Drakkar Klose believes Jeremy Stephens is past his prime – “You can’t teach the old dogs new tricks”
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Drakkar Klose is all set to fight MMA veteran Jeremy Stephens. Both the fighters are set to step into the octagon on April 17th at UFC Vegas 24. Klose is looking to fight Stephens into retirement. In the pre-fight media day, Drakkar Klose spoke in detail about his opponent for tonight.
Drakkar faces Stephens in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 24 event which is held at the UFC Apex. The event is set to air on ESPN. Stephens who has fought a long list of fighters has been going through his worst phase in fighting career. He has a record of 28-18-0 with 1 no contest in his career.
Stephens has not won a fight since 2018 with 4 consecutive losses riding under his belt. Drakkar Klose is confident that he will hand the veteran his retirement papers and knock him off the UFC roster. Klose thinks Stephens has not evolved his game over the years and that will hurt him.
“To be honest, I think he’s past his – the door is closing on him,” Klose told reporters, at Wednesday’s media session at the UFC Apex. “You know that meme with Scott Coker waiting? They’re waiting on Jeremy right now.”
Drakkar Klose thinks this is an easy fight against Jeremy Stephens
Drakkar Klose is coming off a defeat against Beneil Dariush who will facing Tony Ferguson. Drakkar has a record of 11-2-1 in his career as a UFC fighter. Prior to the loss against Dariush, Klose was coming from a 3-fight winning streak. “I know I’m going to hit Jeremy,” Klose said during the press conference.
He continued, “You can’t teach old dogs new tricks. He’s going to go in there and throw haymakers. I think I’m faster than him. I’m definitely better looking than him. I’m just going t go in there and get the job done. You see he loses, he doesn’t go back to his camp and work on anything.
He’s the same fighter he was when he probably first started fighting. You have the evolve in this game. If you don’t evolve, you get left behind.” Who do you think wins the fight between Stephens and Klose? Is this the last Jeremy Stephens fight we will be witnessing in UFC?
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