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For today’s historic induction into the prestigious MMA Mental Hall of Fame, we have before us James “The Colossus” Thompson, a journeyman fighter who presently boasts a 14-10 record.

While his 14 wins include victories over such MMA luminaries as Dan Severn and Don Frye, his relatively simple-minded fighting style has caused some to draw comparisons to another well-known brawler, pictured to the right. An MMA loss to Eric “Butterbean” Esch will generally do that for your image.

While an impressive physical specimen with a great deal of ring experience, Thompson has set the current MMA standard for a consistent inability to learn from his experience.

He continually opens his fights by bullrushing across the ring while throwing an opening haymaker that usually misses, leaving him exposed for a very quick knockout. He also appears to have yet to learn the value of keeping his hands up.

The result is generally pleasing for the fans, however, as he almost always gives the fans a very short slugfest with a very fast KO, and it is pretty much a coin flip as to whether he will be giving or receiving the knockout.

Six of his 24 fights have ended within the first 45 seconds of round one.

He is perhaps best known for leaving the cage looking like this (to the left) after his network-televised fight with Kimbo Slice. He had walked into the cage without thinking to drain a cauliflower ear so swollen with blood that the top literally hung over from the weight. Guess what happened…

For a sample of the Colossus in action, see the below video of his brief fight with Don Frye, which also features the most strange and homo-erotic staredown in MMA history.

All of that said, the guy rarely turns in a boring performance, seems to be a good guy with a good attitude, and appears to have conducted himself well outside the ring.

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