Kenny Florian Talks Takanori Gomi, Diego Sanchez and BJ Penn

by Nick Thomas on Mar 4, 2010 11:33 AM EST in MMA News

Kenny Florian (12-4) -325
Win Clay Guida - Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC 107 12/12/2009 2 2:19
Loss B.J. Penn - Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC 101 8/8/2009 4 3:54
Win Joe Stevenson - Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC 91 11/15/2008 1 4:03
Win Roger Huerta - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 87 8/9/2008 3 5:00
Win Joe Lauzon - TKO (Punches and Elbows) UFC FN 4/2/2008 2 3:28
Win Din Thomas - Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC FN 9/19/2007 1 4:31

Takanori Gomi (31-5) +250
Win Tony Hervey - Decision (Unanimous) VTJ 2009 2009 10/30/2009 5 5:00
Win Takashi Nakakura - KO (Punches) Shooto 5/10/2009 2 4:42
Loss Satoru Kitaoka - Submission (Achilles Lock) Sengoku 1/4/2009 1 1:41
Loss Sergey Golyaev - Decision (Split) Sengoku 11/1/2008 3 5:00
Win Seung Hwan Bang - Decision (Unanimous) Sengoku 8/24/2008 3 5:00
Win Duane Ludwig - TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Sengoku 3/5/2008 1 2:28

HT: mmagirls.net
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Kenny and Diego on TUF would be awesome.

Would be a great season to bring in the lower weight classes from WEC too.

by Razreshat on Mar 4, 2010 11:43 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

I agree. Maybe they can fight at a catch weight of 163 or something.

by MMAEruption on Mar 4, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions

Looking at Florian’s list of recent wins and losses, and looking at Gomi’s recent list of wins and losses, it is really night and day. I am a fan of Gomi’s so I will be cheering for him, but I think that Florian is going to win this.

by chrisbboy82 on Mar 4, 2010 11:45 AM EST reply actions

I have to agree.

by pl4tinum on Mar 4, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions

Takanori Gomi

I just hope he proves all of you wrong!

by Demordio on Mar 4, 2010 1:57 PM EST up reply actions

damn, that was a boring interview

I'm old school hating Lesnar, I've been hating Lesnar since '08

by MicahW on Mar 4, 2010 12:29 PM EST reply actions

He says that BJ doesn't really have any competition on the feet at 155...

…but who is his competition on the ground?

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by jemaleddin on Mar 4, 2010 1:52 PM EST reply actions

Agreed

but I’d also argue against Kenny’s point regarding striking…I think Guillard could hang with BJ on the feet. Possibly Etim too, but that would be a much smaller chance.

by Scott Haber on Mar 4, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions

Give credit to Florian for giving props to the LW champ, and the guy who beat him. I think Florian made some good comments as to why Penn is so good at LW. As to who is a threat to BJ on the ground, it’s someone who can take Penn down. If Penn takes his opponent down, then nobody really can hang with Penn’s top game for very long.

by Hardcharger on Mar 4, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

Honestly

It could probably be said that B.J. really doesn’t have any competition at 155.

"-i never said half the things i said." --Yogi Berra

by Ovale Fan on Mar 4, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions

Kenny is one of my favorite fighters. Always has a good fight and has an all around good personality. If I could hang with any fighter it would be Kenny or Wanderlei

by RyanHobbs on Mar 4, 2010 5:15 PM EST reply actions

The only way Kenny losses this fight is if he has another inexplicable game plan like he did against BJ. I’m still trying to figure out why he thought that was a good strategy to try against Penn so because of that I give Gomi a slight shot.

by Raker on Mar 4, 2010 7:19 PM EST reply actions