Stephen Thompson Net Worth 2024: How rich is the UFC welterweight legend?

Today, we look at Stephen Thompson‘s net worth, salary, personal life, and more. Born on 11 February 1983, Stephen “The Wonderboy” Thompson started training when he was three years old. He trained under his father, Ray Thompson, a former professional kickboxer and owner of Upstate Karate in Simpsonville, South Carolina.

Stephen Thompson is known for his unique karate style and is regarded as one of UFC’s most accomplished and technical strikers. He has trained with the former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

Thompson is a huge fan favorite and an extremely nice guy. Ariel Helwani once presented him with the “NMF” (Nicest Mother F**er) Belt because of his good nature.

Stephen Thompson’s Net Worth 2023

Wonderboy is one of the most popular and top-ranked welterweights on this planet. After making his UFC debut in February 2010, he went on to become a superstar. Every UFC’s fighter net worth may vary since all of them receive different cuts from pay-per-view. His career earnings are reportedly close to a million dollars.

According to the MMA manifesto, his reported earnings from his fight against Vicente Luque was $300,00 ($120,000 to show, then another $120,000 win bonus; he also received the Fight of the Night bonus of $50,000 and $10,000 fight week incentive). At UFC 264, he fought Gilbert Burns in a losing effort. He made around $256,000 for the fight.

His biggest paycheck came in the form of a win against Kevin Holland in 2022. His fight purse totaled a career-high $515,000, including $350K as base pay, a $100K win bonus, $15K in sponsorship income, and a $50K post-fight bonus.

Another time he earned a big paycheck was in 2017 when he fought Tyron Woodley at UFC 207. He earned a whopping $410,000, of which $380,000 was base pay and $30,000 came in the way of sponsorship money. He also has sponsorship from brands such as Transparent Labs and Hempworx. Previously, he was also affiliated with Reebok. His reported net worth is around $3 million.

Stephen Thompson’s Fighting Career

Wonderboy started training at the age of 3, under his father’s guidance, and started competing in kickboxing and karate at the age of 15. He is a black belt in Tetsushin-Ryu Kempo, American kickboxing, and Jujutsu. He is the head instructor of a children’s karate program at Upstate Karate.

Thomspon is training in BJJ under Carlos Machado, who is also his brother-in-law. Soon after starting his career, Wonderboy suffered a devastating knee injury that tore all his ligaments. Doctors predicted that he would never fight again and should give up his training as well, but Wonderboy was destined for greatness, and he made a full recovery and went on a tear through his professional career.

From 2010 to 2012, Stephen competed in South Carolina in the promotion of the Fight Party, and he went without a single defeat. He began his UFC career in 2012 when he fought Dan Stittgen at UFC 143 and won the fight via first-round knockout. Ever since then, Thompson’s career has been filled with ups and downs. He fought for the title twice against Tyron Woodley but couldn’t achieve victory.

Stephen Thompson’s personal life

Thompson is a family guy. He often posts pictures of his family and friends. He is very attached to his father and claimed that if anything were to happen to him, he would announce his retirement from MMA, as he can’t imagine going into the fight without his father in the corner.

One of his sisters is married to a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu star, Carlos Machado, and his brother is married to MMA Fighter Chris Weidman’s sister. There is no particular information about his relationship status. All we know is that he isn’t married.

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