{"id":241190,"date":"2017-06-08T13:04:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T20:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=241190"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:10:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T20:10:38","slug":"stephen-thompson-discusses-desired-return-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-discusses-desired-return-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson discusses desired return fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson has been absent from the Octagon since his UFC 209 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-209\/ufc-209-results-woodley-vs-thompson-2\/\">showdown with Tyron Woodley<\/a> for the welterweight championship, a highly anticipated rematch from their UFC 205 co-main event showdown that saw Woodley retain the belt in a majority draw effort.<\/p>\n<p>Following the rematch at UFC 209, Thompson revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/stephen-thompson-eyes-september-return-three-opponents-mind\/\">he injured his knee<\/a> in his rematch with Woodley. While there has been no word on when &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; will return to the Octagon, he spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8IGuMJauX7o\" target=\"_blank\">Submission Radio<\/a> this week to unveil his ideal return plan:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"379\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stephen-Thompson.png\" alt=\"Stephen Thompson\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stephen-Thompson.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stephen-Thompson-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stephen-Thompson-585x304.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stephen-Thompson-390x202.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe goal, to be honest, the goal is to be able to fight in September. I\u2019m not really sure what fights they have in September. Late August, early September\u2019s the plan, but we\u2019ll talk with my management company, the UFC and see if we can get something going. I want to fight someone in the top five, but the question is who? I wanted Robbie Lawler to begin with, but I know he\u2019s fighting Donald Cerrone coming up. Demian Maia, I hear he has the next title shot. Not really sure what Carlos Condit is doing. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s back in his training, if he\u2019s gonna retire. I know there was some talks about him doing that. I would love to fight Carlos Condit. The number five-ranked guy right now is Jorge Masvidal. I would love to fight him. Anybody in that top five I think would be perfect, man. I would love to fight you once this knee heals up, which is the truth. I wanna fight the best guys. He went three fight-minute rounds with one of the best in the division \u2013 and to be honest with you, I thought he won the fight \u2013 but it didn\u2019t go his way, but I think we would put on a good show. He\u2019s a tough opponent, good striking, good Muay Thai and I think it would just be fireworks.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-3.png\" alt=\"Jorge Masvidal\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-220701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-3.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-3-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-3-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-3-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 6\/8\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson has been absent from the Octagon since his UFC 209 showdown with Tyron Woodley for the welterweight championship, a highly anticipated rematch from their UFC 205 co-main event showdown that saw Woodley retain the belt in a majority draw effort. 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