Wonderboy Thompson Is A Fool For Taking A Fight With Shavkat Rakhmonov
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In this video I discuss UFC Welterweight Stephen Wonderboy Thompson agreeing to fight Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 296. This is probably the worst decision he's ever made in regards to his UFC career. I also discuss other recently announced fights like Rob Font vs Deiveson Figueiredo and Benoit St-Denis vs Matt Frevola. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments.
#wonderboy #shavkatrakhmonov
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Why Is Wonderboy Making This Mistake?
7:12 Rob Font vs Deiveson Figueiredo
10:38 Benoit St-Denis vs Matt Frevola
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Congrats to wonder boy for beating shavkat and ending his winning streak
@faithalone5081
8 ай бұрын
What a comeback
@Dons98
8 ай бұрын
Definitely fight of the year!!!!
@bigboss0101
8 ай бұрын
Unoriginal comment
@Ziyech1
8 ай бұрын
What a k.o by wonder who would've though
@allbthatmom2153
8 ай бұрын
Unoriginal reply
The one guy with enough fan good will to openly duck every wrestler in the division, and he still takes the hard fight! Stand up for Wonderboy
@nedlead85
8 ай бұрын
He wants a contenders match and this is the only contender he gets since he refused the Pereira fight.
@KadoTheNorm
8 ай бұрын
@@nedlead85exactly. He cornered himself here. Don’t blame him for not accepting a weight miss but there’s no way he can turn this fight down too if he wants the ufc to ever let him near a belt.
@kiabtoomlauj6249
8 ай бұрын
Yes, WB is serious about one last attempt at the belt. And if you're going to hope to get a title fight, with a win, Shavkat is that person, even though he's #6. None at 170 currently, outside of possibly Leon, who is going to beat Shavkat right now. Not Belal, not Burns, and not MAGA man. Shavkat is very hittable. IF, big if but it is an if.... IF GRANDPA WB could stunt Shavkat by repeatedly punching the latter's unmoving head, he has a chance.... a small chance but a chance nonetheless. Unlike Usman, who would do 90% wrestling, the 29 year-old Central Asian Nomad Great Khan would actually want to stand there and go toe to toe against the elite striking Grandpa.
@uk1914
8 ай бұрын
@@kiabtoomlauj6249 Should shavkat improve his head movement? yes He 100% should. But the point that he doesn't move his head is a bit exaggerated. He slipped many punches against Geoff neal. But We only remember the ones he didn't slip.
@kiabtoomlauj6249
8 ай бұрын
Quite true.... about Shavkat's ability to "slip"... a bit like Strickland, except Shavkat just bob his head rather than using that "shoulder roll" that Sean Strickland would do, like the great boxing Floyd would do. No, Shavkat doesn't need to move his upper body like Iron Mike, Haggler, Pernell Whittaker, or Guillermo Rigondeaux... but if he'd learn to use the shoulders a bit more, like Sean Strickland --- they both have this slow, plodding approach ---- it'd prevent his head from being consistently cleanly punched. Against, lower ranked guys, a gifted & extremely big, tall, and powerful guy like 29 year-old Shavkat could afford to be getting punched a bit... Once you're fighting other elite guys from his position on up to the champ level, getting punched or kicked in the head, due to your lack of movements, could prove catastrophic. @@uk1914
It's amazing that Wonderboy knocked out the Nomad before the 1st round began. Truly the fight of all time
@Ghostface__x_
8 ай бұрын
Afterwards Shavkat calls out Bob Sapp and Does the Fortnite dance in the octogon
@DADRB0B55
8 ай бұрын
WB wins via gary goodridge Crucifix KO.
@Muhammed-Muhammed
8 ай бұрын
@@DADRB0B55 Is WonderOldLady a wrestler now? 😂😂😂
@ooolol
8 ай бұрын
Fight of all time 😂😂
I respect Wonderboy for taking the tough fight
is it a smary move? NOPE is it gangster? HELL YES Wonderboy is a G
people when wonderboy didn’t want to fight shavkat: omg why is wonderboy ducking him? people when wonderboy took the fight: what an idiot why would he take the fight?
