Nick Diaz subbing him with a gogoplata, while high as a kite
I agree that UFC results are a huge factor when it comes to how a mixed martial artist is remembered, but why do you think that makes him nowhere near any all time great lists, especially since he was clearly washed up? Is it his level of competition in PRIDE? Or the fact that his game may not be as suited for the current state of MMA as it was when he was in his prime? I respect your opinion just curious what you think.
Takanori Gomi is my personal favorite LW of all time
Top 5 soon to be top 10
Fucken legend. I feel sorry for people who can't agree..
My man. I'm a relative noob compared to most of the posters on this site... so don't lose hope in the new generation discrediting his accomplishments! That being said I'm also an extremely big sports nerd(like embarrassingly so), so once I got into mma about 3 years ago I did a tremendous amount of research in order to educate myself on the previous 25 years of fighters that I wasn't able to watch live. I'm sure there are others like me out there, and Gomi's legacy will live on. I'm glad you mentioned Tony because in my opinion he is like the second coming of Gomi (with an admittedly better ground game). Would be a treat if they were able to fight while in their primesGomi was a beast, top 5 for me. But as time goes on, less of the new fans know about his Pride days and new fighters like Tony come along and surpass him.
War Gomi!
Mannnn.... I'm disappointed that I can't argue with a single thing you said. I've never thought of it that way. You are totally correct in saying that almost every all time great in any sport has had a flash of their prior greatness while they were in the twilight of their career. the only conclusion I can be brought to is that Gomi's mental toughness was lacking once his physical abilities began to decline. But dude please don't compare him to Nate Diaz, I'm a Nate fan but he is nowhere near the fighter Gomi was, and he wasn't that far off his prime when he beat Conor.Think of any truly great person in any sport, even when you are on the downside of your career. I think about baseball players, football players, etc. Think boxing. When Evander Holyfield faced Tyson, he was expected to be smashed because he was coming off a really sad loss, and a mysterious heart ailment. This was certainly not the condition he'd always expected to face the great Mike Tyson. However, he rose to the occasion and dominated Tyson.
Think Nate vs. Conor. Nate only had two weeks to prepare, certainly not the ideal circumstance. Nevertheless, he excelled due to his greatness. Gomi has had numerous opportunities to do that, and has failed at almost every turn. In face, he has been woeful most of those times. I have no ax to grind... Ten years ago, I would've said he was the greatest (2nd greatest) myself!
Damn man. I shed a tear reading your post lol. As much as I love him and as great as he was in his prime, idk if any fighter has had their skills fall off a cliff as dramatically as GomiI just did some math and Gomi lost his last 5 fights in a combined 9min9sec.
That Maestro Kim and Jon Tuck are apart of that isn't great.
Nick Diaz subbing him with a gogoplata, while high as a kite
agree
good post, I think for me he's #2 but can't hate on Frankie, RDA or Eddie. I think Bendo and Melendez should get more love too. Even guys like Aoki too.
This. It won't be long before Bendo, Eddie, Chandler, Frankie and newer guys phase him back some.Top 5 soon to be top 10