Bodog Fight's New Welterweight Champ

No Longer "Fainting Goat"

 

Some guys fight over women. Nick Thompson became a fighter just to impress one.

 

"A few years ago I went to see a mixed martial arts show with my new girlfriend," recalls the Minnesotan. "I

wrestled a little bit in college so to try and impress her I told her I could do MMA. I started training the next

week. I was awful, but I was hooked."

 

Thompson was in fact so awful he was nicknamed "The Fainting Goat" for his unfortunate resemblance to an

animal notorious for losing consciousness when frightened. Knocked out in his first pro fight by journeyman

Dan Hart, Thompson would go on to lose three of his first four bouts.

 

Nick Thompson's no bum

One of those early defeats came at the hands of Florida's Dustin

"Clean" Denes, who again provides the opposition as the two square

off on an all new episode of Bodog Fight: Costa Rica Combat this

Tuesday, June 5th at 11 p.m. / 10 p.m. Central on ION Television.

 

However, Denes (12-3-3) will face a much different Thompson this time

around. The man now known only as "The Goat" rebounded from his

early missteps to amass a record of 31-9-1 en route to becoming the new Bodog Fight Welterweight

Champion. Thompson's stunning knockout upset of formerly undefeated champ Eddie Alvarez (9-1) at

Bodog Fight: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Lindland in St. Petersburg, Russia last April is also featured

on this episode.

 

One last thing in case you were wondering: The girlfriend Thompson fought to impress? She's now his fiancé.

 

Can't catch the action on ION (or The Fight Network in Canada)? All episodes of the Bodog Fight series are

available worldwide through streaming video at BodogFight.com, with behind-the-scenes exclusives, fighter

bios and additional footage only available online.

 

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- from BodogFight with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

 

(6/4/07)