{"id":288487,"date":"2018-10-18T05:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=288487"},"modified":"2018-10-18T05:54:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:54:12","slug":"stephen-thompson-updates-on-his-potential-fight-with-robbie-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-thompson-updates-on-his-potential-fight-with-robbie-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson updates on his potential fight with Robbie Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-paige-vanzant-both-refute-reports-about-january-fights-on-espn\/\">repeatedly been linked<\/a> to a January scrap with former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. As of yet, however, the bout is still not official.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/latest-news\/stephen-thompson-keen-on-robbie-lawler-fight-the-ball-is-in-his-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> MMANytt<\/a> recently, Stephen Thompson updated on the status of this fight. Apparently, he&#8217;s all for it, and it now comes down to Robbie Lawler to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all up to him right now,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re both coming off a knee injury. He also ended up tearing his MCL in his last fight with dos Anjos, but I think he\u2019s back in the gym now training. I really want this fight, but to be honest with you the ball is now in his court. I tried poking at him a little via social media and we\u2019ve been in contact with his management. It sounds like he wants to make it happen so we\u2019re just kind of just waiting on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a guy I\u2019ve been wanting to face for a long time now; ever since he won the title,\u201d Stephen Thompson continued. \u201cI personally thought he was going to beat\u00a0Tyron Woodley, but it didn\u2019t end up happening that way. I\u2019ve been wanting to step out into the Octagon with him for a while now. I\u2019ve been a huge fan of his and I\u2019ve been watching him ever since the days of Strikeforce. He\u2019s just a good guy and super tough. His stand-up is great and he never takes a step back. Those are the guys that I want to face off against and I think it would be fireworks if we fought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Stephen Thompson and Robbie Lawler will end up fighting this January? If so, who do you think will win? Join the conversation in the comments section below.<\/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 10\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson has repeatedly been linked to a January scrap with former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. As of yet, however, the bout is still not official. Speaking to MMANytt recently, Stephen Thompson updated on the status of this fight. 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