Snapshot of the Day: Tony Hervey and Takanori Gomi
by Chris Nelson on Oct 30, 2009 1:04 PM EDT
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Tony Hervey sits in his corner while Takanori Gomi is tended to between rounds three and four of their five-round battle at Vale Tudo Japan '09. In a fight which each man came close to ending - Hervey with punches, Gomi with an armbar - the judges awarded Gomi a unanimous decision via the unusual scores of 47-45, 46-45 and 46-44.
Sources inform Bloody Elbow that Gomi was unable to conduct post-fight interviews due to "exhaustion," and may have been taken to the hospital with a rib injury.
Full VTJ '09 results can be found here. Photo by T.Sakuma for Sportsnavi.
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Haven't seen the fight yet,
but from all accounts, Gomi gassed out hard before the championship rounds. He almost ended it with an armbar at one point; Hervey was saved by the bell. But Gomi was definitely the more banged up of the two at the end of 25 minutes.
by Chris Nelson on Oct 30, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t gomi say bj knew he could knock him out??? I think gomi would take a similar path as crocop if he came into the ufc
by yin hsiung on Oct 30, 2009 1:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I really hope Gomi can get back to his old self, every time I see a story about him I just get depressed lately.
The mat is my church, the ground is my heaven, Jiu-Jitsu is my religion. And once you hit the ground you're in my world. My world is like the ocean, I’m like a shark and most people don't even know how to swim - Draculino
SportsNavi kinda sucks now
Pictures for the top fights only? I want pictures of Mamoru’s fro, damnit.
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Thank god for GBring!
They didn’t have squat up when I checkedt his morning, guess it just took them a while.
MAMORU FRO!~!
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Apparently Gomi’s surprise was that he was going to challenge Masato at Dynamite, but since he wasn’t happy with his fight he didn’t follow through on the challenge. I read that at Japan-mma blog.
I don’t think Masato would take that fight anyway, Petrosyan won MAX and obviously is the biggest test for Masato to face in his retirement fight.
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