Former UFC title -Uitdager Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson wants to see an important reform in MMA Review after UFC Nashville.
UFC star Stephen Thompson lost his fifth fight during his last six performances at UFC Nashville on Saturday against Gabriel Bonfim, but did not run away as the rightful loser in his own thoughts.
Thompson and Bonfim Kwadraaten in a closely supplied fight at the UFC Nashville Co-Main event. Bonfim achieved a split victory victory on Thompson, despite the fact that Thompson demonstrably landed in the last minutes of the fight.
Thompson, one of the most charismatic personalities in the UFC, took a rare break from his NMF Persona to reprimand the two judges who did not reign the fight in his favor.
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Stephen Thompson Echoes 'Theft' Claims after the defeat of UFC Nashville
During a recent appearance on the Ariel Helwani show, Thompson became the newest UFC star who called for an important reform of the assessment.
“I felt that I was doing enough to win the fight. Clean strikes, I felt great with my movement, I felt like I had more damage and that it was in my favor,” said Thompson.
“Bonfim, tough hunter, hat off for the man. But when the crowd, the analysts, are all shocked by the decision, something is wrong. I have been in this game for a long time and I know what it feels like to win and to lose a fight. I don't lose!
“Everyone who saw the fight thought I won,” Thompson continued. “So what do we do about that? I think there should be more accountable with the [judges]And I know that is not the fault of the UFC, it is the fault of the committee. But there must be more transparency and more education when it comes to assessing these fights. “
The former coach of Thompson, Ray Longo, believes that his former student was robbed of the jury's scorecards because of his age. He claimed that if Thompson was 34 years old, he would have had the nod and the victory.
To make matters worse, Thompson suffered a horrible shining in one of the most horrible cuts in the middle in recent UFC history. Thompson revealed that he had to get three layers after UFC Nashville to repair his wounded shin.
Stephen Thompson chases UFC history despite a large setback at UFC Nashville
Despite his setback at UFC Nashville and the controversy around it, Thompson has the chance to make UFC history before he chooses to hang the gloves. In the run -up to UFC Nashville, Thompson looked at Randy Couture's record while he seems to be the oldest hunter to compete in the Octagon (Couture Vocht at the age of 47).
Before UFC Nashville Thompson suffered a brutal knockout loss of Joaquin Buckley on UFC 307 after he was submitted by Shavkat Rakhmonov. He did not win since he defeated Kevin Holland in UFC Orlando in 2022.
Although Thompson is firmly out of the image of the Welterweight title, he plans to stay around at least the rest of his UFC contract.