Jeremy Stephens: "The punching power advantage belongs to me."

[The Great Cochrane]

Jeremy Stephens meets Cub Swanson next Saturday Night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 44. The bout takes place from the AT&T center in San Antonio, Texas and the winner of this bout is heavily rumoured to be one of the next contenders for the winner between the upcoming fight Featherweight title fight between Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes in August.

In a most recent interview with Fox Sports, Lil' Heathen took the time to sit down and discuss his big fight which takes place next Saturday.

I have the striking advantage with the power. He TKO’s people, but when I knock people out they don’t move, they don’t get up. Their corners have to carry them back and ask them what the f–k just happened. He TKO’s guys where they’re still rocked and dazed, but they’re still seeing the lights compared to when I do it, the lights just go completely out.

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’. I hit people where it’s like ‘what happened?’. The coaches have to wake them up. That’s just a difference in power.

Stephens dropped down to Featherweight after an 0-3 run at Lightweight which included losses to champion Anthony Pettis, Donald Cerrone, and Yves Edwards (who's been the first and only person to knock out Stephens). Since making the drop, he's enjoyed wins over Estevan Payan, Rony Jason, and Darren Elkins.