Realistically speaking how far is Wonderboy from TS?

[Necrocrawler]

Far away.
I doubt he wins against Usman, Covington or Khamzat. He also already lost to Belal and Burns...
Basically he should just be a striking gatekeeper now: Match him again someone whose primary skill is striking and let's see how he fares

 

[Xoleth]

He shouldn't get a TS, just give him entertaining fights with strikers

Michel Pereira
Masvidal 2
D-Rod
maybe Jack Della Maddalena in the future

The rest of the fight was like this

 

[Egészségére!]

Extremely slim chance

The only possibility is if he gets a W with another FOTY performance vs say Khamzat & is on standby as a short notice substitute for a TS or an interim title fight should something happen. Also would’t hurt if he did way more self promotion along the way.

like I said, extremely slim

 

[Exarch01]

He'll be fighting McGregor for the #1 contender spot in a few months.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

1 big win in the top 10 and one big win in the top 5. I think he would be good to go.

 

[GoGetSomeFansJon]

So if he becomes champion, will he only fight challengers that are strikers? I mean i get he prefers certain matchups but thers other sports in where he wont have to worry about wrestlers and be a champion.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Is there any path to the title for Wonderboy that doesn't go through at least 1 wrestler?

I mean we've seen the ufc give Hendo a TS in his retirement fight (which should've been a draw but that's about conversation).

Would the UFC pull the boss card and give Thompson a title fight off 2 wins?

About 2-3 wrestlers away...

So whenever he fits that in ..should be it..

.striker wise...1 ..Leon Edwards

 

[StonedLemur]

6 years away.

That's when UFC 209 was.

Wiseguy eh lol.

 

[Mike]

He's in the fun fights phase of his career. Barring something crazy happening, he isnt getting another shot

 

[SkinnyClaw]

The only possible way I can see for him, is if someone else drops out, and he's on the same card, or he does what Masvidal did, and saves the card on 6 days notice or something like that.

Any other way you try to make it happen he has to go through at least 2 guys out of Colby, Burns, Belal, Khamzat and Leon, and he already lost to 2 of them, and there's no reason for any of the others to fight Wonderboy. Even if Leon lost the belt, he would probably fight Jorge, or Burns instead.

 

[jko1355]

I don't think he even wants a title shot... so... as far as you can be.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Is there any path to the title for Wonderboy that doesn't go through at least 1 wrestler?

I mean we've seen the ufc give Hendo a TS in his retirement fight (which should've been a draw but that's about conversation).

Would the UFC pull the boss card and give Thompson a title fight off 2 wins?

he’s a dominant performance win over a top tier contender like Belal or Colby away from a TS… but he only wants fun winnable fights, so… unless he jumps in as a last minute replacement, I don’t see any way for him to earn a TS.

 

[fzoid4454]

Is there any path to the title for Wonderboy that doesn't go through at least 1 wrestler?

I mean we've seen the ufc give Hendo a TS in his retirement fight (which should've been a draw but that's about conversation).

Would the UFC pull the boss card and give Thompson a title fight off 2 wins?

I don't think so, nor should there be, since WW is wrestler-heavy. But, hey, when has what SHOULD be ever governed title shots?

 

[mkt]

Almost none since he's lost to a couple of highly ranked grapplers and would likely have to beat them to get a TS...and he's pushing 40 and doesn't have the reflexes (which affect TDD) that he used to. I'd say his only real chance is a last minute injury in a title fight and no other contenders being able to fill in...like Al Iaquinta stepping in against Khabib. Or the truly bizarre matchmaking of Bisping fighting a 46-year old Hendo (who was on a losing streak) then GSP (4-year layoff and had never fought at MW). But I wouldn't count on either one.

 

[mkt]

How irrelavant are you trying to be? Prime Woodley in MMA with a TD threat (totally changes the game) vs. severaly washed Woodley in a boxing match with zero TD threat?

 

[pick999]

 

[Guffman]

If he were to get two highlight reel KO's in a row against decent competition, he'd be right there.

 

[Kenny Powerth]

Danar doesn’t like Leon and WB vs Edwards would be great

Danar has done crazier shit.

Don’t act like Danar doesn’t give out random TS’s

 

[Guffman]

Danar doesn’t like Leon and WB vs Edwards would be great

Danar has done crazier shit.

Don’t act like Danar doesn’t give out random TS’s

Crazier shit than giving a title shot to a 40 year old guy who was on a two fight losing skid where he got totally dominated and then gets a win against an unranked opponent? What has been crazier than that? Not saying you're wrong necessarily, but I can't come up with the occasion..

 

[Typrune Goatley]

WB's path to a title shot is this:

He is on the same card as Usman vs Edwards. Usman pulls out 24 - 48 hours ahead of the fight. WB is slotted in last minute.
That's the only scenario I can think of.

I sure hope the UFC script writers see this post. That would make a great storyline.