Former two-time welterweight title challenger, Stephen Thompson has vowed to scrap scheduled bouts below the UFC banner if his opponent misses weight once more – following final month’s cancelled showdown with Michel Pereira forward of UFC 291.
Thompson, the present quantity seven ranked welterweight contender, was slated to make his return to the Octagon at UFC 291 on the finish of July in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah – taking over Brazilian striker, Pereira in a essential card matchup.
Nevertheless, forward of the bout, the Simpsonville native elected towards competing at a catchweight restrict towards the Pereira, after the Brazilian missed weight by 4 kilos for the matchup in ‘The Beehive State’.
Confirming how he had but to obtain his present cash, regardless of efficiently making weight for the pairing himself, Thompson’s management was touted as being in the process of trashing out some form of compensation with UFC president, Dana White over the fiasco.
Stephen Thompson points warning to welterweight fighters
In a bid to discourage future opponents from tipping the dimensions, the veteran striker has now claimed that if one other opponent fails to make the restrict, he’ll go forward and take away himself from the bout.
“I would like everyone to know proper now within the 170 division, that when you’re going to struggle me, you higher be on weight or it’s not going to occur,” Stephen Thompson instructed MMA Fighting.”
“I’m at a spot in my profession the place I wish to struggle pretty,” Stephen Thompson defined. “I don’t wish to play any video games. I don’t know what must be carried out however I believe there needs to be extra and better penalties for these guys who’re coming in with no integrity and no honor to make weight.”
But to ebook a bout off the again of his shelved pairing with Pereira, South Carolina kickboxer, Thompson has been welcomed as a next opponent by former undisputed welterweight champion and prior pound-for-pound number one, Kamaru Usman.
