MMA prospect Gable Steveson agrees with Jon Jones that he can, and will, have a quick rise to eventually becoming UFC heavyweight champion.
While he hasn’t yet competed for the promotion, it seems inevitable that Gable Steveson is going to be part of the UFC family sooner rather than later. He’s already had a few impressive performances in the early stages of his mixed martial arts career, and it certainly seems like the only way is up – especially with someone like Jon Jones in his corner.
Right now, the UFC heavyweight division is in a pretty dark place, especially when you consider the current status of champion Tom Aspinall. If they did decide to bring in someone like Gable Steveson, and perhaps the likes of Rico Verhoeven and Francis Ngannou, it would really help add some star power into the mix.
In a recent interview, Gable Steveson gave his thoughts on Jones suggesting he could become a UFC world champion in a year.
Gable Steveson on his UFC future
“Yeah, I believe it,” Steveson said. “I believe it because I’ve got full confidence in myself, but with a guy like Jon kind of guiding the way for me, I feel like the confidence just goes through the roof. The best thing about it is, he sees me first-hand, training with him, and hitting the pads and going through all the motions. His word is gold with that – and if it’s not next year, it’ll be soon after that. It just depends the way that the cards fall.”
“I think it’s still the case that we’re going slow, but slow in the heavyweight division is fast,” Steveson said. “There’s a lot of missing puzzle pieces in that division that need to be kind of maneuvered through. Like I said, mixed martial arts is a hard thing, so I take all the opponents, and give them the most respect I possibly can.
“Everyone’s a great fighter, but I think with my potential, my speed, my technique, my durability, my endurance, anything, everything – and my wrestling included, is gonna be a new thing for people to see. I’m excited for people to keep kind of witnessing it, slowly now, but it’ll pick up soon.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie