Gable Steveson made it look simple in his MMA debut.
Steveson confronted Braden Peterson in his combined martial arts debut at LFA 217. The heavyweight matchup served because the co-main occasion of Friday night time’s card in Prior Lake, Minn. Steveson made his combined martial arts debut with one of many nice American wrestling pedigrees — which incorporates nationwide titles, All-American honors, and an Olympic gold medal. With former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones in his nook, Steveson took a few leg kicks, however finally received a brilliant quick takedown, and started unleashing a barrage of floor and pound on Peterson. Finally, the referee had seen sufficient and referred to as it at 1:38 of Spherical 1.
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Peterson entered the sector to a refrain of boos from the Minnesota crowd, however he gave it his all regardless of being a close to +1000 underdog.
Jones predicted on the published that Steveson would get a fast takedown and a floor and pound end, and that’s precisely what occurred. His hometown crowd in Minnesota couldn’t get sufficient of it as Steveson soaked all of it in, and seemed extremely assured from the second he walked to the cage. Steveson took a chance to take a fast shot at Chael Sonnen and Craig Jones after their CJI 2 matchup — which was supposed to incorporate Steveson earlier than he was eliminated a number of days out from the occasion.
