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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12118720" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gable-steveson" source="Orion">Gable Steveson</keyword> is already one of the world's top combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> athletes.</li><li>That's according to <keyword id="12118723" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="phil-davis" source="Orion">Phil Davis</keyword>, a <keyword id="12118724" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bellator-mma" source="Orion">Bellator MMA</keyword> fighter who competes against <keyword id="12118722" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="yoel-romero" source="Orion">Yoel Romero</keyword> on Saturday.</li><li>Steveson, an Olympic champion, recently signed a three-year deal with <keyword id="12118721" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wwe" source="Orion">WWE</keyword>. He could fight <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> after.</li></ul>American gold medal-winning wrestler Gable Steveson, 21, could be a top-10 <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> fighter in any organization, including the UFC.That's according to <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bellator-mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bellator MMA</a> athlete Phil Davis, an accomplished wrestler himself who returns to the cage Saturday to fight Yoel Romero.Their light heavyweight ruck headlines the 13-fight Bellator 266 event which takes place inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California, and will be broadcast on the premium network Showtime.But before their brawl, both fighters spoke to Insider about the fighting abilities Steveson exhibited at the Olympic Games earlier this year in Tokyo, and how good he could be if he had chosen MMA over professional wrestling with the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/wwe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WWE</a>."What wrestling brings to fighting is quintessential and invaluable, so him competing at the highest level in wrestling lets me know that he's already a top tier fighter," Davis, a 36-year-old former collegiate wrestling champion, told us.Davis said Steveson is so good already, after what he showed throughout the Olympics this summer, that he wouldn't run into a comparable talent until he faced a fighter ranked inside an MMA promotion's top-10."In order to beat that guy [in the top-10], it's going to take some training," Davis said.<h2>Steveson wrote a Hollywood script at the Olympics</h2><div type="image" title="Gable Steveson grabs gold in US men's heavyweight wrestling Friday." height="2619" width="5239" msid="86306468" hostid="261"></div>Steveson's performance in Tokyo captured the attention of the media, the imagination of the fans who watched from home, and made many sports industries stand up and take notice.Steveson's run to the Olympic title included a win over the defending champion Taha Akgul in the 125-kilogram men's freestyle category, before coming from behind to topple three-time world champion Geno Petriashvili in the final.Steveson's victory was made all the more remarkable as he was 5-8 down on the scoreboard with around 90 seconds left in the match. Battling both his opponent and an expiring clock, Steveson had only 10 seconds to rally.But rally he did, as he scored takedown after takedown before winning with half a second to spare.The spectacular victory saw him become one of the greatest free agents in all sports, as it seemed like he was courting interest from professional wrestling companies, MMA firms, and even football teams, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/9/16/22672529/gable-steveson-anticipated-move-to-wwe-but-wished-dana-white-tried-little-harder-for-him-to-join-ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as reported by MMA Fighting</a>.Steveson signed a three-year deal with the WWE that will see him return to the University of Minnesota where he'll prepare for another NCAA championship, as well as a future life in sports entertainment.Bellator MMA fighter Davis, though, believes an MMA career could still be an option for Steveson as the wrestler would bring huge interest and fanfare with him, after a successful period in the WWE."I'm sure he's got a good five year plan mapped out," said Davis. "Going to the WWE is going to give him that amazing fanbase, and give him some of that [Jake and Logan] Paul brother mystique when he comes into MMA."<h2>Wrestling is the best foundation for MMA, Bellator fighters say</h2><div type="image" title="The promotional poster for Bellator 266." height="703" width="1250" msid="86306470" hostid="261"></div>The main event fighters for Saturday's Bellator 266 show, Davis and Romero, both agree that out of all the individual combat sports disciplines, it is wrestling that provides the best base for MMA.Though this means, in theory, Steveson is well-poised to excel should he ever compete in the sport professionally, Romero - a former silver medalist from the 2000 Olympic Games - said it all depends on the athlete."Everything depends on the athlete," Romero told us in Spanish, via an English language translator. "Depending on how the athlete can make the transitions."There are athletes who don't like to get punched in the face. There are boxers who don't like to get kicked. I have friends who box, and they don't like to get kicked. They don't like to get thrown or slammed."Or, maybe, being a wrestler, they don't like to get hit. It all depends on the athlete, the personality. There are Muay Thai fighters who don't like jiu jitsu."Sometimes when they go to the floor, they get put in a submission hold and do not like it. So they say MMA is not for them. Therefore all we have to do is wait and see."If he's able to adapt to the sport, all we can do is wish them a fruitful and prosperous career," Romero said, before adding: "Wrestling is a pedigree that dominates and annoys a fighter who can't wrestler."<h2>Steveson is already one of the world's best</h2>Davis finished: "If Steveson decided to get into MMA right now, he'd be a top-10 fighter on anybody's roster."Now, to get through the top-10 is going to take some more experience. But he's immediate top-10 just on what he can do - how he can move, how fast and strong he is, and his physicality."Bellator 266 takes place this weekend.It is 44-year-old former UFC star Romero's debut appearance for the Los Angeles-based promotion.

