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‘LIL’ HEATHEN’ By Art Garcia Jr MilitaryPress

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here will be plenty of explosive action on July 28 when former UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo faces Jeremy Stephens in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 30. Looking to rebound from the first losing streak of his 30-fight career, Aldo (26-4) is currently ranked No. 2 in the featherweight division despite losing three of his last four fights. In his prime, Aldo was widely regarded as the top pound-forpound fighter in the world while riding an 18-fight winning streak when he reigned as the champion of the UFC and the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) promotions at 145 pounds. Ranked No. 4 in the featherweight division, Stephens (28-14), is quickly climbing to the top of the division by gaining three straight wins over very respected opponents. Although his latest victories didn’t really surprise anyone, the ferocity in which he finished those bouts has many believing a win over Aldo would justify a title shot sometime this fall. Training under the direction of Eric Del Fierro at Alliance MMA in Chula Vista, Stephens has put up some impressive numbers in the UFC. Per Fighters Only, his 28 UFC fights are 2nd most in UFC history and just one shy of Michael Bisping’s overall record. His 18 knockdowns are tied with the great Anderson Silva for the most in UFC history and his 5:46:04 Octagon fight time ranks the third highest all-time in the UFC. As he prepares for his upcoming showdown with Aldo, Stephens sat down with MP reporter Art Garcia Jr. for a two-part interview. You can read part one at https:// goo.gl/xURh3A. In part two of his interview, Stephens, known as “Lil’ Heathen,� talks about his self-determination, being a role model and possible long-term plans he might like to pursue once his MMA career comes to an end. Art Garcia Jr: You mentioned how opponents don’t like to feel the power of your punches. Have you ever nailed someone with what you thought would be a knockout punch only to have him shake his head no? Jeremy Stephens: Yes, Sam Stout when I fought him. Trust me I’ve loosened up a lot of chins too, and I’ve had people who have been able to take my shots, and that’s O.K. because I’ll keep dishing them out all night. It’s a different fight when they fight me, people don’t fight me the way they fight other people because they don’t want to get hit by it (his power). Now I’m a lot more dialed in, in figuring the game out and it’s just the experience I have in the bank and having confidence in that experience. AG: I know you had a pretty rough childhood where you transferred to a number of different schools and actually lived out of the family car at one point, what kept you on the straight-and-narrow as opposed to getting into trouble? JS: Just the fact that I learned what not to do. I realized that at very young age and, I made a choice that I didn’t want to live like that. I didn’t want to tolerate that type of life. So basically it was me not tolerating it and raising my standards that, “Hey, when I’m able to do something I’m gonna do something about it,� and I was able do LIL’ HEATHEN, continued on Page 8

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Bring all your monsters to see ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ By Jeri Jacquin MilitaryPress

