 1 guy out and then didn't even train wrestling for years and just tried to bomb on everyone.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

As long as he doesn't turn into Josh Koscheck who knocked 1 guy out and then didn't even train wrestling for years and just tried to bomb on everyone.

Yeah this can happen a bit, guys falling in love with their hands, especially for Gable who clearly has some power.

 

[fries in the bag]

this guy could never be my heavyweight mma goat. fat and short.

i want the face of mma to look like 6'3" jiri or 6'4" pereira or 6'6" anthony joshua
jones / aspinall / ngannou are acceptable because they are all 6'4"+

gable = 6'1" lol. looks like a telly tubby.

 

[Gang Sign Luke]

He's flatlined like 4 people in the last few weeks it seems lmao.

 

[Poirierfan]

Future HW champ?!

Pulled a double leg while the guy was already knocked out and falling, I like that. Lol