Jeremy Stephens vs Renato Moicano in the works for UFC on FOX 24

[SUBLIME FAN]

MMA Bulletin posted it last night, haven't seen a thread on it on SD anywhere.

Weird but cool fight. Moicano has been very impressive, not sure he is ready for a guy like Stephens, but I suppose it's time to start giving these up and comers a chance to make a name for themselves against some of the top veterans.

I'll take Lil Heathen via Knockout in the 2nd

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

Who the fook is that guy?

Spoiler

 

[Natesblackshirt]

They should have made Stephens vs KZ. No one knows who the fuck this guy is.

 

[Tamriel Terror]

High quality matchmaking at work yet again.

 

[Torrid]

Stephens will most likely KO him, then land a flying punch on his unconscious body.

 

[Nightmaree]

lol, what a dumb match up

UFC is on fire lately with dumb matchmaking

 

[Abazzdeboom]

Who the fook is that guy?

Spoiler

Was about to post it but you were too fast for me

 

[MirRocksFedor]

Great match ! Fireworks for sure. Well done !

 

[Chramelated]

Would rather see renato laranja in there

 

[Arkridge]

This is such a weird fight. I think Stephens wins.

 

[MuyThaiElbows]

What happened to Melendez vs Stephens??

 

[The_Renaissance]

This is why I'm more for 'prospect vs. prospect' rather than having two prospects fighting two veterans.

Stephens wins via TKO/KO and we have another familiar old face lurking around the title picture instead of a fresh new contender. When these kind of matchups get made, it's no surprise that the Swansons, Stephens', Lamas' of the division are constantly the fighters within the title picture. It's like groundhog day.

Ideally, Moicano surprises me and scores a major upset but like Doo Ho Choi against Swanson, it'll be too much too soon and we'll have Stephens vs. Lamas or something for the next title shot.

 

[MMApocalypse]

It's not in the works. It's a booked match. Contracts signed

This is really a lose-lose match for Heathen though.. unless he's just trying to finish his current contract. Not sure how many fights he has left.

 

[SUBLIME FAN]

It's not in the works. It's a booked match. Contracts signed

This is really a lose-lose match for Heathen though.. unless he's just trying to finish his current contract. Not sure how many fights he has left.

He made it pretty clear that he would fight anyone that was willing to sign on the dotted line, KZ probably didn't want to return that quick, Gil probably wasn't able to be ready by then. I think this is a pretty cool fight honesty, def won't be boring

 

[Deleted member 436105]

What is Shelby/Maynard doing? This guy has only two fights and you throw him to Stephens? It's not like this is LHW. 145 is a deep division. I don't understand this