In theaters from director Genndy Tartakovsky and Sony Pictures Animation is a return to visit one of our favorite monster family’s at “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.� The hotel is busier than ever as Dracula (Adam Sandler) and daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) miss spending family time together. Son-in-law Johnny (Andy Samberg) thinks Mavis’ idea of a family vacation is fantastic and along with son Dennis (Asher Blinkoff ) pack immediately. Mavis has booked passage on a monster cruise and invites the extended family with Frank (Kevin James), Eunice (Fran Drescher), Wayne (Steve Buscemi), Wanda (Molly Shannon) and their brood, Griffin (David Spade), Murray (KeeganMichael Key) and Grandpa Vlad (Mel Brooks). At first Dracula isn’t thrilled about the idea but when Mavis implores him to use the time for family, he can’t exactly turn her down. Captain Ericka (Kathryn Hahn) welcomes everyone aboard and promises them a fantastic vacation. Seeing all the ship has to offer, the gang is he thought would never happen is hap- his feelings under his proverbial cape. Teigen as Crystal, Aaron LaPlante as the What he doesn’t know and that’s who is Gremlin, Genndy Tartakovsky as Blobby, excited. Even Dracula changes his tune pening — zinging! Worried how Mavis will react, he keeps hiding below deck, what plans are tak- Sandie Sandler as Winnie, Sunny Sandler when he sees Erika because the one thing ing shape and more importantly — who as Sunny, Tara Strong as Frankenlady, Libby Dickey as Lucy, and Joe Whyte as is Bob? All of this and more will be answered Tinkles. “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacabecause after all — they are family! Sandler as Dracula once again puts tion� makes the difficult look easy in that on the cape to run the hotel and spend- the story is fresh and fun while leaving us ing time being a good Dad and Grandpa. the characters our own family’s have come Wanting to spend more family time, the to love. The comedy is there, family issues monster cruise is certainly something dif- about our busy lives and, of course, how ferent. It’s good to see Sandler keep his love shows up at the most unexpected character goofy and loveable even for a time and place — no matter if your one or one thousand years old. vampire. It is so easy to forget these are “monGomez as Mavis wants to spend quality time with the family having fun. Having sters� when their situations are not so difher father ‘zing’ certainly isn’t on her itin- ferent than our own. Another reason this erary. It doesn’t help that her suspicions series of films has and continues to be emabout the ships captain are accurate but braced by family film goers. It’s a film we can take our kids to see while still being everyone deserves a second chance. Hahn as Captain Erika is nimble, fun kids ourselves. So pack up your own brood and prepare and very sneaky. She has her eye on Dracula but zinging isn’t why! Erika’s story of them all for popcorn, fun and loads of gighereditary, history and revenge but she gles. “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation� is everything and so much more. also hasn’t met anyone like Dracula. In the end — family vacations can Frank, Eunice, Wayne, Wanda, Griffin, Murray all return because this wouldn’t be suck the life out of you! “Hotel Transylvania� without them. They bring fun, charm and a gentle reminder that extended family hold an important place in our lives. This bunch is so loveable that I was “awing� every five minutes. This is a monster family that started it all and continues to keep us together. Shout out to Mel Brooks as Grandpa Vlad for bringing the jokes and fun on deck. Of course any time Mel Brooks shows up to a party it’s going to be awesome! Other cast include Chris Parnell as Stan, Joe Jonas as The Kraken, Chrissy XXX NJMJUBSZQSFTT DPN t OFXT!NJMJUBSZQSFTT DPN 2 +VMZ

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It’s late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the winter was go- ing to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared. But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is the coming winter going to be cold?� “It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,� the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. “Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?� “Yes,� the man at National Weather Service again replied, “It’s going to be a very cold winter.�

One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, “I’m not going.� “Why not?� she asked. “I’ll give you two good reasons,� he said. “One, they don’t like me, and two, I don’t like them.� “I’ll give YOU two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church,� his mother re- plied. “One, you’re 54-years-old, and two, you’re the pastor!�

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signed the death certificate, you had not taken steps to make sure he was dead.� “Well, let me put it this way,� the doctor said. “The man’s brain was in a jar on my desk but, for all I know, he could be out practicing law somewhere.�

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Little Johnny wanted to go to the zoo and pestered his parents for days. Finally his mother talked his reluctant father into taking him. “So how was it?� his mother asked when they returned home. “Great,� Little Johnny replied. “Did you and your father have a good time?� asked his mother. “Yeah, Daddy especially liked it,� exclaimed Little Johnny excitedly, “Especially when one of the animals came home.�

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that at a young age. So, really it just clicked in my mind the fact that I wasn’t going to tolerate trash for a living. AG: Was there someone that influenced you like a coach, your mom, your dad or someone else? JS: No, it was really just my relationship with God and staying committed to my dreams and being real with my heart. You know at times your mind can play tricks on you, but if you stay true to your heart, you pray, meditate or whatever it is you do, if you stay true to that and you’re just not going to tolerate that type of living then you will make changes in order to live the life you want. It will happen because you won’t settle for less — so that’s the mindset that I have. AG: That is a great story, especially for many kids out there that are growing up under similar circumstances. Has anyone told you that you’re an inspiration and how do you feel about kids looking up to you? JS: Yeah, of course. Some people do look up to me and there is always fans and young kids and that’s cool as hell because growing up I used to watch The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan and I was kind of like, “Man, those guys would be great (to meet),� but you never really saw those guys on the outside signing autographs or at least I never did. So when you meet people like that and they tell you they want

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