cowboyronnie wrote:Wow. Josh Thomson is crazy tough. Following that kind of sustained punishment, to then fight off submissions? A lot of guys just those submissions sink so that they cant tap and GTFO (say fighters). No quit in Josh. I think everyone was inspired by Rory vs Robbie.
I think its a point of pride for him to have never been submitted, although I thought that kimura was 100% on, thought we were going to have a Nog moment there.
Its so easy to forget when a guy is fighting a submission specialist that oftentimes he is a blackbelt himself and prides himself on his ground game. I remember this with Thomson before the Benson fight when someone asked him about Benson's wrestling or something, and Thomson had to remind people its not his first rodeo...then went to ride Benson's back for half that fight. I recall the same thing with Palhares/Belcher. I think it was Ariel who asked Belcher how he would finish and he just kind of casually said I might submit him, the reporter seemed surprise and Belcher was like welp I am a black belt you know.