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Takanori Gomi (Japanese: 五味隆典, Gomi Takanori, born September 22, 1978) is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who gained international fame in Pride Fighting Championships. Later in his career, Gomi also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship .
Nick Diaz defeated Takanori Gomi in a non-title fight via Gogoplata. The victory was later ruled a No Contest due to a failed drug test (Cannabis) from Diaz. The pay-per-view retailed for $34.99 and was announced by Lon McEachern , Frank Trigg , and Josh Barnett .
Sergey Golyaev pulled the upset win against the No.1 lightweight Takanori Gomi in World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6 back in November 2008. This was considered a huge upset win and Gomi was no longer considered to be the greatest lightweight and dropped from the Top 10 rankings.
Pride has its roots on Japanese Professional wrestling ().In the 1970s, Antonio Inoki rose to pronominance in Japan by founding New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and introducing his own style of wrestling he dubbed "Strong-style", derived from training in Karate and Catch-As-Catch-Can, an earlier style of legit Professional wrestling and submission grappling, taught by Karl Gotch.
Rizin Fighting Federation (stylised in all caps and also known as Rizin FF) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara.
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman ...
Takanori Gomi: NC (overturned by NSAC) PRIDE 33: February 24, 2007: 2 1:46 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Return to Lightweight. Originally a submission (gogoplata) win for Diaz; overturned after he tested positive for marijuana. Win 14–6 Gleison Tibau: TKO (punches) UFC 65: November 18, 2006: 2 2:27 Sacramento, California, United States ...
Eight have now been arrested in connection with the disappearance of the 14-year-old, who was eventually rescued from a luxury boat in Islip by her vigilante father.