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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darcy Verot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darcy Verot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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172 cm
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137 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darcy Verot!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Love throws a series of strikes that have Verot backpedaling.
It looks like Darcy Verot has been cut.
Love shoots for a takedown but Verot saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Verot fails to land with a series of punches.
Verot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Verot misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Verot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice takedown defense from Verot. No joy for Love on that attempt.
Verot tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Verot misses with a double jab.
Verot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Love circles away quickly and effectively.
Love tries for a takedown but Verot sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verot throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Love really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Love throws a right and a left that Verot avoids nicely.
Verot fails to land with a series of punches.
Verot swinging wildly here.
Verot looks gassed!
Love shoots in for a takedown but Verot shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Verot throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Love is defended easily by Verot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Verot. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Love.
Love lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Verot throws a right and a left that both miss.
Verot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Love lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Verot moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Verot swinging wildly here.
Verot tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Verot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Verot throws a right and a left that both miss.
Love fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Verot avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Love or perhaps it was just good defense by Verot which made him look bad.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Verot.
Verot throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Verot.
Verot misses with a series of wild punches.
Verot slaps away a takedown attempt from Love, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Verot throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Love throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Verot tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Love is in Verot's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Love wants to pass the guard but Verot is keeping the position.
Verot really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Verot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Verot can do anything to dispel that myth.
Verot keeping full guard, as Love tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Verot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Love with a nice head shot there.
Love wants to control from the top but Verot keeps moving.
Love has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Verot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Love thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Verot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love postures up in Verot's guard and throws a big left but Verot blocks it.
Love trying to control but Verot is working from the bottom.
Verot is looking to stand up but Love isn't so interested in that idea.
Love throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Verot works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Love wants to control from the top but Verot keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darcy Verot's cut.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Verot tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Love.
Dan Love is winning the standup battle so far.
Verot fails to land with a series of punches.
Love tries for a takedown but Verot sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Verot scores with a one two! Love had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Love dodges the punch combination from Verot.
Love dodges the punch combination from Verot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Love fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Verot.
Love shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Love was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Love throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throwing strikes here but Verot is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Love throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Love landing punches.
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Verot wants to try and get back to his feet.
Love punching from mount but Verot doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.
Verot avoids a series of strikes thrown by Love.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Verot is having none of it.
Love controlling from the full mount.
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Verot is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dan Love!
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energy
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RATING
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