{"id":797445,"date":"2026-07-13T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797445\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:41:09","slug":"gable-stevesons-ufc-debut-praised-by-dana-white-after-ufc-329-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797445\/","title":{"rendered":"Gable Steveson’s UFC Debut Praised By Dana White After UFC 329 Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC newcomer Gable Steveson<\/a> was praised by UFC boss Dana White in the wake of his victory over Elisha Ellison.<\/p>\n

At UFC 329, Gable Steveson defeated Elisha Ellison in a really interesting fight to begin his promotional run in style. Gable has long been tipped for greatness in mixed martial arts, and while he may only have a handful of professional fights to his name, he certainly seems to be piecing things together nicely as he prepares to make a run for the gold.<\/p>\n

Gable Steveson has the benefit of Greg Jackson, Jon Jones and others being behind him, but in truth, his natural talent is enough to grab the attention of anyone \u2013 which is probably one of the reasons why Dana White<\/a> was so eager to sign him.<\/p>\n

In the post-fight press conference, White explained just what it is that impressed him so much about Gable Steveson.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Gable Steveson\u2019s debut praised by Dana White<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was incredible,\u201d White told reporters at the UFC 329 post-fight press conference. \u201cNormally what happens, especially for as long as I\u2019ve been in this business, you sign a big, badass, high-level wrestler like that, they come and stink the place up and lay on the ground. That dude did the exact opposite. He looked like a mixed martial artist. He didn\u2019t look like a wrestler to me. He\u2019s fun, throwing kicks, punches, and willing to stand in the pocket and bang. A lot of wrestlers don\u2019t like to get punched in the face. So yeah, he\u2019s fun. It\u2019s going to be interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s all about seeing how Gable performs when he takes a step up in competition. There\u2019s no guarantee of his being given a slingshot all the way to the top, but he definitely has a lot of people interested in his potential. Still, there were a few holes that popped up even in such a brief outing, but his overall prospects are intriguing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now over to Dana White and company to determine what kind of trajectory they want to give this young, fascinating heavyweight contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC newcomer Gable Steveson was praised by UFC boss Dana White in the wake of his victory over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-797445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}