@nitishtiwari2447
8 ай бұрын
Yes bro ; absolutely Who are these fuck' in people... They can only criticize someone decision...That's it
@kbayli.jsk1256
8 ай бұрын
wdym? literally everyone understood why he refused to fight shavkat
@RyleyTech
8 ай бұрын
@@kbayli.jsk1256yeah and calling for UFC to cut him 😂
@ConorMcRocketFuel
8 ай бұрын
@@kbayli.jsk1256Lucas literally made a video complaining what a ducker Wonderboy was, avoiding every grappler and basically being a coward that should be thrown out of ufc cause he's holding up a spot for other contenders. Edit: but it looks like he deleted it lol
@acecool72
7 ай бұрын
I thought I read where they offered him more money than he normally makes
Wonderboy’s chances of winning this fight have increased 20% from this video. The Lucas Tracy curse is beginning to take effect.
@kenwahldhlamini8102
3 ай бұрын
Goff
Ian Garry promised Wonderboy will be his next fight.. its almost like Wonderboy wants to promise him thats not gonna happen😂 Crazy move from Wonderboy to fight Shavkat instead of Ian.
@ferdinand9555
8 ай бұрын
Ian is so unlikeable and so unbearable that wonderboy would rather fight shavkat😂, fuck Ian tbh😂
@barackobama2167
8 ай бұрын
😂 shavkat is a 10x better fighter Ian Garry’s fake mcgregor ass is
@qq-bu2pz
8 ай бұрын
respectfully nobody especially stephen thompson cares about ian garry like that
@Thijszz
8 ай бұрын
@@qq-bu2pz Ofcourse. Thats the point, its a joke buddy😂
@pikaprik6607
8 ай бұрын
He really went nah I'll fight the better guy from your gym
I give wonderboy a huge chance on the feet, people are forgetting how easy Shavkat gets hit
@aboodthebest7726
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, but the thing is shavkat can grapple
@MartialArtsTechniquesideas
8 ай бұрын
Thompson would School him if it was a striking fight but yeah Shavkat might put him on his back if he wants an easy win.
@ThizzyMan
8 ай бұрын
@@aboodthebest7726And can knock people out if they get careless 😂 I respect tf outta Wonderyboy he wanted Usman and now has to face this absolute killer
@aboodthebest7726
8 ай бұрын
@ThizzyMan indeed I personally think that wonderboy is the real bmf😂😂😂🫡🫡
@patrick5315
8 ай бұрын
@@aboodthebest7726 Heard this story so many times, Justin, Chandler, Romero, Strickland, the fight starts on the feet and not everybody wants to go with the easier path. If he fought a stand up fight for 3 rounds against Geoff to prove a point the only point he proves is that a better striker will KO him, and who schooled Geoff for 5 rounds? Yep
MMA Gods please bless Wonderboy with insane takedown defense for one fight and grant us the fans an all out stand up war for the ages 🙏
@paytonthornberry1382
8 ай бұрын
Stephen's probably trained his grappling with the best, or so I hope.
@kenwahldhlamini8102
8 ай бұрын
He's getting finished and age is not on his side
@ernar8926
8 ай бұрын
He will be knocked out, don't root for useless 40 years old
@yasuo177
8 ай бұрын
no gods except Allah
@ogrimzyz8643
8 ай бұрын
@@yasuo177no dude, the mma gods are real
All he ever wanted was a path to the title. If he can beat Shavkat, that will definitely open the door. I'd be surprised if it wasn't part of the deal of taking the fight.
so people hate on him for “ducking” now hes dumb for taking the fight, respect to wonderboy hes a chad
He's not going for the belt my dude. He is seeing the lay of the land. Colby vs Leon in December, winner maybe next summer.. And then what.. 41 year old Thompson? My man is going out on his shield. Show some respect! Facing the monster of the contenders and a stylistic demon as his swan song.
