Pros react to Anthony Pettis finishing Stephen Thompson
Tonight’s UFC Nashville event was headlined by a welterweight bout featuring Stephen Thompson taking on former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis.
The bout marked Pettis’ first appearance at welterweight in over a decade.
“Showtime” was last seen in action at October’s UFC 229 event, where he suffered a TKO loss to Tony Ferguson in a “fight of the night” performance.
As for “Wonderboy”, Stephen Thompson also entered tonight’s UFC Nashville main event looking to rebound. Thompson was coming off a controversial decision loss to Darren Till in his most recent octagon appearance in May of 2018.
Stephen Thompson got off to a fast start in tonight’s headliner. The former UFC welterweight title challenger, “Wonderboy”, was able to find a home for his jab while exchanging kicks with “Showtime”.
After the better part of two rounds it seemed that Thompson was going to cruise to victory in tonight’s UFC Nashville main event. That was until Anthony Pettis landed a perfectly timed superman punch that sent “Wonderboy” crashing to the octagon canvas. Thompson was out cold from the strike, which will surely be added to Pettis’ already ridiculous highlight reel.
Check out how the pros reacted to Anthony Pettis knocking out Stephen Thompson below:
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— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) March 24, 2019
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) March 24, 2019
Wow wow wow
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) March 24, 2019
Great knockout @Showtimepettis
— Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 (@Justin_Gaethje) March 24, 2019
Ahhhhh told youuuuu showtimeeeeeee #UFCNashiville
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 24, 2019
Holy shit that was crazy!! Anybody can get caught..
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) March 24, 2019
SHOWTIME!!!! Yeah baby.
— Funky (@Benaskren) March 24, 2019
1 mistake is all it takes in there
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) March 24, 2019
I can’t believe that just happened. I know Pettis is beast in the stand up department, but I felt Wonderboys size and striking would win it. This fight game is crazy. #UFCNashville
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) March 24, 2019
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