Takanori Gomi vs Nick Diaz (PRIDE 33) COMPLETE FIGHT

“The Fireball Kid” Gomi was once recognized as not only the best lightweight fighter in the world, but he was also ranked as one of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters. Diaz was hungry to prove to the world he was indeed one of the top fighters out there, and was given the opportunity of a lifetime against Gomi in PRIDE’s second and final show in the United States.

The result was a tremendously close-contested battle that saw Diaz pulling off the submission of the century, finishing Gomi with a gogoplata in the second round.

However, after testing positive for marijuana, the Nevada State Athletic Commission overruled Diaz’s victory into a “no contest." Regardless of what the record shows, Diaz defeated Gomi in one of the greatest MMA fights of all time.