Stephen Thompson is 1-3-1 in his past five UFC fights, but Vicente Luque isn’t taking him lightly.
“The Silent Assassin” expects to face the man that’s finished the likes of Robert Whittaker and Johny Hendricks – not the one that dropped back-to-back fights to Darren Till and Anthony Pettis.
“I’m expecting the best ‘Wonderboy’,” Luque told MMA Fighting about his meeting with Thompson on the UFC 244 pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 2.
“He’s coming off two losses, so he’s hungry.