Jeremy Stephens asked and he shall receive. After learning that Marcus Davis would be cutting down to lightweight for his next fight, “Lil’ Heathen” asked for the matchup on Twitter:
Now MMA Junkie reports that the bout is being finalized for the ultra-stacked UFC 125 card.
Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Stephens (18-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) will welcome former welterweight Marcus Davis (17-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) to the 155-pound division at January’s UFC 125 event.
The fight is expected to be finalized in the coming days.
Jan 1st, live on Pay-per-view from Las Vegas, Nevada:
Main card:
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard [LW title]
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi [FW title]
Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Preliminary card:
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee
Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes
Greg Soto vs. Daniel Roberts
Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares