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Event:
HERO:7
Date: Apr 24, 2021 |
#R1##TD2#
Gomer closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Love's guard.
Gomer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've been hearing good reports from Love's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Love pulls Gomer in close to prevent any damage.
Gomer sitting in guard here, content to control. #SUB#
Love escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gomer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomer pushes down on Love's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gomer wants to pass the guard but Love is defending well. #T1#
Love controlling the position well.
Gomer wants to pass to mount but Love is defending the position.
Gomer sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Love is trying is best to control the position here. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gomer trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
Gomer is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Love can't escape the position.
Gomer content just to control the position here.
Love stops Gomer from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Gomer punishing his opponent with strikes. #T3#
Gomer unloading with bombs!
Gomer looking to control but Love is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
My spies in Ginásio Guerreiro inform me that Gomer has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Gomer controlling his opponent.
Love tries to hold on but Gomer pushes him away.
Gomer with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gomer might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Love haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Love wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gomer.
#T4#
Love tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gomer controlling the position easily from mount.
Love is in a horrible position here. Gomer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Love tries to lock up and control but Gomer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gomer with a couple of short strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vince Gomer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Love feints and then cracks Gomer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomer down.
Love shoots in for a takedown but Gomer shows good takedown defense.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gomer is defended easily by Love.#TD2#
Gomer shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Love napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Love tries to escape but Gomer is in control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love is not content to let Gomer control the position.
Love is looking for a sweep.#T1#
Gomer throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gomer controlling from side mount.
Love managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gomer.
Gomer cracks Love with a big right hand but Love just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Love is looking for a sweep.
Love is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
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.#T2#
Love manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nice strikes from Love there.
Love content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gomer strikes from the bottom but Love passes into mount!
Gomer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gomer regains half guard.
Gomer misses with some strikes from the bottom.
#T3#
Gomer has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gomer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Love is working away from the top position though.
Gomer is trying to control but Love passes into side control!
Gomer manages to get back to half guard.
Gomer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Love connects with a nice short shot to Gomer's temple. #T4#
Love stalling. #SUB#
Love is trying to work for a kimura but Gomer is defending well.
Love is trying to control. Gomer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Love will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Love wants to pass the guard but Gomer is defending well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gomer is trying to get back to full guard.
Love is trying to control the action in half guard but Gomer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Love dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!#R3##TD2#
Gomer looking to score a takedown here. Love is defending well but Gomer drives through and ends up in Love's guard.
Love throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Gomer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gomer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gomer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gomer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Love swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gomer seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomer won't allow Love to sweep him here. #T1#
Gomer distracts Love with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gomer trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Love trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.#CL2#
Gomer closes the distance and clinches. #BC#
Love manages to break the clinch.
Gomer misses with the combination.
Gomer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Love counters with a head kick. That will keep Gomer thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks! #T2#
Horrible takedown attempt by Gomer or perhaps it was just good defense by Love, which made it look bad.
Gomer throws a head kick that misses.
Love dives in for a single leg takedown but Gomer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.#TD#
Love jumps guard and drags Gomer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Love keeping full guard, as Gomer tries to pass.
Gomer trying to control but Love is working from the bottom. #ES#
Love has his feet on Gomer's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. #T3##CL2#
Gomer moves into the clinch.#BC#
Love breaks the clinch.
Gomer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#TD2#
Gomer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gomer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Love's head.
Gomer stands and throws Love's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gomer trying to control the position but Love is working away.
The strikes coming from Gomer are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Love tries to get back to half guard but can't.#T4#
Love gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. #SUB#
Love looking for submissions off his back.
Love wants to control but Gomer is keeping busy.
Gomer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Love knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vince Gomer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gomer 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vince Gomer! |
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Event:
HERO:4 Ladies Night
Date: Mar 27, 2021 |
#R1#
Love throws a head kick but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Love defends it well.#CL#
Love moves into the clinch.
Love has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brooks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brooks drops down looking for an ankle pick but Love pulls his leg out and moves away.
#CL2#
Brooks has closed the distance and engaged Love in a clinch.
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 is trying to pull guard but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks fails to pull guard.
#BC2#
Brooks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks misses with a head kick.
Love tries a head kick but it misses.
Brooks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brooks tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.#TD2#
Brooks closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Love did well to prevent Brooks getting side control.#T1#
Love makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Love.
Brooks trying to move into half guard but instead Love has managed to sweep!#REVR#
Love postures up.
Brooks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Love tries to stand but Brooks is controlling from the bottom.
Love stops Brooks from standing up.
Love postures up.
Brooks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brooks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#T2#
Love controlling from the top position. #SU#
Love gets to his feet. Brooks looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! #CL2#
Brooks moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Brooks.
Brooks stops a takedown attempt from Love.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Love after a bit of a struggle. #T3#
Brooks is trying to force a seperation but Love has the dominant position.
Love scores with a hook to the body.
