Overview
- Dirty Boxing and Jon Jones confirmed Steveson’s main event against Billy Swanson at The Pinnacle in Nashville on Oct. 30, marking both fighters’ DBX debuts.
- DBX’s hybrid rules prohibit grappling and permit backfists, forearm, palm and elbow strikes with five-ounce MMA gloves.
- Steveson is 1-0 in MMA after a 98-second TKO at LFA 217, building momentum as a blue-chip heavyweight prospect.
- Jones, a DBX part-owner and Steveson’s coach, publicly predicted it is a matter of when Steveson becomes a UFC heavyweight champion.
- Swanson, 31, owns a 4-3 pro MMA record with Bellator and PFL Challenger experience and is coming off an August BKFC stoppage loss.