Former PRIDE Lightweight Champion “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi (28-6) will fight “Tractor” Rafaello Oliveira (8-1) at Affliction M-1 Global’s Trilogy in Anaheim 1 August.
Once considered one of MMA’s premier lightweights, Gomi is one win removed from a two-fight losing streak, beginning with a split decision loss to Sergei Goliaev (9-6) in Sengoku last November and continuing through a tapout by ankle lock to Satoru Kitaoka (24-9-7) in an undeserved Sengoku lightweight title fight in January. In May, Gomi notched one in the win column in Tokyo with a knockout of Takashi Nakakura (10-2) in Shooto.
“Tractor” is on a three-fight win streak, most recently scoring a UD over John Mahlow (12-10) at XFC 8 in Knoxville in April.
The fight will round out the Trilogy’s pay-per-view card.
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