Santa Monica (August 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA jẹ lọpọlọpọ lati kede awọn fawabale ti Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) si ohun iyasoto olona-odun, olona-ija guide. Ni 36 years--odo, awọn tele Strikeforce Lightweight World asiwaju maa wa ni ọkan ninu awọn oke-155 pounders ninu awọn idaraya, ntẹriba competed ni oke ajo pẹlu UFC ati igberaga.
San Jose gbé in, Calif. ati ikẹkọ ni ogbontarigi American Kickboxing ijinlẹ lẹgbẹẹ diẹ ninu awọn idaraya gan ti o dara ju, Thomson mina rẹ Brazil jiu-jitsu dudu igbanu labẹ Dave Camarillo. Ni afikun si rẹ formidable ilẹ game, Thomson ká idaṣẹ pedigree jẹ lori-ojuami bi daradara, ebun a "knockout ti Night" eye fun re o wu ninu re igbejako Nate Diaz ni 2013. O tun n tọ ni wi pe "The Punk" Oun ni a gba ti 3-0 ni ọjọgbọn kickboxing.
"Mo ní ni idunnu ti ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Josh ni Strikeforce ati ki o Mo wo siwaju si tẹsiwaju yi ibasepọ ni Bellator MMA. Josh jẹ kan aye-kilasi adalu ti ologun artist ati awọn ti a ba wa gidigidi dun lati wa ni fifi fun u lati wa akosile ti diẹ ninu awọn ti o dara ju lightweights ninu aye,"So wipe igbega ká Aare, Scott Coker. "Bellator si maa wa ni kikun olufaraji si kọ awọn oniwe-iwe akosile nipa wíwọlé oke free òjíṣẹ bi Thomson, bi daradara bi olutọju ẹhin ọkọ-iyawo soke-ati-bọ bulu-ni ërún irawọ. A ni diẹ ninu awọn iyanu matchups ni lokan fun "The Punk" ti a ni ireti lati wa ni nwasu ni ọsẹ lati wa si. "
"Mo wa lori nibi kika yi UFC onirohin wipe ki nwọn ki o ti sọ declined lati tun-wole mi nigbati awọn otitọ ti ọrọ naa ba jẹ wipe ti won ti sọ a ti gbiyanju lati tun-wole mi fun mi kẹhin meji njà. Mo ti declined ki o si dipo yàn lati ja jade mi guide ki o si idanwo awọn free ibẹwẹ oja pẹlu Bellator. Ni ti ojuami, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. O ni a ṣe ti yio se, Mo n pada ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Coker, and I couldn’t be more excited to get back to an organization that is trending upwards with fighter-friendly contracts. Any intelligent fighter is going to go where the money is, ati fun mi ni owo si wà ni Bellator. "
"The Punk" parapo kan oguna akojọ ti awọn elere idaraya ti o ti laipe wole pelu Bellator lori awọn ti o ti kọja odun pẹlu: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Ati Rutu, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, laarin awọn miran.
Oun yoo tesiwaju lati ja ni lightweight pipin eyi ti o ti bere pẹlu jin: kingpin Will Brooks, si isalẹ lati miiran awọn onija biMichael Chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "maluiwoile" Freire ati Dave Jansen.