Jeremy Stephens picked up his third win in Naked Knuckle Combating Championship this previous Saturday with a TKO victory over former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez. The 2 headlined the BKFC KnuckleMania 5 battle card on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia.
Stephens scored a pair of knockdowns within the third spherical and Alvarez’ nook threw within the towel stopping him from popping out for a fourth body. Following the battle, former two-division UFC champion and co-owner of BKFC Conor McGregor entered the ring and went face-to-face with Stephens.
Stephens was a part of one in every of McGregor’s most iconic press convention moments again in 2016. Stephens claimed to be the toughest puncher within the UFC and McGregor famously responded, “Who the f*ck is that man?”
On Saturday, McGregor entered the ring following the battle and uttered the identical phrases, “Who the f*ck is that man,” McGregor mentioned earlier than difficult Stephens to a bare-knuckle battle. “Let’s set a date. Who’s going to cease me man to man? Nobody’s going to cease me. Dave [Feldman], make a date. Let’s do it. I’m down for it bro.”
Through the occasion’s post-fight press convention, Stephens reacted to the face-off with McGregor and a possible battle between the 2 down the street.
“Ole Cocaine Conor,” Stephens mentioned. “He’s acquired a protracted path, bro. It’s all good promotion. I find it irresistible. I liked to come back in there, get proper in his face, and have him doubt me. I felt like him and [David] Feldman had been up towards me. Everybody was towards me.”
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McGregor has been out of motion since breaking his leg in a trilogy bout towards Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. The Irishman was scheduled to face Michael Chandler within the UFC 303 primary occasion final June at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas however was compelled out of the bout because of a toe damage. In a latest interview, McGregor mentioned his future could also be in BKFC.
“Considered one of nowadays you’ll simply hear my music come onto this stage in Naked Knuckle Combating Championship and I’ll have my fist wrapped with no gloves for a battle, out of nowhere. No promotion. No promo. No nothing,” McGregor informed The Schmo. “Simply combating a random battle on the cardboard. That may very well be what the longer term holds. And authorized making claims and all this? That’s for p*ssies.”
Jeremy Stephens: ‘I will make Conor McGregor ‘stop’
With the 2 beneath contracts with completely different promotions, it is unlikely a match between the 2 may come to fruiting anytime quickly. Stephens considers a bout towards McGregor as a ‘dream battle,’ and if the 2 ever tangle, Stephens “
“Butt cheeks McGregor,” Stephens answered when requested who’d be his dream battle. “That is the cash battle.”
“I’ve acquired energy. I’ve acquired calf kicks. However hen it involves bareknuckle bro, nobody is thrashing me. Lots of people say that, however nobody has crushed me on this f*cking recreation and I would love a shot to show it. I would go to Eire… I will make him stop.”
