Jeremy Stephens reacts to face-off with | MMA News
Jeremy Stephens picked up his third win in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship this previous Saturday with a TKO victory over former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez. The two headlined the BKFC KnuckleMania 5 combat card on the Wells Fargo Center 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 combat, former two-division UFC champion and co-owner of BKFC Conor McGregor entered the ring and went face-to-face with Stephens.
Stephens was half of one of McGregor’s most iconic press convention moments back in 2016. Stephens claimed to be the toughest puncher within the UFC and McGregor famously responded, “Who the f*ck is that guy?”
On Saturday, McGregor entered the ring following the combat and uttered the identical phrases, “Who the f*ck is that man,” McGregor said before challenging Stephens to a bare-knuckle fight. “Let’s set a date. Who’s going to stop me man to man? No one’s going to stop me. Dave [Feldman], make a date. Let’s do it. I’m down for it bro.”
During the event’s post-fight press conference, Stephens reacted to the face-off with McGregor and a potential fight between the two down the road.
“Ole Cocaine Conor,” Stephens stated. “He’s got a long path, bro. It’s all good promotion. I love it. I loved to come in there, get right in his face, and have him doubt me. I felt like him and [David] Feldman were up against me. Everyone was against me.”
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McGregor has been out of action since breaking his leg in a trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. The Irishman was scheduled to face Michael Chandler in the UFC 303 main event last June at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas but was forced out of the bout due to a toe injury. In a recent interview, McGregor said his future may be in BKFC.
“One of these days you’ll just hear my music come onto this stage in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and I’ll have my fist wrapped with no gloves for a fight, out of nowhere. No promotion. No promo. No nothing,” McGregor instructed The Schmo. “Just fighting a random fight on the card. That could be what the future holds. And legal making claims and all this? That’s for p*ssies.”
Jeremy Stephens: ‘I’ll make Conor McGregor ‘give up’
With the 2 beneath contracts with totally different promotions, it is unlikely a match between the 2 might come to fruiting anytime quickly. Stephens considers a bout in opposition to McGregor as a ‘dream combat,’ and if the 2 ever tangle, Stephens “
“Butt cheeks McGregor,” Stephens answered when asked who’d be his dream fight. “That’s the money combat.”
“I’ve received energy. I’ve received calf kicks. But hen it comes to bareknuckle bro, no one is thrashing me. Rather a lot of people say that, however no one has crushed me on this f*cking sport and I’d love a shot to show it. I’d go to Ireland… I’ll make him give up.”
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