March 13, 2025 12:37 am ET
Jeremy Stephens is again within the UFC.
Sure, you learn that appropriately. The 34-promotional struggle veteran has reunited with the UFC for a house metropolis bout at UFC on ESPN 67 on Might 3 at Wells Fargo Area in Des Moines, Iowa towards one other returning promotional alumnus, Mason Jones.
The UFC made the light-weight bout official early Friday after an preliminary report by Full Send MMA.
Stephens (29-21 MMA, 15-18 UFC) has not competed in MMA since November 2022 and has not fought within the UFC since July 2021 when he departed the promotion. Submit-UFC, Stephens went 1-2 in PFL earlier than he ventured into the world of each gloved and bareknuckle boxing.
After a boxing draw vs. Jose Aldo and a loss to Chris Avila, Stephens signed with BKFC. He defeated Jimmie Rivera and Bobby Taylor, earlier than he beat down Eddie Alvarez within the Knuckle Mania 5 headliner in January.
Jones (15-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) proved he deserved one other take care of his UFC departure in 2022. After he returned to the regional scene, Jones went 4-0 with three knockouts for Cage Warriors en path to a UFC re-onboard.
With the addition, the UFC Battle Evening lineup for Might 3 consists of:
- Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
- Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal
- Mason Jones vs. Jeremy Stephens
- Mario Bautista vs. Marlon Vera
- Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate
- Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos
- Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez
- Jeong Yeong Lee vs. Trevor Peek
- Serhiy Sidey vs. Cameron Smotherman
- Junior Tafa vs. Tuco Tokkos
- Azamat Bekoev vs. Ryan Loder
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