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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heribert Bosch (ranked 101 p4p, 12 weight class) and Jan Kriel (ranked 602 p4p, 77 weight class). Bosch comes to the cage accompanied by Oktoberfest. Kriel has chosen Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Heribert Bosch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Bosch lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kriel doesn't seem phased though.
Bosch stuns Kriel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bosch swings for the body but Kriel moves out of range.
Kriel lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kriel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bosch ducks under a wild hook from Kriel.
Bosch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bosch lands a right hook to the body.
Bosch is looking to wear down Kriel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bosch tries a head kick but it misses.
Bosch lands with a nice body punch.
Bosch looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bosch tries a low kick but Kriel avoids it.
Bosch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kriel.
Bosch cracks Kriel with an open hand slap.
Bosch connects with a looping right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bosch goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kriel. Bosch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bosch scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kriel under the eye.
Kriel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bosch is out of range.
Bosch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bosch takes a swing at Kriel's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Bosch is predictable there
and Kriel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kriel slips a straight right by Bosch.
Kriel throws a jab when Bosch was well out of range.
Kriel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bosch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kriel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Kriel.
Kriel tries a head kick but it misses.
Bosch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bosch lands with a straight right. Kriel didn't see that one coming.
Bosch moves out of range of the strikes.
Bosch misses with an uppercut. Kriel saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kriel works Bosch's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel misses with a head kick.
Bosch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kriel. That did some damage!
Crunch! Bosch slams his shin into Kriel's torso.
Bosch throws a body punch but Kriel moves out of range.
Kriel flicks out a counter leg kick but Bosch steps away.
Kriel needs to keep his hands up - Bosch had a free shot at his head there.
Kriel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kriel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bosch throws out the jab.
Kriel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bosch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bosch swings for the body but Kriel moves out of range.
Kriel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bosch.
Bosch slips under a jab.
Bosch throws a jab when Kriel was well out of range.
Kriel let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bosch throws a right hand that misses
and Kriel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Bosch there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bosch finds it's way round the side to connect with Kriel's head.
Bosch throws a poor cross that misses
and Kriel counters with a good low kick that Bosch was not able to check.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kriel moves away.
Bosch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kriel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kriel is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Heribert Bosch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosch scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Bosch finds it's way through Kriel's defenses.
Kriel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bosch.
Kriel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bosch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kriel manages to avoid it.
Bosch throws a shot to the body.
Bosch swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bosch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kriel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bosch fakes the leg kick and cracks Kriel in the body.
Nice defenses there by Kriel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Bosch misses.
Kriel raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bosch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kriel moves out of range of the body kick.
Kriel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bosch looks to land a left hand but Kriel moved out of range nicely.
Bosch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kriel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kriel is looking for the big counter here.
Bosch swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kriel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bosch scores with a jab. Kriel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kriel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kriel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Good work by Kriel as he checks the leg kick.
Bosch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bosch with a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bosch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosch just misses with a punch to the body.
Bosch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kriel in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heribert Bosch dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kriel misses with a low kick.
Bosch misses with an uppercut.
Heribert Bosch is winning the standup battle so far.
Bosch thumps Kriel with a low kick.
Bosch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kriel.
Bosch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bosch lands a body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kriel might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bosch has got the better of the exchanges.
Bosch scores with a sloppy right hand. Kriel should have avoided that one.
Kriel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kriel blocks the body kick.
Bosch cracks a nice hook into Kriel's ribs.
Bosch has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosch throws an off balance right hand
and Bosch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bosch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bosch tried to score with a low kick but Kriel checks it.
Bosch chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kriel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch throws a body punch but Kriel moves out of range.
Bosch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kriel misses with a series of wild punches.
Bosch tries a head kick but it misses.
Bosch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kriel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bosch bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bosch scores with a jab.
Bosch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kriel manages to avoid it.
Kriel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bosch connects with a body shot that sends Kriel's belly button to the back.
Bosch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kriel manages to avoid it.
Bosch tests Kriel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bosch loads up on a big right hand but Kriel slips the punch.
Bosch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kriel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Bosch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bosch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kriel doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kriel swinging wildly here.