Congratulations Wonderboy for taking Shavkat down, beating him up and subbing him.
Usman was the best option for wonderboy but the thing is UFC isn’t really interested older fighter vs older fighter Match ups unless their PPV stars or title fights Almost every fight is young upcoming fighter vs declining fighter. It’s also possible they don’t want Ian potentially losing to wonderboy like Holland did. That wastes their young Irish guy It’s also possible they wanna punish Wonderboy for not fighting Michel over the weight miss.
@MaestroJericho
8 ай бұрын
Seems perfect, people think Wonderboy is looking for favorable matchups so he's probably accepting this to prove a point and Shavkat is reliable at making weight, and like you said they might wanna punish Wonderboy for not taking that fight in a pretty mediocre card and might just want to bump him off the rankings to get some movement going.
@dc4lcorkscrewpatdaGIGA
8 ай бұрын
I think the young Irish guy thing you talk about is bs it was just Connor mcgregors charm that carried his career..nobody cares about Ian garry being young and Irish not even the Irish do . He has to be a skilled fighter as well to be liked as you say
@slaktheking69
8 ай бұрын
Usman a coward for ducking
@birdiec
8 ай бұрын
@@slaktheking69the only way we see usman fight again, is if colby beats leon, theyll make that trilogy fight.
@_wife_beater
7 ай бұрын
@@slaktheking69yeah sure! A coward to duck fighting Stephen in December and taking a match against Khamzat at middleweight on 10 days notice
Not even lucas can save wonderboy☹️
@ThizzyMan
8 ай бұрын
Ah, a non-believer of the curse. My house is already on Wonderboy. I will see you later brokies!
@billyhangman8188
8 ай бұрын
@@ThizzyMan 🤣🤣🤣Bro like how are there still non believers... Does Costa need to submit Khamzart?
@omarisawesome1996
8 ай бұрын
@@billyhangman8188the costa 30-24 is coming
@flameguy3416
8 ай бұрын
😉
Glover was the champ at the age of 42. It's not impossible.
@l.f.r.6523
8 ай бұрын
Glover is more well rounded. Wonderboy has a big hole in his game, which is the grappling, and the welterweight division is full of grapplers.
@keion_arknights
8 ай бұрын
Glover isn't a welterweight.
@MaestroJericho
8 ай бұрын
@@l.f.r.6523 Not to mention the talent in WW is objectively more stacked than LHW. Freaking Anthony Smith is still ranked ffs
@DADRB0B55
8 ай бұрын
Ehhh more like Jon Jones, DC, Phil Davis, Corey Anderson, Rumble etc left giving glover & Jan a chance. Back when 205 was more stacked Jan & Glover werent even top 5 ranked with a good amount of losses
@MassimilianoCavalera
8 ай бұрын
It's easier to compete at that age when you have a substantial amount of meat on your bones, It's definitely possible that Wondergeriatric's head flies out of the cage and lands in Theo Von's lap
Wonderboy has no choice but to face grapplers now that he's rank #7. Everyone above him, aside from Leon, is a grappler.
One of the best strikers in UFC history has "no chance" against a relatively untested prosect with no head movement whatsoever who almost got knocked out by Geoff Neal in his last fight. The meatriding Shavkat gets online is so intense it makes me want to root against him so I can stop seeing it so much
@ronmka8931
8 ай бұрын
yeah the issue is wonderboy has abysmal grappling
@Cozmo1994
8 ай бұрын
I mean... A ko can happen to anyone. Wonderboy got KTFO against pettis, who has no punching power. Geoff Neal hits hard though, and we all know Wonderboy aint knocking anyone out. Shavkat can easily wall through his punches and do whatever the fuck he wants.
