{"id":28423,"date":"2026-09-17T14:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=28423"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:39:41","slug":"gable-steveson-is-ready-to-make-a-statement-at-ufc-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=28423","title":{"rendered":"Gable Steveson is ready to make a statement at UFC 331"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>Mike Perry speaks out after suffering injury during upset loss to Brandon Jenkins: \u201cHealth is wealth\u201d<span class=\"photo-credit\">gable on Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UFC prospect Gable Steveson is ready to make a statement in his UFC 331 clash against Sean Sharaf this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In the heavyweight division, there are few potential contenders who are considered to be as exciting as Gable Steveson. He has made a seamless transition over into the world of mixed martial arts and with Jon Jones by his side, he hopes to one day rise to the top and become a world champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: Gable Steveson\u2019s UFC 331 opponent blasts \u2018rapist\u2019 in social media tirade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, though, he needs to put in the work, and on Saturday, Gable Steveson will try and put together another highlight reel moment when he goes head to head with Sean Sharaf. Gable is the heavy favorite, and given the body of work he\u2019s put together so far, that shouldn\u2019t come as much of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Gable Steveson spoke about his opponent as we get closer and closer to fight night.<\/p>\n<h3>Gable Steveson wants to prove a point<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI feel like he\u2019s [Sharaf] really excited to go out there and say, \u2018Hey, I fought Gable Steveson.\u2019 It\u2019s kind of like when Mike Tyson went against Peter McNeeley,\u201d Steveson said, via MMA Junkie. \u201cPeter McNeeley was out here talking [to] the whole world, everybody, saying, \u2018Hey, I got the chance to fight Mike Tyson.\u2019 Saturday will be that day for him and he\u2019ll go to be a regular citizen after that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via Bloody Elbow<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether you love or hate him, there\u2019s no denying that Gable has the potential to do some big things in mixed martial arts \u2013 and he has the chance to continue that upward trajectory at the expense of Sharaf.<\/p>\n<p>What result are you expecting from this fight at UFC 331? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/gable-steveson\/gable-steveson-is-ready-to-make-a-statement-at-ufc-331\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gable-steveson-is-ready-to-make-a-statement-at-ufc-331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:Mike Perry speaks out after suffering injury during upset loss to Brandon Jenkins: \u201cHealth is wealth\u201dgable on Instagram UFC prospect Gable Steveson is ready to make a statement in his UFC 331 clash against Sean Sharaf this weekend. In the heavyweight division, there are few potential contenders who are considered to be as exciting as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[2365,307,456,2366,42],"class_list":["post-28423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-gable","tag-ready","tag-statement","tag-steveson","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}