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 combat card on the Wells Fargo Heart 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 a part of one in all 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 combat and uttered the identical phrases, “Who the f*ck is that man,” McGregor stated earlier than difficult Stephens to a bare-knuckle combat. “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.”
In the course of the occasion’s post-fight press convention, Stephens reacted to the face-off with McGregor and a possible combat between the 2 down the street.
“Ole Cocaine Conor,” Stephens stated. “He’s bought an extended path, bro. It’s all good promotion. I adore it. I liked to return in there, get proper in his face, and have him doubt me. I felt like him and [David] Feldman had been up in opposition to me. Everybody was in opposition to me.”
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McGregor has been out of motion since breaking his leg in a trilogy bout in opposition to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. The Irishman was scheduled to face Michael Chandler within the UFC 303 predominant occasion final June at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas however was compelled out of the bout on account of a toe harm. In a current interview, McGregor stated his future could also be in BKFC.
“One in every of as of late 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 combat, out of nowhere. No promotion. No promo. No nothing,” McGregor instructed The Schmo. “Simply combating a random combat on the cardboard. That may very well be what the long run holds. And authorized making claims and all this? That’s for p*ssies.”
Jeremy Stephens: ‘I am going to make Conor McGregor ‘give up’
With the 2 underneath 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 requested who’d be his dream combat. “That is the cash combat.”
“I’ve bought energy. I’ve bought 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 sport and I might love a shot to show it. I might go to Eire… I am going to make him give up.”
