Jeremy Dean Stephens, popularly known as Jeremy Stephens, is an American professional mixed martial artist who is currently signed to the UFC where he competes in the UFC Featherweight division.
Jeremy Stephens began his mixed martial arts career at the age of 16 as an amateur and at the age of 18, he began training full time. During the early days of his career, Stephens won the UGC and MCC Lightweight Championship.
At UFC 71 in 2007, Jeremy Stephens made his promotional debut against veteran Din Thomas but was defeated via second round armbar submission. At UFC 76, Stephens won his first fight in the promotion against Diego Saravia via unanimous decision. The following year, Stephens defeated Cole Miller and Rafael dos Anjos but suffered a loss to Spencer Fisher at The Ultimate Fighter 7.
Throughout the years, Stephens faced the likes of Nik Lentz, Sam Stout, Marcus Davis, Danny Downes, Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway, and Frankie Edgar among other notable names. In 2018, Stephens faced former 2-time UFC Featherweight Champion, Jose Aldo but lost the fight via first-round TKO.
Stephens started off his 2019 with a loss to Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC 235 via unanimous decision.
