{"id":391863,"date":"2021-08-08T09:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=391863"},"modified":"2021-08-08T09:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T16:51:54","slug":"stephen-thompson-believes-he-can-make-another-ufc-title-run-despite-loss-to-gilbert-burns-at-ufc-264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-thompson-believes-he-can-make-another-ufc-title-run-despite-loss-to-gilbert-burns-at-ufc-264\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson believes he can make another UFC title run despite loss to Gilbert Burns at UFC 264"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite losing by unanimous decision to Gilbert Burns at UFC 264, Stephen Thompson still believes he can make another welterweight title run.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old Thompson was coming into UFC 264 off of back-to-back wins over Vicente Luque and Geoff Neal, but his striking attack was thwarted by Burns, who was able to take &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; down to the ground and control him for the duration of the bout.<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-thompson-says-gilbert-burns-was-scared-of-my-striking-at-ufc-264\/\"> It was not the most exciting fight<\/a>, and UFC president Dana White admitted he wasn&#8217;t a fan of it. But at the end of the day, Burns got his hand raised and Thompson saw his win streak snap.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite being 38 years old and fighting in the stacked UFC welterweight division, Thompson isn&#8217;t convinced that the loss to Burns means he&#8217;s done as a title contender at 170lbs. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c6QodeyB8eI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Lynch<\/a>, Thompson explained why he still believes he has what it takes to fight UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, for the title in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephen Thompson thinks he&#039;ll fight for UFC title again\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6QodeyB8eI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, not at all (giving up hope of fighting for the belt again). I mean, I&#8217;m still at the top right now, I&#8217;m still ranked No. 4, and I&#8217;m still the only guy at the top of the division at the moment that hasn&#8217;t fought Kamaru Usman,&#8221; Thompson said. &#8220;I still feel like I hold a threat. I feel like Kamaru&#8217;s not just the type of guy who will hold me there. He&#8217;s going to look and try to finish the fight and that makes for a much more exciting fight and I know that&#8217;s what the fans want to see. I know that Kamaru wants to fight the best guys in the world, and I&#8217;m the only guy at the top right now that hasn&#8217;t fought him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Stephen Thompson that he still has what it takes to make another run for the UFC welterweight title?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite losing by unanimous decision to Gilbert Burns at UFC 264, Stephen Thompson still believes he can make another welterweight title run. 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