スポーツ · トンプソンが引退
スティーブン・トンプソン、最後の回転蹴りKOを決めてグローブを置く
原語の動画
英語の原文から翻訳されています。
その幕引きの方法には、どこかふさわしさがあった。トンプソンは2012年、ハイキックによるKOでUFCに登場し、最後も蹴りで相手を止めて去った。この2つの決着の間には、2度のタイトル挑戦、ウェルター級のトップ選手たちに対する勝利、そして敗戦が重なる中でも危険な武器であり続けた打撃スタイルがあった。1
自ら勝ち取った引退試合
ラドケは、最後の見せ場へ至る道のりを簡単なものにはしなかった。開始直後に距離を詰め、最初の1分以内にテイクダウンを奪い、トンプソンが立ち上がろうとする間、トップポジションから攻めた。立ち上がっても問題の一部しか解決しなかった。ラドケはケージ際のクリンチでトンプソンを拘束し続けた。2
トンプソンが離脱すると、試合の流れが変わり始めた。ジャブを当て、距離を取り、ラドケにフェンス際でただ押し込ませるのではなく、カウンターをかいくぐらせた。この立て直しは、フィニッシュの物語を語るうえで重要だ。手つかずのベテランが一度だけ閃きを見せたのではない。トンプソンはまず、相手が望む近距離の戦いから抜け出さなければならなかった。2
UFCに所属してもうすぐ15年になります。ドームへのスピンバックキック以上のものは望めませんでした。
届かなかったタイトル
Bloody Elbowによると、トンプソンはキックボクシングで57勝0敗という無敗の戦績を残した後、2010年にMMAへ転向したが、プロとアマチュアの内訳は示されていない。UFCに加わるまでにMMAで5連勝を挙げた。2012年2月のUFC 143で迎えたプロモーション初戦では、ダン・スティッゲンを1ラウンドにハイキックでKOした。1
それは戦績上の限界ではあるが、キャリアを単純化する理由にはならない。ホルヘ・マスヴィダル、ヴィセンテ・ルーケ、ジェフ・ニール、ケビン・ホランドに対する後年の勝利により、ウッドリーとの2試合をはるかに超えて存在感を保った。2度のタイトル挑戦はいずれも失敗に終わり、競技面でのキャリアの頂点を示したが、彼のキャリアはそれだけにとどまらない、より大きなものだった。1
勝利の前に決めていたこと
最後のKOが敗戦を消し去るわけでも、手にできなかったタイトルをもたらすわけでも、もう1試合を必要にするわけでもない。それは、トンプソンに最後に自らの力を示す機会を与えた。グローブを置くことは、それとは別の、意志を持った行為であり、それによって本当の別れとなった。
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放送時の内容
- Stephen Thompson knocked out Charles Radtke, then left his gloves in the octagon.
- The 43-year-old ends a 16-year MMA career with a victory that breaks a three-fight losing streak. He'd already decided this would be his last fight.
- One detail of that final victory still divides the descriptions: was it a spinning wheel kick or a spinning back kick?
- Thompson's farewell closed the preliminary card at UFC 334 in New York's Madison Square Garden on November 14. The finish came a reported two minutes, fifty-four seconds into round three, after he'd worked through Radtke's early grappling pressure.
- Radtke took him down inside the opening minute and worked from top position. Thompson tried to get back up, but regaining his feet didn't immediately free him. Radtke kept him pinned in a clinch against the cage. Thompson eventually broke away and began landing his jab, using distance and counterstrikes to change the fight.
- Radtke pursued another takedown in the second round. Whether he completed it is disputed. Thompson increasingly found room for straight punches and varied kicks. By the round's end, he was landing sustained offense, and Radtke was struggling to answer.
- Thompson landed a heel kick to the face in the third and kept combining punches with kicks. Radtke slowed and sought relief in the clinch. The spinning strike finally sent him to the canvas. The finish followed Thompson's growing control of the exchanges after that difficult opening round.
- The finish has been called both a spinning wheel kick and a spinning back kick. Thompson himself called it a spin back kick afterward. The common ground is the spinning-kick stoppage that ended his final fight.
- Thompson had carried seventeen wins, nine losses and one draw into the bout. His three straight defeats came against Shavkat Rakhmonov, Joaquin Buckley and Gabriel Bonfim. Beating Radtke ended that run and added a tenth stoppage victory to his career. He leaves with eighteen wins overall.
- Subscribe to this channel as we follow Thompson's next chapter after his final fight.
- His overall MMA record finishes at eighteen wins, nine losses and one draw. Inside the UFC, he went thirteen wins, nine losses and one draw across twenty-three appearances. His first five MMA victories came before he joined the promotion.
- Thompson moved into MMA in 2010 after an unbeaten kickboxing run, reportedly fifty-seven wins without a loss. His UFC debut came in February 2012 at UFC 143. He knocked out Dan Stittgen with a first-round head kick. His promotional career therefore began and ended with a kick that stopped his opponent.
- After losing his next UFC appearance to Matt Brown by unanimous decision, Thompson won seven straight fights. That run earned two welterweight title challenges against Tyron Woodley. Their 2016 meeting ended in a majority draw; Thompson lost the 2017 rematch by majority decision.
- Robert Whittaker, Johny Hendricks and Rory MacDonald were among the fighters he beat on his way up. Later victories over Jorge Masvidal, Vicente Luque, Geoff Neal and Kevin Holland kept him relevant well beyond those championship opportunities. Thompson never won the UFC's 170-pound title and received no further title challenge after Woodley.
- After the win, Thompson said, “I've been with the UFC for almost 15 years, I couldn't have asked for better than a spin back kick to the dome.” That stretch covers his UFC career, within his sixteen years competing in MMA.
- He continued, “I don't care if your hands are up, a spin back kick, you're going down.” Then the celebration became more personal. “I told myself I wasn't going to cry. I just want to say I love you.” He put down his gloves after delivering the victory he'd hoped to leave with.
- Joe Rogan was in tears during the final interview. Thompson had made his retirement plans public before fight night and confirmed them again in the preceding week. He followed through on that decision after beating Radtke.
- His recently born daughter helped shape that choice. Thompson wanted time with his young family rather than more years absorbing damage in the cage. By November 11, his final competition was already approaching with that decision made. At forty-three, he leaves MMA with eighteen victories, including ten by stoppage, and two UFC championship challenges.
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