Comments on: Report: Takanori Gomi to sign with World Victory Road … not UFC/WEC http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/ UFC news, event schedules, fight analysis, Octagon predictions, UFC fighters and MMA thoughts Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: The Truth http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-610327 The Truth Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:48:32 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-610327 The fireball kid sucks! I would put him out with my piss. He looked like an idiot against Diaz and Diaz couldn't even hang in the UFC. Good luck following your "yellow brick road". Maybe Fedor can give you a piggy back there. I will probably see them next on the bum fights website... The fireball kid sucks! I would put him out with my piss. He looked like an idiot against Diaz and Diaz couldn’t even hang in the UFC. Good luck following your “yellow brick road”. Maybe Fedor can give you a piggy back there. I will probably see them next on the bum fights website…

]]> By: Waldeco http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-479092 Waldeco Sat, 03 May 2008 00:15:08 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-479092 Gomi contrary to most of the LW has knockout power and destroyed Jens Pulver, Ishida, Kawajiri, Sakurai. Guida got his ass kicked by Melendez, who himself got dominated by Ishida. Guida is good but doesn't belong to the big league, he's like Aurelio, Florian or Din Thomas. A good world class fighter, nothing more. Stevenson was only impressive against Guillard or Mishima, big fuckin deal! So the UFC LW are so fucking overrated. Like Franklin, Sylvia and Liddell in the past. Rampage, Silva and Big Nog who were blocked at their weight class in PRIDE came to kick some ass in da UFC, and brought the truth to the mainstream fans. Whatever Gomi isnt number 1, my ranking is: 1. BJ Penn 2. JZ.Cavalcanti 3. Hayato Sakurai 4. Gomi 5. Huerta 6. Sherk 7. Ishida 8. Melendez 9. Aoki 10.Kawajiri Gomi contrary to most of the LW has knockout power and destroyed Jens Pulver, Ishida, Kawajiri, Sakurai.
Guida got his ass kicked by Melendez, who himself got dominated by Ishida. Guida is good but doesn’t belong to the big league, he’s like Aurelio, Florian or Din Thomas. A good world class fighter, nothing more. Stevenson was only impressive against Guillard or Mishima, big fuckin deal!

So the UFC LW are so fucking overrated. Like Franklin, Sylvia and Liddell in the past. Rampage, Silva and Big Nog who were blocked at their weight class in PRIDE came to kick some ass in da UFC, and brought the truth to the mainstream fans.

Whatever Gomi isnt number 1, my ranking is:

1. BJ Penn
2. JZ.Cavalcanti
3. Hayato Sakurai
4. Gomi
5. Huerta
6. Sherk
7. Ishida
8. Melendez
9. Aoki
10.Kawajiri

]]> By: spiderman http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-334581 spiderman Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:09:50 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-334581 i dont like gomi, hes a cocky little punk. and he isnt the best lw out there, so forget that. hes afraid of the ufc because he knows every LW in ufc wants a shot at him. clay guida would kick his ass. and does anybody know when his fight with diaz (i think it was pride 33) comes out on dvd? i have to buy that. i dont like gomi, hes a cocky little punk. and he isnt the best lw out there, so forget that. hes afraid of the ufc because he knows every LW in ufc wants a shot at him. clay guida would kick his ass.

and does anybody know when his fight with diaz (i think it was pride 33) comes out on dvd? i have to buy that.

