Gable Steveson is known for his exemplary wrestling pedigree, but his recent performance showcased how much of a threat he is becoming as a striker. This was made evident through Steveson’s debut in Dirty Boxing Championship recently, where he notched his first-ever knockout. The fifteen-second finish was a perfect highlight reel piece for the DBX social media channels.
The Olympic gold medalist wrestler and 1-0 pro MMA fighter spoke about this recent DBX win during a post-fight interview on The Ariel Helwani Show. When touching on opponent Billy Swanson’s attempts to trash-talk and seemingly make things personal heading into their DBX 4 heavyweight main event clash, Steveson said,
“You poke the bear too much and look what happens.