UFC welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson needs to address his losing streak, as does star Jorge Masvidal. Wonderboy, appearing on The MMA Hour, has a solution: the two top-ten fighters should step into the Octagon and display some elite striking.
“I’m ranked one higher than Masvidal and he’s a striker. Give me a striker, UFC. Give me somebody that wants to stand there and strike, please!
Stephen Thompson Demands “NMF vs BMF” Masvidal Fight
Masvidal would be awesome. We’ve been talking about this for a long time, the NMF [Nicest Motherf*****] vs. the BMF [Baddest Motherf*****]. I know Robbie Lawler was thrown out there as well. Even though he’s not ranked, he’s still an exciting opponent, a guy I’ve been trying to fight since he was champ, so there are some guys there.”
Both fighters have struggled to impose their will on elite competition lately, finding it hard to stand and bang against wrestlers. Most notably, Jorge Masvidal lost a five-round fight to Colby Covington comprehensively, landing only one strike of note in twenty-five minutes, and finding himself exhausted by Covington’s relentless pressure wrestling.
“I’ve been there. I just wanted to give him a big hug, like, ‘I’ve been there, bro.’ I’ve been with the guy that’s just constantly taking you down, and he’s the guy that just wants to bang. Give him somebody that wants to fight and that will be a Fight of the Night for sure.
So he wasn’t able to pull it off and then you’ve got the fight, on the street, after the fight, which I thought was like, come on guys. Come on, we get paid for this. Let’s go. You ain’t gotta be doing that in the street. So, it is what it is.”
Stephen Thompson, unfortunately, sustained a collarbone injury in his last fight. That was back in December, and it stubbornly refuses to heal. Jorge Masvidal, meanwhile, is in serious legal hot water thanks to his decision to attack Colby Covington outside a Miami steakhouse.
When will we see Wonderboy back in action? “Hopefully soon. After my last fight, I had a collar bone issue. Ended up tearing the cartilage in my collar bone, which is an old injury. I ended up injuring it during my Matt Brown fight, so that’s how long ago that goes. But I’ve healed up from it, I’m feeling good, back in training camp with Chris Weidman.
We’ve been training together. The guy is a monster. He’s coming back strong and he’s feeling good, so hopefully we can come back on the same card. That would be dope.” Do you want to see Thompson vs Masvidal? Let us know in the comments.