]]> By: John http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-289671 John Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:54:33 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-289671 [quote comment="288860"][quote comment="288353"][quote comment="288250"][quote comment="288237"]He singned with who?? an mma production no one watches?! really lame like Fedor! oh well i guess he doesnt want to fight the best![/quote] Dude, do u realize there is a whole world outside of the UFC? U think the Japanease people give a damn whats going on in the UFC? Japan is a huge mma market.[/quote] Dude, do you realize the UFC is a business and a very profitable one that Caters to the largest consumer market in the world (a la the USA)? If the MMA market in Japan is so big, then whey did PRIDE FC die? Can we say....YAKUZA (Japanese Mob) anyone? Face reality, the Japanese MMA market is a sleazy wasteland with no regulations or credibility. Do they even test for steroids in Japan? It's doesn't take a genius to answer that question. Now wonder why PRIDE died (and good riddance!) Morever, the past year has shown that fighters coming over from PRIDE to the UFC are a bunch of WWE inspired, overated, competitors. If you like WWE inspired theatrics and steroid freak shows, maybe Japanese MMA is a perfect for you.[/quote] haha you might have taken it a little to the extreme, but i'll get behind you on that one. Oh and JOHN regarding the top 5 LW rankings that you said only Penn had made in a couple years or something, i'm pretty srue Sherk has been on there since the second he dropped to LW. And personally I think Kenny, Stevenson, and in a year or two, plenty of the up and comers in teh UFC will make the UFC dominate teh LW rankings.[/quote] The anomaly. I subscribe to 4 major mma magzines. Now there are about a 100 different mma rankings out there. But I only pay attention to the major ones. BJ Penn has been up there on a few occasions, but since he was always flip flopping from Welterweight to lightweight he has never had the #1 spot and sometimes wasnt even listed at Lightweight. Now after having 2 fights at lightweight, I think that will change. On too Sherk, the highest I have seen him ranked in the past year and a half was 5th, but more often he is at the 7th or 8th slot. Stevenson and Florian sometimes were left of the top 10, but always usually recieve honarabe mention. I think the highest I have seen stevenson ranked in a while was like 7th by fight magazine. Florian has been included from 8-10 spot, but sometimes is left off all together. Do I agree with these rankings? NO! Do I think that Stevenson, Florian, Penn, Sherk would beat many of the people ranked over them? Probably! But these arent my rankings. I didnt make them up nor do I agree with them, but these are the published facts. Keep in mind: Gomi, Akoi, Gilbert, JZ all hold a high status in the international mma community. Like I said, these aren't my rankings...but I do keep my eye on them, and If you need me to provide the exact rankings from all the major magaizines in the past year and a half, I can.... I getthem all sitting in my house. I can provide that info later in the day. [quote comment=”288860″][quote comment=”288353″][quote comment=”288250″][quote comment=”288237″]He singned with who?? an mma production no one watches?! really lame like Fedor! oh well i guess he doesnt want to fight the best![/quote]

Dude, do u realize there is a whole world outside of the UFC? U think the Japanease people give a damn whats going on in the UFC? Japan is a huge mma market.[/quote]

Dude, do you realize the UFC is a business and a very profitable one that Caters to the largest consumer market in the world (a la the USA)? If the MMA market in Japan is so big, then whey did PRIDE FC die? Can we say….YAKUZA (Japanese Mob) anyone?

Face reality, the Japanese MMA market is a sleazy wasteland with no regulations or credibility. Do they even test for steroids in Japan? It’s doesn’t take a genius to answer that question. Now wonder why PRIDE died (and good riddance!)

Morever, the past year has shown that fighters coming over from PRIDE to the UFC are a bunch of WWE inspired, overated, competitors.

If you like WWE inspired theatrics and steroid freak shows, maybe Japanese MMA is a perfect for you.[/quote]
haha you might have taken it a little to the extreme, but i’ll get behind you on that one.

Oh and JOHN regarding the top 5 LW rankings that you said only Penn had made in a couple years or something, i’m pretty srue Sherk has been on there since the second he dropped to LW. And personally I think Kenny, Stevenson, and in a year or two, plenty of the up and comers in teh UFC will make the UFC dominate teh LW rankings.[/quote]

The anomaly. I subscribe to 4 major mma magzines. Now there are about a 100 different mma rankings out there. But I only pay attention to the major ones. BJ Penn has been up there on a few occasions, but since he was always flip flopping from Welterweight to lightweight he has never had the #1 spot and sometimes wasnt even listed at Lightweight. Now after having 2 fights at lightweight, I think that will change. On too Sherk, the highest I have seen him ranked in the past year and a half was 5th, but more often he is at the 7th or 8th slot. Stevenson and Florian sometimes were left of the top 10, but always usually recieve honarabe mention. I think the highest I have seen stevenson ranked in a while was like 7th by fight magazine. Florian has been included from 8-10 spot, but sometimes is left off all together.

