HILARIOUS! Stephen Thompson reveals he and Kevin Holland shook hands on a “no wrestling” pact at UFC Orlando

HILARIOUS! Stephen Thompson reveals he and Kevin Holland shook hands on a “no wrestling” pact at UFC Orlando

Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland at UFC Orlando (Image Courtesy - MMA Junkie)

Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland are true entertainers! The two welterweights promised to put on a show for the fans and they did not disappoint one bit.

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Holland almost felt like a pay-per-view card. The promotion put on a stunning show for the fans of Orlando and the fighters on the card made sure they had the entire arena bouncing with their electrifying performances. The most notable fight of the night is undoubtedly the main event as the two stars delivered an electric showdown.

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Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland are entertainers first! The two value entertaining the fans more over a win on their record. And the veteran Wonderboy revealed in the post-fight press conference that he and Holland agreed that the fight will not go to the ground and they’d stand up and fight no matter what went down in the fight.

“He told me in the first round, he said, ‘hey, I am not taking you down.’ Alright man sounds good to me,” said Thompson as he revealed the hilarious back-and-forth between the two fighters inside the octagon. “It was one of those handshakes we had that nobody was going to go down,” added Wonderboy Thompson. This exchange alone explains why the two fighters are huge fan favorites on the roster.

Going toe-to-toe with Thompson, however, comes with a price, and Holland was ready to pay for it. He eventually did as the fight was waved off by Trailblazer’s corner heading into the final round. Both the fighters showed massive respect for each other and no doubt that the fans would be grateful for putting on an electric show for them.

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Kevin Holland went against his corner’s advice to go to war against Stephen Thompson

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Kevin Holland at UFC Orlando (Image Courtesy – MMA Junkie)

To give you an idea of how crazy Kevin Holland is, the fighter fully knowing that he could get sparked by Wonderboy Thompson any moment of the fight if he went toe-to-toe on the feet, still went on to stand and bang with one of the most elite strikers in UFC. Holland’s corner was fighting for their lives trying to convince the fighter to take the fight to the ground.

Holland, being the entertainer he is, decided to go against his coaches’ words and keep the fight on his feet. In one of the rounds, Trailblazer’s corner was urging for Holland to take the fight to the canvas as he was getting outstruck by his opponent. “Turn this into an MMA fight, please” pleaded Holland’s corner in between rounds.

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Credit to Holland for not making the fight very one-sided despite playing to Stephen Thompson’s strengths. The fighter landed some amazing strikes and even rocked his opponent multiple in the fight. Safe to say the fans at Amway Center were lucky to have witnessed this amazing main event to end what was an amazing fight card.

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