Jeremy Stephens is returning to the UFC for what appears to be like to be a hearth struggle on paper and somebody who beforehand beat Stephens within the PFL broke down the subsequent MMA contest that ‘Lil Heathen’ has lined up. The combatant in query is Natan Schulte who not too long ago fell brief to Jakub Kaszuba through unanimous determination in his return from a prolonged aggressive hiatus at PFL Pittsburgh on March twenty eighth.
The previous multi-time PFL champ beforehand secured an arm triangle choke in opposition to Jeremy Stephens within the PFL sensible cage throughout their contest in November 2022. The MMA and naked knuckle star is now making ready to struggle King Inexperienced fairly quickly at UFC 328 on Might ninth. When providing up his ideas on that Stephens versus Inexperienced struggle, Schulte mentioned [via Bowks Talking Bouts],
“I noticed and I noticed this match like King Inexperienced in opposition to Jeremy Stephens. Jeremy, he’s a troublesome man. King Bobby Inexperienced, he’s fighter, too. However I believe for the followers, [they’re] going to be like excited to [see the fight]. Thrilling struggle, you realize. Like excited to look at as a result of each guys, they don’t care. They don’t, they don’t care about nothing. They only need to like a punch punchy, you realize, and so they not like a boring fights, you realize. This man [Jeremy Stephens] is nice. I like, I like each.”
Jeremy Stephens requested Dana White himself for this UFC return effort in Q2 of 2026
Jeremy Stephens is again within the UFC and the promotional stalwart had Dana White concerned in getting him again into the Octagon for this looming New Jersey occasion. The UFC 328 predominant card opening slot is a coveted one and Stephens’ latest combating efforts have been intriguing over the previous couple of years total.
After an preliminary UFC departure circa 2022, ‘Lil Heathen’ fought within the PFL and likewise carved out a profitable BKFC run. Whereas largely pursuing naked knuckle combating in latest instances, Stephens took what appeared to be a one-off return struggle in his hometown at UFC Des Moines that noticed him fall brief to Mason Jones.
On The Ariel Helwani Present, Stephens talked about that he took the UFC Des Moines struggle on a couple of weeks discover and had spent the previous couple of years particularly specializing in refining his naked knuckle recreation throughout a dialog with Dana White. Stephens quipped throughout that decision with White that he would love one other alternative to higher present out in an MMA context and now the fighter lengthy referred to as “Dana’s Man” will get one other contracted UFC bout.
