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Former UFC lightweight and Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson made his promotional debut for Bellator MMA this past Saturday in front of his home crowd.<\/p>\n

It was a winning effort and afterwards Thomson had nothing but great things to say about his new boss and new promotion, which he considers to be like a family, something that was missing from the UFC.<\/p>\n

Thomson talked on MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> about the good vibes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe walkouts, the whole presentation \u2013 it has that PRIDE feel. If you look at all the exciting fights they did and the relationship with (Nobuyuki) Sakikibara for a new Japanese fighting organization, I think it\u2019s going to be huge. From when I signed the contract to once we got there, it\u2019s just a totally different feel.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPhil Davis touched on it a little bit; you just feel rejuvenated. There\u2019s something different when you show up to the venue, when you show up to the host hotel, and it just feels better. There\u2019s not, I don\u2019t want to call it negative energy, but you just feel relaxed and comfortable, like family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomson went on to talk about how his time in the UFC had a very different feel, with ‘interns’ walking around acting like bosses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a couple of times when you have interns talking to you in a manner, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Who the hell are you?\u2019 And you don\u2019t know who they are. They could be someone\u2019s nephew or cousin or son that\u2019s high up in that organization, where if you say something, you could put your foot in your mouth.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing is, nine times out of 10, it was just an intern who was doing it for free or low pay. They\u2019re talking to you like they\u2019re a boss, and if you\u2019re the talent, you don\u2019t want to be talked to that way, especially for someone like myself, where I\u2019ve been in the top organizations for 15 years now. And I\u2019ve never been talked to in certain manners.”<\/em>
\nSounds like Thomson is pretty happy with his decision to change promotions. What are your thoughts on his comments, do you think more fighters will look to fight elsewhere because of some of the changes the UFC has gone through?<\/p>\n

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Former UFC lightweight and Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson made his promotional debut for Bellator MMA this past Saturday in front of his home crowd. 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