{"id":37720,"date":"2026-04-12T17:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Gable-Steveson-signs-with-UFC-gets-highprofile-date-for-Octagon-debut-200820"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:11:07","slug":"gable-steveson-signs-with-ufc-gets-high-profile-date-for-octagon-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/gable-steveson-signs-with-ufc-gets-high-profile-date-for-octagon-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Gable Steveson signs with UFC, gets high-profile date for Octagon debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Heavyweight prospect Gable
\nSteveson<\/a> is officially taking his talents to the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the UFC 327<\/a>
\nbroadcast on Saturday night, it was announced that Steveson had
\nsigned with the Las Vegas-based promotion. He will make his debut
\nat UFC 329<\/a>
\nduring International Fight Week against an as-yet-to-be-named
\nopponent. Steveson was in attendance at UFC 327 in Miami when the
\nannouncement was made.<\/p>\n

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THE NEWEST ADDITION \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Gable
\nSteveson<\/a> is officially signed and will be fighting at
\n#UFC329<\/a>! pic.twitter.com\/mUVJsFUskK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC (@ufc)
\nApril 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Making Waves<\/h2>\n

Steveson is regarded as one of the top prospects in all of MMA. The
\n25-year-old, who has worked extensively with former
\nUFC<\/a> two-division champion Jon Jones<\/a>, is
\n3-0 in MMA bouts \u2014 finishing all of his opponents inside of a
\nround. Prior to focusing on fighting, Steveson tried his hand at
\nboth professonal wrestling and the NFL.<\/p>\n

Steveson last appeared at Mexico Fight League 3 on Feb. 19, where
\nhe stopped 15-bout veteran Hugo Lezama<\/a>
\nvia technical knockout at the 3:50 mark of Round 1. Before he makes
\nhis first UFC foray, Steveson will headline Real American Freestyle
\n9 against Alexander
\nRomanov<\/a> on May 30 in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

UFC 329 takes place on July 11 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
\nThe event does not have a headliner, but Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a>\u2019s return has been rumored for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heavyweight prospect Gable Steveson is officially taking his talents to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. During the UFC 327 broadcast on Saturday night, it was announced that Steveson had signed with the Las Vegas-based promotion. He will make his debut at UFC 329 during International Fight Week against an as-yet-to-be-named opponent. Steveson was in attendance at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}