BKFC welterweight contender Jeremy Stephens is now a free agent after beating Eddie Alvarez.
‘Lil Heathen’ and ‘The Underground King’ met in the primary occasion of BKFC KnuckleMania V over the weekend. Heading into the matchup, Jeremy Stephens was driving a two-fight successful streak, beforehand scoring wins over Jimmie Rivera and Bobby Taylor. In the meantime, Alvarez hadn’t been seen since a knockout loss to Mike Perry in late 2023.
Finally, it took lower than two rounds for Jeremy Stephens to attain a knockout win over the previous UFC champion. Following the bout, ‘Lil Heathen’ went face-to-face with BKFC boss, and longtime rival, Conor McGregor. ‘The Infamous’ has lengthy teased a transfer to the bare-knuckle ring and introduced a future battle in opposition to Stephens on Saturday.
Nonetheless, the Irish celebrity might want to re-sign the hard-hitting welterweight first. Showing on Ariel Helwani’s podcast earlier at the moment, Jeremy Stephens recapped his current knockout win over Eddie Alvarez. The 38-year-old admitted he entered the bout particularly fired up as a result of he believed David Feldman was backing ‘The Underground King’.
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Jeremy Stephens is a free agent after Eddie Alvarez battle.
“My promoters had been in opposition to me. [Feldman] simply known as me. He was betting in opposition to me. You paid the fallacious man.” pic.twitter.com/dXu3xNV38a
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 27, 2025
Jeremy Stephens reveals free agent standing following BKFC win over Eddie Alvarez
Jeremy Stephens added that BKFC didn’t signal him to a brand new deal forward of the battle both. With that in thoughts, ‘Lil Heathen’ is open to something subsequent. Whether or not it’s a return to the UFC, signing a brand new take care of Feldman, or perhaps a transfer to the boxing ring, Stephens is happy for his future.
“I’m the one who doesn’t have a contract proper now, huge canine.” Jeremy Stephens said to Ariel Helwani earlier at the moment. “But, I’m nonetheless working. I can both go together with UFC, that route, bare-knuckle, boxing, I’m a prizefighter… With BKFC bro, my promoters had been in opposition to me. I don’t have a contract with him, he wager in opposition to me. He simply advised me ‘Yeah, we thought Eddie was going to win bro’, they had been betting on him.”
He continued, “You paid the fallacious f*cking man… That is actual s*it, I’m crying on this motherf*cker… No person is paying my f*cking payments round right here. I’ve needed to earn it each step of the way in which. I knew that this couldn’t be higher timing. I didn’t signal the contract, I would like extra money, and also you guys must f*cking pay me now bro.”
What do you make of those feedback from the BKFC star? Who do you need to see Jeremy Stephens battle subsequent?
