VANCOUVER – Stephen Thompson wants the next shot at UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. However, if he doesn’t get it, he said he’s willing to fight once more to solidify his top contender status.

After beating Rory MacDonald by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night 89 in June, Thompson (13-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) was confident he had done enough to get a crack at the 170-pound title.

With seven consecutive victories to his credit, including dominant performances against the likes of MacDonald, Johny Hendricks and Jake Ellenberger, “Wonderboy,” No. 2 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings, had a strong case to be the first challenger to No. 1-ranked Woodley (16-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who captured the belt with a first-round knockout of Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 in July.

However, Woodley swerved everyone and asked for a “money fight” against either Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz. It’s unknown if he will get that opportunity, but if he does, Thompson said he would be willing to take another matchup, most likely against the winner of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 21 headliner between No. 6-ranked Demian Maia (23-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC) and No. 8-ranked Carlos Condit (30-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC).

“Condit has been at the top of the game for as long as he’s been in the UFC – Demian has been in the game longer than I have as well,” Thompson said at a UFC on FOX 21 fan Q&A. “I mean, yeah, if (the title shot) doesn’t happen, who else am I going to fight, to be honest? … Those are potential bouts and I want to throw down with either one of them.”

The current situation surrounding Thompson is cloudy. UFC President Dana White said Woodley wouldn’t get either of his desired matchups and Thompson would be next. There’s been no movement since then, though, and Thompson was still unaware what would be next for him.

His top priority is, of course, to fight for the title, but if that doesn’t happen, he’s not going to sit on the sidelines. He made that much clear.

“I very respectfully called him out. I did not expect him to say, ‘No, I want a money fight,'” Thompson said. “Defend the title a few times. That’s how I look at it. That’s what Robbie Lawler did. That’s what the champions did before him before they started asking for money fights. Tyron was definitely preaching the other way around when he didn’t get his shot, now that he’s got the title for him to do that to me is kind of hypocritical. But whatever. it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen soon.”

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