UFC vet Chael Sonnen thinks Jeremy Stephens obtained underneath the pores and skin of Conor McGregor following their viral staredown contained in the BKFC ring.
Clearly, getting underneath McGregor’s pores and skin doesn’t take that a lot effort nowadays. Simply ask Paul Hughes. Nonetheless, ‘The American Gangster’ appears to suppose that Stephens’ ‘Cocaine Conor‘ diss and the specter of making the Irish megastar stop in a possible bare-knuckle dream match has the previous champ-champ fuming.
“Not just a stereotype—women and men also don’t want you to touch their age,” Sonnen mentioned in a video on his YouTube channel. “They’ll play it off, they’ll chortle it off, and it’s not quintessentially generally known as one thing that bothers each genders, nevertheless it does.
“I didn’t look it up, however I don’t suppose Jeremy and Conor are totally different ages. By the way in which, Conor’s occurring 36. Jeremy’s obtained to be… I’ve recognized Jeremy for 15 years. He’s obtained to be—I used to be there the night time Dana White took $100 grand and Ronda Rousey right down to a police station to get Jeremy out of jail, and that was in 2012. I imply, Jeremy’s obtained to be the identical age as Conor. He’s obtained to be proper there.
“But it doesn’t feel like it, does it? It feels like Conor’s a lot older. So, which do you want to be? You get a choice. You get to go through life—do you want to be the meme that says, “Who the f*ck is that guy?” or do you need to be the meme that known as you ‘Outdated Cocaine Conor?’”
For the file, Jeremy Stephens is 38, two years older than McGregor.
Jeremy Stephens will ‘Break’ McGregor in proposed bare-knuckle conflict
Throughout an look on SiriusXM’s MMA Right this moment with Din Thomas and Alan Jouban, ‘Lil Heathen’ doubled down on his earlier feedback, noting that he’d “break” McGregor ought to the 2 ever toe the road.
“I’m more certain in my capabilities and what I’m able to do. And I’ll break that dude, bro,” Stephens mentioned. “I do know it. I’ve been figuring out it. Now it’s like, now persons are beginning to sort of catch on. So, that was a full-circle f*cking second … And I fought Eddie Alvarez, who was on that [UFC 205] card. And I used to be like, ‘Man, that motherf**ker.’ I wished that battle.’ You recognize? It’s simply all full circle.
“That is God’s alignment, timing … I virtually gave up. I imply, to return again and have that, and to be nose to nose with that dude. It was superior, bro. I can scent it.“
Stephens earned his third straight win underneath the BKFC banner at KnuckleMania V, scoring a third-round TKO towards Eddie Alvarez after ‘The Underground King’ threw within the towel citing a damaged jaw.
