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Jeremy Stephens
“Lil' Heathen”
Lightweight
United StatesUFC5-fight losing streak
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29WINS
23LOSSES
0DRAWS
19KO/TKO
2SUB
8DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 40 · born May 25, 1986 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′8.5″ 174 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 71″ 180 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 38.5″ 98 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Freestyle UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Alliance MMA - Chula Vista UFC.com
- Born
- Des Moines, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- May. 27, 2007 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
41%Striking accuracy1281 of 3138 landed
35%Takedown accuracy27 of 78 landed
3.13Sig. strikes landedper min
3.25Sig. strikes absorbedper min
58%Striking defense
1.1Takedownsper 15 min
62%Takedown defense
0.4Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.66Knockdownsper 15 min
11:21Average fight time
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 36 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | King Green | Submission | 1 | May 9, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Mason Jones | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 3, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Mateusz Gamrot | Submission | 1 | Jul 17, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Calvin Kattar | KO/TKO | 2 | May 9, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Yair Rodriguez | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 18, 2019 | ↗ |
| NC | Yair Rodriguez | Could Not Continue | 1 | Sep 21, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Zabit Magomedsharipov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 2, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Jose Aldo | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 28, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Josh Emmett | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 24, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Dooho Choi | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 14, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Gilbert Melendez | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 9, 2017 | ↗ |
| L | Renato Moicano | Decision - Split | 3 | Apr 15, 2017 | ↗ |
| L | Frankie Edgar | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 12, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Renan Barao | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 29, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Max Holloway | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 12, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Dennis Bermudez | KO/TKO | 3 | Jul 11, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Charles Oliveira | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 12, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Cub Swanson | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jun 28, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Darren Elkins | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 25, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Rony Jason | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 9, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Estevan Payan | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 25, 2013 | ↗ |
| L | Yves Edwards | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 8, 2012 | ↗ |
| L | Donald Cerrone | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 15, 2012 | ↗ |
| L | Anthony Pettis | Decision - Split | 3 | Oct 8, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Danny Downes | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 4, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Marcus Davis | KO/TKO | 3 | Jan 1, 2011 | ↗ |
| L | Melvin Guillard | Decision - Split | 3 | Sep 25, 2010 | ↗ |
| W | Sam Stout | Decision - Split | 3 | May 8, 2010 | ↗ |
| W | Justin Buchholz | TKO - Doctor's Stoppage | 1 | Sep 16, 2009 | ↗ |
| L | Gleison Tibau | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 1, 2009 | ↗ |
| L | Joe Lauzon | Submission | 2 | Feb 7, 2009 | ↗ |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos | KO/TKO | 3 | Nov 15, 2008 | ↗ |
| L | Spencer Fisher | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 21, 2008 | ↗ |
| W | Cole Miller | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 23, 2008 | ↗ |
| W | Diego Saraiva | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 22, 2007 | ↗ |
| L | Din Thomas | Submission | 2 | May 26, 2007 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.