Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson talks about his win over Kevin Holland. MERCH: https://themaclife.teespring.com/ VISIT: …
foreign congratulations on getting back on the win column there with another fight of the night right so uh what are physically how are you feeling after that we see it on your face ah yeah it doesn’t hurt too much right here or like right here but right here it’s a little sore uh yeah man I mean I’ve got bumps and bruises and of course with a win it’s all worth it you know going out there and put on a good show in front of the fans and I told everybody you give me a striker we’re gonna get fight of the night and Kevin Holland was up for the grabs and uh we we put on a good show is that the type of fight you expected from Kevin in there because even when you would like one of you would hit the canvas you immediately would step back and say no get back up yeah man it was kind of one of those Unwritten rules that we had going into this fight um I know later on the rounds he was shooting I know he had a busted hand but I think I fell down in the first round he let me back up he told me in the first round he’s like hey I’m not taking you down I’m like all right man sounds good to me so yeah it was kind of one of those uh handshakes we had in the first round nobody’s going to go down what’s he telling you to he was telling me to slow down and I was telling him I’m sorry the entire time he was like oh you got me he was like I’m sorry man you got me good oh I’m sorry yeah it was fun he’s hilarious he was doing a guest scrum in New York and he said there should be bragging right between Kung Fu and karate now so yeah 100 100 man I mean his Kung Fu style is awesome I mean he wouldn’t be where he is if he wasn’t a skilled and it was just uh uh we wouldn’t have put on a good show if it wasn’t for him as well so I appreciate Kevin and the commentary was saying that when you would land a lot but when he would land it just looked like it would just do more damage with one punch so especially when he kind of clipped you in that first round so how does his power compare to your past opponents well um it was the reach that did all that that I think that helped him with that you know um I had to close more distance in order to hit him all he had to do was straighten his arm out so it landed more flesh um um so that’s why later on in the round I started to use more kicks going to the body going to the Head a lot more spin kicks but uh I had to be fast I had to close the gap quick um and one of the reasons why I kept my right side forward if we were in a closed stance if I threw my power hand I would lean right into his power hand so when I put my right side forward in that open stance I would throw my left which led my head away from his power hand which helped out a lot he clipped me I think it was first or second I’m not sure when I was up against the cage and he smoked me good right in the forehead but thank goodness I was blessed with a hard head thanks pops for that so we ran it this is going to be a weird question but we ran into Kevin after the ceremonial wins and I asked why are you guys recovering your chest and he said you guys were like walking around flicking each other’s nipples always so what’s the story with that uh he was telling me a story in New York City he flicks somebody’s titty and I guess Kamara Usman or somebody Kamara Usman was with got mad at him and so uh I thought it was hilarious so during some of the uh the interviews this week he flicked my titty so I told him I was going to get him back so that’s why he covered his boobs up because I knew I was going to get him back he knew I was coming for him the final question is it safe to say you’re not gonna be looking for a wrestler anytime soon and I mean if you guys want more fights like that give me a striker baby give me a striker so of course you know I’m always looking for the title and that’s always at the top of the list but why not have some fun fights on the way what happened in the third round it looked like the referee kind of stopped the fight and then changed his mind and put the fight back on did you know what was happening there was it a low blow what was going on I think I don’t know if it was I was in close I think I had him up against the cage and I threw it either a knee or a punch and I think I might have clipped his cup or got him in the groin and which is why which is why they stopped it um I think that’s what you mean yeah to the outside perspective it looked like they had to actually stop the fight and then oh really okay yeah I did I don’t I don’t remember any of that it’s funny I had to go back and watch it because I don’t remember a dang thing but I do remember having to stop because of a low blow not sure if I actually hit him there but um he got to take a break do you know when you may have hurt his hand because it sort of seems apparent the end of the third and fourth round that he was not throwing it anymore but could you feel a moment where he seemed to wince or anything like that every time I throw my left leg right to his right arm I knew he had a tough he had a really strong right hand and me and my coaches uh pops and divinian and Carlos um Machado knew that if I threw that back leg to