Overview
- Multiple outlets on Saturday quoted Steveson saying a UFC debut call could come any day, with no signing announced yet.
- Steveson is 3-0 in MMA with all first-round finishes, including a February win in Mexico where he recovered from a hard head kick to stop Hugo Lezama.
- He has a Real American Freestyle wrestling debut set for May 30 at RAF09, with the opponent still to be named.
- Jon Jones is coaching Steveson, and the fighter has publicly praised Jones’ mentoring after Daniel Cormier questioned whether Jones is the right choice.
- Coverage frames Steveson as a potential boost for a thin UFC heavyweight field, and he says the UFC title is his top goal after early talk of a June White House card did not pan out.