Off the again of his spectacular win at BKFC Knucklemania V, Jeremy Stephens has claimed the hatred he obtained from followers of Eddie Alvarez and the hometown crowd in Philadelphia — led to him breaking the previous undisputed UFC light-weight champion’s jaw en path to victory.
Stephens, a former perennial featherweight contender below the banner of the UFC, has up to now loved a shocking three-fight profitable spree since his transfer to the BKFC (Naked Knuckle Combating Championship).
And headlining final weekend’s BKFC Knucklemania V card on enemy soil in Pennslyvania, Jeremy Stephens turned in a vastly spectacular victory over dwelling city favourite, Alvarez, finally forcing a 3rd spherical nook’s stoppage TKO win over the previous UFC and Bellator MMA light-weight kingpin.
Jeremy Stephens reveals why he broke Eddie Alvarez’s jaw in BKFC grudge battle
“So the thing about bare knuckles people are having to force like, you talk about bringing that like you’re just filling me up,” Jeremy Stephens advised Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “Like, now I get to deliver that ache to your f*cking homies dome. Piece in his physique like you possibly can’t. You possibly can’t shoot. Which Jimmie Rivera and him each like, attempt to double factor as a result of they’re feeling the f*cking ache that I get to make use of to deliver to those motherf*ckers. Like, you discuss all that stuff, all this. However like, I simply f*cking like, dude, that shit pisses me off. ?
“Like, I’ve been a younger child having to develop up in various kinds of colleges and, you recognize, folks cheering for the opposite man screaming his title, you recognize, like, even when it’s Eddie (Alvarez), you recognize, like, I take advantage of that f*cking ache after which, like, what occurs once I put that f*cking ache on you and also you begin feeling my stress? I’m breaking males in naked knuckle as a result of it’s uncooked, it’s primal. It’s f*cking my sport, you recognize?
“Like, I get to bring those f*cking pains. And I broke his jaw, you know, like, hey, I’m glad he’s home with his family. He’s home safe. But I broke his jaw like I said I would, because I bring and channel that f*cking pain. So all his boys, his teammates, you know, uh, they caused him more f*cking pain. So that’s what you get.”