Hendo and Gomi stood tall within the Delight FC ring on today in fight sports activities historical past, that additionally noticed a altering of the guard in boxing’s heavyweight championship ranks. September twenty fifth has traditionally seen some huge happenings in each boxing and combined martial arts, which we are going to look again on at the moment.
4 years in the past at the moment, Oleksandr Usyk achieved his first style of heavyweight glory in his first outing with Anthony Joshua. The Ukrainian combatant defeated AJ by the use of unanimous resolution at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to say the WBO, WBA, and IBF world titles to start his reign atop the load class which continues to today.
Henderson and Gomi stand tall of their respective delight grand prix fields
Twenty years in the past at the moment, Hendo and Gomi emerged triumphant from their respective grand prix fields within the Delight FC ring. This happened at Delight Bushido 9 with Henderson and Gomi competing within the welterweight and light-weight match brackets, respectively.
Dan Henderson would advance to the grand prix finals in brief order because the MMA legend would knockout Ryo Chonan lower than thirty seconds into their bout. Henderson would then finest Akihiro Gono in a while in the identical evening and the previous would once more rating a KO win. The previous UFC match winner would cease Gono across the eight minute mark of the combat and in addition added a Delight FC match title to his embellished mantle.
Takanori Gomi had his traditional contest with Tatsuya Kawajiri on this very evening and the previous stood tall over the latter when the mud settled at Delight Bushido 9. Gomi would end Kawajiri with a rear naked choke across the eight minute mark of the opening spherical and punch his ticket to the final stage of the grand prix.
That win vaulted Gomi to the match finals in a while that very same evening and went in opposition to Luiz Azeredo in what was a rematch from their Delight Bushido 7 bout. ‘The Fireball Child’ would go 2-0 over Azeredo and secured a unanimous resolution win inside Tokyo’s Ariake Coliseum to grow to be the light-weight grand prix champion on an evening the place Hendo and Gomi emerged triumphantly.
