{"id":320769,"date":"2019-07-29T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T17:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=320769"},"modified":"2019-07-29T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T17:44:08","slug":"stephen-thompson-calls-for-fight-with-rafael-dos-anjos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-thompson-calls-for-fight-with-rafael-dos-anjos\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson calls for fight with Rafael dos Anjos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson is eager to get back on track after an upset, knockout loss to Anthony Pettis, and he knows just when he&#8217;d like to do so. In fact, he even has a potential opponent in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media backstage at UFC 240 last weekend in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the fighter they call &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; called for a scrap with former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. He said he he&#8217;d like the bout to occur at UFC 244 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City this November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know me and RDA are both coming off a loss, so might be a good time for him to heal up and maybe make that happen at MSG, so that would be cool,\u201d Thompson said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/07\/ufc-244-stephen-thompson-targets-return-vs-rafael-dos-anjos?utm_source=smg&amp;utm_medium=wasabi&amp;utm_content=home-latest-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Thompson also sees Robbie Lawler, who will fight Colby Covington at UFC Newark this weekend, as a possible opponent. UFC 244, however, is the primary focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything\u2019s feeling good, back into training hard full force, and hopefully I\u2019ll be fighting again at Madison Square Garden. November is the plan,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cDon\u2019t know who yet, but we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Robbie Lawler has a fight coming up so, yeah man, I\u2019m looking at somebody in the top five, and I\u2019m ready to get back out there and do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson went on to admit that the sting of his recent stoppage loss far outweighs that of a decision loss \u2014 part of the reason he&#8217;s keen to get back into the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was worse with the quick one, my last one with Pettis,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cI got knocked out in the second round, even though I was winning the fight. I would have rather lost going all three rounds and had my opponent just outwork me, knowing I was 100 percent. I\u2019m going to be at 100 percent giving it my all. The last fight, it was one of those fluke shots. That can happen with anybody in the division or in this game. I would rather lose getting smoked, not getting knocked out knowing that you were winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Stephen Thompson fight next?<\/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 7\/29\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson is eager to get back on track after an upset, knockout loss to Anthony Pettis, and he knows just when he&#8217;d like to do so. In fact, he even has a potential opponent in mind. 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