He has nothing to lose. he’s a likable guy for sure but he’s a wise guy at this point. beating the Mongolian menace will bring him back into the convo
I think Wonderboy felt his best bet at a title shot is a win over Shavkat or Usman and I can see why he thinks Shavkat may be an easier matchup. But I still see no path to victory
@matiascockaldoodle
8 ай бұрын
shavkat doing what holland did is the only scenario
@MariUrameshi
8 ай бұрын
@@matiascockaldoodle yeah I feel Wonderboy thinks Shavkat is more likely to standup with him than Kamaru
Wow Stephen really pulled it off! Congrats on the huge win! 🏆
Congrats to Shavkat for his 18th straight finish 👏👏
@BAB0OMSHKA
5 ай бұрын
Don't count him out..
Jokes aside, this is the fastest way to the title for an aging wonderboy.
@ronmka8931
8 ай бұрын
aint no 41 year old gonna be a champion
@tricepspower
8 ай бұрын
Glover was champ at 42@@ronmka8931
RIP Wonderboy
I am very excited to see how figgy moves to 35. With less of a cut i am hopeful for his abilities
With how this year has been going, I wont be surprised if wonderboy rolling thunder ko’s shavkat.
Congrats to Wonderboy for his outwrestling Shavkat!
@kenwahldhlamini8102
8 ай бұрын
We know you trolling
@wolfswinkel8906
8 ай бұрын
@@kenwahldhlamini8102lol the are so many comments like this I almost thought it was real😂
The amount of simps for Shavkat is crazy. The dude had a fight where he could lose at any point with Geoff Neal while Thompson schooled him for 5 rounds. It reminds me of Petr Yan, people saying he was the P4P best fighter just for him to be on almost a 5 fight lose streak. People see ''Ov'' in the end of the name and cream their pants for no reason.
@e.a.poecrnimacak354
8 ай бұрын
And Belal got dominated by Neal, yet he dominated against Wonderboy. MMA math doesn't work.
Everyone shots on him for not taking fights..then he takes the hardest fight and we break his balls..let my man the nmf live
Shavkat has 0 head movement on the feet. Wonderboy will have a good chance IF he can stay on the feet and not be intimidated. Fun fight tho.
Shavkat is the best welterweight in the ufc
UFC brass not giving him any other fight since he pissed them off for not taking the Pereira fight. Which was honestly a big mistake tbh, it was a gift match-up and he was probably poorly advised by his dad or team to not take the fight and all because he was a few pounds overweight. Crazy decision on they're part, Pereira is an entertainer, he never initiates grappling or clinching.
All the upsets that have gone down lately, I'm NEVER counting-out Wonderboy! That's 💯
As a shavkat fan, he needs to take Thompson seriously because he is still such a sniper, shavkat needs to work on that head movement
We all want to see Shav fight this guy and that guy...but unfortunately none of the Welterwaits are interested in fighting him.
Lucas: everyone is ducking Shavkat! The division is a bunch of wussies! Also Lucas: Wonderboy is so stupid for taking a fight with Shavkat!
I've not seen anything from Shavkat that suggests he would "smoke" Wonder boy..
I think a KO is his only chance at victory, but Wonderman has only gotten 1 KO since 2016. I think stylistically Leon is the only person that's ranked above him who isn't a nightmare match up.
Wonderboy has a better chance of becoming President than beating shavkat
Lucas, do you really think Wonderboy has any power to say NO to UFC's offer of Shavkat ? You think him saying NO will lead to UFC offering him Ian Garry or Usman ? Bruh...
Congrats to Wonderboy for Knocking Shavkat out
Something tells me Shavkat doesn’t choke him out like you think he does, he will want to finish him on the feet with strikes.
congrats to wonderboy for an absolute beatdown
I think WB felt like he needed to take this fight because of the unfair criticism he got for not fighting after his opponent ' s failed weigh in
5:12 You would not have called Sean Strickland the second best middleweight before the Izzy fight.
