Takanori Gomi and Josh Thomson at American Kickboxing Academy. More photos from Gomi's blog in the...

Takanori Gomi and Josh Thomson at American Kickboxing Academy.

More photos from Gomi's blog in the comments.

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The fact that Gomi and Hiroshi Izumi are the same height does not bode well for Izumi’s career at 205.

by Chris Nelson on Nov 17, 2009 9:30 PM EST reply actions

Geez!

I never noticed that. Thx for pics.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 17, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions

Izumi is at 205? He looks like he’s a WW at most..

by Discman2 on Nov 18, 2009 12:24 AM EST up reply actions

It’s a Japanese custom to fight in the wrong weight class.

by omigawda on Nov 18, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions

I always thought Gomi was a pretty good sized lightweight… Is Thomson really that much bigger than him?

by stearnum on Nov 17, 2009 9:33 PM EST reply actions

That's what I was gonna say

He looks a lot bigger, but then I thought about the fact that Thompson probably isn’t anywhere close to fighting weight right now.

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by Blackout612 on Nov 17, 2009 9:59 PM EST up reply actions

JT is a pretty big LW.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 17, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions

I've actually thought

for a while that Gomi would do better @ FW. Kitaoka was much bigger than him, and just look at Thomson- I mean, JT’s a big 155er, but still- he has a good 15 lbs. and 2-3 inches on Gomi.

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by ElliotMatheny on Nov 18, 2009 12:35 AM EST up reply actions

Kitaoka’s also huge, he doesn’t look any smaller now than he did at welter. Gomi probably doesn’t cut any weight like a lot of Japanese fighters.

by omigawda on Nov 18, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

An interesting sidenote: would AKA train with someone they thought JT would be fighting? It might be that they know he isn’t going to Strikeforce or that they feel they can learn more about Gomi than Gomi can learn about Josh (obviously true).

by omigawda on Nov 18, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions