Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-12-16, mma bout not so exciting: Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-12-03, nice mma bout: Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Holland gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Holland vs Thompson is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 3rd, at the Amway Center in Orlando (Florida, USA), in a 5-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC on ESPN 42 (also known as Ufc Orlando). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-12-18, good pace with some nice exchanges: the mma fight Stephen Thompson vs Belal Muhammad gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Muhammad vs Thompson is on the undercard of Derrick Lewis vs Chris Daukaus – UFC Vegas 45 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 57 or UFC Fight Night 199). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-07-10, disappointing mma fight: Gilbert Burns vs Stephen Thompson gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Thompson vs Burns is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor 3 – UFC 264. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-19, pretty good fight between Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal: it gets three stars – UFC Performance of the Night (take a look at our ranking of the best mma fights of 2020).
The black belt in karate, kempo and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-4-1 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Kamaru Usman). He lost two consecutive bouts between 2018 and 2019, against Darren Till (Stephen Thompson vs Darren Till) and Anthony Pettis (Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis), but he came back to win with Vicente Luque in November of the same year (Stephen Thompson vs Vicente Luque).
His opponent, Geoff Neal, has an official record of 13-2-0 (77% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Kevin Holland in 2017 but since then he has won seven consecutive bouts defeating Belal Muhammad, Niko Price (Niko Price vs Geoff Neal) and Mike Perry in his last three. Neal vs Thompson is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 183 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 41 or UFC Vegas 17). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-02, some good single shots between Stephen Thompson and Vicente Luque but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Fight of the Night).The black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson entered this fight with a mma record of 14-4-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 welterweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Jorge Masvidal in 2017 (Stephen Thompson vs Jorge Masvidal); after this fight he has lost to Darren Till (Stephen Thompson vs Darren Till) and Anthony Pettis (Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis).
His opponent, Vicente Luque, has an official record of 17-6-1 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Leon Edwards in 2017 but since then he has won six bouts beating Bryan Barberena (4-stars fight, Vicente Luque vs Bryan Barberena), Derrick Krantz and Mike Perry in 2019 (Mike Perry vs Vicente Luque). Thompson vs Luque is on the undercard of Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz – UFC 244. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-23, good finish between Stephen Thompson and Anthony Pettis: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).The black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson entered this fight with a mma record of 14-3-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Kamaru Usman) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against former #1 Ufc champion Tyron Woodley (Woodley vs Thompson 2) and with Darren Till (Stephen Thompson vs Darren Till); between these two bouts he beat Jorge Masvidal (Stephen Thompson vs Jorge Masvidal).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do, Bjj and former Ufc Lw champion Anthony Pettis, has an official record of 21-8-0 (81% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 lightweight but he lost six out of his last nine fights. Last year he beat Michael Chiesa (Anthony Pettis vs Michael Chiesa) and he was defeated by Tony Ferguson (Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis). Thompson vs Pettis is the main event of UFC Fight Night 148 (UFC on ESPN+ 6). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-27, fight not so exciting between Stephen Thompson and Darren Till: it gets two stars.The black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson entered this fight with a pro record of 14-2-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world. ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson faced twice current #1 Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley between 2016 and 2017: their first bout ended in a draw (Woodley vs Thompson I) while in their second fight Thompson lost by majority decision (Woodley vs Thompson 2); after this bout he has beat Jorge Masvidal (Stephen Thompson vs Jorge Masvidal).
His opponent, the undefeated Darren Till, has an official mma record of 16-0-1 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. The only man who stopped him in a draw was Nicolas Dalby in 2015 (Dalby vs Till), after this fight he has won over Jessin Ayari, Bojan Velickovic and Donald Cerrone (Donald Cerrone vs Darren Till). Thompson vs Till is the main event of UFC Fight Night 130. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-04, some good single shots between Stephen Thompson and Jorge Masvidal but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-2-1 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 welterweight in the world. He beat Rory MacDonald in June 2016 (=MacDonald vs Thompson) but then he has faced twice current #1 Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley: their first bout has ended in a draw (=Woodley vs Thompson I) while in their second fight Thompson has lost by majority decision (=Woodley vs Thompson 2).
His opponent, Jorge Masvidal, has an official record of 32-12-0 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He has already fought twice in 2017 defeating Donald Cerrone (=Cerrone vs Masvidal) and losing to Demian Maia (via split decision, Maia vs Masvidal). Thompson vs Masvidal is on the undercard of Michael Bisping vs Georges St Pierre – UFC 217. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-03-04, good finish but the rest of the fight was really boring: Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson 2 gets two stars.The current Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley entered this fight with a professional record of 16-3-1 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 welterweight in the world. He lost to Rory MacDonald in 2014 but then he has collected three victories, winning the Ufc title against Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs Woodley), and one draw, against Stephen Thompson at the end of 2016 (=Woodley vs Thompson I).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson, has an official mma record of 13-1-1 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat when he faced Matt Brown in 2012, since then he has won seven consecutive bouts beating Johny Hendricks (=Hendricks vs Thompson) and Rory MacDonald in 2016 (=MacDonald vs Thompson). Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson 2, main event of Ufc 209, is valid for the Ufc welterweight title (Woodley ‘s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
