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‘The primal boom pushed him’ - Stephens defends weigh-in shove, says he now has a win over Klose

Lightweights Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose were scheduled to be part of UFC Vegas 24 in April. But the fight ended up getting scrapped after Stephens shoved Klose during the weigh-ins, causing a concussion and a neck sprain on the latter.

Two months later, ‘Lil Heathen’ is speaking up. As he told MMA Junkie in a recent interview, “it was just an experience.”

“I got paid a little bit of money just to go weigh in,” the 35-year-old veteran said. “I showed up, and he didn’t, you know?