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Dana White Calls Out Sean Shelby For Letting Stephens Push Klose

Jeremy StephensDana White is none too pleased with matchmaker Sean Shelby at the moment. Last Saturday’s UFC Vegas 24 event saw Robert Whittaker cruise to a victory over Kelvin Gastelum. However, the event didn’t go off without a hitch. The planned co-main event was to see Jeremy Stephens take on Drakkar Klose in an exciting lightweight […]

Jeremy Stephens

Dana White is none too pleased with matchmaker Sean Shelby at the moment.

Last Saturday’s UFC Vegas 24 event saw Robert Whittaker cruise to a victory over Kelvin Gastelum. However, the event didn’t go off without a hitch. The planned co-main event was to see Jeremy Stephens take on Drakkar Klose in an exciting lightweight match-up. But an incident at the weigh-ins the night before prevented that from happening.

When Stephens and Klose came face-to-face on Friday, ‘Lil’ Heathen’ gave his opponent a shove. It was hard enough that the unsuspecting Klose was diagnosed with a concussion and cervical sprain. Despite his best efforts to go though with the fight, Klose was pulled from the card just minutes before the first fight took place.

With White away for a family event, Shelby was overseeing the weigh-ins. In an interview with TSN, White said he believes Shelby should have seen the altercation coming (H/T MMA Junkie).

“He was coming in hot, and it’s Jeremy Stephens. He’s a savage,” White said on Monday. “I mean, yeah, we’re not standing there to look good and take pictures. We are there to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

“Sean Shelby missed that one. Sean Shelby, you know, Sean and I see the thing differently,” White said. “I saw it on social media and called him immediately. I was at my daughter’s … I was in Orlando at the ESPN cheerleading competition. I saw the thing happen on social media and I called Sean and was like, ‘Dude, where was your head on that one?’”

While it remains unclear Klose is going to be forced to the sidelines for, here’s hoping he’s able to make a quick recovery and the UFC can rebook the bout ASAP. The stylistic matchup between the two was already near guaranteed to produce fireworks, so who knows what could happen between the two now that there’s legitimate beef involved.

Do you agree with Dana White that Sean Shelby dropped the ball?

Alex Munoz Tracks Down, Fends Off Screwdriver-Wielding Carjacker

Alex MunozIf you are planning to steal Alex Munoz’s car, don’t expect to get off lightly. The UFC lightweight and Team Alpha Male wrestling coach woke up one morning to find his car stolen. Recounting the situation on Urijah Faber’s The Cali Cast, Munoz shared what turned out to be a pretty epic story (Transcribed by […]

Alex Munoz

If you are planning to steal Alex Munoz’s car, don’t expect to get off lightly.

The UFC lightweight and Team Alpha Male wrestling coach woke up one morning to find his car stolen. Recounting the situation on Urijah Faber’s The Cali Cast, Munoz shared what turned out to be a pretty epic story (Transcribed by MMA Mania).

“It was early in the morning,” Munoz began. “My girl woke me up, and she said ‘Did you leave your car parked at the gym?’ No, I didn’t. I knew right away. I ran outside and it was gone. I knew it wasn’t there, filed a police report, and then I found it really fast.”

Munoz went looking around local homeless camps in the Sacramento area, documenting the whole thing on his Instagram account. Munoz eventually found the vehicle, minus the thieves and all the snowboarding equipment he had inside. After informing the police that he had recovered the vehicle, he went about looking for the culprits.

“I start looking around myself, I see this guy walking passed … I double-take him, and he’s wearing all my snowboard gear,” Munoz said. “He’s wearing my jacket, my pants, all my stuff. I double-back around and follow him back to my car, him and his buddy get in. I call the police, like “Where are you at?” They said they were on their way, but I don’t know where they were … I basically hunted these guys down, chased ‘em down for probably five blocks. He jumps out, ‘You have a problem?’ Yeah man, you’re in my car! That’s my vehicle!”

“I end up confronting them. One runs, the other one tries to run. I’m just jogging next to him, I see him getting tired, slowing down and breathing hard. He stole my training gear, I had a UFC picture signed … they knew I was a trained fighter!

“At that point, he panicked, and he pulled out a screwdriver and tried to rush me … so, he lunges at me with a screwdriver — I push kick him in the stomach. I got lucky with the timing I guess, took the breath out of him right away. He just laid down on the ground, so I started pulling all my clothes, like dragging him down the street. Give me my pants! I make him sit down on the curb until the cops come, and they were able to help me out.”

Hopefully for Munoz, the rest of his training camp goes by with less drama. He is scheduled to meet Luis Pena next week at UFC on ESPN 22.

Let this be a lesson, kids: Crime doesn’t pay. But it might get you beat up by a professional MMA fighter.

Would you ever track down a carjacker like Alex Munoz did?