Key Highlights
- While his success has varied since he won Olympic gold in 2021, the pendulum appeared to swing in his favor when Steveson officially made the transition to professional fighting in 2025.
- Steveson has won all three of his bouts, with his longest lasting only 98 seconds. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWith an all-time great UFC champion, Jon Jones, in Steveson's corner, he appears set up to maximize his vast potential.
- However Jones' greatest rival, fellow wrestling Olympian and UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier, can't help but wonder if Jones' influence may be more of a negative than a positive. Cormier shared his thoughts this week on Uncrowned's "The Ariel Helwani Show."“I believe he has a real chance to be a world champion," Cormier said of Steveson.
- "I do believe that him doing Dirty Boxing, where he essentially takes away his greatest skill, and the willingness to do that, bodes well to him becoming a world champion.
- I believe there are some factors that may slow down [that trajectory] — his coach is Jon Jones. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"As long as he lets the other coaches coach him, yes.