Jeremy Stephens sees BKFC fight vs. Eddie Alvarez as career defining

Regardless of combating a number of the world’s greatest underneath the UFC banner for effectively over a decade, Jeremy Stephens feels he hasn’t precisely gotten the respect he deserves from the fight sports activities world.

Stephens, a former UFC featherweight veteran, believes he has the proper alternative to vary his legacy and fan perspective later this month, as he takes on former UFC and Bellator light-weight champion Eddie Alvarez. The 2 are set to collide in bareknuckle boxing in the primary occasion of BKFC’s KnuckleMania 5 on Jan. 25 at Wells Fargo Enviornment in Philadelphia, Penn.

“There’s numerous inquiries to be answered, and I’ll reply them,” Stephens advised MMA Junkie. “Persons are actually going to should respect that. You go on the market and beat a man like that with all of the accolades in another person’s hometown, yard, and prepared to take the chance and step up a weight class to ensure this battle really occurs?

“You inform me. I’m taking the most important danger for the most important alternative. I’m placing my balls on the road for the followers. Folks could not like me, they could disagree with me on a regular basis, however you have a look at the details: Your boy proper right here is the true deal. I’m placing all of it on the road.”

There’s no denying that Stephens is stepping on this alternative because the underdog. He’s combating a weight class above his traditional one, and combating in Alvarez’s hometown. Regardless of all that, Stephens is having fun with the second and suppose it’s panning out to be for an ideal profession defining second.

“That is my dream. I’ve visualized it,” Stephens stated. “I’ve been the one energetic. I’ve been making this chance. I took a pay minimize final battle, simply to place my f*cking balls on the road, so hopefully BKFC acknowledged that and lets or not it’s identified. I put all of it on the road and took an enormous danger towards a tough puncher that’s just like my opponent. My opponent is shorter and slower, so that you inform me. I put myself in theses alternatives. … Folks want to begin placing some respect on my identify. I’m placing all of it on the road.”