MMA Quick Quote: ?Fireball Kid? gets doused (again) at Sengoku
“He looks strong, but I think I hate him; I don’t know why. After this fight, I don’t think I’ll ever talk to him ever again, no matter the result…. I told [Shinya] Aoki, from here on out, I’ll make it so that you won’t ever hear anything about Gomi anymore. It’s going to be too long for me, but I don’t intend to let it go long. Gomi says he wants to show speed and strength. So I’m thinking, ‘Fine, let’s finish it fast.’ If I go as usual, this will be a quick fight.”
– Satoru Kitaoka tells Sherdog.com before his fight against Takanori Gomi at Sengoku: “No Ran 2009″ that he doesn’t like the lightweight sensation and predicted he would finish him fast. He did just that, locking in a fight-ending heel hook in less than 90 seconds and winning the promotion’s first-ever division title. “The Fireball” kid — the Pride FC posterboy for years — was widely regarded as the top lightweight fighter in the world not too long ago. But with two consecutive losses and having won just two of his last five fights it’s safe to say that he has lost much of his luster. Perhaps as Kitaoka suggests Aoki is now the man to worship in the division in the “Land of the Rising Sun.” And maybe he should have been all along.
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