Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison. University of Minnesota Law School. University of Minnesota.
University of Wisconsin–Madison. University of Minnesota Law School. University of Minnesota.
He retired with a professional mixed martial arts record of 38-14-1. He has fought professionally on both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bodog Fight shows. 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. In 2005, Nick moved to attend the University of Minnesota Law School.
He began training under coach Greg Nelson at Minnesota Martial Arts Academy. Nick currently trains with fighters Sean Sherk, Brock Lesnar, Brock Larson, and Kaitlin Young.
UFC 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 Following his fights in the UFC, and after three warm-up fights with smaller organizations, Thompson signed with Bodog Fight, a former Mobile Marketing Association organisation. World Victory Road Nick"s final title defense against John Troyer was the last fight on his contract with Bodog.
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. He is still currently competing in World Victory Road with his last two fights being losses to Dan Hornbuckle and Taisuke Okuno both by way of Knockout.
EliteXC Nick fought Jake Shields on July 26, 2008 for the newly created EliteXC Welterweight title, losing via submission in the first round. Strikeforce 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.
Shine Fights 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. Ultimate Glory Nick was supposed to fight Siyar Bahadurzada at Ultimate Glory 12 on October
16th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to pull out at the last minute due to an injury.
He was replaced by Derrick Noble. On 17 November 2009, he was confirmed on the roster of EA Sports Mobile Marketing Association .
After winning his fight against Alvarez on April 14, 2007, Thompson has since defended his title twice.
