Josh Thomson: My performance against Karl James Noons was disappointing – UFC news
Josh Thomson, the man who co-headlined ‘Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey’ pay-per-view by collecting a unanimous win over K. J. Noons, recently in an interview admitted that his bout was pathetic and it made the audience boo at him since he shattered their expectations.
Strikeforce, Ultimate Fighting championship’s sister company, put forth the mixed martial art fanatics an epic pay-per-view which was headlined by the bout between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey with women’s bantamweight title on the line.
Josh, infamous as the ‘Punk’, has been in a total 24 mixed martial art bouts and came out victorious in 19. He has collected four of his wins by knockout, nine by submission, and six by either unanimous or split decision. Thomson is well known in strike
force’s lightweight division as a submission specialist and loves to collect a win by making his opponents submit.
On March 3, 2012, Josh entered the octagon to take on Karl James Noons in a three-round skirmish. The 15-minute encounter became boredom for the audience who started to boo Josh since he was unable to perform as per the spectator’s expectations. Josh is
famous for being quick, a brawler who frustrates his opponent and grabs them instantly in his submission manoeuvre.
On Saturday night vice versa happened though in the third round Josh did grab Noons in his unbreakable arm-triangle side choke yet somehow The American ‘King’ broke the lock and came out of it defying Josh’s plan to collect a submission win.
Later on the bout ended and all the three referees unanimously gave Josh a score of 29-28 but the 33-year-old brawler was disappointed at the fact that his 12 weeks practice, sparring and training did not help him perform well.
Josh commented, “I’m very disappointed in my performance. I got the win, but I hate fighting like that. It disappoints me that people booed. This is the entertainment business, and that is not the way I like to win.”
Josh while praising his opponent and recalling the third round submission move, remarked, “I thought I was going to finish him in the third with the side choke. It was in deep. I heard him gurgling, but he just held on tight and was able to wiggle out. The
blood had something to do with it. He got slippery, but he defended very well. There’s no excuse.”
Josh is now rumoured to enter the octagon against the current Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez and will most probably put an end to the three-bout trilogy that has mesmerised the Strikeforce’s lightweight division.
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