Stephen Thompson steps into the octagon at UFC 307 with a multi-pronged mentality for his career.
A former two-time UFC welterweight title challenger, Thompson (17-7-1 MMA, 12-7-1 UFC) is looking to bust out of a 1-3 slump in his past four fights while simultaneously giving back to the division by fighting a surging name in Joaquin Buckley (20-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC), who is on a four-fight winning streak.
“Wonderboy” meets Buckley in the featured prelim of Saturday’s card (ESPN+, ESPNews, ESPN+ pay perview) at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Thompson hasn’t seen action since a December loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov, and he said this was the right time and right matchup to get back on track.
