UFC 143 Highlight: Stephen Thompson KO High Kick

by Nate Wilcox on Feb 4, 2012 7:48 PM EST in UFC Video

Stephen Thompson KOs Dan Stittgen UFC 143

UFC 143, Las Vegas Nevada. Undefeated kickboxing prodigy Stephen Thompson come into UFC 143 behind a lot of hype and backed it up by knocking out Dan Stittgen with an incredible high kick. Thompson started training karate at age 3 and racked up a 57-0 kickboxing record before moving to MMA where he's 6-0.

Here's how Brent Brookhouse detailed the one round fight at the Bloody Elbow UFC 143 Live Blog:

Thompson with a beautiful two punch combo with a head kick at the end and Stittggen is out. That was beautiful. He faked a leg kick and then whipped the kick to the face and Stittggen was out cold. Stephen Thompson wins by KO (head kick), 4:13 of round 1.

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Thompson landed a beautiful front leg roundhouse kick to the head -- brilliantly faking low then firing way way high, all the way over Stittgen's left shoulder. Coming on the heels of a 1-2 punching combination, he had Stittgen completely pre-occupied with other attacks and oblivious to the doom coming over the top.

We'll be Judo Chopping this ASAP. Stay tuned for more analysis of Thompson's unique karate style at Bloody Elbow.

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I haven't even seen this yet cause the youtube stream didn't go down

but the gif looks sweet

no way this isn’t rebroadcast on the PPV

Thompson is a beast. Thinks his wrestling is his 2nd best skillset. Karate with 57-0 in kickboxing and now 6-0 in MMA? Also some JJ mat time? Looks solid…

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by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Feb 4, 2012 7:54 PM EST reply actions

and by down I mean up

strange, I know

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by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Feb 4, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions

Drop the hands...

and go nighty-night.

by rockyman500 on Feb 4, 2012 7:55 PM EST reply actions

Awesome

But the Judo Chop better include a detailed breakdown of the epic celebratory ninja flip.

"Although detractors decry it as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it as a brutal, bloody, totally f***ing awesome form of human cockfighting"

by SchruteBoxe on Feb 4, 2012 7:55 PM EST reply actions