Thompson wins in Madison

Nick "The Goat" Thompson made his return to the Madtown Throwdown promotion last night and came away with an easy 1st round victory. Thompson faced fellow Minnesota fighter Travis McCullough and won by submission due to strikes at 2:38 of the first round.

After taking the fight to the ground, Thompson tried to end the fight with a submission. Thompson eventually took the back of McCullough and forced the tapout with several strikes to the head.

Madtown Throwdown 18. You can watch the Thompson fight here around the 1 hour, 58 minute mark of the video.
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Thompson will now put his focus on his next fight, which will be against one of the top welterweights in the world in Paul "Semtex" Daley. They will face off at MFC 20 on February 20 in Edmonton, Alberta. The event will be broadcast live on HDNet.

Thompson to fight in Madison

Local welterweight Nick "The Goat" Thompson will make his fifth appearance for the "Madtown Throwdown" promotion on January 17. Thompson (36-10-1) will headline the promotion's eighteenth installment, taking place at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in the Alliant Energy Center, against an opponent to be determined.

Thompson recently lost to Jake Shields via guillotine choke submission at EliteXC "Unfinished Business" on July 26. The loss, with the EliteXC welterweight title on the line, snapped a 12-fight win streak.

Prior to the EliteXC fight, Thompson fought twice in Japan for the WVR "Sengoku" promotion, defeating Fabricio Monteiro (17-7) and Michael Costa (9-4).