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Stephen Thompson not giving up on UFC champion dream despite being told he's "too old"

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UFC welterweight champion, despite being at the tail end of his career. 'Wonderboy' came up short in his back-to-back bids to dethrone former 170lb king Tyron Woodley in November 2016 and March 2017.South Carolina's Thompson put himself back in the hunt for a third crack at the title last November with a dominant decision victory over the highly-touted Vicente Luque at Madison Square Garden.The 37-year-old currently finds himself sixth in the welterweight rankings but is confident he still has plenty of time to fulfil his dream of winning UFC gold."Everybody keeps asking me, 'You're 37, aren't you too old for this?'" Thompson said. "I'm like, 'Nah.' I do have a small window to do what I want to do.

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