Stephen Thompson : (3)

" I’m a striker. " - Stephen Thompson

" Sometimes people say, ‘You’ve got to go out there and grit your teeth and just throw.’ That’s never been my style, but I think I need to be a little bit more aggressive instead of counterpunching. " - Stephen Thompson

" When I was 15, I fought a guy who was 26 and he was 20-0, undefeated. It was a way for my dad to show me that I was better than I thought. I ended up beating the brakes off this 26-year-old guy. After the fight, the announcer asked my opponent how it felt. He answered, ‘I wonder why I stepped in the ring with that boy.’ " - Stephen Thompson