Overview
- UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard watched Steveson’s Dirty Boxing performance from ringside and spoke with him afterward, signaling interest but not a signed deal.
- Steveson followed an approximately 98-second LFA debut stoppage with an about 15-second knockout of Billy Swanson at Dirty Boxing 4.
- The Dirty Boxing win came under a hybrid ruleset closer to boxing with elbows allowed rather than standard MMA.
- Steveson says he wants more fights within weeks and has floated a possible second appearance in the LFA cage.
- Daniel Cormier lauded Steveson’s upside yet warned he should be selective about which aspects of mentor Jon Jones’ example he adopts.