Report: Takanori Gomi signs UFC contract
by MMAmania.com on Jan 1, 2010 11:49 PM EST
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Former Pride FC lightweight champion and promotional posterboy, Takanori Gomi, has signed a multi-fight deal to compete inside the Octagon under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) banner, according to MMAFighting.com.
In his heyday, "Fireball Kid" was considered perhaps the best lightweight fighter on the planet. He has struggled recently, however, losing two of his last four matches to competition that is far from elite.
Nonetheless, Gomi is a fantastic and exciting addition to the talent-rich 155-pound class, which is currently dominated by division champion, B.J. Penn. Gomi and Penn actually went toe-to-toe at "Rumble on the Rock 4" back in 2003, with "The Prodigy" coming away with a convincing submission (rear naked choke) victory.
Is a rematch on tap sometime in 2010 if Gomi can put together a few wins?
Rest assured UFC President Dana White and Co. view Gomi as an instant threat to the title ... so don't doubt it. As it stands now, no official announcement or potential debut date/opponent is known at this time.
Gomi most recently competed at Shooto: "Traditional Final" on May 10, 2009. He thoroughly dominated Shooto Welterweight Champion Takashi Nakakura from the opening bell, dropping him in the second round to record the knockout victory.
Could this impressive performance signal the rebirth of his career and be a sign of future success?
It's possible. And if it does we'll likely get to enjoy it on several upcoming UFC pay-per-view (PPV) event telecasts.
More on this breaking news as it develops.
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interesting....
ufc is going to give him couple of ez fighters first like
gomi vs fisher , same stout, such
great choice
i love it!! that would be a great fight. congratulations to the ufc for getting us a great fighter and a legend!
brock lesnar owns fedor's soul
by oliver_stoned on Jan 1, 2010 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Florian Would Destroy the Fireball Kid
I dont see him beating any of the top lightweights in the UFC
Pound for Pound top 10
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Jose Aldo
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Angel Torres
9. mike brown
10. Jon Fitch
by NorCal Mexican on Jan 1, 2010 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
no offence NorCal but your top 10 p4p list is straight up worthless. Torres, Brown, Fitch, Bowles has no business on a list like that.
sometimes the beauty is in the attempt.
Really whats your list?
Pound for Pound top 10
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Jose Aldo
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Angel Torres
9. mike brown
10. Jon Fitch
by NorCal Mexican on Jan 1, 2010 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
Torres isn’t top 10 anywhere, i cannot understand where the hype comes from around that guy. it’s because he has tons of wins in a weight class no one really cares about, his skill level is nowhere near the best fighters in the world.
Shogun is about 100 times better fighter than Bowles, Torres, Brown, Fitch.
and If you put Brown and Fitch in there you might aswell put Sherk in there, their only real strength is wrestling and that’s not enough. a guy like Kenny Florian is hell of alot more skilled than those guys too.
sometimes the beauty is in the attempt.
wow
Roberto is an idiot. I’ll be the one to say it since nobody wants to be banned… but wow. On so many levels.
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
Ya thank you
Pound for Pound top 10
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Jose Aldo
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Angel Torres
9. mike brown
10. Jon Fitch
by NorCal Mexican on Jan 2, 2010 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
who would you choose over fitch hu?
Pound for Pound top 10
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Jose Aldo
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Angel Torres
9. mike brown
10. Jon Fitch
by NorCal Mexican on Jan 2, 2010 5:56 AM EST up reply actions
a ton of guys
I don’t think you understand how you put together a p4p list. It’s not the most succesful fighters in each weight class with the best records or whatever, it’s about technique and actual fighting skill.
Thiago Alves is more skilled than Fitch, Nate Marquardt, Rampage, Rashad, Shogun, Cain Velasquez is more effective and inflicts more damage with his wrestling style so does Dan Henderson. Florian is better too. there’s a ton of guys. only thing Fitch has working for him is size and wrestling, he isn’t dangerous anywhere.
sometimes the beauty is in the attempt.
Alves is more skilled than Fitch
Is that why Fitch dominated him?
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
Agreed
Florian and Sanchez would easily beat him. BJ would just kill him. Give him Guida, Sanchez or the other Diaz brother first. He could be have the chance to lose to both Diaz brothers. Nice.
@fjbar75 on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
Total agreement with the top 6 p4p
"Anderson Silva is the best fighter on the planet...any Anderson Silva fight that is on, people should be buying that PPV, not because he’s my fighter but you know what, he to me is like the Muhammad Ali of MMA...the UFC has been around since 1993, nobody (else) has 10 consecutive wins in the UFC. Anderson has had 10 fights in the UFC, only 1 has ever gone to a decision."
Ed Soares on why Andy is the best fighter in the world
Actually a more competive fight would be against Nate Diaz
lets see if Nate can Handle him right now remeber how awesome it was when Nick beat him maybe Nate can do it too Gomi hasnt been doing to good so I say he has a chance
Pound for Pound top 10
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Jose Aldo
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Angel Torres
9. mike brown
10. Jon Fitch
by NorCal Mexican on Jan 1, 2010 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Alpha M...