I love the honesty, I just found your channel and you seem spot on.
Everyone complains about the top contenders at 170 not fighting each other and at the same time will call wonder boy a fool for trying to prove that he can still hang with elite fighters. I think wonder boy has a big chance of winning due to his footwork and Shavkats non existent head movement
I love how a youtuber is calling him a fool, a guy who challenged himself and has the balls to take a fight against a very good wrestler. Very nice...
this aged well
I don’t want either guy to lose, on one hand wonderboy getting the belt would be wholesome af, on the other hand I want to see shavkats fight the champion
@bendover7841
8 ай бұрын
Even if WB manages to somehow beat Shavkat, how will he get past Leon, Colby or Belal?
@Theblobmma
8 ай бұрын
@@bendover7841 he probably doesn’t, Belal is probably the worst among all those guys and he 30-25’d wonderboy, I’m just being hopeful maybe Usman is that washed than wonderboy can skid past him but I don’t see how he can beat Colby or leon though
He’s taking the fight because of what transpired with his last fight. He lost some fans with his decision making and now he’s trying to get back some of those fans I believe. Either way gotta give him respect
And with one Curse from Lucas Tracy Shavkat ended up losing his next 4 fights.
I think you’re greatly over rating shavkat. People seem to forget Geoff Neal stunned him a couple times and almost dropped him and Geoff Neal is not Stephen thompson.
I see this as a changing of the guard type of fight, yeah Wonderboy did decently against a handicapped Kevin Holland who agreed not to grapple to his own detriment, but Shavkat ain't doing him those favors, Wonderboy is getting finished and retired here.
It's not foolish, if he wins he's close to a title fight if he loses he probably retires. It's do or die but there isn't a better option, he's risking it for the biscuit and I respect it!
If Lucas says it’s not going to be entertaining, rest assured that this fight is going to be a banger
Ian Garry is a disrespectful weed. I think WB won't fight Garry because he doesn't respect Garry and doesn't want to help Garry in any way. Thompson wants the hard fight on purpose. He wants to show people he can handle an elite wrestler, this is why he wanted Usman. Whether he can or not is a worthwhile argument, but he doesn't want people to think he ducked worthwhile challenges.
Brah Stephen hasn't been aiming for the belt since Gilbert Burns, he obviously just wants to put on exciting fights.
As a fellow south carolina person I'm cheering fir wonderboy no matter what but damn he crazy for accepting this shit.
Year of the upset rooting for Wonderboy he's gonna remind the world why he's a wonder
Colby covington vs leon edwards Pantoja vs royval Thompson vs Rakmonov figueiredo vs font Furguson vs paddy Frevola vs Saint Danis HOLY FUCK, this card is NUTSS SOOO FAR!!!! I feel like I don't even deserve this card, holy cow😂
Lucas would you ever consider doinf technical breakdowns of fighters before thier fight? Like how Safe Saud does it on ESPN
If Shavkat beats Wonderboy on the feet then Shavkat is definitely going to be the champ at 170.
The real reason Lucas Tracy made this video was to curse shavkat thanks bro
He was never going to fight for the belt no matter what route he took, so I applaud him for taking this fight
@paytonthornberry1382
8 ай бұрын
Maybe besting Usman would give him one but this still exciting af
@colezee7640
8 ай бұрын
@@paytonthornberry1382 Usman would fucking kill him
Thompson wins this
He was so right. Savkat just won
I hope it's a 5rd fight, rooting for Wonderboy. What happened with the Usman scrap?
Congratulations to WonderBoy for his dazzling fake glove touch spinning wheel kick KO over Shavkat! Leon better count his days
Lucas, how many times do you have to be proven wrong for you to stop making these videos?
Dude I don't care he goes for the toughest fight at welterweight RESPECT!!
I was waiting for these videos once that headline came out. WB chooses the toughest fighter in the entire division?!? WHY??!!
