Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos EDMONTON – UFC featherweight Jeremy Stephens had a date, and it wasn’t with Gilbert Melendez . Stephens (25-14 MMA, 12-13 UFC) and longtime fiancee Cindy Lopez were supposed to get married Sept. 23 in his native Des Moines, Ia. Then Melendez (22-6 MMA, 1-4 UFC) came on his radar, and the idea of tying the knot two weeks after a fist fight seemed less appealing. So the happy couple postponed, which is perhaps why Stephens hopes to make Melendez’s first night as a featherweight a miserable one. Related Reinvented Gilbert Melendez seeks 'historic fight' with Jeremy Stephens at UFC 215 “He’s an older lion.
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Jeremy Stephens postponed his wedding to fight Gilbert Melendez at UFC 215 – MMA Junkie