Jeremy Stephens was not in a good place following his TKO loss to Jose Aldo last July. He was the closest he’s ever been to a shot at a UFC title, and he was defeated in the first round by a brutal body shot. As a guest on The MMA Show on ESPN today, he revealed that he was contemplating suicide in the aftermath:
“After the fight, I was looking at my kids who were 9 and 7, and that was when my parents split up, when I was 8 years old. I was ready to leave my wife, leave my kids and just leave it all.