Last week, it was announced that Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson would be taking on Rory MacDonald following his mechanical, first-round destruction of Johny Hendricks at UFC Fight Night 82.
Thompson, who is riding a 6-fight win streak, formed a brotherly-like relationship with MacDonald during his days spent training at the world renowned Tristar Gym, and says he would have preferred to challenge Robbie Lawler for the welterweight title.
"After the Hendricks fight, I wanted Lawler, but sometimes that just doesn't work out," Thompson told UFC.com. "I never really wanted to fight Rory because we've done training before, known each other for a long time, spent many years up at Tristar with (head coach) Firas (Zahabi) and Georges.