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Josh Thomson

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Association: American Kickboxing Academy
Pro Debut Date: 2001-01-18
Pro Record: 23-9-0
Win Finish %: 69.5%
Quality Perf. %: 68.8%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2017

#20 Lightweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2014

#6 Lightweight
Last Loss Date: 2/18/2017
Last Loss: [#49 LW] Patricky Freire
Opponent's Last 5: L W L L L
UFC Record: 3-4-0
Octagon Time: 1:26:01
Longest Win Streak: 2 (2003-2004)
UFC Debut: 2003-09-26
Last UFC Fight: 2015-07-15

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Patricky Freire
#40 Lightweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
  Bellator 172 - Thomson vs. Pitbull
Saturday, February 18th 2017
W Pablo Villaseca
#252 Lightweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  Bellator 147 - Thomson vs. Villaseca
Friday, December 4th 2015
W Mike Bronzoulis
#98 Lightweight 		Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Round 3
  Bellator 142: Dynamite 1
Saturday, September 19th 2015
L Tony Ferguson
#11 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC Fight Night 71 - Mir vs. Duffee
Wednesday, July 15th 2015
L Bobby Green
#14 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  UFC on Fox 12 - Lawler vs. Brown
Saturday, July 26th 2014
L Ben Henderson
#2 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC on Fox 10 - Henderson vs. Thomson
Saturday, January 25th 2014
W Nate Diaz
#7 Lightweight 		TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Round 2
  UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez
Saturday, April 20th 2013
L Gilbert Melendez
#3 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Cormier
Saturday, May 19th 2012
W K.J. Noons
#40 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Strikeforce - Tate vs. Rousey
Saturday, March 3rd 2012
L Tatsuya Kawajiri
#12 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  K-1 - Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2010
Friday, December 31st 2010
W Gesias Cavalcante
#22 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2
Saturday, October 9th 2010
W Pat Healy
#61 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 3
  Strikeforce / M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Werdum
Saturday, June 26th 2010
L Gilbert Melendez
#16 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  Strikeforce - Evolution
Saturday, December 19th 2009
W Ashe Bowman TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion 2
Saturday, September 20th 2008
W Gilbert Melendez
#15 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  Strikeforce - Melendez vs. Thomson
Friday, June 27th 2008
W Adam Lynn
#160 Lightweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion
Saturday, September 29th 2007
W Nick Gonzalez
#134 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Strikeforce-EliteXC - Shamrock vs. Baroni
Friday, June 22nd 2007
W Nam Phan
#53 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Strikeforce: Triple Threat
Friday, December 8th 2006
W Duane Ludwig
#56 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  Strikeforce - Tank vs. Buentello
Saturday, October 7th 2006
W Rocky Johnson Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  PFA - Pride and Fury 5
Thursday, July 6th 2006
W Harris Sarmiento SUB
Round 3
  Strikeforce: Revenge
Friday, June 9th 2006
L Clay Guida
#9 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Gracie
Friday, March 10th 2006
W Enoch Wilson
#121 Lightweight 		Decision
Round 3
  PFA: Pride And Fury 3
Thursday, October 13th 2005
W Daisuke Sugie
#121 Lightweight 		Submission (Kneebar)
Round 1
  Pride - Bushido 8
Sunday, July 17th 2005
L Yves Edwards
#4 Lightweight 		KO (Flying Head Kick and Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 49 - Unfinished Business
Saturday, August 21st 2004
W Hermes Franca
#4 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 46 - Supernatural
Saturday, January 31st 2004
W Gerald Strebendt