Gable Steveson could be a top-10 MMA fighter in any organization, including UFC, Bellator fighter says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Heavyweight wrestler Gable Steveson won gold at the <keyword id="11893428" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tokyo-olympics" source="Orion">Tokyo Olympics</keyword>.</li><li>He attributes part of his success to the absence of any <keyword id="12736801" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="maxing-out" source="Orion">maxing out</keyword> in his workout routine. </li></ul>Heavyweight wrestler Gable Steveson credits his workout routine for his gold medal victory at the Tokyo Olympics, but he credits a workout he didn't do just as much. The 21-year-old wrestler said he doesn't believe in <a href="https://www.insider.com/weight-lifting-rep-range-rule-myth-how-train-build-muscle-2021-3">maxing out in the weight room</a>, which involves <a href="https://www.insider.com/weight-lifting-mistakes-that-stop-muscle-growth-training-diet-recovery-2021-12">lifting the highest amount of weight</a> possible for just one or two reps. "There's really no point besides telling your friends that you lifted a certain amount," Stevenson told Insider, who was promoting his partnership with combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> <keyword id="11897658" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fitness" source="Orion">fitness</keyword> brand <a href="https://killcliff.com/pages/fight-club">Kill Cliff Fight Club</a>. "Stuff like that is pointless and it could injure you."Steveson, who wrestles as a student athlete at the <keyword id="12736802" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="university-of-minnesota" source="Orion">University of Minnesota</keyword>, said he used to max out, but quit the practice with his teammates two years ago. <h2>Maxing out increase risk of injury without increasing gains</h2>The last time Steveson maxed out, he said he hit one rep of 375 pounds on the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiw1-fpptL0AhUMkYkEHc9GBuAQFnoECAcQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fhow-to-bench-press&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_Dv32dyfcNtvYa07BV-Wp">bench press</a>. But he says maxing out with lower-body <keyword id="12683138" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lifting" source="Orion">lifting</keyword> is a much more dangerous practice."If your form is messed up then your back can get blown out," Steveson said. "We didn't want to risk, if I messed up my form or something, if I did mess up all the way, I could get a herniated disc. There's so much more that goes into it. We go heavy, but we try to stay away from excessive amounts of weight."These days, Steveson said he and his teammates do their heavy weight lifting in sets of four reps, and not just two or three. Celebrity sports trainer <a href="https://www.insider.com/workout-less-for-maximum-muscle-building-gains-trainer-advice-2021-10">Mike Boyle</a> agrees with this philosophy, and doesn't instruct any of his own clients to max out either. "My philosophy is that as the number of reps goes down the injury risk goes up," Boyle told Insider. "We rarely do less than three reps and probably spend 80% of our time between 5 and 10 reps."Even former World's Strongest Man Hafthor Björnsson disagrees with a philosophy similar to maxing out. Björnsson previously <a href="https://www.insider.com/stop-training-to-failure-says-worlds-strongest-man-hafthor-bjoernsson-2021-9">told Insider's</a> Rachel Hosie that no on should train to failure when they workout, which is when you keep going until you physically cannot complete a rep."I never ever almost failed a lift in training sessions, you should always leave something in the tank in the gym," he said.

A heavyweight wrestler who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics says he never maxes out in the weight room — he can do everything he needs with lighter weights

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US wrestler Gable Steveson grabed the gold medal in a last minute effort at the Tokyo Olympics. </li><li>Steveson was down by 2 points with 6.5 seconds left on the clock, but pulled off a victorious move in the end. </li><li>His opponent, Geno Petriashvili, was a top seed at the Tokyo games.</li></ul>US Olympic wrestler Gable Steveson pulled off a stunning last-second victory to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.With less than 15 seconds left on the clock, Steveson trailed his top-seeded opponent, Georgia's Geno Petriashvili by 3 points. Petriashvili was a top seed heading into the Tokyo games, having placed third at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.But Steveson scored two 2-point takedowns - including one as time expired - to miraculously secure his gold medal in the men's freestyle 125kg at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 275-pound athlete had more surprises in store, celebrating the shocking win with a backflip on the mat:Steveson, 21, is still a college athlete at the University of Minnesota, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/08/06/us-wrestler-gable-steveson-takes-olympic-gold-last-second-victory/5509350001/">according to USA Today</a>.

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