In one way or another, everyone in the UFC is a tough guy. But when you fight a 10-0 Takanori Gomi in your first pro MMA fight like Leonardo Santos did in 2002, that takes things to a whole new level.Yet like most legitimate tough guys, Santos sees no need to brag about such a feat when he recalls his debut, only saying, “It was great. Takanori is an amazing fighter and I learned a lot from that fight.”At the time, Santos was already one of the world’s top jiu-jitsu practitioners and a member of the Nova Uniao team, but the unbeaten Gomi was a Shooto champion on his way to becoming PRIDE’s onl … Read the Full Article Here
Leonardo Santos: Better Late than Never
In one way or another, everyone in the UFC is a tough guy. But when you fight a 10-0 Takanori Gomi in your first pro MMA fight like Leonardo Santos did in 2002, that takes things to a whole new level.Yet like most legitimate tough guys, Santos sees no need to brag about such a feat when he recalls his debut, only saying, “It was great. Takanori is an amazing fighter and I learned a lot from that fight.”At the time, Santos was already one of the world’s top jiu-jitsu practitioners and a member of the Nova Uniao team, but the unbeaten Gomi was a Shooto champion on his way to becoming PRIDE’s onl … Read the Full Article Here