Johny Hendricks vs Stephen Thompson
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Johny Hendricks and Stephen Thompson met once (2016). Stephen Thompson won in 2016 by ko.
SOURCE·Johny Hendricks and Stephen Thompson (fighter) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Johny Hendricks | Stephen Thompson | |
|---|---|---|
| 69″ (175.3 cm) | Reach | 75″ (190.5 cm) |
| 69″ (175.3 cm) | Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) |
| 0% | Reach advantage | +4.16% |
| 18–8 | Record | 17–9 |
| 50% | Finish rate | 53% |
| 7 | Longest unbeaten run | 9 |
| 26 | Recorded bouts | 27 |
| Southpaw | Stance | — |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Johny Hendricks | Stephen Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Brown | W | L |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Johny Hendricks
Stephen Thompson
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 26 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
18–8 Stephen ThompsonThe same, from the other corner — 27 bouts and the cohort Thompson is ranked inside.
17–9 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
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