Takanori Gomi vs. Satoru Kitaoka Fight Video Sengoku No Ran 2009

luck of the draw. this guy knows it, its all over his face. he didnt expect a win just as takanori didnt see the ‘L’ coming.

Fireball kid has lost his fire.

Gomi only lost 2 times outside of Pride, to BJ and hansen how does that suck? Its no secret that Gomi has never taken his training take seriously and his sub defense is the weakest part of his game.

Wanderlei got KOed in Pride too, what has changed? Chuck, Randy, Hughes, and Franklin, all stars from the UFC/Pride era. Whats your why conspiracy for why these guys are not on top any more.

I agree with crazyhorn01. Gomi tried to fight that ankle lock for a long time. I think Gomi shouldn’t have engaged Kitaoka on the ground at all. Gomi did a beautiful takedown and tried for the rear naked choke almost immediately but I think Satoru is just in another place as far as grappling goes. Gomi’s always had a decent ground game, but when you’re facing a submission specialist that wears the same kind of grip pants as Aoki I would hesitate to engage on the ground. Especially with Gomi’s wrestling knowledge. He could have snubbed takedown attempts all night, but it looked like Takanori came to fight and he looked really hungry.

Hey Black Gerbil 1 keep in mind Pride was bought out just over a year ago, prior to that it lasted nearly ten years and was the worlds top mma organization.

No one stops to think that the fighters that fought then may have already had their best years, ie Wanderlei Silva and Antonio Noguiera, Cro Cop to name a few. That in itself doesn’t mean that Pride was a propped up organization, that’s utter nonsense.

The seemingly invincible Chuck Lidell has obviously become mortal, why? Because his time is up, he’s had his run and someone younger and quicker will take over. Does this fact mean the UFC didn’t have or wasn’t competitive a few years ago, I think not.

What a lot of UFC nuthuggers don’t seem to want to acknowledge is that guys like Wandy had already been on the down slide before coming into the UFC. Before entering the octagon against Lidell, Wandy lost something like 3 of his previous 5 fighst and 2 of them were lights out ko’s. A few of his decision wins if I remember correctly were split decisions, so he wasn’t lighting people up in the past few years. Now he comes into the UFC and everyone pretends like the UFC has brought him down. It was nothing more than time catching up to him, it doesn’t take away from the great achievements he made in the ring.

Guys like Quinton Jackson, Anderson Silva and I’m positive we’ll eventually see Shogun Rua(only 26 years old) rule the LHW division of the UFC haven’t had as many miles put on them when in Pride.

As for Fedor goes there’s nothing to say about him other than he’s the worlds best until proven otherwise. He’s done nothing but beat all comers, he utterly destroyed Noguiera more than once and this was when Big Nog was considered unbeatable. He beat Cro Cop when he was at the top of his game, not at the end. There are other guys that fought in Pride that I feel are still capable of beating anyone in the world today such as Josh Barnett.

I think Josh Barnett would be Fedor’s biggest test now, I imagine barring the unforeseen, this will probably be Fedor’s next fight.

jet li’s child

Damn… I was rootin’ for Gomi too…

gomi is so overrated. throw him in the ufc at 155 and he’d get owned.

overrated.??? he’s just past is prime fool
and Niv you hit the spot

jiasjd, how does this prove UFC was better than Pride?

Is Kitaoka a UFC fighter? How does losing a fight in another organization mean that Pride was not a top organization?

This result actually proves my above point more than yours. There’s only so many good years one can have in mma before losses start to pile up. How many title defences are the record in the UFC? I believe 5 title defences is the record, that’s not a lot.

Gomi was a dominant fighter in Pride for years, just as Wandy and Big Nog were. Fedor apparently seems to be the only guy immune here, he just keeps on truckin’ and no matter how good he is, he’s destined to eventually lose. That will never take away the fact he’s the best ever at this point.

Either way this sport will always have a high attrition rate and the best will only be the best for a relative short time, with very few exceptions.

teejaaay just STFU

Gomi is good but if you guys pay any attention to Japanese MMA Satoru Kitaoka is a monster and has been on a role.

Not a huge surprise for me.

2 very classy fighters though excellent display of submission fighting

gomi was never overated.. he was never a fruad.. pride never rigged fight into his favor…

he’s just not the same anymore.. or maybe?? the competition is improving while hes still at the same point.. i really hope he comes back strong

Well I’m freakn bummed. Still a Gomi fan, though, no doubt.

And Takanori Gomi is NOT overrated.

Blackgerbil stop being a dummy for the sake of entertaining us lol.

when Gomi was at his “best” who else was, in pride? during its reign?

Crocop, Fedor, Shogun, Nog, etc etc.

during the SAME TIME PERIOD, IN THE UFC… who was on top?

Franklin, Hughes, Sherk, Liddell, Sylvia…..

Now, do you contribute the fall of all 5 of those guys to PRIDE BEING EXPOSED??? LMAO how the hell do you explain it then?

Not to mention that half of those guys were dethroned by PRIDE FIGHTERS…. and not tomention that some of the fighters who went from the UFC to post-pride organizations with basically the same roster, didnt do too much!

Here’s a more intelligent answer: After a few years of being at the top, eventually everyone slows down and makes room for new blood. Thats how it goes. Do you want fedor to be 6o years old, getting KO’ed by soem guy who isint even born yet, so you can run around the nursing home yelling “fedor was exposed?” lmao

use your brain. long live MMA

right on siv!

don’t forget the pride fighters were all juiced up on steroids also. look how skinny and weak they look coming over to the ufc. look how much bigger crocop looks now that he’s back in japan. besides fedor pride had nothing on the ufc except lopsidded fights and japanese cans for punching bags. pride is gone so deal with it. do you believe wvr or k1 is better than the ufc. i don’t think its even close.

who cares which organisation is better. Just watch, learn and enjoy

the winner looks like jet li

zzz makes and excellent point, but I still want to point out of all the fighters he named Wanderlei got beat twice in UFC, went to Japan, pounded a few cans, an untrained Quinton Jackson (who later came back and KO’d his ass), a Hendo who was like half his size and later came back and KO’d his ass, lost to Mark Hunt, got KO’d by Cro Cop, came back to UFC, to lose to Chuck and Rampage and KO’d Keith Jardine making his UFC record 1 and 4. Other than roids, what was so special about this guy again? He KO’d Sakurabu, but that dude had it comin, any decent fighter would have taken care of him. Don’t get me wrong, I loved watchin the fights and I try to give credit where credit is due, but all this “Wandy is a beast” stuff needs to go. The dude hit a sweet spot and an organization in need of stars capitalized on it. And yes, before anyone calls me out, the UFC has done the same thing more than once. But, Wanderlei received a lot of hype for not a lot of valid wins IMHO. He lost to f***** Tito for gods sake. Before anyone says yeah but he would destroy him now, I’m not sold til I see it.