Joe Rogan is bullish on Gable Steveson’s UFC future.
Admittedly, it’s hard not to be impressed even if Steveson isn’t signed to the UFC. In fact, he’s spent less than three full minutes competing in any kind of professional combat competition. In two professional MMA fights and one Dirty Boxing slugfest, he’s scored a trio of vicious knockout wins, showing ferocious speed and aggression. Given he has an Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling to go along with his punching power, it’s easy to see Steveson achieving great success in MMA.
“I sent Dana White a text message. I said ‘Everyone’s f—ked,” Rogan told Steveson (via MMA Insight). “ … That kind of speed, incorporated with elite wrestling is crazy.”
He continued, “The heavyweight division is so shallow right now. You’ve got Tom Aspinall, Ciryl Gane, Jon Jones if he chooses to fight again, Francis [Ngannou] … if by some miracle they can work something out and bring him back to the UFC. Other than that there’s no one compelling for like a championship calibre fighter. There’s basically four or five guys on earth that are in this championship calibre class. And you’re already there, which is nuts, and you haven’t even fought in the UFC yet.
“When I watched you move and I watched you fight I was like, ‘ok, how do you stop that? Whose got the skills to be able to stop that?’ And in mind there’s like only a few guys that’s going to be a problem. The Francis Ngannou’s, the Ciryl Gane’s and the Tom Aspinall’s. That’s it! The only problem is gonna be you getting fights. That kind of speed is bananas for a 250-pound man.”