Do I agree with these rankings? NO! Do I think that Stevenson, Florian, Penn, Sherk would beat many of the people ranked over them? Probably! But these arent my rankings. I didnt make them up nor do I agree with them, but these are the published facts.
Keep in mind: Gomi, Akoi, Gilbert, JZ all hold a high status in the international mma community.

Like I said, these aren’t my rankings…but I do keep my eye on them, and If you need me to provide the exact rankings from all the major magaizines in the past year and a half, I can…. I getthem all sitting in my house. I can provide that info later in the day.

]]> By: chefdaddy http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-289489 chefdaddy Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:22:15 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-289489 [quote comment="287922"]The UFC LW division is stacked with him or without him. Gomi and Fedor can both hold hands skip merrily through the magical land of number-one rankings and zero competition.[/quote] LMFAO!!!!!! [quote comment=”287922″]The UFC LW division is stacked with him or without him. Gomi and Fedor can both hold hands skip merrily through the magical land of number-one rankings and zero competition.[/quote]
LMFAO!!!!!!

]]> By: The Anomaly http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288860 The Anomaly Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:41:27 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288860 [quote comment="288353"][quote comment="288250"][quote comment="288237"]He singned with who?? an mma production no one watches?! really lame like Fedor! oh well i guess he doesnt want to fight the best![/quote] Dude, do u realize there is a whole world outside of the UFC? U think the Japanease people give a damn whats going on in the UFC? Japan is a huge mma market.[/quote] Dude, do you realize the UFC is a business and a very profitable one that Caters to the largest consumer market in the world (a la the USA)? If the MMA market in Japan is so big, then whey did PRIDE FC die? Can we say....YAKUZA (Japanese Mob) anyone? Face reality, the Japanese MMA market is a sleazy wasteland with no regulations or credibility. Do they even test for steroids in Japan? It's doesn't take a genius to answer that question. Now wonder why PRIDE died (and good riddance!) Morever, the past year has shown that fighters coming over from PRIDE to the UFC are a bunch of WWE inspired, overated, competitors. If you like WWE inspired theatrics and steroid freak shows, maybe Japanese MMA is a perfect for you.[/quote] haha you might have taken it a little to the extreme, but i'll get behind you on that one. Oh and JOHN regarding the top 5 LW rankings that you said only Penn had made in a couple years or something, i'm pretty srue Sherk has been on there since the second he dropped to LW. And personally I think Kenny, Stevenson, and in a year or two, plenty of the up and comers in teh UFC will make the UFC dominate teh LW rankings. [quote comment=”288353″][quote comment=”288250″][quote comment=”288237″]He singned with who?? an mma production no one watches?! really lame like Fedor! oh well i guess he doesnt want to fight the best![/quote]

Dude, do u realize there is a whole world outside of the UFC? U think the Japanease people give a damn whats going on in the UFC? Japan is a huge mma market.[/quote]

Dude, do you realize the UFC is a business and a very profitable one that Caters to the largest consumer market in the world (a la the USA)? If the MMA market in Japan is so big, then whey did PRIDE FC die? Can we say….YAKUZA (Japanese Mob) anyone?

Face reality, the Japanese MMA market is a sleazy wasteland with no regulations or credibility. Do they even test for steroids in Japan? It’s doesn’t take a genius to answer that question. Now wonder why PRIDE died (and good riddance!)

Morever, the past year has shown that fighters coming over from PRIDE to the UFC are a bunch of WWE inspired, overated, competitors.

If you like WWE inspired theatrics and steroid freak shows, maybe Japanese MMA is a perfect for you.[/quote]
haha you might have taken it a little to the extreme, but i’ll get behind you on that one.

