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Stephen Thompson

“Wonderboy”

Welterweight

United States3-fight losing streak

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Next: vs Charles Radtke · UFC 334 · Prelims Sat, Nov 14 · 7:00 PM ET

17WINS

9LOSSES

1DRAWS

8KO/TKO

1SUB

8DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 42 · born Feb 11, 1983 UFC.com
Height: 6′0″ 183 cm UFC.com
Reach: 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 42″ 107 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Welterweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Karate UFC.com
Team / gym: Upstate Karate Family Martial Arts Center UFC.com
Born: Greenville, United States UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: United States UFC.com
UFC debut: Feb. 4, 2012 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 5 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

46%Striking accuracy1293 of 2810 landed

36%Takedown accuracy5 of 14 landed

4.05Sig. strikes landedper min

3Sig. strikes absorbedper min

55%Striking defense

0.23Takedownsper 15 min

63%Takedown defense

0Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.47Knockdownsper 15 min

14:31Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing1158 90%

Clinch88 7%

Ground47 4%

Sig. strikes by target

Head857 66%

Body305 24%

Leg131 10%

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 22 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Gabriel Bonfim	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Jul 12, 2025	↗
L	Joaquin Buckley	KO/TKO	3	2:17	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.	Oct 5, 2024	↗
L	Shavkat Rakhmonov	Submission	2	4:56	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023	↗
W	Kevin Holland	KO/TKO	4	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022	↗
L	Belal Muhammad	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021	↗
L	Gilbert Burns	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021	↗
W	Geoff Neal	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal	Dec 19, 2020	↗
W	Vicente Luque	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019	↗
L	Anthony Pettis	KO/TKO	2	4:55	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Mar 23, 2019	↗
L	Darren Till	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till	May 27, 2018	↗
W	Jorge Masvidal	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre	Nov 4, 2017	↗
L	Tyron Woodley	Decision - Majority	5	5:00	UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2	Mar 4, 2017	↗
D	Tyron Woodley	Decision - Majority	5	5:00	UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor	Nov 12, 2016	↗
W	Rory MacDonald	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson	Jun 18, 2016	↗
W	Johny Hendricks	KO/TKO	1	3:31	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson	Feb 6, 2016	↗
W	Jake Ellenberger	KO/TKO	1	4:29	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015	↗
W	Patrick Cote	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014	↗
W	Robert Whittaker	KO/TKO	1	3:43	UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann	Feb 22, 2014	↗
W	Chris Clements	KO/TKO	2	1:27	UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson	Sep 21, 2013	↗
W	Nah-Shon Burrell	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2	May 25, 2013	↗
L	Matt Brown	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 145: Jones vs Evans	Apr 21, 2012	↗
W	Dan Stittgen	KO/TKO	1	4:13	UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit	Feb 4, 2012	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.