Olympic champion Gable Steveson gained’t have his world-class wrestling as a weapon when he crosses over to Soiled Boxing.
On Wednesday, the promotion introduced Steveson is ready to conflict with Billy Swanson in the principle occasion of Soiled Boxing 4 scheduled for Oct. 30 in Nashville, Tenn.
Steveson, the youngest American to ever seize an Olympic gold medal in wrestling when he gained on the 2020 Tokyo video games, not too long ago made a profitable MMA debut. At LFA 217, Steveson wanted lower than two minutes to dispatch Brady Peterson after he scored a single takedown adopted by some vicious ground-and-pound.
The 25-year-old was cornered for the battle by former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones, who has develop into a detailed good friend and mentor to the wrestling prodigy from the College of Minnesota. Technically, Steveson is combating for Jones because the UFC legend grew to become a part-owner in Soiled Boxing after the corporate was based by UFC veteran and present BKFC famous person Mike Perry.
Competing in Soiled Boxing may be a one-time deal as a result of most imagine Steveson is destined to make waves within the UFC eventually.
As for Swanson, he’s a PFL and Bellator veteran who most not too long ago competed in BKFC when he suffered a TKO loss to Bear Hill on the promotion’s occasion in South Dakota in August. Swanson has his palms full with Steveson, extensively thought to be probably the greatest prospects to ever enter the game of MMA.
Steveson gained’t have his full complement of weapons this time round, nonetheless, as Soiled Boxing employs a unique rule set than conventional MMA.
The battle goes down on Oct. 30 from Nashville with Soiled Boxing at the moment airing its occasions on YouTube.
