Dear Steve Cofield, whoever the fuck you are, you're an idiot.
Two years ago, Takanori Gomi was regarded as the unbeatable force at 155 lbs. when he got off to a 25-2 start to his career. In 2007, Nick Diaz chipped away at that mystique by bludgeoning Gomi in a 160 lb. fight at Pride 33 in Las Vegas. Gomi has since lost to an underwhelming lightweight from Russia and at Sengoku 7 this morning, he was handed a submission loss inside of two minutes.Gomi EARNED the respect he received, he EARNED his #1 Lightweight position. You see, that Bushido lightweight tournament was host to the best lightweights in the world. Shooto sent its champion - Tatsuya Kawajiri, Kotani was repping ZST, Doko Mishima was the DEEP champion, UFC sent its best representative in Yves Edwards (see Steve, there was no UFC lightweight title at the time), and throw in former world champions Joachim Hansen, Jens Pulver, and Mach Sakurai. This was a tournament to crown a true World Champion and Gomi won it. He thus EARNED his spot in a tournament, nothing
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Two years ago, Takanori Gomi was regarded as the unbeatable force at 155 lbs. when he got off to a 25-2 start to his career. In 2007, Nick Diaz chipped away at that mystique by bludgeoning Gomi in a 160 lb. fight at Pride 33 in Las Vegas. Gomi has since lost to an underwhelming lightweight from Russia and at Sengoku 7 this morning, he was handed a submission loss inside of two minutes.Gomi EARNED the respect he received, he EARNED his #1 Lightweight position. You see, that Bushido lightweight tournament was host to the best lightweights in the world. Shooto sent its champion - Tatsuya Kawajiri, Kotani was repping ZST, Doko Mishima was the DEEP champion, UFC sent its best representative in Yves Edwards (see Steve, there was no UFC lightweight title at the time), and throw in former world champions Joachim Hansen, Jens Pulver, and Mach Sakurai. This was a tournament to crown a true World Champion and Gomi won it. He thus EARNED his spot in a tournament, nothing ( ... )
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