UFC 331 Report: Did Gable Steveson have the worst week in UFC history? – MMA Fighting

UFC 331 Report: Did Gable Steveson have the worst week in UFC history?  MMA FightingOlympic champ Steveson KO’d by Sharaf in just 12 seconds at UFC 331  ESPNDana White, Daniel Cormier react to Gable Steveson’s UFC 331 loss, ‘ungrateful loser’ leaving cage early  sports.yahoo.comGable Steveson skewered by UFC legend Daniel Cormier after KO loss  USA TodayGable Steveson’s UFC opponent brings up dropped sexual assault case  Bring Me The News

Gable Steveson just had one of the worst weeks in UFC history. On Saturday, Steveson made his sophomore UFC appearance, fighting Sean Sharaf on the main card of UFC 331. Steveson is one of the most highly-touted prospects to ever enter MMA, but the Olympic gold medalist had a tumultuous fight week as he was relentlessly booed by fans and mocked by Sharaf for the past sexual assault allegations made against him. Steveson handled the attacks by dismissing Sharaf as an opponent, only to then get brutally knocked out in 12 seconds and flee the scene afterward, not even being willing to stand in the cage as Sharaf was officially announced the winner.

The backlash to Steveson’s catastrophic performance and reaction was immediate, and though there were better and more significant fights at UFC 331, the talk of the MMA world is on Steveson right now. So, before we get to Joshua Van silencing any doubters by beating Alexandre Pantoja, or Arman Tsarukyan cementing himself as the next lightweight title challenger, let’s talk about Gable Steveson’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad