Stephen Thompson is making one closing skedaddle at UFC gold.
The relentlessly-appealing ‘Wonderboy’ has come up short in his two title photographs thus a long way in his career — each of which came against Tyron Woodley (a intention and a defeat) — but proper months out from his forty first birthday, he’s primed for one more assault at change into a world champion.
That quest continues subsequent weekend at UFC 296 in Las Vegas when he fights the unbeaten Shavkat Rakhmanov in what can likely be viewed as a ‘must-obtain’ bout for Thompson if he has any practical aspirations of fixing into a world champion in the UFC.
But few opponents have the sheer differ of attack that Thompson has in his arsenal, something that Kevin Holland chanced on out for himself in what turned into as soon as Thompson’s latest fight proper over a 365 days ago in what turned into as soon as concept to be one of 2022’s most appealing scraps.
And if he’s prepared to repeat this produce of striking masterclass performance against Rakhmanov subsequent week then who’s to claim that ‘Wonderboy’ received’t stroll off into the sunset with a gold belt round his waist when all is alleged and performed.
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