stephen thompson

Are these lopsided odds for Thompson vs Pettis right?

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UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Pettis goes down on March 23rd at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. Anthony Pettis is coming up from lightweight to welterweight which historically doesn’t work out. Most of the time the weight a fighter jumps to is what they walk around at or only have to cut a few … Read more

We may actually be getting the Thompson vs Lawler fight after all

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  Stephen Thompson spoke with MMANytt recently and he says the discussions for a bout with Robbie Lawler may actually happen after all. There’s one big roadblock and that’s the ‘yes’ response from Lawler’s side which is holding it up. Thompson vs Lawler would be a very exciting fight given the aggressive styles of the … Read more

Some want Till’s corner suspended for weight cut techniques

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Weight cuts can be dangerous. Gabe Ruediger struggled badly on The Ultimate Fighter Season 5 and uttered the now infamous phrase, “put me back in B” after collapsing to the floor dramatically from his time in the sauna. Theatrics or not you could see a small glimpse of the dangers of extreme weight cutting. Losing … Read more

UFC Fight Night 130: Thompson vs. Till full results

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UFC Fight Night 130 took place Sunday in Liverpool, England. The main event saw an overweight Darren Till earn a split decision victory over Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in what was supposed to be a welterweight matchup. In the co-headliner Neil Magny defeated fellow welterweight Craig White via TKO in the first round. Here are the … Read more

Thompson almost certain no GSP vs Woodley

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Stephen Thompson recently spoke with BJPenn.com and he said some surprising things. One of which was the possibility of UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley facing former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. According to Stephen the odds of that bout happening are pretty small. Do I see Woodley fighting Georges? Hell no. Well, that’s the thing. … Read more

Jacob Kilburn: ‘God has me on this path’

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Jacob Kilburn will headline Valor Fights 46 at the The Fairgrounds in Nashville on Nov. 4 when he takes on fellow Clarksvillian Edward Massey. The winner will move on to compete for the Valor Fights featherweight title. Pro MMA Now caught up with the man of faith and fighting to get his thoughts on the … Read more