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Nick Thompson
Born	June 23, 1981 (age 39) Newport News, Virginia, United States
Other names	The Goat
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Fighting out of	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Team	Minnesota Martial Arts Academy
Years active	2003–2011
Mixed martial arts record
Total	53
Wins	38
By knockout	10
By submission	22
By decision	6
Losses	14
By knockout	6
By submission	7
By decision	1
Draws	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Nicholas Delton Thompson (born June 23, 1981) is a retired American mixed martial artist. He retired with a professional mixed martial arts record of 38–14–1. He has fought professionally for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Strikeforce, Bellator Fighting Championships, and Bodog Fight. He is the former Bodog Fight Welterweight Champion and holds wins over Eddie Alvarez, Josh Neer, Paul Daley, Mark Weir and Chris Wilson.^[1]

Background[edit]

While attending college, Nick wrestled at the University of Wisconsin from 2000–2002. He then began training with coach Dave Strasser at Dave Strasser’s Freestyle Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin. While there, he trained with manager Pat O'Malley, Ron Faircloth, Nick Agallar, and Brian Geraghty.^[2] In 2005, Nick moved to attend the University of Minnesota Law School. He began training under coach Greg Nelson at Minnesota Martial Arts Academy. Nelson is closely affiliated with Erik Paulson, founder of Combat Submission Wrestling.^[3]While there, Nick trained with fighters Sean Sherk, Brock Lesnar, Brock Larson, Nik Lentz, Derrick Noble, Paul Bradley, and Kaitlin Young.^[4]^[5]

Mixed martial arts career[edit]

UFC[edit]

He made his UFC debut at UFC 56 where he defeated Keith Wisniewski. He returned to the UFC on April 15, 2006, where he lost against the highly ranked and seasoned judoka Karo Parisyan at UFC 59.

Bodog Fight[edit]

Following his fights in the UFC, and after three warm-up fights with smaller organizations, Thompson signed with Bodog Fight, a former MMA organisation. After cutting through three Bodog opponents, Thompson was offered his title fight with Eddie Alvarez, a previously undefeated fighter. After winning his fight against Alvarez on April 14, 2007, Thompson has since defended his title twice.^[1]

World Victory Road[edit]

Nick's final title defense against John Troyer was the last fight on his contract with Bodog.^[6]Rumors of his intent to sign with World Victory Road were confirmed with his addition to the organization's March 3, 2008 inaugural Sengoku show. Nick was scheduled to face Fabricio Monteiro in his debut.^[7] He won this debut against Monteiro via three-round unanimous decision.^[1]

EliteXC[edit]

Nick fought Jake Shields on July 26, 2008 for the newly created EliteXC Welterweight title, losing via submission in the first round.

Strikeforce[edit]

On February 25, 2009 in a radio interview, Thompson confirmed that he has signed on with California-based Mixed Martial Arts promotion Strikeforce. Thomson stated in his interview that he could be fighting as early as April 11, 2009.^[8]

Shine Fights[edit]

Nick signed a multi-fight deal with upstart, Ohio and Florida based promotion, Shine Fights. Before even making his debut, he was requested to a new deal.^[9]

Ultimate Glory[edit]

Nick was supposed to fight Siyar Bahadurzada at Ultimate Glory 12 on Oct. 16th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to pull out at the last minute due to an injury. He was replaced by Derrick Noble.

Personal life[edit]

Nick lives in LaCrosse Wisconsin with his wife.^[4]^[10] The couple had their first child on July 24, 2009.^[11]

Thompson is a practicing lawyer and is now an associate at Nichols Kaster Attorneys at Law.^[12]

Video games[edit]

On 17 November 2009, he was confirmed on the roster of EA Sports MMA.

Mixed martial arts record[edit]

Professional record breakdown
53 matches	38 wins	14 losses
By knockout	10	6
By submission	22	7
By decision	6	1
Draws	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	38–14–1	Ben Askren	Decision (unanimous)	Bellator 40	April 9, 2011	3	5:00	Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States
Loss	38–13–1	Taisuke Okuno	KO (punch)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14	August 22, 2010	3	0:27	Saitama, Japan
Loss	38–12–1	Dan Hornbuckle	TKO (punches)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 10	September 23, 2009	2	1:30	Saitama, Japan
Loss	38–11–1	Tim Kennedy	Submission (punches)	Strikeforce Challengers: Villasenor vs. Cyborg	June 19, 2009	2	2:37	Kent, Washington, United States	Middleweight bout.
Win	38–10–1	Paul Daley	Decision (unanimous)	MFC 20	February 20, 2009	3	5:00	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Win	37–10–1	Travis McCullough	Submission (punches)	MT 18	January 17, 2009	1	2:38	Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Loss	36–10–1	Jake Shields	Submi

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