Jeremy Stephens returned to the Octagon after five years away from the UFC when he was defeated in three rounds for his home crowd.
Former Cage Warriors champion Mason Jones was given the opportunity to play spoiler and obliged after he was welcomed with a very negative reception. Stephens, on the other hand, was specifically reduced for UFC des Moines and received the biggest reaction of the night through the Iowa.
Jones returned to the UFC in the same way after he earned his place with a successful second Cage Warriors -Run. In the meantime, Stephens has emerged as a superstar in BKFC and even called for a fight by old rival Conor McGregor.
Jeremy Stephens vs Mason Jones UFC des Moines Result
Mason Jones was from the beginning of the beginning to show off his striking, especially against a renowned knockout artist like Jeremy Stephens. The former candidate for featherweight has been the senior of his rival and a veteran of 50 fights for the 17 of the Welshman for eight years.
But it seemed that Jones used his youth and more rounded competition to arrange the action on the feet or when they came to the ground towards the end of the round. In the second, Jones landed a big shot about halfway.
Stephens managed to survive the biggest shots and continue to walk ahead, even landing on his way. But it seemed inevitable that a more complete and younger war artist like Jones would eventually find a way to land a finish.
That did not mean that Stephens made no effort, on the way to the body to have his strongest success in two. The second ended as the first, with Jones on top and failed to the clock for an entry.
In the end Jones managed to make his way to the top and get around three, to earn loudly angry while he made a comfortable three-round decision.
Jeremy Stephens UFC Return was initially planned for just one night
After his impressive knockouts in the BKFC ring, the announcement was that Stephens had an One-Fight deal inked for many after his victory over Eddie Alvarez. What the viewers were even more stunned was news that he returned to the UFC for the first time since 2021.
He had only won one split decision in the cage since he left the UFC, for a three-field-winning run in the ring. When he heard that UFC returned to des Moines, he contacted Dana White, who brought him back for a deal with one fight.
After he sent him a DM written by his wife, Stephens was surprised to get a message back with a fighting offer. “And yes, while on Tuesday evening I fly to des Moines, precisely while I'm on the plane, I shoot him the message,” he told Ariel Helwani on his uncrowned show.
“I am switching off my phone and I will spend the whole week in the Moines. I have not heard of him. I wake up at four o'clock in the morning on my uncle to go back home to San Diego, and I have a message from him in the morning.
“It was like:” Hey man. ” I lost my telephone contacts. I tried to get hold of. “And this is from Dana. [UFC CBO] Hunter [Campbell] Contact you. '' '