that right arm it would slow it down a lot so I kept trying to fire that my back left my left leg roundhouse to his back arm over and over and over again to try to slow it down so that might had something to do with it you landed left straight over and over again were you surprised at any point like man this guy could take a punch well he’s so long and I have to start throwing my left hand at all longer range so right at the very end it didn’t have as much power as I wanted on it because I had to really close the gap and he was very long so he just faded back and kind of evaded a lot of the power but he was tough man I think that’s what surprised me the most he could take some shots and keep on coming two more quick ones obviously you you sort of said a couple of things that were exchanging there but what other stuff was he being was being said in there and anyones that stand out to you uh whenever we head butt at each other he was like oh man I’m sorry I’m like oh no it’s okay keep fighting keep fighting we had some fun conversations in there at the very end he started to shoot I was like hey I thought you weren’t going to shoot man he’s like I gotta do what I got to do uh and last one can you please expand on getting arrested for skinny dipping this is coming up why did I open my mouth it was years ago and some girls were involved and we went that’s always the way I know I know we went skinny dipping and we got caught so uh but I got all that expunged I got to train some police officers for like like several weeks and uh it was good gotta expunged man that’s wrong did they catch you because they knew you were coming oh do they catch because they knew they said did they set up like a way to catch him oh so what happened was like a week before somebody had vandalized their pool I’ve never been to that pool before in my life and we just got this is the wrong time they had put up cameras and stuff so me and a few others are naked bods were up on the front pool Hall board for the longest with everything blacked out so yeah uh it was uh parents weren’t happy about that but you know you live in you live and you learn man any other questions Kevin’s management tweeted that right in the front they tweeted that he broke his hand in the first round probably on my head definitely on my knock and I felt that one uh but like I said you know that’s what he that’s what he gets for punching me in the head you know what I mean uh no I got a hard head and I did feel that I had to weather the storm um he threw a lot of elbows as well that kind of staggered me a little bit but um I had to keep moving and um like I said uh I got a hard head and um weather the storm and and you know got the w good over here Stephen I noticed uh like in the fourth he was kind of like a wounded animal you know he had the the hand and uh it was some points where he would kind of like say something and you would just go right in did you feel like he was kind of delayed a little bit just by the hand and just thinking about it too much well I stacked him a little bit I could tell I hit him with a few spin hook kicks to the head round house kicks to the Head some left hands and I was like um how is this guy still up I definitely broke my left hand on his Noggin as well he broke his right I broke my left so he was just tough man it wasn’t giving up so I just kept Focus focused on I saw him shake his hand so I just kept focused on that right hand just kept going for it with my left leg roundhouse yeah and the body kicks were just yes pops called it he said go for the body nobody taxes his body so I kept digging the body with the left leg and it paid off and then the lead leg kicks were killing him two and in the fourth that was just yeah man there’s like I knew he was long and I was watching I went back and watched the uh the Brazilian Cowboy fight and he kept throwing low calf kicks on cabinet and Kevin wasn’t too happy about it so I just kept throwing those left uh outside left calf kicks on the outside so I worked both sides but the plan because I can work both sides to stay away from like I said his right hand I kept my right side forward pretty much the entire time I try to throw him off a little bit switching every now and then but that dude’s tough man golly yeah you’ve seen but you seem like just a step ahead just with the speed and and the technicality of the Striking so I feel like that’s what kind of threw him off after a while because the first round was a banger oh the second round was a banger and then you know you were kind of pulling away towards the end I kind of fell after he told me he was like Hey man slow down I was like oh this dude’s getting tired he told me to slow down I was like nah I said yeah but I was like nah in my head so I I knew if I just kept it kept in his face the entire time he would start to slow down and um I knew I was going to be faster than him um I’m getting faster every day I mean I’ll be 40 in February I’m still still out there getting it man so um I the only thing I can do is go back and watch this fight me and my coaches next week we’ll probably go back and watch and see what we can fix and get better and uh we’ll ready for next time yeah man beautiful performance man thank you brother I appreciate you all right thanks guys