Ask Josh Thomson how long it took him to decide whether to wait for UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis or move on to another opponent, and his answer comes as quickly as his decision that day. “The option of not taking the fight lasted, like, two seconds,” Thomson said during a UFC Fight Club Q&A session prior to Friday’s UFC on FOX 9 weigh-ins. For Thomson (20-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC), the fight, in this case, is a UFC on FOX 10 headliner opposite the man whom Pettis recently beat to claim the belt – ex-champ Benson Henderson (19-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC)
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Josh Thomson not worried about ‘pissing away’ once-promised title shot – MMA Junkie