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RE: "Wonderboy" Thompson vs. Kevin Holland is one of the best fights of 2022

I absolutely love respect shown between two fighters because that is what martial arts is supposed to be about.

I think some people are criticizing Holland for committing to stand-up striking against Wonderboy instead of trying to out-grapple him. Holland may have had a better chance of winning then, even if it would have been less entertaining for the viewers?

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I watched the fight again and there were several instances where Holland just took him down, immediately got off him, and motioned for him to get up. I did find that kind of odd but in the end it wouldn't have mattered unless he got a KO. The word is that Holland's hand was broken quite early in the fight.