I spent some time with Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida when they were training at Blackhouse in California. This was before I was in the UFC. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
Me coming from a karate and kickboxing background, Anderson Silva was like my idol, and so was Machida, especially with his karate background. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
I understand it's part of the sport, part of the game to have people who like you and people who don't. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
Everybody asks me, 'Hey, what's your most memorable fight?' For me, it's definitely the Matt Brown fight. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, Conor McGregor at 170, I think he's just going to be thrown around like a little rag doll. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
I know that pretty much everybody I face is going to wind up wanting to take me down eventually. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
I rage playing video games. I think that's the only time you will ever hear me say a cuss word. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
I was like 'You know what? I'm training with these champions. Guys like Georges St-Pierre, Rashad Evans, Nate Marquardt... Let me give this MMA thing a shot.' — Stephen Thompson Copy Share
In kickboxing, if I walked around at 185 pounds, I fought at 185 pounds. — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
When you're out there in the octagon and you've got thousands of people, millions across the world, either cheering for you to win or… — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
You gotta be ready in this game. Like when Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold. I thought... everybody thought that Luke Rockhold would go… — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
We kind of understand at this level of the game when you work your way up to the top there's a possibility you may… — Stephen Thompson Copy Share Image
