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Lightweight MMA · 2000s

Josh Thomson

22–9 · 32 recorded bouts · 2001–2017

Josh Thomson finished 73% of 22 wins inside the distance — the 56th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height70″ (177.8 cm)
Stance
DivisionLightweight MMA
Peak era2000s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Josh Thomson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 nc vs Norifumi Yamamoto (2001)win vs Víctor Estrada (2001)win vs Jason Abajian (2001)win vs Rob McCullough (2002)win vs Kajan Johnson (2002)win vs Doug Evans (2002)win vs Gerald Strebendt (2003)loss vs Yves Edwards (2004)win vs Hermes França (2004)win vs Daisuke Sugie (2005)win vs Nam Phan (2006)win vs Duane Ludwig (2006)win vs Rocky Johnson (2006)win vs Harris Sarmiento (2006)loss vs Clay Guida (2006)win vs Adam Lynn (2007)win vs Nick Gonzalez (2007)win vs Ashe Bowman (2008)win vs Gilbert Melendez (2008)loss vs Gilbert Melendez (2009)loss vs Tatsuya Kawajiri (2010)win vs Gesias Cavalcante (2010)win vs Pat Healy (2010)loss vs Gilbert Melendez (2012)win vs K. J. Noons (2012)win vs Nate Diaz (2013)loss vs Bobby Green (2014)loss vs Benson Henderson (2014)win vs Pablo Villaseca (2015)win vs Mike Bronzoulis (2015)loss vs Tony Ferguson (2015)loss vs Patricky Pitbull (2017)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2017

Record

MMA record

22–9

31 bouts on record

Finish rate

73%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 56th percentile

KO/TKO: 7 (32%)Submission: 9 (41%)Decision: 6 (27%)
  • KO/TKO 32%
  • Submission 41%
  • Decision 27%

The career, bout by bout

32 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2017. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

17y

2001–2017

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2006

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

32

32 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2017 L Patricky Pitbull KO/TKO2
2015 W Pablo Villaseca KO/TKO2
2015 W Mike Bronzoulis Submission3
2015 L Tony Ferguson Decision3
2014 L Bobby Green Decision3
2014 L Benson Henderson Decision5
2013 W Nate Diaz KO/TKO2
2012 L Gilbert Melendez Decision5
2012 W K. J. Noons Decision3
2010 L Tatsuya Kawajiri Decision3
2010 W Gesias Cavalcante Decision3
2010 W Pat Healy Submission3
2009 L Gilbert Melendez Decision5
2008 W Ashe Bowman KO/TKO1
2008 W Gilbert Melendez Decision5
2007 W Adam Lynn KO/TKO1
2007 W Nick Gonzalez Submission1
2006 W Nam Phan Decision3
2006 W Duane Ludwig Submission2
2006 W Rocky Johnson Submission1
2006 W Harris Sarmiento Submission3
2006 L Clay Guida Decision5
2005 W Daisuke Sugie Submission1
2004 L Yves Edwards KO/TKO1
2004 W Hermes França Decision3
2003 W Gerald Strebendt KO/TKO1
2002 W Rob McCullough Decision3
2002 W Kajan Johnson Submission2
2002 W Doug Evans Submission1
2001 N Norifumi Yamamoto 2
2001 W Víctor Estrada Submission2
2001 W Jason Abajian KO/TKO1

19 of these opponents have their own page here.

Records in more than one sport

Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Josh Thomson competed in 2, so the records sit together here.

DisciplineWonLostBy KO
MMA2297
Kickboxing3

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 304 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Josh Thomson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-15. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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