{"id":278457,"date":"2018-06-12T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278457"},"modified":"2018-06-12T09:39:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:39:50","slug":"stephen-thompson-gives-time-frame-for-return-eyeing-fight-with-robbie-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-gives-time-frame-for-return-eyeing-fight-with-robbie-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson gives timeframe for return, eyeing fight with Robbie Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/mma-community-reacts-to-stephen-thompson-vs-darren-till\/\">close and controversial<\/a> decision loss to surging welterweight contender Darren Till, two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson is keen to get back on track. He thinks former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is just the kind of opponent that would allow him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson weighed the options for his next fight on\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkGJ3k12cjg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slip n\u2019 Dip podcast<\/a>\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight someone in the top 5,\u201d Thompson said (transcribed Jim Edwards for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/latest-news\/stephen-thompson-calls-for-showdown-with-robbie-lawler-at-msg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got bumped down to #3 [in the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-update-darren-till-surges-up-welterweight-ranks-michael-bisping-exits-at-middleweight\/\">UFC rankings<\/a>] &#8220;he continued. &#8220;You got Robbie Lawler, hopefully, maybe things will go just right because I know he had knee surgery a few months back, so hopefully things will go just right and the timings work out so we could face each other or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thompson then elaborated on the appeal of a fight with Lawler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got fans all the time asking me \u2018why don\u2019t you fight Robbie Lawler?\u2019 I think, I got a lot of respect for him and it would be a barnburner. He\u2019s just stands there and wants to bang it out. I love fighting guys like that \u2014 without getting hit in the knee of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we can get that shot at [Madison Square Garden in November], that would be sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first order of business for Thompson, of course, is healing up from the knee injury he sustained in his fight with Till.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me six to eight weeks minimum [for recovery],\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m taking it easy on my knee, but I\u2019m still back into training, sitting in a chair and hitting the bag man. I\u2019m always keeping ice on my leg, so hopefully by the end of the year I will have something set up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s with my fingers crossed, that\u2019s what I want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does a fight between Stephen Thompson and Robbie Lawler interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/12\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his close and controversial decision loss to surging welterweight contender Darren Till, two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson is keen to get back on track. He thinks former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is just the kind of opponent that would allow him to do so. 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