Steven 'Wonderboy' Thompson To Be The Greatest Welterweight Of All Time!

Steven Thompson is the worst possible match up for Tyron Woodley. It is obvious that Woodley knows this as well as he did not ask to fight Thompson next. Even though he is undoubtedly the number one contender.

Here is why he is such a bad match up for Woodley and anyone in the UFC's welterweight division. Thompson comes from a sport karate (kickboxing points fighting) background. This means that he can control the distance better than any fighter in that division. One thing Woodley needs to land the T-Wood bomb is the distance. Woodley needs to keep the fight in boxing range, one way he does this is by blitzing his opponents. However Thompson has spent most of his life being blitzed and has developed a very very very effective defense which is his front leg side kick. Speaking from experience blitzing a side kick is about as effective as running in to a brick wall. Actually running in to a brick wall would hurt less.

Also there are not many people who a fighter could bring in with the same style as Thompson. One fighter who will emulate his style is Raymond 'the real deal' Daniels who is the greatest points kickboxing fighter of all time. Even he couldn't help Rory MacDonald who is arguably Thompson's toughest test in the welterweight division who couldn't beat Thompson when they fought in Chuck Norris's World Combat League (WCL). The reason for this is Thompson has been training in martial arts since he was about four years old. He has been fighting full contact since he was fifteen years old. In that time he had fifty seven amateur and professional fights. That's fifty seven grown men trying to figure out his style, who have all failed. So just because someone will train to beat his style for three months the simple truth is that it isn't enough time.

Now for everyone who will say that Thompson's opponents just need to take him down and hold him down. Which is a valid statement however it is easier said than done as Thompson has an eighty one percent take down defense. This is due to his training with former middle weight champion Chris Weidman.

I see Thompson defeating Woodley via second round KO. It isn't to far fetched to believe that he could have as many if not more title defenses the greatest welterweight off all time GSP.

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