So much for the whispers of Stephen Thompson becoming an afterthought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division.
The South Carolina-based karateka shined in his only appearance of 2020, as he continued to reassert himself as a top-tier contender at 170 pounds with a lopsided unanimous decision over Geoff Neal in the UFC Fight Night 183 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. All three cageside judges scored it 50-45 for Thompson, who has posted back-to-back victories since being knocked out by former UFC and World Extreme Cagefighting champion Anthony Pettis some two years ago.