After four years away from the development, Stephens is set to struggle in his home state against UFC stranger Mason Jones.
” LiI Heathen” supporters, getting ready!
After a brutal 1-7-1 run relatively ended his days in MMA, Jeremy Stephens had a pretty good career renaissance in bare knuckle boxing. The Iowa native is now on a three combat win ability under BKFC, with his most new get a second round part stoppage against Eddie Alvarez.
Now it seems like the UFC has recognized all that success and is welcoming Jeremy up onto the squad for a major card looks at UFC Iowa on May 3rd.
UFC Fight Night 256 (aka UFC Iowa or UFC Des Moines ) is being headlined by a bantamweight battle between Deiveson Figueiredo and Cory Sandhagen. The co-main sees three-time NCAA Division 1 hero Bo Nickal tested against previous ONE heavyweight champ Reinier de Ridder. And immediately below that, Jeremy Stephens may return for his first UFC battle since 2021 against U. K. socialite Mason Jones.
Your standard key, i key and a reunion for a fan favorite at UFC Iowa on May 3rd
– Deiveson Figueiredo vs Cory Sandhagen ( Main Event )
– Reinier De Ridder vs Bo Nickal ( Co Main )
– Jeremy Stephens vs Mason Jones ( 155 )Confirmed by UFC CBO Hunter Campbell photograph. twitter. com/wlrn935UBU— FULL SEND MMA ( @full_send_mma ) March 13, 2025
News of Stephens ‘ return was initially reported by Full Send MMA, who say the episode is’ confirmed by UFC CBO Hunter Campbell. ‘ The why is less obvious: the UFC is often not in the company of bringing back 38 year old apprentices, even when the campaign rolls into their garden and it makes great sense.
Could it be UFC CEO Dana White’s marriage with Stephens? White has always been a big fan of” Lil Heathen” to the point where he once spent an entire day back in 2012 trying to bail Stephens out of an Iowa jail so he could fight Yves Edwards later that night. Alas, those were the days where UFC had money but no political influence, and Stephens missed his fight.
The UFC could also be messing with Bare Knuckle FC and or the GFL by picking Stephens up and putting him up on the squad. We haven’t seen that degree of selfishness out of the promotion towards either promotion however, but peeling away best fighters from other promotion rosters was the kind of thing UFC used to do on the standard back in the day.
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