Recent Gomi Interview

[Shiruba]

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I will introduce GOMI Takanori,this interview is very strange

he talked about Nov 5th Titlematch(vs Marcus Aurelio)

"I am not a champion,but challenger.

To say the truth.......I meet marcus at titlematch contract ceremony.i think"I can not defeat him yet"

.........what?

Returnmatch is first experience for me .and....it is no relation to our potential and total performance,

But He is my "Natural enemy"

............it means JIU--ITSU is dangerous? or Aurelio is dangerous?

"of course not jiu-jitsu but Aurelio."Compatibility is bad"

He light out my power.and He is confident of me. He is relax."You are easy for me!!"maybe he feel so.maybe I become challenger.

...........Have you ever felt so?

No,Anytime,I think"let's punch you and me,It is a party!!".but Aurelio never feel so.it is reason that he is my natural enemy

Source: Gryphon's blog (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/gryphonjapan/)

I dont like the comment in the beginning (I cant defeat him thing). If he goes into the fight thinking like that it could be bad. What scares me the most is that if Aurelio gets a takedown Gomi could panic and do everything to get out and be easy prey for Aurelio's submissions. My advice to Gomi would be to try and take Aurelio down himself, and then constant pressure (Ishida/Aurelio, Mishima/Aurelio, Fedor/Nog), no room for submissions.

[Sampo]

Hahahaha! What is this?

[Gomez]

Greatest english ever

[kumikala]

Ah. Good ol' Gryphon. I have a feeling his translations give room for a lot of wrong assumptions...

[AKA]

wtf

[Charuto]

I dont like the comment in the beginning (I cant defeat him thing). If he goes into the fight thinking like that it could be bad. It gives him energy to think of himself as the underdog. Trying to get back the eye of the tiger and whatnot.

[Shiruba]

It gives him energy to think of himself as the underdog. Trying to get back the eye of the tiger and whatnot.
I agree with you if he wouldve only said this "I am not a champion,but challenger.

But I dont know about: i think"I can not defeat him yet"

[Charuto]

That's true. Sometimes I forget about the nuances in Japanese speech and psyche compared to America. When I read something like this though, all I can think about is Rocky 4 when his own wife told him he couldn't win, but he went ahead with the fight regardless. I'm so glad she's probably dead in part 6.

[Razor Bump]

I know if he looses I want my man Ishida to get a shot. Then bring Shaolin to the mix and let's have a knock down drag out war