Gable Steveson Quotes & Statements

“My relationship with him is everything. The dude's a legend but he's also my close friend now. He's my close friend, he's my coach, he's everything in between”

– via MMA Fighting, defending his partnership with Jon Jones following recent criticism from Daniel Cormier

“Are we giving him time to train? He is training all day. If Islam is solely focused on wrestling, he would be a very good 74—kilogram wrestler. I think he would be top 5 in the world.”

– via Submission Radio, evaluating the elite wrestling pedigree of Islam Makhachev and how it would translate to the international freestyle circuit

“I want him to. I think he has got the juice in him. He would love the White House. He wants to be main event at the White House and he wants me to be a couple of slots behind him and kind of have us both win and that’s his last leg”

– via JRE MMA Show #172 (January 1, 2026), detailing the "perfect world" retirement plan shared between him and his training partner, Jon Jones.

“I think having a Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira live in the flesh main event... Jon will be ready because I know he will, and he’ll be with me. So we’ll make sure his resting is good, we’ll make sure everything else is good, and he’ll take care of the rest. But for me, man, it would be a fantastic opportunity. To have me, being younger, on the same card—and not just any card, a White House card, which is a once in a lifetime event—with Jon Jones being the main event against Alex Pereira. I couldn’t even fathom it. It’s insane”

– answers for question "What would it mean to you to share a historic card with Jon Jones?"