They won’t give him Flo. someone easy like Guillard perhaps, LOL.
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-Maximus[Gladiator]
Why not syd, the fireball kid still got it and he still one of the best LW in the world plus the UFC need contenders for BJ in the LW division. He fit right in the mix and a fight with Florini could determine were he stand in the division. It would be bettter than puting him against a can like Guillard or a damn wrestler like Guida. His past losses were due to demotivation for training and he took Kitaoka too lightly. Now that he’s gonna be here he will be training with far superior guys that he had at Rascal and that will help him to stay focus on the training. He was at AKA the other day…if he can go there again more often, he will be on top of the division again in no time. He can’t have a better place than AKA to train against wrestlers for preparing himself for a division that is loaded of them (wrestlers). Since 2008 that I’m saying that the best fights for him would be in the UFC. Now that he’s here…he will be a real threat to anyone in the division. The guy got heavy hands and he got a good stand up. He also got good wrestling, decent jits and he’s really fast too. Man I still think that he’s neck to neck with BJ for the best LW ever and like I said the other day, if BJ would win a couple more fights he could surpass Gomi. This is awesome news, we can’t have better than have both of them in the same org and in the same division. If they both win their next few fights we will finally have the rematch and know for sure on who’s the best LW eva.Great move by Dana to bring Gomi to the UFC and it’s not 2 years too late IMO.
??? . . .
He didnt surpass gomi when he beat him, badly. . . . and id say fighting pulver, stevenson, sherk, florian and sanchez and finishing all of them at 155 in a row (we shouldnt mention gsp unless gomi is willing to fight him as well, i wonder how that would go lol) did the trick that beating gomi didnt to you. He surpassed gomi years ago, when he surpassed the 155 weight class. beating gomi and hughes back to back to become the best LTWT and WLWT in the world in one year, in 4 rounds didnt do it lol . . . what about moving to 185 and beating an undefeated Gracie right after that, hows that. but yea, bj has the work to do . . . gomi did beat nick diaz by dq didnt he.
"Look Eye! Must Always Look Eye!!"
honestly Gman you're giving me headache with your nonsence. We'll leave it to that
Keep thinking that your pudgy hero is the best. Coming from a delusional fan it’s not surprising to read this.
. . .
so bj isnt the best 155er in the world . . . thats your point, and a guy that bj beat down within a 3 round time frame (didnt even need championship rounds to finish him) is the best. and that was a 7 year ago bj, bj now . . . lol, and im the delusional one here. you’re not jeremy jackson so dont act like your words are the last and all knowing, they are very far from it, especially on this topic. Only a true panzy would hide behind a goof name like “alpha male” . . . what alpha male sits at a com all day reading bloggs??? thats right, arnold played that bad ass computer nerd in camando didnt he, or was it norris in invasion usa, lee in enter the dragon . . . .right.
"Look Eye! Must Always Look Eye!!"
i do agree . . .
that it isnt two years too late, a rematch is fine but expecting anything besiedes a continuation of the first fight is to be as blind as a bat bassed on recent performances.
"Look Eye! Must Always Look Eye!!"
aoki
aoki is closer to being the worls #2 at Ltwt anyway . . . not gomi.
"Look Eye! Must Always Look Eye!!"
You're a pathetic little shit you know that?
I wasn’t trying to be an AH with you but man it’s on now. tell us again why you’re the man for be an electrician and have only 18 credit in your BA that you had to drop off b/c you’re too dumb or that you banging your skank of fiance while not even have the guard of your little son. Go ahead, have a blast to correct me on my English and all my typos, or laughing that I spend too much time here… that’s the only thing that you’re able to achieved in your fuck up life anyway, fn loser.
Did you see me said that he could beat BJ?
And Gomi did achieved more than Aoki.
“now its on” . . . . such a tool. did you cut and paste the last ting Jeremy jackson said to me or what, get some new material dude. My sons right here, has been since day one. My fiances a skank, from a guy thats never met her, what is this 8th grade dude. And just to let ya know, i went to a translation website to understand the crap you just typed, engllish, lol, from the guy that says i cant graduate college, he calls the above some form of english, i cant correct that crap dude, gotta be kidding me. If i knew i was arguing with a guy that types like matt hamill speaks i would have let you’re bs slide a little longer, didnt know you were actually disabled dude, my bad. go create one of those clever bj penn photo gifs you’re so good at and im sure will score you a couple more gold stars in the mental hospital you’re housed in. . . . too bad they score you a stud son like mine, or a skank fiance like mine, or a good job like mine or etc etc etc like mine . . .
"Look Eye! Must Always Look Eye!!"
lol, you're an electrician, little shit and you don't have any collegial degrees... what more can I say?
