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Nick "The Goat" Thompson Extends His Win Streak to 11
Nick “The Goat” Thompson was able to defeat Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro in a three round decision at World Victory Road’s first show called Sengoku. I waited until the video was posted to write the article due to a couple of reports stating that the fight was controversial including MMA Weekly’s Mario Cuzic who stated, “Despite ground control and countless submission attempts, Monteiro lost the fight by decision in the judges’ eyes.”While Monteiro did have control on a couple of occasions, Monteiro did little with it. His submission attempts were lackluster and non-threatening. Monteiro fought the match much like a pure grappler and did not attempt to strike much, if at all, on the ground or on the feet. Thompson on the other hand utilized his ground and pound skills to punish Monteiro all throughout the fight, he also spent the majority of the fight in top position despite reports stating Monteiro controlled Thompson. The judges called the fight 3 rounds to 0 in favor of Thompson. Thompson elevates his record to (35-9-1) and extends his win streak to 11 fights. This fight marks the first fight that Thompson has had go to a decision since November of 2005 when he fought Keith Wisniewski at UFC 56.
In a post fight interview, Thompson apologized for not finishing his opponent and stated that he wants to fight Hayato “Mach” Sakurai. Thompson said he considers Sakurai to be the best welterweight fighter in Japan. That dream matchup might be put on hold as Sakurai fights in the first Dream show next week against Hidetaka Monma.
To read my other articles related to Nick Thompson click on the story below:
Nick “The Goat” Thompson Signs With World Victory Road In Japan, Set to Fight Fabricio Monteiro
Nick “The Goat” Thompson Successfully Defends His Title, Will He Vacate It?
Nick “The Goat” Thompson to Defend His BodogFight Title\
To watch the fight or the post-fight interview click on the link below:
Nick Thompson vs. Fabricio Monteiro
Thompson Discusses Close Fight at Sengoku
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Nick “The Goat” Thompson signs with World Victory Road in Japan, set to fight Fabricio Monteiro
Nick Thompson, a former Wisconsin resident, successfully defended his BodogFight Welterweight Title two weeks ago with a rear naked choke victory in the first round over John Troyer. It was the final fight on his contract with BodogFight and it was speculated that Thompson was in search for greener pastures and better opponents.
BodogFight had restructured their organization in the last twelve months since the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Lindland bout in April of 2007. They held one more pay-per-view in New Jersey last July that was largely unsuccessful despite having a well-rounded cast of experienced and recognizable fighters. They began to stop doing their own events and lost their TV deal with Ion. Next they would begin to sponsor small events and loan their talent out to these small organizations. After that it was all downhill, most of the top talent the organization had so carefully gathered to stock it’s divisions began to leave including Chael Sonnen, Eddie Alavarez, and now Nick Thompson.
It was rumored that Thompson was going to sign with new upstart World Victory Road as I stated in my previous Nick Thompson article. Thompson has indeed signed with WVR and will be fighting on March 5, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. This is only one month since his last bout.
Nick Thompson who sports a (34-9-1) record according to Sherdog has 10 straight wins and not a single bout has gone to the judges. In addition, he has won 18 of his 19 bouts which date back to 2005. His only stumbling block was a fight to Karo Parisyan at UFC 59 in April of 2006.
Thompson will take on Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro who is (16-6) according to Sherdog in his next bout. Monteiro is Brazilan fighter who is part of the Gracie Barra Combat Team. He is currently riding a two-fight losing streak although he was riding five straight wins prior to that. He has fought in Japan and Brazil in notable organizations such as Deep and Shooto.
World Victory Road
This will be the first card for World Victory Road and they have signed some serious talent that has been on the shelf for a long time since the UFC ruined Pride. The biggest names include Takanori Gomi, Josh Barnett, Hidehiko Yoshida, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazuo Misaki, Duane Ludwig and others. That is enough classic names to make any Pride fan happy and WVR is set to take on new upstart Dreams which is a collaborative effort between K-1 Hero’s and former Pride management DSE. Rumors are floating that Kevin “The Monster” Randleman is also signed to the organization.
The card according to MMA Weekly thus far:
World Victory Road: SengokuNational Yoyogi Stadium
Tokyo, Japan
03/05/2008
Takanori Gomi vs. Duane "Bang" Ludwig
Kazuo Misaki vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Josh Barnett vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Nick Thompson vs. Fabricio Monteiro
Makoto Takimoto vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
Ryo Kawamura vs. Antonio Braga Neto
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA
Stay tuned to Wisconsin Combat Sports for all news related to Nick “The Goat” Thompson. Previous news is located below:
Nick “The Goat” Thompson Successfully Defends His Title, Will He Vacate It?
Nick “The Goat” Thompson to Defend His BodogFight Title