Akihiro Gono (32-15-7) will drop to 155 pounds for the first time in his 16-year MMA career when he faces Mongolia's Jadamba Narantungalag (4-2) at SRC 14 on August 22nd.
Gono - who recently parted ways with his longtime home gym of Grabaka - told reporters at today's press conference that he hasn't weighed in at 70kg since he was 16 years old. He also said that his current weight is 77kg (169 lbs.) and that he plans to make the cut with the help of a professional nutritionist.
Narantungalag has competed for K-1 MAX (most notably being KO'd by "Kid" Yamamoto in his 2004 MMA debut) and trains with retired sumo yokozuna Asashoryu's new fight team.
Also announced for the card was a welterweight grand prix reserve bout between Motoki Miyazawa (6-2) and Takuya Sato (5-3-2).
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doing it for the first time, yes. but in the grand scheme of things, that’s nothing. junior year of HS wrestling, i weighed 145 (pretty ripped) first practice. i dropped 7 pounds naturally down to 138 in a month, but would then water-cut the final 13 down to 125 in the 48-hours before a match nearly every week
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by eastcoastatlas on Jul 21, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Gozma competed at 185 for a large part of his career. He’s not a small 170. 155 is gonna be a chore for him.
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well, maybe his problem isn’t being too small, but being 35 and war-worn
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by eastcoastatlas on Jul 21, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
He competed at 185
but he was never a 185 fighter. Japan just didn’t have a 170 division so he was always stuck fighting much, much bigger guys. For a while even at 205. When he finally fought in an org that had 170 he did so much better. He still was a bit small compared to everyone else at 170, so 155 i probably the best place for him. He isn’t bigger than BJ Penn.
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by Chris Barton on Jul 21, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
thank you
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by eastcoastatlas on Jul 21, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Good to see Japanese fighters thinking about dropping weight…
Be water, my friend.
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I love Gono, but unless he’s planning on making another run in the US; I don’t really see any sense in him dropping. I think he’s perfectly fine at 170 in Japan.
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this happened in japan
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by eastcoastatlas on Jul 21, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
If he ducks into a high kick from a 155 guy he'll still get knocked out.
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my point exactly
his problem isn’t being too small, it’s that he’s 35 and his been through a lot of big-time wars
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by eastcoastatlas on Jul 21, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
That KO had nothing to do with size. He ducked into the kick and got nailed. Plus it’s Dan Hornbuckle for crying out loud. Most welterweights in Japan aren’t Hornbuckle’s size.
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by Dr. Octagon on Jul 21, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
F U
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by Chris Barton on Jul 21, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
c'mon. it's frickin beautiful
Hornbuckle straight cabbagepatch’d him
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by eastcoastatlas on Jul 21, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
No
That kick almost made me stop watching MMA.
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by Chris Barton on Jul 21, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
WHAT?!?!?!?!??!
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Pain don't hurt...
That kick made me love MMA even more!
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I hope his 155 entrances are as epic as at 170 and 185. That is all.
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by Tim Burke on Jul 21, 2010 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Jadamba Narantungalag is a fantastic name. I’d love for that guy to make it to the UFC one day just to hear Goldie with it.
As for Gono cutting weight, it’s probably something he should have years ago. Might be too little, too late now.
Well this is unexpected. I was just thinking that Strikeforce should try to snag Gono to fight Diaz.
Holy crap that would be an amazing fight.
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by Chris Barton on Jul 22, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
In other news:
Aoki drops to featherweight.
(The MMAMath for those at home is :Gono > Sakurai > Aoki)
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