(1978-09-22) September 22, 1978 (age 45) Kanagawa, Japan
Other names
The Fireball Kid
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight
155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Division
Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight
Reach
70 in (178 cm)[1]
Fighting out of
Tokyo, Japan
Team
K'z Factory (1998–2000) Kiguchi Dojo (2000–2006) Kugayama Rascal[2] American Kickboxing Academy
Teacher(s)
Noriaki Kiguchi
Rank
A-Class Shootist
Years active
1998–2018
Mixed martial arts record
Total
52
Wins
36
By knockout
14
By submission
6
By decision
16
Losses
15
By knockout
4
By submission
8
By decision
3
No contests
1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Representing Japan
Men's Submission Wrestling
ADCC Asian & Oceanic Championships
2011 Tokyo
-77kg
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. Gomi is the only Pride FC Lightweight Champion in the organization's history. He became the Lightweight Grand Prix Winner at Pride Shockwave 2005, thus winning every lightweight accolade put forth by Pride FC. Gomi also held a record twelve-fight winning streak in Shooto, where he was a former Shooto Lightweight Champion, as well as a four-time All-Japan Combat Wrestling Champion.
Nicknamed "The Fireball Kid", Gomi had a ten-fight winning streak spanning 2004 to 2006 in Pride FC, the longest in the organization's history. During this streak, Gomi knocked out Ralph Gracie in six seconds, the quickest knockout victory in Pride FC history. Gomi later defeated Tatsuya Kawajiri (voted Pride FC's Fight of the Year), Luiz Azeredo, and Hayato Sakurai en route to becoming Pride FC's 2005 Lightweight Grand Prix Winner, after which he was awarded the Pride FC Lightweight Championship. At Pride Bushido 13, Gomi successfully defended the title against Marcus Aurélio.
Throughout both his record-breaking Pride FC and Shooto championship reigns, Gomi was considered to be the top lightweights in the world[3] and is regarded as one of the greatest lightweight fighters in the history of mixed martial arts.[4][5]
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applied to his jaw while Guida had head-and-arm control. Guida defeated TakanoriGomi on January 1, 2011, at UFC 125 by submission due to a guillotine choke...
Prix Champion) Hector Lombard (former Bellator Middleweight Champion) TakanoriGomi (only Pride FC Lightweight Champion and Pride FC 2005 Lightweight Grand...
round and his corner subsequently threw in the towel. Nasukawa faced TakanoriGomi in a two-round exhibition boxing match at Rizin 33 - Saitama on December...
split decision over TakanoriGomi". bloodyelbow.com. March 3, 2013. "MMA Decisions - UFC on Fuel 8: Diego Sanchez def. TakanoriGomi". mmadecisions.com...
and was replaced by Thiago Santos. Former PRIDE Lightweight Champion TakanoriGomi and Jim Miller were chosen to open the event in a lightweight bout....
eight-fight contract, Lauzon faced TakanoriGomi on July 25, 2015, at UFC on Fox 16. After successfully taking Gomi down, he won the fight via TKO in the...
Isaac Vallie-Flagg at this event. However, Castillo was replaced by TakanoriGomi and instead fought Charlie Brenneman. Tarec Saffiedine was originally...
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competed in the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship choking out TakanoriGomi, winning a decision over Jean Jacques Machado, and placing 2nd in the...
seven fights on the main card. George Sotiropoulos was expected to face TakanoriGomi at this event, but was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced...
Welterweight division. Florian defeated former Pride Lightweight Champion TakanoriGomi at UFC Fight Night 21 via rear naked choke in the third round. He won...
Arona Decision (Split) 3 5:00 Pride FC - Shockwave 2005 Lightweight TakanoriGomi def. Hayato Sakurai KO (Punches) 1 3:56 Pride FC - Shockwave 2005 Welterweight...
Kazuhiro Nakamura, did not fight due to a knee injury. Nick Diaz defeated TakanoriGomi in a non-title fight via Gogoplata. The victory was later ruled a No...
over Dokonjonosuke Mishima. The following year, he suffered a loss to TakanoriGomi, who stopped Gracie in six seconds with knee strikes to the head in...
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 TakanoriGomi def. Hayato Sakurai Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan December 31, 2005 642 days 1. def. Marcus Aurelio...
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