Jeremy Stephens Quotes

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Jeremy Stephens

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : May 26, 1986

With Siver being an exciting fighter and doing pretty well, I think we'd put on a good one. I think he's perfect guy for me and a great scrap. It'd be an exciting matchup.

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I think Jake Paul's got some skills, man. I think a lot of people kind of estimate this guy. I think he actually is gonna do really well against Tyron Woodley, and he might knock him out. And he's got the money, and the training, and he's surrounded himself with really good people, and he's an athletic freak.

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I wish there were better ways, like giving out bigger bonuses, so guys fight harder and they really do go in there and try and earn that bigger money. I feel like that would be a little bit more exciting for the fans, exciting for the fighters to get those big paydays, and I feel like we deserve it.

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I think we're surpassing boxing with the excitement and the fights that we give.

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I mean, look at that Klitschko/Fury fight. That fight sucked! And they get paid what, $12 million? I've seen so many better fights from flyweights and heavyweights in the UFC, because we're true fighters at heart, we'll go in there and put on a show but we're not getting paid like that.

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If you're going to take away our sponsors, why not bump it up to $100,000 for a fight bonus? Let us scrap it out and make the fights even better. If you're going to do that, you might as well make the bonuses a little bit bigger so they get bigger and better fights.

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You're dealing with a different animal when it comes to Ferguson and Ferguson is not scared of Khabib.

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You got to look at Jon Jones and what he's done - the long history of legends that dude's beat.

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I'm fighting for my blood, I'm fighting for my family every time I step in there.

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It's a fight. You only get one cheque if you lose, you think this is a game? You think this is a sport? It's not a sport, it's fist fighting bro.

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The no alcohol, it's opened up a lot of things for me. I've really faced my demons. I've sat. I've been alone. I'm not scared to be alone no more. I really sat with myself and dealt with a lot of fears facing those things and more mental. It's just really helped ripple effect the outside of my life.

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I've had my eye orbital broken in the Donald Cerrone fight, and that dude is a killer.

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I didn't really believe in myself. Why should a young kid from Des Moines, Iowa, be a world champion?

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Right as I was about to get my title break, I would just drop the ball. There was no self-confidence.

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People look at us as fighters, and yes, I'm probably one of the toughest dudes you'll ever meet, but I've also been down in the dumps.

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I'm a real human being. I'm a person, I have feelings, I have emotions.

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I've never been cut from the UFC for not taking fights.

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Brian Ortega has ducked me four or five times.

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People duck and dodge me all the time.

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When I hit people, it's not a flash knockout where they get back up and I hit them a couple of times and the ref stops it and they're like 'oh I wasn't out.'

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