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Stephen Thompson
“Wonderboy”
United StatesWelterweightActiveage 43
17-9-1
65% win rate
L3 streak
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Scheduled and newly announced fights. Announced bouts are reported bookings not yet on the official card.
- UFC 3342026-11-14Welterweight
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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12 wins9 losses1 drawlast 5: L L L W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2025
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(22) | R2(18) | R3(15) | R4(6) | R5(5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 16.7 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 24.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 15.7 | 13.8 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 17.4 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:28 | 0:12 | 0:13 | 0:30 | 0:10 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira2025-07-12L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.2024-10-05L·KO·R3 · 2:17
- UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington2023-12-16L·Sub·R2 · 4:56
- UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland2022-12-03W·KO·R4 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 32021-07-10L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal2020-12-19W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz2019-11-02W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis2019-03-23L·KO·R2 · 4:55
- UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till2018-05-27L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre2017-11-04W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 22017-03-04L·M-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor2016-11-12D·M-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson2016-06-18W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson2016-02-06W·KO·R1 · 3:31
- W·KO·R1 · 4:29
- UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso2014-09-27W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann2014-02-22W·KO·R1 · 3:43
- UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson2013-09-21W·KO·R2 · 1:27
- UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 22013-05-25W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 145: Jones vs Evans2012-04-21L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit2012-02-04W·KO·R1 · 4:13
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson has explained his reasoning for accepting a fight against unranked welterweight Charles Radtke in what will be his retirement bout at UFC 334 on November 14 at Madison…
- Sherdog
Stephen Thompson has issued a stark warning about Shavkat Rakhmonov's impending return to the UFC welterweight division, cautioning that the undefeated fighter will come back more formidable than…
- Sherdog
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