Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson on Refusing to Tap in the Woodley Guillotine

On Full Send MMA, Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson describes refusing to tap in a Tyron Woodley guillotine and, in his telling, a finger bite in the rematch.

Clip: YouTube source video, from the full source linked below.

Quick answer: On Full Send MMA, Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson, talking about a fight with Tyron Woodley, calls it "one of the like moments that I remember the most. Like out of every fight." He says it was "the biggest card of the year," that he got "knocked down like four times by Tyron Woodley," then found himself "in this guillotine." "I'm being choked and I literally said under his arm. I was like, these people came to watch me fight. Like, I'm ready to go out. I'm not I'm not going to tap." He says he "felt his arms get tired," his "head came out," and he "just started raining down punches." Of a second fight, he says, "I had my hand kind of close to his mouth and he freaking bites my finger." In Thompson's telling, Woodley said, "oh, sorry, man," and Thompson answered, "it's all right. Just keep fighting."

The official YouTube title, from a video Full Send MMA uploaded on November 11, 2026 (the evening of November 10, ET), is Stephen Thompson Talks Tenacious D, GTA 6 & Favorite Moments Before Retiring At UFC 334. This article stays with the Woodley memories used in the clip and does not take up the Tenacious D or GTA 6 material in that title. The official description says Thompson "will call it a career this weekend at UFC 334 when he takes on Charles Radtke." UFC.com lists Polymarket UFC 334: Gane vs Hokit for November 14, 2026, at Madison Square Garden, including a welterweight bout between Stephen Thompson and Charles Radtke. As of about 1:06 PM ET on November 14, that page did not list an official result. This article does not state one, and it does not treat the official description as a completed retirement. Radtke is not named in the used clip.

"I'm not going to tap"

Thompson starts with how clearly the first fight has stayed with him. "That's one of the like moments that I remember the most. Like out of every fight." He calls it "the biggest card of the year," then, in his account, "I get knocked down like four times by Tyron Woodley. Next thing you know, I'm in this guillotine."

What he remembers saying, he places under Woodley's arm. "I'm being choked and I literally said under his arm. I was like, these people came to watch me fight. Like, I'm ready to go out. I'm not I'm not going to tap." Then, he says, "I felt his arms get tired. I'm like, oh, my head came out. I just started raining down punches." He calls it "just epic," and repeats, "I was ready to go out."

He does not name the event or give an official result in this clip, and this article does not add one.

A finger bite, in his telling of the rematch

"In the second fight," he says, "I had him up against the fence," with his hand "kind of close to his mouth." "We We talk about this, me and Tyron do." Then, in Thompson's account: "he freaking bites my finger." He says he "felt like a little pansy," said "ow" "in the cage," and that Woodley said, "oh, sorry, man." Thompson says he answered, "it's all right. Just keep fighting." "We just kept fighting. Like nothing."

That bite is Thompson's account of the rematch, including what he says Woodley said in the cage and that they still talk about it. This article does not state it as a fact independent of that telling, and it does not add a motive or a finding.

He closes the memory with a line that covers both fights: "It's It's crazy what you remember when you're out there."

FAQ

What does Stephen Thompson say he told himself in the Woodley guillotine?

He says he "literally said under his arm," "these people came to watch me fight. Like, I'm ready to go out. I'm not I'm not going to tap."

How does he say he got out of the choke?

"I felt his arms get tired," he says. "I'm like, oh, my head came out. I just started raining down punches."

What does he say happened to his finger in the second fight?

In his account of the rematch, he had his hand "kind of close to [Woodley's] mouth and he freaking bites my finger." He says Woodley told him "sorry," and that they "just kept fighting." That is his telling; this article does not treat it as an official finding.

Does this clip say how either Woodley fight was officially scored?

No. Thompson describes being knocked down, caught in a guillotine, refusing to tap, and then throwing punches after his head came out, and he describes a second fight along the fence. He does not give official results, and this article does not add them.