Coming off back-to-back losses for just the second time in his career, and creeping up on 40 years of age, some were left wondering if Stephen Thompson was starting to look at the end of his time as an elite MMA fighter—following his defeat at the hands of Belal Muhammad.
For his part, however, ‘Wonderboy’ has sounded like he’s anything other than done, telling fans on his YouTube channel that he “can’t believe people are saying that I’m old and I should retire.” To that end he recently made it clear in an interview with RT Sport, that he loves “to fight these up and coming guys.