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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 08, 2019 |
#R1#
No luck with that takedown attempt from Love.
Huff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Huff really is a fat lump.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Huff is defended easily by Love.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Love shoots in and drives through. Huff sprawls well.
Michle Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love looks winded!
Love misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Leland Huff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michle Love.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huff fails in his attempt to clinch. #TD#
Huff scores with a takedown into Love's guard.
Love is looking to stand back up but Huff counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Love. #T1##REVB##SUB#
Huff in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Love tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Huff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Leland Huff!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 01, 2019 |
#R1#
Love closes the distance and clinches up with Castro, looking for a takedown. Love pushes Castro against the cage but Castro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.#CL#
Castro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Love, pushing him back against the cage.
Love lands with a light punch inside.
Love tries to break free but Castro pushes him back against the cage.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
Castro can't break the clinch.
Castro jumps guard but Love turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Castro wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
Castro has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Love is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD2#
Love turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Love manages to end up in side control.
Love looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#ES#
Castro bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Love doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Castro makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Love.#T1#
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love fails with the takedown.
Love fails miserably with a takedown attempt.#CL#
Castro has managed to clinch.
Love is defending well against a takedown attempt.#TD2#
Love is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Castro can't fight it off and eventually Love manages to take the fight to the floor. Castro looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.#T2#
Castro is pulling down on Love's head to control his posture.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Love working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard. #REVR#
Love being controlled here, momentarily.
Love really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Castro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Castro with a nice head shot there.
Love is trying to keep Castro in close.
Castro connects with a couple of short punches.#T3#
Castro lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Castro wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Castro scoring with punches to the head and body. #SU#
Castro decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Castro.#TD2#
Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard. #REVR##T4#
Castro scoring with some ground and pound.
Castro landing some decent shots from guard.
Castro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Love has momentary wrist control but Castro slips an elbow through the middle.
Love has momentary wrist control but Castro slips an elbow through the middle.#SU#
Castro stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Donk. Love catches Castro right on the button with a cross.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buford Castro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Love looks to land a body kick but Castro moved away.
It appears Castro was looking to counter with a kick there.#CL2#
Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Castro looking for a takedown. #TD2#
Love jumps guard and drags Castro to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Castro trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.
Love is breathing heavily.
Castro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#T1##SUB2#
Love working for submissions but it's allowed Castro to get to half guard.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Castro scores with a couple of nice shots.
Castro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Castro is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Castro will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nice strikes from Castro there.
Castro is trying to control. Love wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Castro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Castro is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Castro drops an elbow to the side of Love's head. #T2#
Castro seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Castro there.
Castro drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Castro scores with a couple of nice shots.
Castro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Love is trying to get back to full guard.
Love trying to hold on to Castro's head to control him but Castro postures up.
#T3#
Still in half guard, Castro seems content to control.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.#CL2#
Love rushes Castro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Castro goes for a takedown attempt but Love pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love throws a counter combo.
Michle Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Love takes the fight into the clinch. #BC2#
Love breaks the clinch.
#CL2#
Love clinches up with Castro and pushes him back against the cage.#T4#
Castro has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Love avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Love gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#TD2#
Love wants the takedown. Castro is fighting it off but Love persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Castro's guard against the cage.
Castro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Love wants to control from the top but Castro keeps moving.
Buford Castro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Castro has a closed guard, preventing Love from standing up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Love throws a strike but Castro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVR#
Castro chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michle Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3##CL2#
Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love lands with a short shot to the head.
Love prevents a takedown attempt there.
#BC2#
Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
Love closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castro is looking for a takedown.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD2#
Castro is fighting off a takedown attempt but Love is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Castro to the mat. Castro regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Love must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Castro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Castro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. #T1#
Castro pulls Love in close to prevent any damage.
Castro throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Castro pulls Love in to control the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown attempt by Love or perhaps it was just good defense by Castro, which made it look bad.
Buford Castro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Castro tries to clinch up.
Love misses with a straight left.
Castro throws a quick counter head kick but Love was just out of range.
Buford Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#CL2#
Love forces Castro back against the cage and clinches.
Castro tries to score a body lock takedown but Love shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
Castro has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Love after a bit of a struggle. #BC2#
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#TD2#
Love drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Castro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T3#
Castro is not content to let Love control the position.
Castro regains half guard, as Love was trying to land strikes.
Castro keeps control of the position for the meantime. #SUB2#
Love is looking for a kimura here.
#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Castro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard. #REVR#
Castro working some strikes from top position.
