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Thompson was in a reflective mood following his knockout loss to Joaquin Buckley in the featured prelim of UFC 307.

It was another tough night at the office for Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, who suffered his fourth loss in five fights and the second KO loss of his career at the hands of Joaquin Buckley during UFC 307.

Thompson was looking pretty good against Buckley right up until he got backed up against the cage and hit with a massive overhand right to the jaw (see the finish here). We had “Wonderboy” up two rounds coming into the third, but the aging Karate expert forgot to utilize lateral movement and paid the price.

In a new video statement released on X (formerly Twitter), a frustrated Thompson spoke on the defeat.

“Just got back to the hotel — I don’t even know how I got here,” he said. “But again, I get knocked out by an overhand.”

Thompson’s only other KO loss came against Anthony Pettis in 2019, but it was a very different situation. “Showtime” reversed into the cage, bounced off it, took a leap, and snuck his overhand over the top. This time it was Thompson who bounced off the cage … right into Buckley’s fist.

“Once my head is either on the cage or off the cage, it is what it is,” Thompson said.

With just one sole win since the start of 2021, the 41-year-old fighter was in a reflective mood. Getting slumped like that is definitely the kind of thing to make you re-evaluate your fighting plans, but “Wonderboy” didn’t tip his hand as to what may come next.

“I wanna say thank you to all of my fans,” he said. “You guys really showed out for me as I walked out there. You guys have shown me so much support over the years, and I really do appreciate it, and I love you.”

“The roar of the crowd as I walked out to the cage and my name was announced is something I’ll cherish forever,” he added in the caption to his video.

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Stephen Thompson was having success on the feet against Joaquin Buckley, looking to get back on track after losing three of his past four at Saturday night’s UFC 307, but Buckley has the last laugh with a monster right hook that knocked him unconscious midway through rounds three in Salt Lake City (watch the finish).

Now down to 1-4 since 2021 — and 4-7-1 since challenging for UFC gold in 2016 —, “Wonderboy” took on social media to thanks the support of fans. In good spirits, the 41-year-old veteran also joked about not remembering how he got back to the hotel after such a vicious knockout.

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“Not much to say other than I sincerely appreciate all of the love and support I felt from the fans tonight and always the love you’ve shown me really fills my heart,” Thompson wrote on the post. “The roar of the crowd as I walked out to the cage and my name was announced is something I’ll cherish forever. I’m sorry I didn’t get it done tonight. Much love to you all and much love to SLC.”

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Jake Paul is getting ready for Mike Tyson.

Paul faces Tyson in an eight-round boxing match on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. The two were originally scheduled to fight back in July until a medical episode forced Tyson to delay the bout. Now back on again, on Friday the former heavyweight champion released a video of his training for the bout, so on Saturday, Paul returned the favor with sparring footage showing his own preparation.

But being who he is, Paul was not content simply to post training footage; however, instead of taking shots at Tyson, Paul dropped a second video clowning his longtime rival KSI.

“When Mike Tyson knocks you out but KSI’s song starts playing.”

Paul and KSI are the two biggest names in the emerging influencer boxing scene. Over the past few years, KSI has lobbied for a boxing match between the two but it’s yet to take place.

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Kayla Harrison spent the first 17 fights of her career with the PFL, but her defection to the UFC led to a social media post on Saturday highlighting the only loss she’s ever suffered.

Just before Harrison defeated Ketlen Vieira at UFC 307, the PFL posted a short video detailing her decision loss to Larissa Pacheco back in 2022 while also promoting its upcoming pay-per-view event on Oct. 19 in Saudi Arabia. While UFC CEO Dana White didn’t actually see PFL’s post about Harrison, he didn’t seem all that surprised by the maneuver.

“I think when you’re losing as much money as they are, f*cking go for it,” White said at the UFC 307 post-fight press conference. “F*cking throw the kitchen sink at it.”

White has rarely held his tongue when discussing the PFL but especially when the upstart promotion decides to take aim at the UFC.

Another comment that White jumped on when addressing the PFL was a recent remark from co-founder Donn Davis when he stated that the organization was spending more money on the upcoming PPV headlined by Francis Ngannou than the UFC spent producing the recent UFC 306 card at Sphere in Las Vegas.

White famously documented the high cost to put on a show there with expenditures reaching more than $ 20 million by the time it was all said and done.

“This guy [Donn Davis] just came out recently and said ‘you know we’re going to spend more money than they did on the Sphere.’ That sounds f*cking brilliant,” White said. “How many tickets are you going to sell? They’re not very bright.”

Of course there’s no doubt that the UFC remains the biggest promotion in all of MMA but White couldn’t help himself when pointing out the financial shortcomings of his competitors.

That’s why he wasn’t all that surprised by the move from PFL on Saturday when it came to taking aim at a former star in Harrison, who now calls the UFC home.

“Listen, it’s all fair,” White said. “They’re drowning. They suck. They’re not good at what they do. I guess you would just keep trying anything you can to make something stick. All good.”

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