Bosch thuds a left hand into Kriel's body.
Bosch connects with the punch.
Bosch does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bosch misses with a body shot
and Kriel counters with a right hand to the body.
Kriel staying out of range there.
Kriel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bosch clinches up against the cage.
Bosch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kriel tries a body shot but Bosch blocks it.
Kriel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bosch is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kriel throws an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Kriel.
A short right from Bosch.
Kriel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bosch is defending well for now.
Bosch throws a punch but it's blocked by Kriel.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kriel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bosch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kriel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bosch's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Bosch fails to land.
Kriel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bosch pushes Kriel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bosch struggles to land a body shot inside as Kriel controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Kriel.
A nice left hand lands by Kriel.
Kriel looking to throw knees to the head but Bosch is blocking nicely.
Bosch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosch prevents a body shot from Kriel.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bosch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bosch misses with a body shot.
Kriel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bosch lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kriel's sensitive parts.
Nice straight punches there by Bosch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bosch.
A jab from Bosch finds it's way through Kriel's defenses.
Kriel lands with a hook. Bosch tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bosch misses with a shot to the body
and Kriel counters with a nice uppercut.
Kriel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bosch thumps Kriel with a low kick.
Kriel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bosch to score with a decent uppercut.
Bosch misses with a wild body shot.
Kriel is looking for the big counter here.
Bosch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kriel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bosch throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Kriel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heribert Bosch dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bosch lands with a nice body kick.
Bosch swings for the body but Kriel moves out of range.
Bosch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kriel misses with a two punch combination.
Bosch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kriel on the side of the head.
Kriel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bosch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kriel manages to avoid it.
Kriel throws a jab but it's blocked by Bosch.
Bosch jabs Kriel right on the nose. Kriel blinks but takes it well.
Bosch just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kriel.
Kriel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bosch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kriel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bosch.
Bosch staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriel tries to move into range but Bosch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kriel checks a low kick from Bosch.
Bosch misses with an uppercut. Kriel saw that one coming.
Bosch lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bosch misses with a low kick.
Kriel flicks out a counter leg kick but Bosch steps away.
Kriel misses with a straight right.
Bosch misses with an uppercut. Kriel saw that one coming.
Bosch throws out a loose jab but Kriel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kriel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bosch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kriel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bosch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bosch lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bosch cracks Kriel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jan Kriel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosch connects with the punch.
Bosch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kriel can do to turn this around?
Bosch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kriel's head.
Bosch throws a shot from downtown. Kriel moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bosch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kriel manages to avoid it.
Bosch cracks Kriel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kriel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bosch moves away.
Bosch tries to work over Kriel's front leg with a kick but Kriel checks it.
Bosch tries to land a front kick but Kriel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kriel defending well as Bosch loads up on a big left hand.
Kriel tries a quick counter leg kick but Bosch is wise to it.
Bosch misses with a looping left.
Kriel unleashes a big counter combination but Bosch bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bosch.
Kriel throws a hook but Bosch blocks it.
Kriel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kriel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bosch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch throws a head kick that Kriel semi-blocks.
Kriel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bosch throws a looping overhand right but Kriel ducks down to avoid it.
Kriel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bosch lands a nice hook to Kriel's body. Kriel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kriel was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
Kriel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bosch throws the kick towards the body but Kriel avoids it.
Bosch misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kriel counters with a big head kick but Bosch shrugs it off.
Bosch misses with a wild body shot.
Bosch lands a nice looking body shot.
Bosch cracks Kriel with an open hand slap.
Bosch misses the shot to the body.
Bosch throws a wild body kick that Kriel sees coming a mile off.
A little jabbing left from Kriel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bosch takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Bosch.
Kriel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bosch loads up on a big right hand but Kriel slips the punch.
Bosch throws a big shot that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bosch!
Bosch throws a shot from downtown. Kriel moves away and avoids it.
Kriel is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bosch with a body shot.
Kriel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bosch misses with a body kick.
Bosch works the jab nicely.
Bosch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bosch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Bosch misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heribert Bosch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bosch, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heribert Bosch!
Heribert Bosch gave a mention to Reaper Combatwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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