Way Back Wednesday: Prime B.J. Penn fights the Fireball Kid Takanomi Gomi

Last updated on April 13th, 2017

Rizin got me all nostalgic on a Wednesday… and the weed isn’t helping.

So let’s fire up the Way Back Machine, and head to the island of Oahu and the Hawaiian capital of Honolulu. Back in 2003, a prime 25 year old B.J Penn, at the time the UFC Lightweight champion, and Takanori Gomi who had just lost his Shooto World Lightweight belt faced off at Rumble on the Rock 4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcwN7Ddvfo

Now that BJ Penn is working with Gary Marinovich, I expect the return of this animal.

Andrew Lawrence

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