43 year old ex
Ultimate Fighting Championship the welterweight title fighter retired at the same venue where he first fought 10 years earlier in New York. Thompson said he tried to take in the crowd’s reaction on his final walk to the Octagon.
Wonderboy describes the end of a spinning kick against Charles Radtke at UFC 334
“It means the world to me,” Thompson said after the fight. “But to be able to go to my fans like that — I don’t know if you heard the crowd out there. I was able to — I was trying to absorb so much walking to the cage.”
Thompson said he had predicted the spinning kick would end the fight.
“I called it, I knew it. You know, we do a lot of combat research for a reason,” Thompson said. “I told him it was going to be a spinning hook shot, and of course it did. Couldn’t have asked for anything better.”
Thompson plans to spend more time with his family, continue teaching martial arts at his school, and be involved with the UFC through broadcasting and podcasting.
“Well, No. 1, I spend a lot of time with my family, my baby girl, teaching martial arts at our school. It’s always a jam. But also being in the UFC, even though I don’t get kicked or punched in the face anymore, which will be much better,” he added.
“I couldn’t ask for anything better.” Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) puts on the gloves for #UFC334 at #Polymarket and reflects on the preliminaries of an incredible career ➡️ https://t.co/fwJLGtosT1 https://t.co/OkOBc1bZPF
— UFC News (@UFCNews)
November 15, 2026
