Stephen Thompson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Gabriel Bonfim Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Jul 12, 2025
L	#11Joaquin Buckley Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	2:17	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.	Oct 5, 2024
L	#5Shavkat Rakhmonov Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:56	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023
W	Kevin Holland Welterweight	KO/TKO	to Corner Stoppage	R4	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022
L	#10Belal Muhammad Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
L	#2Gilbert Burns Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021
W	#11Geoff Neal Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal	Dec 19, 2020
W	#14Vicente Luque Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019
L	Anthony Pettis Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	4:55	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Mar 23, 2019
L	#8Darren Till Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till	May 27, 2018
W	#4Jorge Masvidal Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre	Nov 4, 2017
L	CTyron WoodleyTitle Welterweight	Decision	Majority	R5	5:00	UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2	Mar 4, 2017
D	CTyron WoodleyTitle Welterweight	Draw	—	R5	5:00	UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor	Nov 12, 2016
W	#1Rory MacDonald Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson	Jun 18, 2016
W	#2Johny Hendricks Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	3:31	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson	Feb 6, 2016
W	#9Jake Ellenberger Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R1	4:29	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015
W	Patrick Cote Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014
W	Robert Whittaker Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	3:43	UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann	Feb 22, 2014
W	Chris Clements Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:27	UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson	Sep 21, 2013
W	Nah-Shon Burrell Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2	May 25, 2013
L	Matt Brown Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans	Apr 21, 2012
W	Dan Stittgen Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	4:13	UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit	Feb 4, 2012

Outside the UFC

5-0across 5 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 1 sub · 2 decFight Party · XC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Patrick Mandio4-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Fight Party	Oct 1, 2011
W	William Kuhn12-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XC	Jul 15, 2011
W	Marques Worrell6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:08	Fight Party	Sep 18, 2010
W	Danny Finz0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:45	Fight Party	May 22, 2010
W	Jeremy Joles2-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:40	Fight Party	Feb 5, 2010

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

8 wins, 6 losses

W8

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

6

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.45

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Stephen Thompson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

27%

6 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

10

1.17 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

1.17 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

12 scorecards on file

Stephen Thompson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 6 of 12 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

6–6

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous10 decisions · 83%

6W4L

Split1 decision · 8%

1L

Majority1 decision · 8%

1L

10-8 rounds

11 rounds total

4

Won

7

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

46%1,293 / 2,810

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.05 differential

Landed4.05

Absorbed3.00

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+0%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head66%79th857
Body24%80th305
Leg10%50th131

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

90%Standing

Standing90%1,158
Clinch7%88
Ground4%47

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Stephen Thompson

Landed per 15

Head

A

81st

40.2

81st

Body

A

81st

14.3

81st

Leg

C

47th

6.1

47th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

68th

24.0

68th

Body

B

62nd

8.1

62nd

Leg

F

14th

12.9

14th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.2	857	2,220	39%
Body	14.3	305	432	71%
Leg	6.1	131	158	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.0	512	1,495	34%
Body	8.1	172	276	62%
Leg	12.9	275	355	77%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Stephen Thompson

36%

Takedown accuracy

63%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.9 min net

On top0.9

On bottom2.8

Offense

Takedowns

F

23rd

0.2

23rd

TD accuracy

C

49th

36%

49th

Sub attempts

D

38th

0.0

38th

Control

F

21st

0.9 min

21st

Defense

TD defense

C

53rd

63%

53rd

Controlled

2.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 14
Submission attempts	0
Control time	19:18

Defense

TDs defended	50 / 79
Control absorbed	60:12

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (320min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Stephen Thompson

22 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 320 min

166%

R3 pace · 15 bouts

Thompson builds (+7% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Thompson lifts to 166% of round-1 output by round 3 (15 bouts).

Thompson ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Thompsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Thompsonattempts / min

Control time

Thompson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.8	3.2	3.1	0.07	9%	22
R2	4.4	4.2	2.9	0.01	3%	18
R3	5.0	4.6	2.9	0.06	4%	15
R4	5.0	4.5	2.8	0.03	10%	6
R5	5.1	4.8	3.5	0.04	3%	5

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Stephen Thompson

22 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

67/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

93rd

72%

93rd

Win quality

B

69th

46%

69th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

9

4

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	1-2-1	33%
Top-5	9	4-5	44%
Top-15	4	2-2	50%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Gabriel Bonfim	Top-5	57	Jul 12, 2025
L	Joaquin Buckley#11	Top-15	72	Oct 5, 2024
L	Shavkat Rakhmonov#5	Top-5	84	Dec 16, 2023
W	Kevin Holland	Top-15	58	Dec 3, 2022
L	Belal Muhammad#10	Champion	89	Dec 18, 2021
L	Gilbert Burns#2	Top-5	89	Jul 10, 2021
W	Geoff Neal#11	Top-15	72	Dec 19, 2020
W	Vicente Luque#14	Top-5	74	Nov 2, 2019
L	Anthony Pettis	Top-15	67	Mar 23, 2019
L	Darren Till#8	Top-5	82	May 27, 2018
W	Jorge Masvidal#4	Top-5	83	Nov 4, 2017
L	Tyron WoodleyCHAMP	Champion	100	Mar 4, 2017
D	Tyron WoodleyCHAMP	Champion	100	Nov 12, 2016
W	Rory MacDonald#1	Top-5	90	Jun 18, 2016
W	Johny Hendricks#2	Champion	96	Feb 6, 2016
W	Jake Ellenberger#9	Top-5	77	Jul 12, 2015
W	Patrick Cote	Building	18	Sep 27, 2014
W	Robert Whittaker	Cross-div champ	57	Feb 22, 2014
W	Chris Clements	Building	15	Sep 21, 2013
W	Nah-Shon Burrell	Unproven	8	May 25, 2013
L	Matt Brown	Top-5	61	Apr 21, 2012
W	Dan Stittgen	Unproven	8	Feb 4, 2012

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

21 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-2

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

8-6

14 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-4

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-4

11 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-1

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

11 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Stephen Thompson

Within a year

11 monthssince last bout

vs Gabriel Bonfim · Jul 12, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 9-6As underdog 3-3

63.2

DK avg

68.1

Median

109.8

Ceiling

15.6

Floor

45%

Boom

23%

Bust

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