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Dana White questions matchmaker’s handling of Jeremy Stephens-Drakkar Klose shove: ‘Sean Shelby missed that one’

Dana White loves a good pre-fight confrontation, but he feels his people missed the mark this past weekend.

The staredowns before a UFC fight night are typically tense and this past Friday’s UFC Vegas 24 faceoffs were no different. However, veteran Jeremy Stephens may have gone too far with the physicality when he gave opponent Drakkar Klose a hard shove that nearly led to an on-stage scrap.

As it turns out, there were serious consequences from the altercation as the next day Klose was forced to withdraw from their lightweight bout due to injuries that he claims were caused or exacerbated by the shove.