UFC vet Chael Sonnen thinks Jeremy Stephens obtained beneath the pores and skin of Conor McGregor following their viral staredown contained in the BKFC ring.
Clearly, getting beneath McGregor’s pores and skin doesn’t take that a lot effort lately. Simply ask Paul Hughes. Nonetheless, ‘The American Gangster’ appears to assume that Stephens’ ‘Cocaine Conor‘ diss and the specter of making the Irish megastar give up in a possible bare-knuckle dream match has the previous champ-champ fuming.
“Not only a stereotype—men and women additionally don’t need you to the touch their age,” Sonnen mentioned in a video on his YouTube channel. “They’ll play it off, they’ll giggle it off, and it’s not quintessentially often known as one thing that bothers each genders, but it surely does.
“I didn’t look it up, however I don’t assume Jeremy and Conor are completely different ages. By the best way, Conor’s occurring 36. Jeremy’s obtained to be… I’ve identified Jeremy for 15 years. He’s obtained to be—I used to be there the evening 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.
“However it doesn’t really feel prefer it, does it? It appears like Conor’s lots older. So, which do you need to be? You get a selection. You get to undergo life—do you need to be the meme that claims, “Who the f*ck is that man?” or do you need to be the meme that known as you ‘Outdated Cocaine Conor?’”
For the document, 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 now 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 extra sure in my capabilities and what I’m in a position 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 form 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 needed that battle.’ ? It’s simply all full circle.
“That is God’s alignment, timing … I virtually gave up. I imply, to come back 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 beneath 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.