Forward of his stunning return to the Octagon, Jeremy Stephens stays assured of lastly settling his long-standing grudge with Conor McGregor, following his light-weight return in opposition to Mason Jones at UFC Des Moines in Might.
Stephens, a former perennial featherweight contender, is ready to make a stunning return to motion in Might — taking over former two-weight Cage Warriors champion, Jones over the course of three rounds on the light-weight restrict in his native Iowa.
The outing will come as Stephens’ first within the promotion since dropping a kimura submission loss to Mateusz Gamrot again in 2021 on the Apex facility.
And since then, Stephens has amassed large success within the BKFC (Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship), most not too long ago taking over former UFC light-weight titleholder, Eddie Alvarez.
Ending the Philadelphia native within the former’s residence city, Stephens did so in entrance of BKFC stakeholder, McGregor — welcoming the prospect to lastly face off with the Dubliner.
Jeremy Stephens chases Conor McGregor struggle after UFC Des Moines return
And this night throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned, Stephens claimed he would safe a struggle with McGregor sooner or later — as soon as he topples Welsh contender, Jones in Might.
“We obtained a number of historical past there, however the principle focus proper now on the finish of the day, bro, is simply me getting higher, displaying up on Might third, having a completely good efficiency, cracking somebody’s leg, cracking, splitting their spleen and, , I’ll get what I need and I’ll flip my delusions into actuality and I’ll make an announcement as a result of, , nobody else is on the market doing it like me,” Jeremy Stephens mentioned.
Who’s risking and naked knuckle? Who will get these alternatives and preventing? If I am going on the market to do what I’m sure and I do know that I can, I’m going to demolish this dude, , and it places me in a very, actually great place and that proper there,” Jeremy Stephens continued. “The massive bag, the massive bag, the hundreds of thousands by the top of the yr, and I instructed you this on the content material, I instructed you that sh*t turns me on, bro. So it’s like I’m scorching for this sh*t.
