Wow, former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks was a massive favorite going in to this fight, watch how he got destroyed in minutes…
There weren’t many people that were picking the highly touted yet far less experienced Stephen Thompson to win at UFC Fight Night 82. The event went down in Las Vegas, Nevada last night (Saturday February 6, 2016) and was headlined by ‘Wonderboy’ and Johny Hendricks.
The former UFC welterweight champion Hendricks was a massive favorite in the betting lines, and Thompson came in with very limited expectations. Boy, did he exceed what everyone expected.
Watch the video of Johny Hendricks getting chewed up and spat out by Thompson below:
The veteran of hundreds of kickboxing and Karate matches, Stephen Thompson was expected to come out firing hard. His spinning attacks have scored some memorable knockouts over his few years in the UFC, but hardly anyone would’ve bet he’d dominate the man that once arguably beat Georges St-Pierre.
So what else happened at the Fight Night Las Vegas event? Well, CM Punk’s next opponent was born, as Mickey Gall beat Mike Jackson to earn his fight against the pro wrestling crossover.
Punk (real name Phillip Brooks) was in attendance, but this texting fan didn’t know until the last minute: