Stephen Thompson

One of the brightest fighters of the UFC welterweight champion American Stephen Thompson came to the professional ring MMA from kickboxing, in which he has not suffered a single defeat in his entire career. In the eyes of MMA fans, he soon became one of the favorite athletes for his great technique, beautiful and outward-looking fights. Fans have even dubbed their favorite Wonderboy, which translates to Wonder Boy, and are looking forward to his new fights and victories.

Stephen Randall Thompson was born on February 11, 1983 in Simpsonville, the son of professional fighter Ray Thompson. The father of the future MMA star owns a children's school karate in South Carolina and himself works as a chief instructor.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson (@wonderboymma) on Feb 7, 2018 at 12:38pm PST

Ray began to train his son at the age of 3, started with hardening and general physical training, gradually developed in him sports passion and perseverance, love for martial arts. However, it could not be otherwise in this family, where sport became a cult and a way of life.

In the interview, Stephen says that his two brothers and two sisters are also professionally engaged in kickboxing. Thompson himself began training under his father at the age of 12.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson (@wonderboymma) on Jan 22, 2018 at 9:52pm PST

In 2001, Stephen graduated from high school and plunged headlong into his favorite hobby. Soon he began to enter the ring as part of amateur fights. But the success was hindered by injuries. During one performance, the young man suffered a serious knee injury - tore all the ligaments.

Doctors even made a disappointing prognosis - the impossibility of further training and performances. But Stephen was just. A few days after the operation, the guy, however, sitting, but already trained. Thus, the athlete after 3 years not only fully recovered, but significantly succeeded in studying tetsushin ryu campo karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Until 2010, the kickboxer won 57 fights and did not suffer a single defeat. Such a glorious sports biography did not go unnoticed, and in 2006 Stephen Thompson took the 1st place in the list of fighters of the World Martial Arts League (WCL), founded by Chuck Norris.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson (@wonderboymma) on Mar 20, 2019 at 9:30am PDT

Steven was noticed and brought to MMA by the famous coach in the sport Firas zahabi, inviting him to his legendary club Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada. Thompson joined the likes of Georges St-Pierre, Rashad Evans and Chris Weidman.

From 2010 to 2012, Stephen performed mainly in South Carolina in the promotion fight party, without suffering a single defeat. The debutant showed excellent physical data (weight 77 kg at the height of 183 cm), becoming a featherweight fighter with a 190 cm arms swing.

With a rating of 5 : 0 kickboxer began his career under the auspices of the UFC. The first fight in the legendary promotion took place on February 4, 2012 at the UFC 143 tournament. Thompson's opponent was Dan Stittgen, whom the rookie knocked out at the end of the first round.

However, in the second fight Stephen felt for the first time what it was like to be on the losing side. The fight with Matt Brown was difficult, opponents now and then dominated each other, went to the stalls. After three rounds, the judges unanimously awarded the victory to Brown.

Feiter from South Carolina did not appear in the ring for almost a year, and only in the spring of 2013 his duel with american Na-Sean Burrell took place. This time, the judges awarded the victory to Thompson. After defeating Chris Clements in the same year, Stephen participates in a bright and spectacular fight against Australian professional Robert Whittaker. The fight, which took place in Las Vegas on February 22, 2014, is called the performance of the evening.

Then in Steven's career there is a series of significant victories. The featherweight bypasses such experienced fighters as Patrick Cote, Jake Ellenberger, Johnny Hendricks, Rory McDonald.

On November 12, 2016, Thompson fought for the UFC title. Tyron Woodley came out to defend the championship belt. According to the professionals, Woodley dominated this match, but Thompson managed to survive, and the fight ended in a draw.

The title rematch took place on March 4, 2017 in Las Vegas. As a result, Woodley confirmed the title, the fight ended in his favor by a split decision.

Thompson was able to rehabilitate himself after the defeat against Jorge Masvidal in November 2017 in New York. In 2018, Stephen has only one fight - against Darren Till. Almost until the 5th round, none of the opponents showed a clear advantage, but in the final Darren knocked out Stephen. Although he quickly recovered and continued the fight, the judges after all the rounds awarded the victory to Till.

In March 2019, Thompson faced Anthony Pettis, a decorated American who achieved considerable success in lightweight and decided to make his welterweight debut. Pettis' debut was successful, he knocked out Thompson with punches in the 5th minute.

It is known about the kinship of the famous fighter. Thus, one of his sisters is married to brazilian jiu-jitsu star Carlos Machado, and his brother is married to the sister of MMA fighter Chris Weidman.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson (@wonderboymma) on Mar 26, 2019 at 5:15pm PDT

But there is no information about Vanderboy's personal life either in Russian-speaking or English-language sources. It is known that he is not married, very attached to his family, parents. The theme of the house, family and friends is often seen in his Instagram posts: photos of the fighter depicted his mother and father, sisters, brothers, their children.

Stephen Thompson is famous for his non-conflict, calm and benevolent character and is the only fighter who enters the Octagon not for fame or money, but for the sake of a cause that loves more life.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson (@wonderboymma) on Jan 9, 2019 at 8:09am PST

Now Vanderboy is at the zenith of his professional career. His name occupies the top positions in the ranking of featherweight promotions of the UFC. In his spare time from the preparation for fights, Stephen trains children in karate school, calling this activity his favorite and bringing positive emotions.

2012 - Best Knockout of the Night (Dan Stittgen) 2014 - Evening Performance (Robert Whitaker) 2015 - Evening Performance (Jake Ellenberger) 2016 - Evening Performance (Johnny Hendricks) 2016 - Best Fight of the Night (Tyron Woodley)

Stephen Thompson's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & much more details has been updated below.

Let's check, How Rich is Stephen Thompson in 2020?

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2021

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1.1M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $768.4K - $1.9M.

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2020

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $634.8K - $1.3M.

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2019

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1.6M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $788.4K - $1.6M.

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2018

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1.9M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $675.1K - $1.2M.

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2017

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1.9M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $632.4K - $1.4M.

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2016

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $671.9K - $1.5M.

Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2015

Stephen Thompson 's revenue is $1.3M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Stephen Thompson and could vary in the range between $932.8K - $1.1M.

It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Stephen Thompson. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and a approximation for next year. See above to learn how much money does Stephen Thompson make a year.

The range above shows an estimation based on evaluation generated by public information about sponsorships or other sources found on the internet. It's summarized data from Stephen Thompson' projects existing in AidWiki's repository. It's an approximation of the revenue compiled by AidWiki and may not correspond with the real amount.