Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos Stephen Thompson picked up a big upset against Johny Hendricks at UFC Fight Night 82, knocking the former welterweight champion out in the first round. Even in the short fight, it didn’t take long for Thompson to realize that he had Hendricks where he wanted him. The movement and unorthodox striking approach of Thompson (12-1MMA, 7-1 UFC) was simply too much for Hendricks (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC), who was stuck in neutral for most of the bout before kicks wilted him against the cage . “When I first started out and started moving, I could see it in his face,” Thompson told MMAjunkie Radio. “I don’t know if he was worried about the head kick. I could hear his coaches say, ‘He’s getting ready to spin.
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