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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 02: (R-L) Stephen Thompson punches Vicente Luque of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the UFC 244 event at Madison Square Garden on November 02, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 02: (R-L) Stephen Thompson punches Vicente Luque of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the UFC 244 event at Madison Square Garden on November 02, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 02: (R-L) Stephen Thompson punches Vicente Luque of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the UFC 244 event at Madison Square Garden on November 02, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 02: (R-L) Stephen Thompson punches Vicente Luque of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the UFC 244 event at Madison Square Garden on November 02, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Stephen ‘Wonderboy‘ Thompson, ranked sixth in the UFC’s welterweight division, has shared a video of a previous full-contact kickboxing fight on Instagram. A brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a black belt in American Kempo Karate. He has an undefeated full-contact kickboxing record (57 bouts), with 37 amateur and 20 professional kickboxing matches with a total of 47 knockouts.
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“Sometimes its the little punches that do that most damage!”
‘Wonderboy’ has brilliant use of hands, rather than using longer momentum to punches. He prefers a short left hook, adding precise timing to it; delivering a knockout. Moreover, He was ranked one in the World Combat League.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 19: (L-R) Stephen Thompson kicks Geoff Neal in a welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on December 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)
Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson -One of the greatest technical fighters in UFC
Thompson made his UFC debut with a knockout of the Night Bonus. At UFC 143, “Wonderboy” had his first fight against Dan Stittgen and head-kicked in the first round and won via KO. At UFC 145 Thompson lost to Matt Brown via unanimous decision, marking his first loss in UFC. He throttled back with a 5-fight win streak with 4-wins coming via KO/TKO.
Eventually securing a main fight event against former UFC Welterweight Champion John Hendricks at UFC Fight Night 82. ‘Wonderboy’ knocked out Hendricks in the first round, dominated by a cross and followed up by a chain of punches.
Thompson finally secured his title shot against then, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley at UFC 205. The match witnessed a five-round battle ending up in a draw, which lead to a rematch at UFC 209.
At UFC 209,’ The Chosen One’ defended his title successfully against Thompson, winning via unanimous decision.
After his loss in the title fight, he secured his win against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217. Unfortunately, ‘Wonderboy’ couldn’t maintain his streak further. In his last 6 fights, he had 2 major losses and 4 wins.
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His return is the most anticipated in the welterweight division because of his decisive striking, which keeps the spectators enthralled.
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