Stephen Thompson is laughing while reflecting on suffering his first knockout loss. Everything was going well against Anthony Pettis until it wasn’t, and at the end of the fight, Pettis walked away with a second-round finish over Thompson. That said, Thompson is all smiles. His quick brushing off of that result isn’t all that surprising, but one aspect of the loss did stick in his mind a little longer.
“What bothered me for a little bit was I was wondering why I didn’t see that punch coming,” Thompson said. “Normally, I see these things coming. Why didn’t I see it?