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UFC’s Drakkar Klose ‘still not 100 percent’ from Stephens’ shove, was ready to ‘call it quits’

UFC lightweight Drakkar Klose has been out of action for a little over two years now. He was supposed to fight veteran Jeremy Stephens in April 2021, but a sudden injury during the weigh-ins forced him out of the bout.

All of it stemmed from a hard shove from “Li’l Heathen” during their face-off, resulting in both a concussion and neck sprain on the 34-year-old Klose. Now a year removed from the incident, Klose tells BJPenn.com’s Just Scrap Radio that he has not made a full recovery. And according to him, he also considered hanging up his gloves.