Gable Steveson (image via UFC Fight Pass / X)

By FCF Staff

Gable Steveson’s professional MMA career is off to an impressive start, as the decorated wrestler needed less than two minutes to record his first victory.

The decorated collegiate wrestler and Olympic Gold Medalist finished Braden Peterson with ground-and-pound strikes at LFA 217, Friday. The fight was stopped at the 1:38 mark of the opening round.

Steveson gets his first takedown about 15 seconds into the fight #LFA217 pic.twitter.com/VoBnHYSmue

— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) September 13, 2025

Gable Steveson MAULS Braden Peterson in the first round of his MMA debut.

WHAT A START TO HIS CAREER #LFA217 @LFAfighting pic.twitter.com/cN1zffVCU3

— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) September 13, 2025

Steveson, who turned 25 in May, was cornered by former UFC champ Jon Jones.