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Old 08-30-2006, 10:43 PM   #71 (permalink)
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All he fights is mostly other Japanese, someones got to win!, lol. Put him in the ring with Sherk and lets see how he does against some good ol' American Muscle!
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Old 08-30-2006, 10:46 PM   #72 (permalink)

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All he fights is mostly other Japanese, someones got to win!, lol. Put him in the ring with Sherk and lets see how he does against some good ol' American Muscle!
Are you retarded? have you been living under a rock? Gomi had beaten your favorite fighter (Jens Pulver), Aurelio twice, and many other non Japanese fighters. Just check out his mma record.
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Old 08-30-2006, 10:51 PM   #73 (permalink)
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Hard for me to have much enthusiasm for Gomi, he showed me nothing against BJ, he is not a good fighter. Where do you see this guy fight anyhow? They rarely ever show lower weight fights on tv. Personally I don't have much interest in anything below 170, don't want to watch guys i could beat myself.

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Old 08-30-2006, 10:54 PM   #74 (permalink)

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BJ is a bad matchup for anybody. So you don't have any enthusiasm for Matt Hughes since Penn beat him worse and faster than Gomi? You don't make any sense behind your reasoning.
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Old 08-30-2006, 10:55 PM   #75 (permalink)
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Ironically the best WW in the world doesn't fight in the UFC!

I know he just fought as a LW, but he is a WW by trade....I hope he moves back up because Gomi's my favorite fighter...and I fear that Gomi would be in a world of trouble against someone like Aoki.

You heard it here first folks....

Before it is all said and done Aoki will wind up being the best welterweight of this era!!! .



There's no stopping him!

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Old 08-30-2006, 11:24 PM   #76 (permalink)

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he needs to work on his hands some, if only to set up take downs. not everyone will stay down with him like Black.
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Old 08-30-2006, 11:29 PM   #77 (permalink)

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Yeah, he does need to work on his stand-up. He's still young and if he keeps on improving, he 'll be a force either in LW or WW
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Old 08-30-2006, 11:31 PM   #78 (permalink)
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Kikuchi's decent, but even the biggest Shooto fans would probably admit he would get schooled in the UFC's WW division.

That said, I love Aoki and could easily see him top 10 WW, with the potential to be near the top.
I dunno, I personally Had Kikuchi ranked at 5 on my personal top 10 list when Aoki beat him. Again, I don't think he's top WW right now, but given his rate of improvement and tremendous heart, I don't question his potential one bit, and he may some day reach that point.

I'm still laughing at the guy who said that Jon Fitch and Koscheck would beat him. Laughing hard.
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