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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Conor Heatrt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 cm
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133 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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177 cm
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137 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Conor Heatrt! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Love! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Heatrt feints and as Love raises his hands in defense, Heatrt changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Love looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Heatrt drops back looking for a leg! Love is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Love manages to kick Heatrt off! Heatrt jumps back into Love's guard. Heatrt has gone for a leg lock! Love slips out almost immediately though and dives into Heatrt's guard. Love trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Love is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Love got a little sloppy there for a moment and Heatrt has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Love has managed to get both his arms back between Heatrt's legs - danger averted. Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Heatrt working for a triangle but Love defends it easily.
Heatrt is looking for a triangle but Love pushes his legs off easily.
Love stopping the sweep attempt from Heatrt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love slips nicely into half guard. Love prevents Heatrt from improving his position. Heatrt actively working from the bottom here. Love wants to control but Heatrt is keeping him busy. Heatrt actively working from the bottom here. Love working the head and body with strikes. Heatrt is trying to get back to full guard. Love is controlling the pace.
Love tries to pass to full mount but Heatrt defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Love in particular looking to stall. Love wants to control but Heatrt is keeping him busy. Love might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Heatrt kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dan Love has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet. Heatrt looking to score a takedown here. Love is defending well but Heatrt drives through and ends up in Love's guard. Heatrt drops back looking for a leg! Love is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Love manages to kick Heatrt off! Heatrt jumps back into Love's guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Heatrt stands and throws Love's legs to the side, diving into side control. Heatrt thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Love is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Heatrt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Love has escaped the position, nice work there. Love wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done! Love is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first. Love prevents Heatrt from improving position. Heatrt thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Heatrt wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Love, who protects the arm well. Love bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet! Heatrt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Love to the ground. Heatrt is now in Love's guard. Love wants to stand and escape but Heatrt is having none of it. Heatrt drops back looking for a leg! Love is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Love manages to kick Heatrt off! Heatrt jumps back into Love's guard. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Love wants to stand up but Heatrt is controlling him. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conor Heatrt dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Heatrt. Love misses with a takedown attempt and Heatrt counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Heatrt is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Love sees it coming and defends easily. Love is looking to escape. Heatrt is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Love doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Heatrt. Heatrt is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Heatrt seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love looks like he's trying to stand up.
Heatrt is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Love is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Conor Heatrt!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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