Overview
- Mexico Fight League announced Steveson will fight Hugo Lezama on Feb. 19 at ShowCenter in Monterrey, Mexico.
- Lezama, 37, brings an 11-3 record with nine stoppage wins and represents the most experienced opponent of Steveson’s young career.
- Steveson is 2-0 as a professional with two first-round knockouts, plus a 15-second KO in Dirty Boxing, with wins in LFA and Anthony Pettis FC lasting a combined two minutes and change.
- UFC president Dana White has said the promotion is keeping an eye on Steveson, and matchmaker Mick Maynard scouted his last knockout, but no deal has been signed.
- Hype and debate continue as ex-UFC fighter Matt Brown claimed Steveson could beat champion Tom Aspinall today, while Daniel Cormier questioned Jon Jones’ role as Steveson’s coach.