{"id":37760,"date":"2026-04-13T21:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Gable-Steveson-promises-biggest-debut-on-earth-at-UFC-329-200831"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:32:01","slug":"gable-steveson-promises-biggest-debut-on-earth-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/gable-steveson-promises-biggest-debut-on-earth-at-ufc-329\/","title":{"rendered":"Gable Steveson promises &#8216;biggest debut on earth&#8217; at UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gable-steveson-promises-biggest-debut-on-earth-at-ufc-329.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Plenty eyes will be on Gable Steveson at UFC 329. | Mexico Fight<br \/>\nLeague<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gable-Steveson-483540\">Gable<br \/>\nSteveson<\/a> isn\u2019t doing anything to temper the hype ahead of his<br \/>\nhighly-anticipated <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion announced on Saturday that Steveson has signed to<br \/>\nmake his first Octagon foray at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-329-July-11-111889\">UFC 329<\/a><br \/>\non July 11 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. An heavyweight<br \/>\nopponent for Steveson is expected to be announced at a later<br \/>\ndate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Ready for the Next Step<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Man, I feel amazing,&#8221; Steveson told the UFC after his signing was<br \/>\nannoucned. &#8220;This is going to be the biggest debut on earth and I&#8217;m<br \/>\nready. The butterflies, the jitters, it&#8217;s all part of the game, and<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready to take that big step to the UFC and do what I need to<br \/>\ndo. Man, I think International Fight Week is going to be crazy. You<br \/>\nknow, maybe a crazy headliner that might come back that you guys<br \/>\nmight know so, who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the \u201ccrazy headiner,\u201d Steveson is likely referencing the<br \/>\nreturn of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a>, which has been rumored \u2014 but far from confirmed \u2014 for<br \/>\nInternational Fight Week.<\/p>\n<p>Steveson is regarded as one of the top prospects in all of MMA. The<br \/>\n25-year-old, who has worked extensively with former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> two-division champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jon-Jones-27944\">Jon Jones<\/a>, is<br \/>\n3-0 in MMA bouts \u2014 finishing all of his opponents inside of a<br \/>\nround. Prior to focusing on fighting, Steveson tried his hand at<br \/>\nboth professonal wrestling and the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Steveson last appeared at Mexico Fight League 3 on Feb. 19, where<br \/>\nhe stopped 15-bout veteran <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Hugo-Lezama-173033\">Hugo Lezama<\/a><br \/>\nvia technical knockout at the 3:50 mark of Round 1. Before he makes<br \/>\nhis first UFC foray, Steveson will headline Real American Freestyle<br \/>\n9 against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexander-Romanov-242931\">Alexander<br \/>\nRomanov<\/a> on May 30 in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXCuY2FBI0E\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.38181818181818\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plenty eyes will be on Gable Steveson at UFC 329. | Mexico Fight League Gable Steveson isn\u2019t doing anything to temper the hype ahead of his highly-anticipated Ultimate Fighting Championship debut. The promotion announced on Saturday that Steveson has signed to make his first Octagon foray at UFC 329 on July 11 at the T-Mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37760","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\/37760","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=37760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}