Castro lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Love keeping moving, preventing Castro from controlling successfully.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michle Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Love has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 26, 2019 |
#R1##TD2#
Busarov throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Love was covering up waiting for the punch and Busarov finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Busarov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Love on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Love tries to get out of the position.
Busarov throwing strikes from guard but Love blocks nicely.
Busarov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Busarov connects with a couple of short punches.
Busarov won't allow Love to sweep him here.
Love knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Busarov on the ground.
Busarov works over Love with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Busarov has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad MMA Sydney. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Busarov connects with a couple of short punches.
Busarov lands a couple of digs.
Busarov throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busarov throwing strikes but missing.
Busarov controls from within his opponent's guard.
Love working a defensive guard here.
#T1#
Busarov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. #SUB#
Love is looking for a triangle but Busarov pushes his legs off easily.
Busarov postures up in Love's guard and throws a big left but Love blocks it. #SUB#
Love escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Busarov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Love is trying to keep Busarov in close.
Busarov working some strikes from top position.
Busarov is stalling in the full guard.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Love will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Busarov tries for a takedown but Love sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Busarov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Roman Busarov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#TD2#
Busarov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.#ES#
Love explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Busarov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Busarov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Love defends well and Busarov ends up having to push Love into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Michle Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roman Busarov.#TD#
Love looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Busarov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Busarov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #T3#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Love trying to control but Busarov is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Busarov holds on and takes a little breather.
Love wants to control from the top but Busarov keeps moving.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Busarov swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Busarov wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Busarov shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Love tries to counter with a takedown but Busarov is quick to defend against it.#TD#
Love looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Busarov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Busarov wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Busarov looks winded!
Love postures up.
Love trying to control but Busarov is working from the bottom.
Busarov has a closed guard, preventing Love from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michle Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2##CL#
Love forces Busarov back against the cage and clinches.#TD#
Love pulls Busarov into guard.
Busarov chips away with some ground and pound.
Busarov works over Love with some ground and pound from guard.
Busarov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Michle Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Busarov wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Busarov with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busarov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Busarov controlling from the top position.
Busarov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#T1#
Busarov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Busarov trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Busarov throws a big elbow that misses.
Busarov won't allow Love to sweep him here.
Busarov connects with a couple of short punches.
Busarov is working Love over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Love wants to sweep here but Busarov controlling him for the moment.
Busarov scoring with some ground and pound.
Busarov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Love wants to sweep but no luck.
Busarov landing with the ground and pound.
Busarov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Busarov stands and throws Love's legs to the side, diving into side control. #T2#
Busarov working the head and body with strikes.
Busarov lands some shots froms side control.
Busarov landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Love is working to avoid the ground and pound but Busarov connects with a decent elbow.
Busarov is breathing heavily.
Love is looking for a sweep.
Busarov scores with punches from side control.
Love is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Love is trying to improve his position.
Busarov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Love is looking to reverse the position.
Check out the look on Busarov's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Love is trying to buck Busarov off.#T3#
Busarov lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Love's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Busarov working the ground and pound.
Love is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Busarov working away.
Love manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Busarov gets full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Busarov holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love wants to control from the top but Busarov keeps moving. #T4#
Busarov has Love pulled in close to control his posture.
Busarov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Love makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Busarov managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Busarov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3##TD#
Love shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Love showed some decent athleticism there.
Busarov keeping control of the position.
Love wants to free his trapped foot but Busarov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busarov moves into full guard.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Busarov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T1#
Busarov controlling the position.
Let's hope that Busarov has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Love has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Busarov is proving hard to escape from. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Busarov shoots in.
Love jabs at Busarov's body.
Busarov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#TD#
Love changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Busarov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Busarov wants to control but Love postures up.
Busarov is not content to let Love control the position.
Busarov is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.#T2#
Busarov is refusing to be controlled, as Love sits in half guard.
Busarov is doing well to control the position and prevent Love from advancing to side control.
Busarov works his way to full guard. Good work.
Busarov pulls Love in to control the position.
Busarov is continuing to stall.
Love has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T3#
Busarov keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Busarov controls Love momentarily but Love frees himself. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Busarov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Love but Love pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Busarov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Love is fending him off so far but Busarov persists. Nope, Love circles away and we're back to standing.
Michle Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roman Busarov.#CL#
Love has taken the fight to the clinch.
#TD#
Love manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. #SUB#
Love throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Busarov postures up.
#SUB#
Love looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#T4#
Busarov landing with the ground and pound.
Busarov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Busarov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Busarov postures up.
Busarov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Busarov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Love swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Love trying to keep a closed guard but Busarov is proving a slippery customer.
Busarov stands up over Love, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michle Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Love has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michle Love!
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