Wonderboy exposes handshake offer, ‘customs’ for Holland bout

There was a lots of shared regard in between Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and Kevin Holland ahead of their UFC Orlando headliner on Saturday. Much regard that the 2 obviously had a contract getting in the contest. As Thomspon informed press reporters throughout the post-fight scrum, he and Holland consented to keep the battle standing. “It was type of among those customs we had entering into this battle. I understand later he was shooting, he had a damaged hand, however I believe I dropped in the preliminary, and he let me support,” he stated (quotes by MMA Fighting). “He informed me in the preliminary, ‘I’m not taking you down.’ All right, sounds excellent to me. It was type of among those handshakes we had in the preliminary, no one was going to decrease.” Holland ultimately aimed for takedowns towards completion of the battle since of a hurt right-hand man. As Thompson continued to expose, the battle itself was a cordial affair all throughout. “He was informing me to decrease, and I was informing him I’m sorry the whole time. “He resembled, ‘You got me great,’ I resembled ‘I’m sorry, guy!’ It was enjoyable. He’s funny. “Whenever we head-butted each other, he resembled, ‘Oh man, I’m sorry,’ and I resembled, ‘No, male, it’s okay, keep combating, keep battling,’ We had some enjoyable discussions therein. “We would not have actually put on a great program if it wasn’t for him. I value Kevin,” stated Thompson, who won through fourth-round TKO due to corner blockage. Thompson, who turns 40 in February, broke a two-fight skid with Saturday’s win, as he enhances to a record of 17 -6 -1. Holland, on the other hand, is now on a two-fight skid, as he drops to a win-loss slate of 23 -9 (with 1 NC). Both males took house $50 K for Fight of the Night.
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