UFC on FOX 7: Josh Thomson Thinks Speed Was Difference Over Nate Diaz

Josh Thomson talks about his hair interfering with the fight at UFC on FOX 7, whether knocking out Nate Diaz was the best performance of his career, utilizing his speed and kicks during the fight, his title aspirations, and more.

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[MrJared]

I started here and I'm gonna finish Now he's in Bellator

[nickk]

I was at this UFC event live Ill Never forget it San Jose CA. My mouth dropped open when I saw Nate Diez get finished by Josh Thompson

[CrowdPleeza]

I thought Josh provided a good example of how to deal with a skilled
puncher. Rather than staying in one spot and trading punches with
Nate, Josh hit and moved and used karate style kicks to maintain distance
and to score points.

[nhdarling]

diaz is smart, ive met the diaz brothers personally. theyre very nice and and believe it or not sociable. they do the things they do in the ring bcause they know they have the mental advantage. the diaz brothers will always shake an opponents hand if the fight ends in fair fashion

[derekdereks]

Still a fan of the Diaz bros regardless of the fighter politics but Josh was more focused intelligent and poised

[LOVEBUNNNY]

Great Fight, Great Finish, Great Interview ... Why didn't the UFC take care of this guy, hardly any exposure

[pearcemark]

He's in denial about Diaz being the more talented fighter

Diaz can walk forward and throw pitty pat punches and slap triangles on guys who aren't the elite of MMA

but every time he faces an elite guy he comes up short, he's shown to be too slow, he's not diverse enough in his striking, his wrestling is awful, and did I mention how slow and unathletic he is?

Josh showed himself to be much more skilled and diverse

[Joe_MMA]

It was definitely not a premature stoppage, Nate got his ass kicked. Plus after the fight, Dana White revealed that Diaz had a cut on his head that was down to the bone, so if you think that that was a premature stoppage then your clearly not smart. You Diaz fans always make dome excuses when one of them loses. Why not just accept that the other fighter was better for once.

[klukec]

Laughed my head off when diaz got knocked out

[AvastCristian]

im a huge fan of the Diaz Brothers. but ever since i seen the Thomson-Melendez trilogy ive been a fan of this guy and was rooting for him. still will always be a Diaz fan though

[cosmingZzZz]

Huuuge Diaz bros. fan here. I didn't think he could pull it off, especially in the manner he did, but wow... props to the dude, he's a killer. A title shot shouldn't be too far away.

[fmcdomer]

how do you knock someone the fuck out and still be called a coward? makes no sense.

[furselfi]

Dude with that win he should be the next for a title shot

[leonardosamuel]

Listening to Josh’s voice here, it sounds much different to how he sounds on his podcast. I guess he’s getting old ey.

[jorgeverjel]

He didn’t pick him apart he just got lucky smh

[WardogBoxingFan]

still a fan of nate diaz man he got dropped by a nasty ass headkick got straight back up and was still mean mugging guys a warrior and fights like this prove so. as much as I hate the guy for dropping my favourite fighter props for that kick and cant wait to see both Thomson and Diaz again two very good fighters and always entertaining.

[MMAOpinion]

Josh Thompson was a beast on the night and Nate got beat the fuck up and that pains me to say because i love Nate.

[wadehamilton]

So you only support fighters who win? If the fighters you support lose you support someone else? What a fan you are.

[mrjoebaillie]

The first head kick he caught Nate with would have probably put me in a coma

[fmcdomer]

nothing was wrong with him.. he was at 100%. he didn't get to learn from the bendo fight because he thought he would had won anyways if he didn't get poked in the eye. so he didn't get shit off that fight. Thompson was a better man he was always 1 step ahead of diaz.. he was simply the better man that night.