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Gable Steveson had seemingly every combat sport trying to recruit him. MMA and the UFC were an option but he ultimately went with pro wrestling and WWE. Daniel Cormier recently spoke out on how he would do in MMA.
Daniel Cormier sees the way Gable Steveson marketed himself and admits he was in an excellent position to do whatever he wanted. Even without the UFC, he could have stayed in college wrestling.
“He’s the type of kid, with all the NIL deals, who could truly cash out without much challenge,” Cormier told MMA Fighting. “Like, he could legitimately wrestle this tournament another year maybe, I don’t know how many years he has left [for] eligibility, but he could wrestle the same tournament next year, same results, and make a ton of money.
“Because now with the NIL deals, he’s so marketable. He could still cash in, but the reality is it seems he’s made his mind up to go on to bigger and better things. I believe that he’s going to be fantastic. The kid is an entertainer. He gets it.”
Daniel Cormier really likes Gable Steveson's chances in MMA. WWE is a great opportunity but he would have been even better in the UFC according to the former two-division champion.
“Gable Steveson in fighting would be a world champion,” Cormier said. “Here’s the thing — when you look at Brock leaving college and going into the WWE, making the WWE name and then coming back to fighting, fantastic. Gable’s more equipped to fight first than WWE.
“Now, like I said, I think he’ll do fine [in WWE], but he’s more equipped to do the professional fighting side of the equation and then take that over to WWE, as opposed to WWE first and the UFC. But we’ll see.”
