The Punk breaks leg again, looks to fight Melendez again 12/19
Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh The Punk Thomson has been quite unlucky this year. Two weeks after a fractured leg forced…
Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh The Punk Thomson has been quite unlucky this year.
Two weeks after a fractured leg forced the California State Athletic Commission to remove him from a highly anticipated rematch with interim champion Gilbert Melendez, Thomson re-broke the limb in practice.
I was really just playing around, just working on my technique, and this kid, this little blue belt, grabbed a leglock—I was wearing a gi—and I couldn’t slide my leg out, Thomson told MMAWeekly. He just bellied out on the leglock in the standing position and you just heard the bone go crunch. The hairline fracture turned into an actual break.
Thomson first broke his leg above the ankle in April as he prepared to face Melendez at Shamrock vs. Diaz. The two waged a five-round war last June, with Thomson emerging as the undisputed champion.