#66 Lightweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 44 - Undisputed
Friday, September 26th 2003
W Rob McCullough Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WFA 3 - Level 3
Saturday, November 23rd 2002
W Kajan Johnson Submission (Elbows)
Round 2
  SE - North American Sport Fighting Invitat...
Saturday, September 7th 2002
W Doug Evans Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  NSFC - NW Submission Fighting 1
Saturday, May 4th 2002
NC Norifumi Yamamoto
#10 Featherweight 		No Contest Yamamoto Kicked in Groin
Round 2
  Shogun 1 - Shogun 1
Saturday, December 15th 2001
W Victor Estrada Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
  GVT - Gladiators Vale Tudo
Saturday, March 10th 2001
W Jason Abajian KO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bushido 1 - Bushido 1
Thursday, January 18th 2001
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Patricky Freire
#40 Lightweight 		  Bellator 172 - Thomson vs. Pitbull
Saturday, February 18th 2017 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
W Pablo Villaseca
#252 Lightweight 		  Bellator 147 - Thomson vs. Villaseca
Friday, December 4th 2015 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Mike Bronzoulis
#98 Lightweight 		  Bellator 142: Dynamite 1
Saturday, September 19th 2015 		Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Round 3
L Tony Ferguson
#11 Lightweight 		  UFC Fight Night 71 - Mir vs. Duffee
Wednesday, July 15th 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Bobby Green
#14 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 12 - Lawler vs. Brown
Saturday, July 26th 2014 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Ben Henderson
#2 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 10 - Henderson vs. Thomson
Saturday, January 25th 2014 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Nate Diaz
#7 Lightweight 		  UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez
Saturday, April 20th 2013 		TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Round 2
L Gilbert Melendez
#3 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Cormier
Saturday, May 19th 2012 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W K.J. Noons
#40 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Tate vs. Rousey
Saturday, March 3rd 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Tatsuya Kawajiri
#12 Lightweight 		  K-1 - Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2010
Friday, December 31st 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Gesias Cavalcante
#22 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2
Saturday, October 9th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Pat Healy
#61 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce / M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Werdum
Saturday, June 26th 2010 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 3
L Gilbert Melendez
#16 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Evolution
Saturday, December 19th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Ashe Bowman   Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion 2
Saturday, September 20th 2008 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Gilbert Melendez
#15 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Melendez vs. Thomson
Friday, June 27th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Adam Lynn
#160 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion
Saturday, September 29th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Nick Gonzalez
#134 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce-EliteXC - Shamrock vs. Baroni
Friday, June 22nd 2007 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Nam Phan
#53 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce: Triple Threat
Friday, December 8th 2006 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Duane Ludwig
#56 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Tank vs. Buentello
Saturday, October 7th 2006 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Rocky Johnson   PFA - Pride and Fury 5
