James Thompson and his fate

Among the international stars of mixed martial arts, we often used to see the Americans. Europeans have, for some unknown reasons in this cohort on so much, but still they are there. One of these men, who became a living legend of MMA, is James Thompson. About his life and the fate of the sports we'll talk in the article.

Curriculum Vitae

James Thompson was born on December 16, 1978. His hometown is called Rochdale, and it is located in the county of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. In his youth, the guy very well played rugby, and later began working as a bouncer at various night clubs and by the collector of debts on loans.

Also fond of bodybuilding athlete. He actively campaigned in the tournament to fight and even met in the ring with Don Frye himself - the legendary MMA fighter, multiple wins many prestigious championships. It was a fight with the famous American and British led eventually start to act consistently in MMA. It is noteworthy that James Thompson - athlete, who has studied military equipment on old videos to a DVD-player.

Strong start

Debut as a professional for James proved to be very successful. In early 2003, the athlete was able to defeat his opponent in the first five-minute strangulation. His first speech, our hero conducted under the auspices of the British promotion Ultimate Combat. After the first victory was followed by another whole series of successful battles for the British. Special attention should be opposition to James and Mark Goddard. In their first battle, the judge gave the victory to Thompson after a protracted series of blows to which Mark did not answer and did not actively defended. However, Goddard immediately filed a protest. He believed that it was able to conduct a successful submission move, after which James allegedly gave a clear signal of surrender. In a short time between the fighters was carried out revenge. During Thompson match took only 18 seconds to knock out tough opponent.

The first loss caught James in 2004, when he lost to the representative of Georgia Tengiz Teodoradze. But their performances in the British company Thompson finished on a positive note by winning a veteran of the United States Dan North.

Performances in Japan

James Thompson, having behind 6 bright and spectacular victories in seven matches, drew attention to the organization of the rising sun called the Pride Fighting Championships. At that time, this promotion was one of the leading on the planet. Only one invited to take part in his fights have been a great achievement for any MMA fighter.

The standoff James Thompson - Emelianenko is the debut in Japan for our hero, ended badly for the Englishman. The Russian was able to knock him out in 11 seconds. But this failure did not become a cause for dismissal. Already in a short time I was able to beat the Briton Henry Miller, Giant Silva, Alexander Lungu. In 2006, James became a member of the prestigious competition heavyweights organization. But I could not pass even the first of his opponent in the face Kazuyuki Fujita. Then I send a series of victories over Jon Einem, Hidehiko Esidzoy and Don Frye. In parallel with the entry into Japan's James Thompson fought often and at home, where for the most part lost. Such lesions he explained acute shortage of training for partners. So he decided to join the Xtreme Couture team, which was founded by the famous American Randy Couture.

period Failed career

After moving to the United States, James Thompson, who was very fond of fighting the local audience, not too well "fought" in the octagon cage. As part of the Elite Xtreme Combat tournament he lost by KO Kimbo Slice and Brett Rogers. After returning to Japan, he experienced the bitterness of defeat at the hands of Alistair Overeem and Jim York. However, in 2010, the Briton was able to take revenge from the Tengiz Teodoradze, but after losing three other athletes.

Continuation of

In the period 2011-2014 fighter James Thompson played quite well at a high level. In particular, he was able to defeat the most powerful person on the planet Mariusz Pudzianowski during KSW tournament. In a rematch of the Englishman was originally recognized as a loser on points. Two days later the head of promotional verdict, which said that the battle did not take place due to judicial error.

He fought Thompson and the organization under the name of Super Fight League, where he was able to win against Bob Sapp and Bobby Lashley.

Go to the Bellator

June 6, 2014 James made his debut in the world's second largest MMA organization. Already in the first fight, he sent in a knockout of a very experienced Eric Prindle. At the tournament Bellator 145 Englishman had a rematch with Lashley. To everyone's surprise, he lost by TKO in the first round. This was followed by the defeat of the Japanese fighter within Rizin Fighting Federation.

In the spring of 2016 the leadership of the organization was announced battle against the Thompson Slice. But a month before this confrontation Kimbo died suddenly due to cardiac arrest.