Snapshot of the Day: Tony Hervey and Takanori Gomi

by Chris Nelson on Oct 30, 2009 1:04 PM EDT in News Comment 15 comments

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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How did Gomi look?

by Luke Thomas on Oct 30, 2009 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

Does anyone know if the decision was a legit one? Controversial? Sounds and looks like Gomi got worked over pretty good.

Forward Ever, Backward Never...

by Tony NJ on Oct 30, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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

by AboveThisFire on Oct 30, 2009 1:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

SportsNavi kinda sucks now

Pictures for the top fights only? I want pictures of Mamoru’s fro, damnit.

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by D.W. on Oct 30, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

GBRing has some awesome pics up.

http://www.gbring.com/sokuho/result/result2009_10/1030_shooto.htm

by Chris Nelson on Oct 30, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fuck yeah fro

by Tonley on Oct 30, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Oct 30, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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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by D.W. on Oct 30, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

looks like my uncle papo.

by Dav11 on Oct 30, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dragonball!

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by Anton Tabuena on Oct 30, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by meyer1244 on Oct 30, 2009 3:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs