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He’s also stated previously that he’d be willing to fight Nurmagomedov under the right conditions. “Khabib was very exciting for me because, for a fighter, a fighter doesn’t think like a normal person,” St-Pierre said on the MMA TRUFAN podcast this summer. “A fighter always wants to fight a guy who seems invincible, a guy who seems like the perfect fighter, who is unbeatable,” St-Pierre added. “He has an aura of invincibility. So, that means if I do it I’ll be the first to hav...

Last weekend’s cards in the two biggest organizations in North American MMA provided quite a few significant occurrences. The UFC’s 26th effort on its broadcast home of Fox and Bellator 191 on Spike TV delivered results that could have a big impact as we move forward. Valérie Létourneau: The Path to a Title UFC veteran Valérie Létourneau made her long-awaited debut in Bellator. Her fight against Kate Jackson was a fairly paint-by-the-numbers affair. Létourneau’s seasoning, physicalit...

Editorial: Stephen Thompson is a nice guy...and that might be his biggest problem Share this story Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC On Saturday night, Stephen Thompson turned in a dominant five-round shutout of Geoff Neal. It was the former title challenger’s second consecutive win, which should be enough to move him out of the role of gatekeeper and into meaningful contests to sort out the welterweight title picture. It was fair the UFC moved him into the gatekeeper role after he had a stretc...

UFC Vegas 17 card: Stephen Thompson vs Geoff Neal full fight preview Share this story Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight knockout artists Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal will clash TONIGHT (Sat., Dec. 19, 2020) at UFC Vegas 17 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thompson believes UFC is trying to sideline him as a gatekeeper, and he isn’t wrong. He’s been handed a dangerous opponent, one who has a real chance at catching his chin. Yet, Neal...

MMA Fighting Share this story Esther Lin, MMA Fighting For nearly five years, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson has been a stalwart near the top of the rankings in the welterweight division. Following high profile wins over ex-champion Johny Hendricks and former title challenger Rory MacDonald, the 37-year-old karate stylist finally positioned himself for a title shot. While he came up short in a pair of fights against Tyron Woodley in 2016 and 2017, Thompson remained a top conte...

Image: UFC on Instagram Stephen Thompson says the push Khamzat Chimaev is getting from the UFC is “”a slap in the face to everybody who’s worked their butts off” in the promotion. Chimaev was one of the breakout stars of 2020 for the UFC, rattling off stoppage wins over John Philips, Rhys McKee and Gerald Meerschaert in the span of a few months. Despite the fact that he’s yet to be beat a ranked opponent, and that his lone welterweight win came against McKee, who is now 0-2 in the ...

Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson will headline the final card of the UFC’s 2020 campaign when he fights Geoff Neal in a big Welterweight match up. This fight was originally supposed to be the co-main event, the original main event was booked for Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Chimaev a fighter who was gone 3-0 in the UFC since making his debut this year and becoming a star in doing so. However, new headliner Thompson isn’t happy that Chimaev was in a position to be headlining a card in t...

Midnight Mania! Stephen Thompson believes Khamzat Chimaev push is ‘a slap in the face’ to established Welterweights Share this story Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev is one of the brightest new stars of 2020, as a dominant 3-0 push in a very short period of time significantly raised his status. The hype train is in full swing, as he’s now a ranked Welterweight booked in a main event opposite surging contender Leon Edwards on January 20. Stephen Thompson doesn’t buy into all th...