UFC=WWE that simple! Plus Thompson makes everything MMA said about it's superiority look like embarrassing BS for the last 25 years. There's less than 10 really skilled Martial Artists in MMA he's 1 so basically 9 real fighters and the rest just work the rules(lay'n'pray is the worst) with little real skill.
Thompson came from hokey Chuck Norris lead Fight League and made MMA look like amateurs. The UFC has 2 protect it's myth to keep generating the $$$, so it can't have a "Karate Kid" come and smoke it's so called best fighters that quickly and easily. Unfortunatly for MMA it means that anyone with 3 years TDD drilling from any other full contact could come in and smoke their whole weight division to the top. Pretty pathetic and a huge threat to a franchise. Imagine if Nieky Holzken(Dutch Kickboxer) drilled 3 years of TDD and basic Blue belt grappling? He'd smoke everyone in his UFC division.
The PED cheat infested UFC is running scared of guys like Thompson and don't want the Karate Kid to de throne their mythical best fighting style fantasy!
Damn I wanted 2 see Thompson fight Lawler for the technical approach to fighting a glorified bar brawler! Christ Lawler couldn't even last a round on Sat! Sad!