‘All that matters is showing I deserve to be here’

Mason Jones claims that the only thing that matters before his UFC return is that it shows that he deserves to be here.

Three years after quitting the promotion, the British man, 30, will face American lightweight Jeremy Stephens on Saturday in Iowa.

Welshman Jones left the UFC for “financial and performance reasons,” and has since established a four-fight winning streak with UK-based Cage Warriors.

Jones won only one of his four UFC fights before making his UFC debut in 2021, having already won ten of his professional matches.

In 2022, he left after being defeated by Ludovit Klein in Slovakia.

“None of my last fights in the UFC ended up going well,” I said on my last trip here. I didn’t perform any of them, Jones said.

“I had problems, issues, and every possible justification.”

“Now everything is running smoothly. No injuries are reported, my camp is running smoothly, and I feel fantastic.

After almost four years away from the title, Stephens is also making his UFC return.

Stephens, who will be performing in Iowa in front of his native Iowa audience, entered 34 fights, winning 15 of them, before resuming his five-fight losing streak.

He won all three of his fights in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), losing to Natan Schulte in the PFL in 2022.

According to Jones, Stephens views the 38-year-old as a “mountain” while he describes him as a “molehill.”

“Jeremy is a mountain, but he’s not insurmountable.” I’m going to go out there and find a way to fix him, Jones said.