Immediately after Kenny Florian’s dominating submission victory against Takanori Gomi at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 21 event, the critics came out. Gomi, once a PRIDE champion and the top-ranked lightweight in the world, is past his prime, they said.
But the Japanese star had an ally in is corner at the post-fight press conference, and it was the man standing opposite him in the octagon.
As he had in the buildup to the Spike TV-televised fight in Charlotte, N.C., Florian defended Gomi as an opponent worthy of respect.
Immediately after Kenny Florian’s dominating submission victory against Takanori Gomi at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 21 event, the critics came out. Gomi, once a PRIDE champion and the top-ranked lightweight in the world, is past his prime, they said.
But the Japanese star had an ally in is corner at the post-fight press conference, and it was the man standing opposite him in the octagon.
As he had in the buildup to the Spike TV-televised fight in Charlotte, N.C., Florian defended Gomi as an opponent worthy of respect.
Immediately after Kenny Florian’s dominating submission victory against Takanori Gomi at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 21 event, the critics came out. Gomi, once a PRIDE champion and the top-ranked lightweight in the world, is past his prime, they said.