{"id":460480,"date":"2022-10-13T14:35:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=460480"},"modified":"2022-10-13T14:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:35:01","slug":"kevin-holland-explains-brief-retirement-plans-on-knocking-out-stephen-thompson-in-ufc-return-i-think-my-kung-fu-beats-his-karate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-holland-explains-brief-retirement-plans-on-knocking-out-stephen-thompson-in-ufc-return-i-think-my-kung-fu-beats-his-karate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Holland explains brief retirement, plans on knocking out Stephen Thompson in UFC return: &#8220;I think my Kung Fu beats his Karate&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Kevin Holland plans on finishing Stephen Thompson in his octagon return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Trail Blazer&#8217; has been out of action since his submission loss to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/khamzat-chimaev\/\">Khamzat Chimaev<\/a> last month. The bout was a short-notice one, as &#8216;Borz&#8217; was originally set to face Nate Diaz at the event. However, after Chimaev missed weight, he was bumped down to the fight with Holland.<\/p>\n<p>Following that loss, the fan-favorite stated that he was retired. The announcement caught many fans off-guard, given his age and competitiveness at the top level. While many didn&#8217;t believe it at first, Holland kept hammering home that he was retired.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, fans were right not to believe it. Not long after his retirement announcement, Kevin Holland was booked to return against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/stephen-thompson\/\">Stephen Thompson<\/a> in December. &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; has been absent from the cage since his loss to Belal Muhammad last December.<\/p>\n<p>As the welterweight contender explained on <em>The MMA Hour<\/em> with Ariel Helwani, the announcement of retirement came as a result of being at peace with his career. However, once Holland got the offer to fight Thompson, he knew that he couldn&#8217;t retire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-456612 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kevin-Holland.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Holland\" width=\"696\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kevin-Holland.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kevin-Holland-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"lrBxfp\">\u201cFor a second there I was like, \u2018Yeah, I could walk away and be happy.\u2019 No stress,\u201d Holland said. \u201cPeople were like, \u2018Even with the last performance?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Even with the last performance, I\u2019m cool with it.\u2019 Samurai code. Ready to die at any time. F*** it. Bushido. It is what it is&#8230; Until I got hit up with what I wanted and I was like, I can\u2019t turn that down. I said if I got something magically wonderful or delicious I would step back up, and what\u2019s more wonderful than Wonderboy?\u201d (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/10\/13\/23401422\/kevin-holland-short-lived-retirement-return-stephen-thompson-i-would-never-turn-down-wonderboy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMAFighting<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201c&#8230;To be 100 percent honest with you, I plan on knocking Wonderboy the f*** out. I think Wonderboy is a fantastic fighter, I think his style is wonderful, it\u2019s his name, but that being said, Pettis was able to knock him out and I think I\u2019m going to be able to knock him out. Pettis was able to find his chin and I think I\u2019m going to be able to find his chin, and when I find his chin, I think I hit a little bit harder than Anthony Pettis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"LJwyy3\">Holland concluded, \u201cBut let\u2019s not get mistaken, a lot of people go out there and strike with Wonderboy, usually look crazy. Geoff Neal, dude can strike really well, couldn\u2019t strike with Wonderboy.\u00a0Vicente Luque, strikes really well \u2014 and these are two completely different styles of striking \u2014 couldn\u2019t strike with Wonderboy. Pettis is a crafty motherf*****, and he figured it out&#8230; I like to think I\u2019m pretty crafty too, so I think I can figure it out, and I think my Kung Fu beats his Karate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As &#8216;Trail Blazer&#8217; noted, Stephen Thompson has only been finished by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/anthony-pettis\/\">Anthony Pettis<\/a>, with that loss coming in 2019. Holland will look to add one more knockout loss to that record on December 3rd.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think about Kevin Holland&#8217;s comments? Do you think he&#8217;ll defeat Stephen Thompson? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Kevin Holland plans on finishing Stephen Thompson in his octagon return. &#8216;Trail Blazer&#8217; has been out of action since his submission loss to Khamzat Chimaev last month. The bout was a short-notice one, as &#8216;Borz&#8217; was originally set to face Nate Diaz at the event. 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