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‘Messed up’ Stephen Thompson declares his knee surgery a success

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Apparently, posting videos of yourself while still a little loopy after surgery is the new in-thing among mixed martial artists.

Stephen Thompson recently underwent knee surgery in his home state of South Carolina, less than three weeks after his decision loss to welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the main event of UFC 209.

Thompson, who boasts a professional record of 13-2-1, still wasn’t quite all there on his way back from the hospital, but he took a moment to tell fans that while he was “still messed up on my medicine,” all in all, “today was a good day.