Josh Thomson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#12Tony Ferguson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015
L	King Green Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown	Jul 26, 2014
L	#1Benson Henderson Lightweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Thomson	Jan 25, 2014
W	#6Nate Diaz Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	3:44	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013
L	Yves Edwards Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	4:32	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	Aug 21, 2004
W	Hermes Franca Lightweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC 46: Supernatural	Jan 31, 2004
W	Gerald Strebendt Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	2:45	UFC 44: Undisputed	Sep 26, 2003

Outside the UFC

19-5, 1 NCacross 25 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 9 sub · 5 decStrikeforce · Bellator · K-1 · PFA · PRIDE +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Patricky Freire25-16	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:40	Bellator	Feb 18, 2017
W	Pablo Villaseca14-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:59	Bellator	Dec 4, 2015
W	Mike Bronzoulis18-10-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	0:39	Bellator	Sep 19, 2015
L	Gilbert Melendez22-8	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	May 19, 2012
W	K.J. Noons13-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Mar 3, 2012
L	Tatsuya Kawajiri37-14-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K-1	Dec 31, 2010
W	Gesias Cavalcante22-12-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Oct 9, 2010
W	Pat Healy34-24	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:27	Strikeforce	Jun 26, 2010
L	Gilbert Melendez22-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Dec 19, 2009
W	Ashe Bowman9-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:14	Strikeforce	Sep 20, 2008
W	Gilbert Melendez22-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 27, 2008
W	Adam Lynn17-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:45	Strikeforce	Sep 29, 2007
W	Nick Gonzalez20-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:42	Strikeforce	Jun 22, 2007
W	Nam Phan21-17	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Dec 8, 2006
W	Duane Ludwig21-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	4:36	Strikeforce	Oct 7, 2006
W	Rocky Johnson22-17	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:55	PFA	Jul 6, 2006
W	Harris Sarmiento36-26	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	3:19	Strikeforce	Jun 9, 2006
L	Clay Guida38-25	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Mar 10, 2006
W	Daisuke Sugie10-8-1	Submission	Kneebar	R1	2:35	PRIDE	Jul 17, 2005
W	Rob McCullough19-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFA 3	Nov 23, 2002
W	Kajan Johnson23-13-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Elbows	R2	4:56	SE	Sep 7, 2002
W	Doug Evans3-11	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:29	NSFC	May 4, 2002
NC	Norifumi Yamamoto18-6	No Contest	Yamamoto Kicked in Groin	R2	2:00	Shogun 1	Dec 15, 2001
W	Victor Estrada5-11-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	—	GVT	Mar 10, 2001
W	Jason Abajian0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Bushido 1	Jan 18, 2001

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsISFS · MSF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Charlie Fortec3-2	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	MSF	Jan 15, 2000
W	Karl Zamora0-1	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	ISFS	Aug 7, 1999
W	Brandon Shuey7-6	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	ISFS	Jun 19, 1999

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

Submission

9 wins, 0 losses

W9

L0

Decision

6 wins, 7 losses

W6

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Josh Thomson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

2.04 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

2.29 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Josh Thomson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–4

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 33%

1L

Split2 decisions · 67%

2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB59th

47%197 / 457

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.47 differential

Landed2.59

Absorbed2.12

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head50%31st98
Body21%45th41
Leg29%67th58

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

65%Standing

Standing65%128
Clinch19%37
Ground16%32

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Josh Thomson

Landed per 15

Head

F

22nd

17.1

22nd

Body

D

39th

7.1

39th

Leg

A

72nd

10.1

72nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

70th

22.8

70th

Body

D

37th

11.3

37th

Leg

D

39th

8.9

39th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.1	98	313	31%
Body	7.1	41	66	62%
Leg	10.1	58	78	74%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.8	131	339	39%
Body	11.3	65	113	58%
Leg	8.9	51	70	73%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Josh Thomson

37%

Takedown accuracy

42%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.0 min net

On top3.5

On bottom2.5

Offense

Takedowns

B

65th

1.9

65th

TD accuracy

C

51st

37%

51st

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.0

43rd

Control

B

62nd

3.5 min

62nd

Defense

TD defense

D

29th

42%

29th

Controlled

2.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 30
Submission attempts	0
Control time	20:13

Defense

TDs defended	5 / 12
Control absorbed	14:34

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (86min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Josh Thomson

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 86 min

68%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Thomson fades (-23% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Thomson drops to 68% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Thomson ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Thomsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Thomsonattempts / min

Control time

Thomson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.1	2.8	2.0	0.37	29%	7
R2	4.5	2.8	3.9	0.21	27%	5
R3	3.1	1.6	3.6	0.45	5%	4
R4	3.7	0.4	1.2	0.40	54%	1
R5	3.3	1.6	2.2	0.40	14%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Josh Thomson

7 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

57/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

94th

74%

94th

Win quality

F

16th

27%

16th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

2

1

2

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Tony Ferguson#12	Top-5	85	Jul 15, 2015
L	King Green	Top-15	49	Jul 26, 2014
L	Benson Henderson#1	Champion	98	Jan 25, 2014
W	Nate Diaz#6	Top-5	79	Apr 20, 2013
L	Yves Edwards	Established	30	Aug 21, 2004
W	Hermes Franca	Established	22	Jan 31, 2004
W	Gerald Strebendt	Unproven	8	Sep 26, 2003

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

7 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-4

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

9y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Josh Thomson

Extended layoff

9y 4mosince last bout

vs Patricky Freire · Feb 18, 2017

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 1-2

57.0

DK avg

44.5

Median

103.5

Ceiling

22.1

Floor

29%

Boom

14%

Bust

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