Hot chicks don’t marry an electrician loser that being kicked off of the army, lol. I don’t need to meet her to know that she’s got a screw loose like you. You’re a scum bag that keep lying with your irrational stories and the only thing that you can do is coming in here with your fn pathetic constant BJBJBJ posts. You’re the true definition of a loser little retard and obviously you are the one suffering of the trisomy 13 syndrome. You keep coming in here with self esteem problems, lol. Keep be happy in your shitty life, I really don’t care, but stop thinking that you’re a the top of the of the food chain b/c you’re very far from it and peoples are laughing at your great exploits that you achieved in your meaningless life. Don’t ever talk to me again you can be certain that I will never spend one more sec on some kind of garbage posts that you created. FU little shit, lol
Hellz Yeah!!
Gomi VS Guida!!!!
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1. Min a je toui
2. Finish a marathon
3. Learn to surf
4. Punch Shia Labeouf in the face
5. Min a je toui
even better
LOL that would be EPIC!!!!!!!
brock lesnar owns fedor's soul
by oliver_stoned on Jan 1, 2010 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
another japanese fighter that is gonna look average if not less
look for him not to even complete his contract before he gets cut from the roster
yup thats what I was thinlking too
Pound for Pound top 10
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Jose Aldo
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Angel Torres
9. mike brown
10. Jon Fitch
by NorCal Mexican on Jan 1, 2010 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
hes gettin the hell out of town...
after he saw what aoki would do to his arm
Awesome news
Gomi is a big name and this signing is long overdue, seeing how BJ has dominated the LW division it couldn’t have come at a better time. That being said Gomi is not the fighter that he once was and I doubt that he’ll get the big wins necessary to earn a title shot and if he does he’ll just get submitted by BJ again.
"Anderson Silva is the best fighter on the planet...any Anderson Silva fight that is on, people should be buying that PPV, not because he’s my fighter but you know what, he to me is like the Muhammad Ali of MMA...the UFC has been around since 1993, nobody (else) has 10 consecutive wins in the UFC. Anderson has had 10 fights in the UFC, only 1 has ever gone to a decision."
Ed Soares on why Andy is the best fighter in the world
YESSSSSS!
Great signing to start the new year! More signings to come I hope.
by Sofa-King-Toasty on Jan 1, 2010 10:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Great News
hopefully he’ll come in great shape and give us some killer fights!!!!
hell yes
Haha
Nice to hear
Gomi vs griffin to start
Imo sick sick match
by Phenomenal Angel on Jan 1, 2010 10:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I'd like that one...
to give Tyson another “tough” opponent who he’d handle. Build up Tyson’s resume. (Just watched Tyson-Sherk, and still convinced that Sherk lost that fight)
agreed
I’m convinced he won the Edgar fight too if you take out the nut shot and the 2 minutes of being beaten up after
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
Gomi is still a great fighter
I’d love to see a rematch between Bj and Gomi. I suspect Gomi’s first opponent will be someone like Joe Stevenson. A match with Gomi and Kenflo would be good too but I wanna see Kenny rematch Diego before that. A fight with Gomi and Nate would be interesting too.
re: to Nate by gogo
Only good Diaz is in SF. Gomi would beat the useless UFC version of a Diaz.
by daniel worby on Jan 2, 2010 11:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
UFC 111
Frankie Edgar is on the card without an opponent. Don’t be surprised to see Edgar vs. Gomi at 111. It makes sense and it would be siiick.
Two years too late
Gomi will be a lightweight Cro Cop. He’ll recycle a can then get taken out to the shed by a top 5’er.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
A lot of hype..
If this would of happened 3 or 4 years ago I might be a little bit more excited. However, this guy has made a name for himself by beating subpar japanese competition. His first fight in the UFC will be make or break for him.
Greasy St.Pierre is a cheater.
PUSSY or WHAT???
Wow….Gomi seriously?? Avoiding the top LW’s AGAIN first he goes to SEngoku to hide from them now he goes to the UFC since Dream&Sengoku are crosspromoting….
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
Confused...
So between BJ, Diego, and Florian, who do you think will expose him worse? I think Florian and Diego would give/beat any of the top 5 with the exception of BJ. Diego is not even in the top 10 on sherdog and I think gives aoki a lot of trouble and has a good chance at beating Alvarez. Florians BJJ is easily on Aoki’s level and with his standup he beats Alvarez and Aoki. So who is Gomi running from? The UFC has more top 10 LWs and has the LW to beat in BJ.
I think Gomi isn`t gonna waste this chance
i believe he so disaponited with the last part of his career that he wants to perform great in the ufc .
I think . . .
Gomi/Edgar or Gomi/Guida are the most likely first match ups for him, something that can be arranged quick. i think florian would want the riht amount of time to train for gomi and diego cant fight him soon enough, dudes still busted up and not back in the gym yet, drinking just a few days ago.
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