How AgentMMA breaks down Stephen Thompson vs Charles Radtke
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Fans at Madison Square Garden know Stephen Thompson the moment he moves. But after three straight losses, they have a question nobody used to ask about Wonderboy: can he still control the distance? Charles Radtke has won his last two, so they arrive with very different momentum. Thompson's latest loss was a split decision against Gabriel Bonfim, after Joaquin Buckley knocked him out and Shavkat Rakhmonov submitted him.
- Three straight losses have fans asking what Wonderboy has left.
- Radtke brings two wins and a real submission threat to the Garden.
- Thompson's reach matters only if he can keep Radtke outside.
The fight could open up late in R2, once both men have tested the distance and the exits get harder to read.
Remember the Kevin Holland fight, though: Thompson found his rhythm, kept the strikes coming, and Holland's corner stopped it after R4. Radtke is coming off a unanimous decision over Francisco Prado and a submission of Daniel Frunza in R3, although Mike Malott knocked him out before those wins. Here's the thing: Thompson needs room to read an entry and land clean, while Radtke has to cross that space without giving him the same look every time. Thompson has a 75 inch reach against Radtke's 72, so watch the first step in and what happens when either man tries to leave an exchange.
Radtke has shown he can work through a full fight or find a submission, which gives Thompson more than one problem to solve whenever the distance closes. Thompson needs to stop the slide; Radtke gets to test his recent run against a name the whole arena knows. That should make even the early exchanges feel tense.
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Fans at Madison Square Garden know Stephen Thompson the moment he moves. But after three straight losses, they have a question nobody used to ask about Wonderboy: can he still control the distance? Charles Radtke has won his last two, so they arrive with very different momentum. Thompson's latest loss was a split decision against Gabriel Bonfim, after Joaquin Buckley knocked him out and Shavkat Rakhmonov submitted him.
- Three straight losses have fans asking what Wonderboy has left.
- Radtke brings two wins and a real submission threat to the Garden.
- Thompson's reach matters only if he can keep Radtke outside.
The fight could open up late in R2, once both men have tested the distance and the exits get harder to read.
Remember the Kevin Holland fight, though: Thompson found his rhythm, kept the strikes coming, and Holland's corner stopped it after R4. Radtke is coming off a unanimous decision over Francisco Prado and a submission of Daniel Frunza in R3, although Mike Malott knocked him out before those wins. Here's the thing: Thompson needs room to read an entry and land clean, while Radtke has to cross that space without giving him the same look every time. Thompson has a 75 inch reach against Radtke's 72, so watch the first step in and what happens when either man tries to leave an exchange.
Radtke has shown he can work through a full fight or find a submission, which gives Thompson more than one problem to solve whenever the distance closes. Thompson needs to stop the slide; Radtke gets to test his recent run against a name the whole arena knows. That should make even the early exchanges feel tense.
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