Year of the underdogs but let’s be realistic here he’s fighting shavkat over Ian Garry who he’s got more of a chance in beating
The way i see it, pick someone to fight Shavkat and you have the method of finish they are receiving. Thompson gets subbed, Belal gets KOd, chinny Usman gets KOd, chinny Colby gets TKOd, they all get finished. Except Leon and Gilbert. Those are his wordt matchups
I want Shavkat to get up the rank, BUT NOT LIKE THIS
Bet the house on Wonderboy
The UFC hates Wonderboy
he said he wants another title run (a bit delusional ik). you can't duck the top contenders of the division if that's your goal though. maybe the ufc offered him some deal if he wins.
I wanna see Shavkat fight Lucas Tracy
bet the house on wonderboy
Unfortunately everyone giving Wonderboy a chance are still high off of his win against Kevin Holland. Which you’re forgetting chose not to grapple!!! Shavkat doesn’t see this as a flashy game, he will do whatever he needs to do to win.
Lucas saying this means Shavkat is going get starched first round. Love it.
Wonderman will be remembered
Safe to bet on Thomas for the upset after this video?
Well done mate..it’s post ufc296 and you picked it exactly 👍 they will all be shocked at how easy Shavkat beats Leon too😎😜
Belal vs Shavkat would be awesome to see. Garry vs Thompson is the fight to see.
Lucas before: "Wonderboy is ducking grapplers like Shavkat. He's just hoping to get to the title by avoiding all grapplers and accepting fights with strikers only. Wonderboy's should be thrown out of the ufc, he's holding up a spot for other contenders." Lucas after: "Wonderboy is stupid for accepting the Shavkat fight.
Anybody behind Wonderboy in the rankings (Vicente, Geoff, Sean Brady, Magny or Chiesa) wouldn’t get him anywhere in title contention which is the only reason he’s still fighting. The others ranked behind him are high risk but still ranked lower (Ian Garry & JDM), he already fought Burns and Belal with Khamzat at Middleweight now. So I Believed his only options are Usman and Shavkat, both tough fights but atleast a W in either would put him in title contention or even a shot with whatever could happen in the division🤷🏾♂️ dangerous fight for sure but man the rewards of a possible TKO or close decision victory over Shavkat would be insane for him.
Wonderboy should of fought Usman. He could of got a title shot of that and has a chance if Usman is as slow as he was last fight
He was obviously pressured into agreeing into this fight he’s said before that they offered him that fight and he said no but after not fighting on his last card and the whole no pay ordeal this was a forcehand
Lucas Tracy just cursed Shavkat.
Hey lucas can you please make a video on how paddy pimlett is going to beat tony ferguson please i want tony to win so bad please
At the end of the day, wonderboy gotta be a mf warrior. Taking on Shavkat when nobody else will.
It’s crazy that someone like wonderboy can beat shavkat and still not necessarily be undeniable in terms of getting a title shot. It’s very difficult in this game to get a shot if you aren’t doing things in spectacular fashion with lots of hype
Thank you for giving Wonderboy the blessing he needed to win this fight
Elderlyman getting KOd to the retirement home
Exactly my thought when I saw this Wonderboy is literally my fave all time this is cruel 😢
He's not a fool he just wants to fight the best it doesn't matter if he doesn't win and go on to become contender for the title!! Wonderboy still got it in him but prime undefeated shavkat is such a great favorite to win opponent!! In the fight most probably shavkat would try to take wonderboy down and do exactly what Bilal Mohammed and Gilbert Burns did to win the fight because he knows it would not be wise to strike on feet considering that is wonderboy's strength!! regardless of the outcome I'm very hyped for this very exciting fight
You have no clue of what you're talking about. I will not be surprised if Font gets completely wrecked by Figueiredo. And since when Shavkat is an elite wrestler? I would not be shocked if he has a close fight with Wonderboy, Thompson is still a monster on the feet and his takedown defense is not that bad as casuals think