Santa Monica (August 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA e ikakasang ho phatlalatsa ya go saena Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) ho a ikgethileng a selotlolo lilemo, selotlolo loana konteraka. Ka 36-lilemo tse-ba banyenyane, pele e neng e Strikeforce bobebe World Champion o hlola ka ho e mong oa top 155-pounders a ya dipapadi, kaha competed a holimo mekhatlo e ho akarelletsa le UFC le Boikakaso bo.
Lulang a San Jose, Dorella. le koetlisa kwa ea tummeng haholo American Kickboxing Academy haufi le ba bang ba lipapali molemo ka ho fetisisa, Thomson e sebelelitseng hae Brazil jiu-jitsu batho ba batsho lebanta la tlas'a Dave Camarillo. Ho phaella moo ho hae tšosang fatše tai game, Thomson a otlang pedigree ke on-ntlha hammoho, fumana le "Knockout ya Night" kabelo ya hae dipholo tsa a a loana le Nate Diaz a 2013. Ho se ho boetse bohlokoa a ntse a ile a re "The Punk" nang le ya rekoto ya 3-0 tsa porofeshenale kickboxing.
"Ke ne ke ka thabo ea ho ho sebetsa le Josh a Strikeforce 'me ke lebeletse ka thabo ho tsoela pele kamano ena e a Bellator MMA. Josh ke maemo a lefatshe e tsoakiloeng sesole moetsi oa litšoantšo le re thabile haholo ho phaella ka ho re mo ho rona lenane ka tse ling tsa molemo ka ho fetisisa lightweights a lefatše,"O ile a re ntshetso pele ya mopresidente, Scott Coker. "Bellator o hlola ka ho ka botlalo ikemiseditse ho ho haha eona lenane ka saena holimo ya mahala mahlahana a joaloka Thomson, hammoho le boitlhopho fihlela-and-tla blue Chip linaleli. Re na le ba bang ba hlollang matchups hopola for "The Punk" hore re le tšepo ea ho ho le tsebisa nakong ea libeke ho tla. "
"Ke mona ho bala ena UFC moqolotsi oa litaba a re hore ba 'nile ka hana ho botjha ho saena' na ha 'nete ea taba ke hore ba' nile ka leka ho botjha ho saena 'na bakeng sa ke tse peli tse fetileng lintoa. Ke hana le ho e-na o ile a khetha ho loana tsoa konteraka ea le a leka boponi na bonsomi, 'marakeng le Bellator. Ka nako eo, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Ho e etsoa sebetsana, Ke khutlela ho sebetsa le 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, le ho 'na chelete o ne a le Bellator. "
"The Punk" joins e hlaheletseng lenane la baatlelete hore sa tsoa saennweng le Bellator ho fetela ho past selemo ho akarelletsa le: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Le Ruthe, Arone Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, hara tse ding.
O tla tsoela pele ke loana a le bobebe karohano e tebileng ho qala ka: kingpin Tla Brooks, ho fihlela tse ling bahlabani joalokaMichael Chandler,, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Hrithik Roshan" Freire le Dave Jansen.