Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-12-03, good mma match: Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Holland gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night – check out our ranking of The best MMA matches of 2022).
Holland vs Thompson is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 3, at Amway Center in Orlando (Florida, USA), in a 5-round welterweight match (170 lbs, 77 kg); it’s the main event of UFC on ESPN 42 (also known as Ufc Orlando). Watch the video and Rate this fight!
Stephen Thompson’s record
Black belt in karate, kempo and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson enters this bout with a professional record of 16-6-1 (50% completion rate) and he is ranked as No. 10 Welding weight class in the world.
In his last three matches, he defeated Geoff Neal (Stephen Thompson vs Geoff Neal) but then he lost to Gilbert Burns (Gilbert Burns vs Stephen Thompson) and to Belal Muhammad (Stephen Thompson vs. Belal Muhammad).
Record Kevin Netherlands
His opponent, Brazilian kung-fu and jiu-jitsu black belt Kevin Holland, has a mma record of 23-8-0 (83% completion rate) and he entered as number 15 in the welder department.
He fought three times in 2022 defeating Alex Oliveira (Kevin Netherlands vs Alex Oliveira) and Tim Nghia (Kevin Holland vs Tim Nghia) but then he lost to Khamzat Chimaev (Khamzat Chimaev vs Kevin Netherlands).
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Here’s the full UFC fight card on ESPN 42 (we’ll update it as we weigh in):
KEY CARDS (live on ESPN/ESPN+)
Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Netherlands
Rafael dos Anjos vs Bryan Barberena
Matheus Nicolau vs Matt Schnell
Tai Tuivasa vs Sergei Pavlovich
Jack Hermansson vs Roman Dolidze
Eryk Anders vs Kyle Daukaus
PRINCIPAL TRIAL (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Angela Hill vs Emily Ducote
Clay Guida vs. Scott Holtzman
Marc Diakiese vs Michael Johnson
Darren Elkins vs. Jonathan Pearce
Natan Levy vs Genaro Valdez
Francis Marshall vs Marcelo Rojo
Yazmin Jauregui vs Istela Nunes
Pre-match press conference
Watch the UFC pre-fight press conference on ESPN 42 for free, featuring Kevin Holland and Stephen Thompson!
Consider
Watch UFC videos on ESPN 42: Thompson vs Holland Considerations and Head-to-head from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full/Featured Match Video
Here we will post a collection of the best Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Holland videos right after the match is over. If you watched the full battle, you can rate it at the end of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms like Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook etc and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official Highlights – Spain
Result
Who won the Thompson vs Netherlands fight?
Stephen Thompson beat Kevin Holland by TKO (corner) at 5:00, 4th round.
Interview after the battle
Hear the words of a winner or two boxers after their bout, here’s Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland’s UFC on ESPN 42 post-fight octagon interview.
UFC results on ESPN 42
Here are the results of all UFC bouts on ESPN 42 dos Anjos vs Barberena.
MAIN CARD
Stephen Thompson against. Kevin Netherlands via TKO r4
Rafael dos Anjos def. Bryan Barberena via SUB r2
Matheus Nicolau resisted. Matt Schnell via KO r2
Sergei Pavlovich def. Tai Tuivasa via KO r1
Roman Dolidze def. Jack Hermansson via TKO r2
Eryk Anders def. Kyle Daukaus via TKO r2
Philip Rowe resisted. Niko price via TKO r3
PRINCIPAL CARD
Angela Hill resisted. Emily Ducote via UD
Clay Guida def. Scott Holtzman via SD
Michael Johnson against. Marc Diakiese via UD
Jonathan Pearce def. Darren Elkins via UD
Natan Levy def. Genaro Valdez via UD
Francis Marshall sure. Marcelo Rojo via KO r2
Yazmin Jauregui def. Istela Nunes via TKO r2
Post-match press conference
Watch and listen to the official UFC post-fight press conference video on ESPN 42, led by main event Kevin Holland and Stephen Thompson (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
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UFC on ESPN 42 Battle of the Night: Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Netherlands
UFC on ESPN 42 Performance of the Night: Sergei Pavlovich, Roman Dolidze
