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The Clinch

-- “Lil' Heathen” 2007-2026 · 90 rounds on file

Jeremy Stephens

15-20-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 1,281/3,138
Takedown accuracy 30/78
Sig. strikes / round 14.2
Control / round 0:48
Inside the distance 53% 8 of 15 wins
Height
5′9″175.3 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4025 MAY 1986
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 36 fights - 2.6 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 15 6-9-0 vs 1566 avg
Submission Grappler 8 3-5-0
Positional Controller 7 3-4-0
Hybrid 12 5-6-1 vs 1563 avg
Well-Rounded 12 5-6-1
Striking 9 4-5-0 vs 1563 avg
Distance Striker 6 2-4-0
Pressure Striker 3 2-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 15 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

26 MAY 2007 - lost to Din Thomas · Submission 22 SEP 2007 - beat Diego Saraiva · Decision (Unanimous) 23 JAN 2008 - beat Cole Miller · Technical Knockout 21 JUN 2008 - lost to Spencer Fisher · Decision (Unanimous) 15 NOV 2008 - beat Rafael Dos Anjos · Technical Knockout 07 FEB 2009 - lost to Joe Lauzon · Submission 01 APR 2009 - lost to Gleison Tibau · Decision (Unanimous) 16 SEP 2009 - beat Justin Buchholz · Technical Knockout 08 MAY 2010 - beat Sam Stout · Decision (Split) 25 SEP 2010 - lost to Melvin Guillard · Decision (Split) 01 JAN 2011 - beat Marcus Davis · Technical Knockout 04 JUN 2011 - beat Danny Downes · Decision (Unanimous) 08 OCT 2011 - lost to Anthony Pettis · Decision (Split) 15 MAY 2012 - lost to Donald Cerrone · Decision (Unanimous) 08 DEC 2012 - lost to Yves Edwards · Technical Knockout 25 MAY 2013 - beat Estevan Payan · Decision (Unanimous) 09 NOV 2013 - beat Rony Jason · Technical Knockout 25 JAN 2014 - beat Darren Elkins · Decision (Unanimous) 28 JUN 2014 - lost to Cub Swanson · Decision (Unanimous) 12 DEC 2014 - lost to Charles Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUL 2015 - beat Dennis Bermudez · Technical Knockout 12 DEC 2015 - lost to Max Holloway · Decision (Unanimous) 29 MAY 2016 - beat Renan Barao · Decision (Unanimous) 12 NOV 2016 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 15 APR 2017 - lost to Renato Moicano · Decision (Split) 09 SEP 2017 - beat Gilbert Melendez · Decision (Unanimous) 14 JAN 2018 - beat Dooho Choi · Technical Knockout 24 FEB 2018 - beat Josh Emmett · Technical Knockout 28 JUL 2018 - lost to Jose Aldo · Technical Knockout 02 MAR 2019 - lost to Zabit Magomedsharipov · Decision (Unanimous) 21 SEP 2019 - drew with Yair Rodriguez · No Contest 18 OCT 2019 - lost to Yair Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous) 09 MAY 2020 - lost to Calvin Kattar · Technical Knockout 17 JUL 2021 - lost to Mateusz Gamrot · Submission 03 MAY 2025 - lost to Mason Jones · Decision (Unanimous) 09 MAY 2026 - lost to King Green · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 90 rounds across 36 of 36 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 14.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.7
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:48 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 41% 1,281/3,138
Takedowns 38% 30/78
Opponents’ accuracy 42% 1,327/3,152

Where the strikes land

Head 59% 752
Body 17% 222
Leg 24% 307

And from where

At distance 74% 942
In the clinch 10% 126
On the ground 17% 213

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 8 won Technical Knockout · 8-3
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-4
Decision 7 won Decision (Unanimous) · 6-10 Decision (Split) · 1-3
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
09 MAY 2026 King Green Lost Submission R1 4:20 5 57 UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
03 MAY 2025 Mason Jones Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 81 UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
17 JUL 2021 Mateusz Gamrot Lost Submission R1 1:05 0 1 UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises
09 MAY 2020 Calvin Kattar Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:49 57 52 UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
18 OCT 2019 Yair Rodriguez Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 50 96 UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman
21 SEP 2019 Yair Rodriguez No decision No Contest R1 0:15 0 2 UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens
02 MAR 2019 Zabit Magomedsharipov Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 41 70 UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
28 JUL 2018 Jose Aldo Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:19 20 29 UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
24 FEB 2018 Josh Emmett Won Technical Knockout R2 1:35 24 18 UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
14 JAN 2018 Dooho Choi Won Technical Knockout R2 2:36 49 44 UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi
09 SEP 2017 Gilbert Melendez Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 96 29 UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2
15 APR 2017 Renato Moicano Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 56 70 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis
12 NOV 2016 Frankie Edgar Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 33 40 UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
29 MAY 2016 Renan Barao Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 55 43 UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
12 DEC 2015 Max Holloway Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 47 57 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
11 JUL 2015 Dennis Bermudez Won Technical Knockout R3 0:32 38 35 UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
12 DEC 2014 Charles Oliveira Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 48 43 The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale
28 JUN 2014 Cub Swanson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 65 87 UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Stephens
25 JAN 2014 Darren Elkins Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 21 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Thomson
09 NOV 2013 Rony Jason Won Technical Knockout R1 0:40 3 1 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2
25 MAY 2013 Estevan Payan Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 49 25 UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2
08 DEC 2012 Yves Edwards Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:55 5 8 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz
15 MAY 2012 Donald Cerrone Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 46 87 UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier
08 OCT 2011 Anthony Pettis Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 17 21 UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
04 JUN 2011 Danny Downes Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 55 32 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Finale
01 JAN 2011 Marcus Davis Won Technical Knockout R3 2:33 25 17 UFC 125: Resolution
25 SEP 2010 Melvin Guillard Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 62 73 UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop
08 MAY 2010 Sam Stout Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 55 70 UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2
16 SEP 2009 Justin Buchholz Won Technical Knockout R1 3:23 28 9 UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Guillard
01 APR 2009 Gleison Tibau Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 7 UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann
07 FEB 2009 Joe Lauzon Lost Submission R2 4:43 15 11 UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens
15 NOV 2008 Rafael Dos Anjos Won Technical Knockout R3 0:39 22 9 UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar
21 JUN 2008 Spencer Fisher Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 56 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale
23 JAN 2008 Cole Miller Won Technical Knockout R2 4:44 30 5 UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman
22 SEP 2007 Diego Saraiva Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 50 11 UFC 76: Knockout
26 MAY 2007 Din Thomas Lost Submission R2 2:44 7 10 UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson