Pride.33 in Las Vegas

[smoothsake]

Does anyone recognize any karateka on this fight card? Too bad I'll be out of the country during this event; would have loved to see Takanori Gomi fight.

[Kurisu]

Too bad it's not during president's day weekend. Nice lineup though.

[Decadent~!]

Hayato Sakurai was a K-2 fighter and fought at gloved Shin Karate Do events when he was in high school. I believe Gomi trained with a Shin Kyokushin guy recently before he fought Mach.

[nobori]

Nick Diaz VS Takanori Gomi is the fight of year!
Diaz's GOGOPLATA is the victory of year I think

[kakatootoshi]

Dear Decadent~!,
Shihan Kato is not from Shinkyokushin. Though he stayed with the Oyama group for some time, he went independent and started his "Bushin Juku" ten years ago.

OSU!

[smoothsake]

Very unfortunate that Gomi lost his fight. I read the Japanese fighters are having issues adopting to Nevada State Commission rules for MMA.

[kyofighter]

That is what hapens when you underestimate your opponent. He was very cocky from the start and also he had no stamina , you could see how tired he was.

[kakatootoshi]

Gomi submitting his opponent


Gomi with Mr. Kiguchi

Just a piece of news on Gomi. Several days ago he participated in a “combat wrestling” tournament in Tokyo and was crowned in the 73kg category. He said that if a professional did not train hard, he could not beat even an amateur. While if an amateur trained hard enough, he might beat a professional. He also hoped to regain the feelings of “where he first began”.

OSU!