Santa MONICA (August 11, 2015) - Ko te whakakake Bellator MMA ki te kauwhau i te hainatanga o te Josh "Ko e Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) ki te tau-maha motuhake, kirimana maha-whawhai. I 36-tau-taitamariki, te mua Strikeforce Kōmāmā World Champion noho tonu tetahi o te runga 155-patu muka i roto i te hākinakina, ka whakataetae i roto i te runga rōpū, tae atu UFC me te whakakake i.
Noho i roto i te San Jose, Calif. me te whakangungu i te ingoa American Kickboxing Academy te taha etahi o nga hākinakina rawa pai, Roaa Thomson tona Jiu-Jitsu whitiki pango Beresiria i raro i Dave Camarillo. I tua atu ki tona kēmu whenua pāharakeke, Ko te tuatapaparaa a Tūrongo o Thomson i runga i-ira me, kowhetetia he "knockout o te Po" tohu mo tona putanga i roto i tona whawhai ki a Nate Diaz i roto i 2013. Ngā ano te utu mea te reira e, "te Punk" mau ha lekooti o 3-0 i roto i te kickboxing ngaio.
"I ahau te pai ai o mahi ki a Josh i Strikeforce ka titiro atu ahau ki tonu i tenei hononga i roto i te Bellator MMA. Josh ko te toi hōia whakauru-ao te piha, me te ko matou tino hari ki te kia tāpiri ia ki to tatou rārangi o etahi o nga lightweights pai i roto i te ao,"Ka mea peresideni o te whakatairanga o te, Scott Coker. "Noho tonu Bellator tino mahi hoki ki te hanga i tona rārangi mā te waitohu āpiha runga noa rite Thomson, me te poipoi ki runga-a-haere mai nga whetu puru-maramara. To tatou te tahi mau matchups mīharo i roto i te ngakau hoki "Ko e Punk" e tumanako atu ia tatou ki te kia kauwhau i roto i te wiki ki te haere mai ".
"Ahau ki runga ki konei pānui i tēnei pūrongo UFC mea e kua peka ratou ki anō haina-ki ahau, ina ko te pono o te mea e kua tamata nei ratou ki te anō haina-ahau mo toku rua whawhai whakamutunga. Peka ahau a hei utu i whiriwhiria ki te whawhai i roto i toku kirimana, ka whakamatautau i te mākete ti'amâraa noa ki a Bellator. I taua wāhi, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Ko te he mahi, Ahau hoki e mahi ahau ki a 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, me te moni i hoki ahau i Bellator ".
"Ko e Punk" hono te rārangi nui o kaitäkaro tata e kua hainatia ki Bellator i runga i te tau o mua, tae atu: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Na ka Ruth, Arona Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, i roto i ētahi atu.
Ka haere tonu ia ki te whawhai i roto i te wehenga ono tekau rire nei tīmata ki: hīanga, Will Brooks, ki raro, ki ētahi atu whawhai riteMichael Chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire a Dave Jansen.