Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson impressed everyone with his first-round finish of former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in the UFC Fight Night 82 main event on Saturday. Following the one-sided beating, fighters took to Twitter to react to the stunning upset.
I went from being really tired to being really energized. @WonderboyMMA got me pumped !! So happy for him.
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) February 7, 2016
Wow — Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) February 7, 2016
Lawler vs Wonderboy sounds good to me.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) February 7, 2016
@WonderboyMMA awesome skills! — Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) February 7, 2016
Holy shit! #UFCFightNight
— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) February 7, 2016
Awesome work from @WonderboyMMA @ufc Most impressive — Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) February 7, 2016
Dayum wonderboy looking so impressive!!! #UFCVegas
— Jessica Penne (@JessicaPenne) February 7, 2016
Wowwwwwww very good. — Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February 7, 2016
Wow!!! @WonderboyMMA I’ve been a fan for some time now but gosh!!! @ufc Love the footwork and style. #karate #ninja
— Tecia Torres (@TeciaTorres) February 7, 2016
Wonderboy utterly destroyed Bigg Rigg. #ufcvegas — The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 7, 2016
The Wonder Boy
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) February 7, 2016
Holy Sh*t @WonderboyMMA just did work!!! Impressive Sir #UFCFightNight #UFCVegas — Zak Cummings (@ZakCummings) February 7, 2016
Johnny Hendricks always classy. In victory and defeat. Respect!
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) February 7, 2016
That was impressive. #UFCFightNight — Joe Ellenberger (@JoeEllenberger) February 7, 2016
Wow #TKO by @WonderboyMMA
No easy task to take out Hendricks…
In the first … @ufc #UFCVegas— Raphael Assuncao (@RaphaAssuncao) February 7, 2016
Congratulations @WonderboyMMA , great performance. Building your way up like a true Martial Artist. Happy for team @BadBoy ! @UFC — Demian Maia (@demianmaia) February 7, 2016
Wow @WonderboyMMA great win tonight #UFCVegas pic.twitter.com/s1cIfrpdj9
— Court McGee (@Court_McGee) February 7, 2016
@WonderboyMMA bravo ! — Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) February 7, 2016
Wow … @WonderboyMMA looks incredible. He gets my vote for fast track to title shot. Beautiful work.
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) February 7, 2016