Thursday, July 6th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Harris Sarmiento   Strikeforce: Revenge
Friday, June 9th 2006 		SUB
Round 3
L Clay Guida
#9 Lightweight 		  Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Gracie
Friday, March 10th 2006 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Enoch Wilson
#121 Lightweight 		  PFA: Pride And Fury 3
Thursday, October 13th 2005 		Decision
Round 3
W Daisuke Sugie
#121 Lightweight 		  Pride - Bushido 8
Sunday, July 17th 2005 		Submission (Kneebar)
Round 1
L Yves Edwards
#4 Lightweight 		  UFC 49 - Unfinished Business
Saturday, August 21st 2004 		KO (Flying Head Kick and Punches)
Round 1
W Hermes Franca
#4 Lightweight 		  UFC 46 - Supernatural
Saturday, January 31st 2004 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Gerald Strebendt
#66 Lightweight 		  UFC 44 - Undisputed
Friday, September 26th 2003 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Rob McCullough   WFA 3 - Level 3
Saturday, November 23rd 2002 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Kajan Johnson   SE - North American Sport Fighting Invitat...
Saturday, September 7th 2002 		Submission (Elbows)
Round 2
W Doug Evans   NSFC - NW Submission Fighting 1
Saturday, May 4th 2002 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
NC Norifumi Yamamoto
#10 Featherweight 		  Shogun 1 - Shogun 1
Saturday, December 15th 2001 		No Contest Yamamoto Kicked in Groin
Round 2
W Victor Estrada   GVT - Gladiators Vale Tudo
Saturday, March 10th 2001 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
W Jason Abajian   Bushido 1 - Bushido 1
Thursday, January 18th 2001 		KO (Punches)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2017 3 #20 Lightweight 23-8-0
249
10/01/2016 1 #17 Lightweight 23-8-0
269
07/01/2016 2 #18 Lightweight 23-8-0
270
04/01/2016 1 #16 Lightweight 23-8-0
270
01/01/2016 1 #17 Lightweight 23-8-0
270
10/01/2015 4 #16 Lightweight 22-8-0
270
07/01/2015   #12 Lightweight 21-7-0
299
04/01/2015 1 #12 Lightweight 21-7-0
299
01/01/2015 2 #11 Lightweight 21-7-0
299
10/01/2014 5 #13 Lightweight 21-7-0
299
07/01/2014 2 #8 Lightweight 21-6-0
340
04/01/2014 2 #6 Lightweight 21-6-0
340
01/01/2014 2 #8 Lightweight 21-5-0
333
10/01/2013   #6 Lightweight 21-5-0
333
07/01/2013 10 #6 Lightweight 21-5-0
333
04/01/2013 2 #16 Lightweight 20-5-0
206
01/01/2013 3 #18 Lightweight 20-5-0
206
10/01/2012 1 #15 Lightweight 20-5-0
206
07/01/2012 5 #14 Lightweight 20-5-0
206
04/01/2012 11 #19 Lightweight 20-4-0
174
01/01/2012 5 #30 Lightweight 19-4-0
147
10/01/2011 6 #25 Lightweight 19-4-0
153
07/01/2011 2 #19 Lightweight 19-4-0
153
04/01/2011 3 #17 Lightweight 19-4-0
153
01/01/2011 1 #14 Lightweight 19-4-0
153
10/01/2010 1 #15 Lightweight 18-3-0
164
07/01/2010 27 #14 Lightweight 18-3-0
164
04/01/2010 7 #41 Lightweight 17-3-0
101
01/01/2010 12 #34 Lightweight 17-3-0
103
10/01/2009 7 #22 Lightweight 17-2-0
136
07/01/2009 2 #15 Lightweight 17-2-0
143
04/01/2009   #13 Lightweight 17-2-0
144
01/01/2009 2 #13 Lightweight 17-2-0
144
10/01/2008 1 #11 Lightweight 17-2-0
144
07/01/2008 11 #10 Lightweight 16-2-0
144
04/01/2008 4 #21 Lightweight 15-2-0
102
01/01/2008 3 #17 Lightweight 15-2-0
102
10/01/2007 2 #20 Lightweight 15-2-0
102
07/01/2007 4 #18 Lightweight 14-2-0
98
04/01/2007 1 #14 Lightweight 13-2-0
94
01/01/2007 29 #15 Lightweight 13-2-0
94
10/01/2006 3 #44 Lightweight 11-2-0
54
07/01/2006 6 #47 Lightweight 10-2-0
51
04/01/2006 23 #41 Lightweight 9-2-0
48
01/01/2006 1 #18 Lightweight 9-1-0
61
10/01/2005 13 #19 Lightweight 8-1-0
59
07/01/2005 2 #32 Lightweight 7-1-0
47
04/01/2005 12 #30 Lightweight 7-1-0
48
01/01/2005 6 #18 Lightweight 7-1-0
54
10/01/2004 15 #24 Lightweight 7-1-0
49
07/01/2004 1 #9 Lightweight 7-0-0
65
04/01/2004 32 #8 Lightweight 7-0-0
65
01/01/2004 4 #40 Lightweight 6-0-0
33
10/01/2003 21 #36 Lightweight 6-0-0
33
07/01/2003 5 #57 Lightweight 5-0-0
25
04/01/2003 5 #52 Lightweight 5-0-0
25
01/01/2003 NR #47 Lightweight 5-0-0
25
10/01/2002 5 #14 Featherweight 4-0-0
25
07/01/2002 NR #19 Featherweight 3-0-0
18


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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