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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Savkov (ranked 176 p4p, 25 weight class) and Heribert Bosch (ranked 87 p4p, 12 weight class). Bosch has chosen Oktoberfest as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Savkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Heribert Bosch!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bosch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pavel Savkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bosch misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Savkov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Savkov misses with a wild combination.
Bosch clobbers Savkov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've been hearing reports that Savkov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bosch just misses with a punch to the body.
Bosch has managed to clinch.
Bosch misses with a punch to the body.
Savkov is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bosch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bosch slips a straight right by Savkov.
Bosch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savkov throws out the jab.
Savkov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bosch's waist but Bosch gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Savkov off to one side.
Bosch misses with a kick to the body.
Bosch lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savkov moves out of range of the leg kick from Bosch.
Bosch misses with an uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Bosch as Savkov shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pavel Savkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bosch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Savkov.
Bosch moves out of range of the strikes.
Savkov blocks a head kick by Bosch.
Bosch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Savkov misses the jab.
Savkov misses the body punch
and Bosch counters with a stiff right hand.
Heribert Bosch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bosch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Savkov.
Savkov misses the jab.
Savkov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Savkov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bosch in his tracks.
Savkov throws an off balance right hand
and Bosch counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savkov misses with a looping left.
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!
Savkov works over Bosch's head and body with a nice combination.
Savkov throws a hook to the side of Bosch's head but Bosch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bosch is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Savkov with a body shot.
Savkov lands a jab to the head.
Savkov darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Savkov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Savkov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bosch's head.
Savkov is trying to control the action in half guard but Bosch is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bosch moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Savkov trying to control but Bosch is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savkov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bosch is keeping the position for now.
Savkov throwing strikes from guard but Bosch blocks nicely.
Savkov being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savkov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bosch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Savkov throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Savkov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Savkov trying to control but Bosch is working from the bottom.
Savkov won't allow Bosch to sweep him here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Savkov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boschs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bosch leaves Savkov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bosch throws a jab but it's blocked by Savkov.
Savkov darts in and clinches Bosch up against the cage.
Bosch tries a body shot but Savkov blocks it.
Bosch cracks Savkov with a nice body shot.
Bosch lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bosch fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pavel Savkov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Savkov lands a head shot.
Savkov throws a jab when Bosch was well out of range.
Savkov fails with a takedown attempt.
Savkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Bosch throws out a counter right but Savkov avoids it with no problem.
Savkov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bosch counters with a good low kick that Savkov was not able to check.
Savkov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bosch can do to turn this around?
Savkov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bosch slips under a jab.
Bosch follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Savkov. Those never looked like landing.
Savkov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bosch is fending him off so far but Savkov persists. Nope, Bosch circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Bosch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bosch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Savkov, as that shot connected.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bosch moves out of range as Savkov strikes.
Savkov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bosch catches Savkov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savkov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bosch defends well and Savkov ends up having to push Bosch into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pavel Savkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bosch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Savkov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Savkov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bosch counters with a stiff right hand.
Bosch takes a jab right on the kisser.
No luck for Savkov with that takedown attempt.
Bosch scores with a decent looking hook.
Savkov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bosch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Savkov is out of range and Bosch settles back down.
Savkov misses with a shot to the body
and Bosch counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bosch has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bosch there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savkov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bosch defends it nicely.
Bosch was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pavel Savkov is winning the standup battle so far.
Savkov ducks under a wild hook from Bosch.
Savkov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savkov tries to clinch but Bosch is having none of it.
Bosch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A lazy left from Savkov finds it's target.
Savkov scores with a jab to the head.
Savkov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Savkov is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Savkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bosch scores with a spinning back kick!
Bosch walks into a stiff left hand from Savkov.
Bosch drives through and clinches with Savkov against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savkov tries to score a body lock takedown but Bosch shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Savkov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bosch prevents it.
Bosch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Savkov throws a right and a left that Bosch avoids nicely.
Savkov lands the left hand.
Bosch takes a jab right on the kisser.
Savkov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Savkov rushes Bosch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bosch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bosch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Savkov backwards.
Good body shot from Bosch.
Bosch misses with a punch on the inside.
Bosch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Savkov wants a takedown.
Savkov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bosch has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Savkov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bosch can turn it around.
A nice left hand lands by Bosch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosch lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Savkov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bosch tries to work over Savkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savkov is looking for a takedown.
Bosch pushes Savkov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Savkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Savkov misses with an elbow strike.
Bosch lands an uppercut.
Heribert Bosch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bosch can't find room to land a body shot as Savkov controls the action.
Bosch lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Bosch.
Savkov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bosch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bosch pushes Savkov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Savkov has Bosch pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bosch manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bosch scores with a nice hook to the head.
Savkov is rocked!
Bosch presses Savkov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oh Savkov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bosch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savkov's elbow.
Bosch lands a body shot.
A short left from Bosch.
Savkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heribert Bosch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Bosch misses the shot to the body.
Bosch sends Savkov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bosch is motioning to the referee to let Savkov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Savkov shoots in but no luck this time.
Bosch knocks out Savkov with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Bosch before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Bosch picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Heribert Bosch!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Heribert Bosch waved his t-shirt featuring Reaper Combatwear's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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