Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson Just Landed An Unbelievable Spinning Kick KO To End His Career

Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson just ended his 15-year UFC run with the most unbelievable kick of his career. 

For a karate specialist who hasn't won a fight since 2022 to go out with a spinning kick KO like that at Madison Square Garden....it's such a poetic, storybook ending that a Hollywood writers room might call it too unrealistic to happen. Especially for a fighter known as the "Nicest Motherfucker" in company history; a fighter who has never rubbed anyone wrong, who never manufactured beef to sell pay per views, who never lost himself in this crazy business.

If anybody deserves that moment to ride off into the sunset on, it's Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson. There was barely a dry eye in the house by the time his career highlight package played - even Joe Rogan was bawling in the octagon!

That is instantly one of my favorite moments I've ever seen live at a UFC event. Simply tremendous.

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Enjoy retirement, Wonderboy! Gonna miss that Tenacious D walkout!