According to this translation of a passage from Takanori Gomi's blog, the Japanese lightweight free agent has been in talks with Zuffa while in Las Vegas for the Pacquiao-Cotto fight, aided by his friend Tito Ortiz. Gomi says that if talks with Zuffa fall through, Strikeforce is another option, and that he wants to have a deal in place to start the new year.
Photo by Dan Herbertson for Sherdog.
[UPDATE] It looks like the post has gone missing from Gomi's blog (that, or the quote was fabricated), so take this with a grain of salt for now. However, Gomi was most definitely in Las Vegas this past weekend for the big fight.
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i wish i wish i wish..
plenty of good match ups if it pushes through though.. what do you prefer to see first?
Huerta vs Gomi? Edgar? Diaz maybe?
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I bet you think so, you're supremacy after all. ;)
Haha. But seriously though, I really don’t want to see that fight.. At all.. Just my opinion. :)
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 16, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
Really? That would be an excellent non-stop action bout. You can add Hellboy, JZ, Kawajiri, and specially ALVAREZ. Wow, that would be a war.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 16, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
he could get those fights in Japan.
what’s the point of negotiating with Zuffa and Strikeforce if he’s just gonna fight Japanese guys he could also fight there?
I don’t want to see him against Josh Thompson or Melendez.. who else does Strikeforce have that makes it interesting?
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 16, 2009 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
He's obviously not on the level he was before,
I think he’d get murdered by the top level LWs and the strong wrestlers in the UFC,
So honestly, I’d like to see him against the Varner/Henderson winner. But I doubt he’d be in the WEC with the price he commands/wants..
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Wow thats way over the top. Even current day Gomi will easily handle at least 3/4 of the LWs in the UFC. If he gets in a new camp and get his cardio up he can be a real threat to the title
How does Hervey stack up against the UFC LWs?
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 16, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Hopefully it'll spark his heart again to be the fireball kid once he was
he’s lukewarm guy so if he doesn’t get pushed to perform better he’ll just be a mediocre at best.
he’s obviously determined to be the best again. Let’s hope so.
*btw i have still yet to watch that match in the picture. I believe the event was called Vale Tudo Japan 2009 . Thanks in advance for the person who links it for me.
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by chopstickthugz on Nov 16, 2009 12:41 AM EST reply actions
Do a search. It was already posted here in BE. :)
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 16, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t know. I didn’t find in his blog anything that fits that translation a bit. The only entry with Ortiz says that he helps Gomi while he’s there.
Yeah, I’m gonna update the post, ‘cause it’s either missing now or was never there.
by Chris Nelson on Nov 16, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
If Gomi legitimately gets back to training like he used to, he will be a dangerous fight for almost any light weight fighter, the guy has dynamite for hands if he could just really hit his motivation in the gym and in camp.
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