Takanori Gomi
| Takanori Gomi | ||
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| Career Snapshot | ||
| Born | September 22, 1978 | |
| Died | - | |
| Total Fights | 22 | |
| Won | 20 | |
| Lost | 2 | |
| Drew | 0 | |
| Knockouts/submission | 7/4 | |
| Titles Won |
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Takanori Gomi(五味隆典,September 22,1978-) is a Japanese fighter and a participant in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. His major claim to fame is being the former Shooto welterweight(155lb) champion. He is a member of Kiguchi Dojo in Japan.
Biography
Childhood
Takanori Gomi was born in Kanagawa,Japan in 1978 as a 2nd son. He started learning boxing at Sagamihara Yonekura gym; at the same time he started attending Kanagawa prefactural Aikawa higashi junior high school （神奈川県立愛川東中学校） in 1994. He was also in full activity as a pitcher of his baseball team at school. Unfortunately, he failed to pass on to the next grade when he was 2nd form in 1996. Then he decided to dropout of his school. This caused an argument between Takanori and his father, who, as a result of the argument disowned his son.
Shooto career
He began to learn wrestling in 1996. He transfered to the official Shooto gym in 1997, where he began to take part in the amateur competitions in Shooto, and debut as a professional shooter in 1998. He won the title of professional Shooto world welterweight champion in 2001 beating former team mate Rumina Sato by Unanimous decision. He defended the title beating Dokonjonosuke Mishima by TKO and then lost his title to a majority decision against Joachim Hansen in 2003. This was also his last fight in Shooto.
PRIDE FC career
Gomi made his PRIDE debut on 2/15/04 against Jadson Costa. On 12/31/2004, Gomi knocked out Jens Pulver. On 05/25/2005, he defeated Luiz Azeredo by knock out. On 7/17/2005 he defeated Jean Silva by judge's decision. Gomi is currently 7-0 in Pride.
Record
Professional mixed martial arts:[[1]] Fights:22. Wins:20. Losses:2. Draws:0.
- Shooto world welterweight champion (December 16,2001 - August 10,2003)