Jeremy Stephens Thinks He Broke Renan Barao at UFC Fight Night 88

– Jeremy Stephens spoke with mmafighting.com about his UFC Fight Night 88 win over Renan Barao, here is what he had to say…

On Breaking Barao: “He’s pretty tough, he took a lot of big shots tonight, shots I put guys out with,” said Stephens (25-12). “But yeah I feel like mentally I did break him in the Octagon, the game plan was to put it on him, go forward, pressure, pressure, pressure, and he didn’t have the cardio tonight to keep up.”

On Barao Being a True Champion: “Yeah TJ Dillashaw, another great former champion, he just put it on him, didn’t allow himself to be bullied and utilizes a lot of swift techniques and he broke Barao,” Stephens said. “He was able to TKO him twice. I hit a lot harder and I wasn’t able to knock him out or TKO him. It just goes to show that the true champion Barao is.”