“He could beat a guy like Jon Jones or even Francis Ngannou,” Henry Cejudo heaps praises Gable Steveson


“He could beat a guy like Jon Jones or even Francis Ngannou,” Henry Cejudo heaps praises Gable Steveson

Francis Ngannou, Jon Jones and Gable Steveson

The United States wrestler, Gable Steveson is having the combat sports world at his fingertips since he won Gold Medal in the 125 Kg weight category at the Tokyo Olympics. After winning this medal, Steveson citied the UFC president Dana White saying, “Who wouldn’t want to be the baddest man on the planet?”

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Not only this, he has been approached by Bellator and WWE as well to join them and for helping him out, the former Olympic Gold Medalist and two-division UFC champion, Henry Cejudo advises him, how he can proceed with his.

In his latest interview with TMZ Sports, Cejudo says, “I actually talked to Gable yesterday, I’m just giving him pointers, saying listen, you’ve got your manager, you’ve got your agent but you’ve got to strike while the iron is hot.”

“You’ve got to push them, you’ve got to work, and whatever it is you decide to do, you’ve got to focus in on that and actually have a game plan because you cannot just try to dabble in all of them.”

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Henry Cejudo added, “A master of all trades is a master of none. Focus on one and then go to the others. I think he should do two years here, two years there, and then decide because he really does – he’s 20 years old and he has the ability to do all of them.” {H/T MMA Fighting}

“The UFC can’t afford him,” Henry Cejudo claims UFC won’t be paying Gable Steveson that much

Henry Cejudo and Gable Steveson
Henry Cejudo and Gable Steveson

Gable Steveson is one of the most popular free agents right now but when it comes to paying, UFC is facing much criticism recently as compared to other MMA organizations and Henry Cejudo believes the same that UFC won’t be paying him enough.

He added, “The UFC can’t afford him, I’m sorry, they can afford him but they’re not gonna pay him, unfortunately. I do believe in the next couple of years he could beat a guy like Jon Jones or even Francis Ngannou. He’s the biggest threat because of his wrestling base which is extremely scary…”

Cejudo continued, “He’s a real heavyweight. If you were to put him in there right now, Jon Jones would hurt him, Francis Ngannou would hurt him. I’ve been there before. When I first fought Demetrious Johnson, I had already had standup and I got knocked out at 2 minutes and 36 seconds. So you do have to respect the game.” {H/T MMA Fighting}

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