Love will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brooks up against the cage.#BC#
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice takedown defense from Brooks. No joy for Love on that attempt. #CL2#
Brooks clinches with his opponent.
Brooks is looking for a takedown.
Brooks stalling in the clinch but Love improves position. #TD#
Love manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Brooks sitting in guard here, content to control.
Let's hope that Brooks 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.#T4#
Love is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Brooks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now. #SUB#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Love escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brooks gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Brooks with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB#
Love has his foot on Brooks's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brooks works his way back into a safe position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chad Love will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Brooks or perhaps it was just good defense by Love, which made it look bad.
Love shoots in but Brooks avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Love misses with a double jab.
Brooks misses with a takedown attempt - Love sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chad Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Brooks.#CL2#
Brooks gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks being controlled against the cage.
A hook to the body from Brooks.
#T1##BC2#
Brooks breaks the clinch.
#TD#
Brooks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Love to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Brooks working a defensive guard here.
Brooks is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Brooks wants to stand and escape but Love is having none of it. #SUB2#
Brooks has his feet on Love's thighs here. He's pushed Love off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Love screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny Brooks! |
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Event:
HERO
Date: Mar 07, 2021 |
#R1#
Love misses with a series of wild punches.
Love changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burns tries to avoid it but Love manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burns to the ground. Burns escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. #CL2#
Burns moves into the clinch.
Burns dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Burns scores with a shot to the side of Love's head. #TD2#
Burns drags the fight down to the ground.
Love is looking to stand up but Burns won't let him.
Burns trying to keep a closed guard but Love is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love controls from within his opponent's guard.
Love stops Burns from standing up. #T1#
Burns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Burns is controlling Love's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns controls Love momentarily but Love frees himself.
Love tries to free his leg and advance position but Burns is retaining full guard. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#CL2#
Burns closes the distance and clinches. #BC#
Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#TD2#
Burns darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Love wants to get back to full guard but Burns has passed into side control.#T2#
Burns is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Love will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Love wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
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 takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Love manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Burns trying to hold on to Love's head to control him but Love postures up.
#SUB2#
Burns looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T3#
Love prevents Burns from improving his position.#SUB#
Love is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Love prevents Burns from improving his position.
Love lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Burns is looking to control Love's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burns avoid being mounted?#T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Love not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Burns pushes Love off but Love dives into side control.
Burns sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Love is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Love wants to work for an arm triangle but Burns is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns taking some punishment here, with Love in his half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Steve Burns will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
Love defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Burns.#CL2#
Burns drives through and clinches with Love against the cage.
#TD2#
Burns has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Love uses from the top position.
Burns is trying to control the position but Love postures up.
Burns wants to sweep here but Love controlling him for the moment.
Burns is adopting a defensive guard.
Burns trying to keep a closed guard but Love is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom. #T1#
Love wanted to stand there but Burns had control of the position.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Chad Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Love wants to stand but Burns has a closed guard, so he can't escape. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burns steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Love.
Burns keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Burns tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burns fails in his attempt to clinch. #TD2#
Burns darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.#T2#
Burns is nestled in close to Love, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.#SUB2#
Burns is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Love avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burns.
Burns prevents Love from standing back up.
Burns not doing much here.
It looks like Burns is going to stand back up.
#T3#
Love wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burns with the inside leg kick.
Love is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burns sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burns throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Love is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Burns.#TD#
Love closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Love lands in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. #T4#
Burns working a defensive guard here.
Love won't allow Burns to sweep him here.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burns has control of Love's left arm, preventing Love from doing any damage. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Burns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!#R3#
Love tries to clinch there but Burns circles away.
#TD#
Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Burns has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Love off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. #CL2#
Burns moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Burns manages to break the clinch.
#TD2#
Burns closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Love quickly recovers to half guard.
Love makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Burns moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Burns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.
Love misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
#TD#
Love closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Burns's guard.
Burns is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Love dives into side control.
#T1##REVB#
Love wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
Burns holding on.
A lull in the action here.#SUB#
Love is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Burns is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #T2#
Burns is looking for a sweep.#SU#
Love has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand. #TD2#
Burns closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Love quickly recovers to half guard.
Love throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
#SU2#
Burns stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Love to get to his feet.
Love is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
#CL2#
Love tries to keep at a distance but Burns has taken the fight into the clinch.#T3#
Burns tries to pull guard but Love forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Love is looking for a takedown.#TD2#
Burns has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Love regains guard immediately. #SUB#
Burns avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Burns tries to free his leg and advance position but Love is retaining full guard.
Love wants to sweep but no luck.
Burns passes into half guard. #T4#
Burns wants to stand up but Love is controlling the position.
Love is trying to maintain the position but Burns is very close to passing his half guard.
Love wants to get back to full guard.
Love is staying active underneath Burns, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Love has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burns is working away from the top position though.
Love wants to control the action here but instead Burns manages to pass to full mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Burns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burns has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Burns! |
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