First off, for the record, I dont think anyone can touch BJ at LW so lets scratch him.
One of the interesting things though is the best LWs are either in the UFC (Edwards, Franca, Thomson, etc) and Shooto (Kawajiri, Shaolin, Hansen, Uno, etc).
Will Pride bring any of those guys in to fight Gomi or whats gonna happen, who can he fight in Pride?
I think Gomi and Sudo are friends so that fight will not happen but would Gomi fight any of the other Japanese guys? Didnt Gomi beat Uno in sub-grappling before?
I find it hard to visulaize any LW defeating Gomi near term, even when considering Yves, Josh and Franca. BJ Penn will probably never fight at 155 again so he isn't really in the picture.
Just wondering, Gomi mentioned in an interview once that he originally trained to be a boxer but his wrestling is just as good if not better. A few q's come to mind:
1) I know Gomi competed at many Combat Wrestling competitions but was he training with Kiguchi even while he was with K'z? Also, did he leave K'z just for the express purpose of fighting Sato who was his teammate and friend?
2) What is the history of his current coach, Kiguchi? I remember reading that Dick "The Destroyer" Beyers visited him bringing a team of young amateur wrestlers for an international meet, and also that satoru Sayama developed "Shoot Wrestling" with him, but I dunno why. He also wrote that he wrestled Dan Gable on his site.
Fightsport listed the rumored lineup, and Gryphon also talked about Kawajiri being rumored for the LW GP. The 6 rumored fighters are Kawajiri, Gomi, Mishima, Aurelio, Buscape, and Pulver.
ResuTudo,
The only one of those questions I can answer is that Gomi did leave K'z Factory because he knew he'd have a lot of trouble getting a title shot with Rumina in the same division.