Oh and JOHN regarding the top 5 LW rankings that you said only Penn had made in a couple years or something, i’m pretty srue Sherk has been on there since the second he dropped to LW. And personally I think Kenny, Stevenson, and in a year or two, plenty of the up and comers in teh UFC will make the UFC dominate teh LW rankings.

]]> By: DB http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288707 DB Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:08:31 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288707 The UFC is Cheap! we heard this story a couple of months ago when they missed their chance to sign Fedor. This isn't news. I don't understand how the UFC, the mixed martial arts promotion that makes more money than all the other banners combind, goes 0 for 2 on signing guys who are number 1 in the world rankings. Someone better tell Dana and Larenzo to stop keeping such a tight grip on their wallets. The UFC is Cheap! we heard this story a couple of months ago when they missed their chance to sign Fedor. This isn’t news. I don’t understand how the UFC, the mixed martial arts promotion that makes more money than all the other banners combind, goes 0 for 2 on signing guys who are number 1 in the world rankings. Someone better tell Dana and Larenzo to stop keeping such a tight grip on their wallets.

]]> By: bryant http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288569 bryant Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:45:45 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288569 way to go dana nice to see him drop the ball again way to go dana nice to see him drop the ball again

]]> By: Jordan http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288515 Jordan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:21:50 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288515 Japan has hosted the largest events in MMA history. Gomi belongs over there, he might have some what of a fan base over here but nothing close to like in Japan. Yeah life sucks but I'll still be entertained none the less. Japan has hosted the largest events in MMA history. Gomi belongs over there, he might have some what of a fan base over here but nothing close to like in Japan. Yeah life sucks but I’ll still be entertained none the less.

]]> By: Leroy-Leroni http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288353 Leroy-Leroni Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:54:02 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2008/01/31/report-takanori-gomi-to-sign-with-world-victory-road-not-ufcwec/#comment-288353 [quote comment="288250"][quote comment="288237"]He singned with who?? an mma production no one watches?! really lame like Fedor! oh well i guess he doesnt want to fight the best![/quote] Dude, do u realize there is a whole world outside of the UFC? U think the Japanease people give a damn whats going on in the UFC? Japan is a huge mma market.[/quote] Dude, do you realize the UFC is a business and a very profitable one that Caters to the largest consumer market in the world (a la the USA)? If the MMA market in Japan is so big, then whey did PRIDE FC die? Can we say....YAKUZA (Japanese Mob) anyone? Face reality, the Japanese MMA market is a sleazy wasteland with no regulations or credibility. Do they even test for steroids in Japan? It's doesn't take a genius to answer that question. Now wonder why PRIDE died (and good riddance!) Morever, the past year has shown that fighters coming over from PRIDE to the UFC are a bunch of WWE inspired, overated, competitors. If you like WWE inspired theatrics and steroid freak shows, maybe Japanese MMA is a perfect for you. [quote comment=”288250″][quote comment=”288237″]He singned with who?? an mma production no one watches?! really lame like Fedor! oh well i guess he doesnt want to fight the best![/quote]

Dude, do u realize there is a whole world outside of the UFC? U think the Japanease people give a damn whats going on in the UFC? Japan is a huge mma market.[/quote]

Dude, do you realize the UFC is a business and a very profitable one that Caters to the largest consumer market in the world (a la the USA)? If the MMA market in Japan is so big, then whey did PRIDE FC die? Can we say….YAKUZA (Japanese Mob) anyone?

Face reality, the Japanese MMA market is a sleazy wasteland with no regulations or credibility. Do they even test for steroids in Japan? It’s doesn’t take a genius to answer that question. Now wonder why PRIDE died (and good riddance!)

Morever, the past year has shown that fighters coming over from PRIDE to the UFC are a bunch of WWE inspired, overated, competitors.

If you like WWE inspired theatrics and steroid freak shows, maybe Japanese MMA is a perfect for you.

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