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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Murphy (ranked 32 p4p, 4 weight class) and Heribert Bosch (ranked 54 p4p, 6 weight class). Bosch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Oktoberfest. Heribert Bosch has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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12 - 2 - 1 |
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobias Murphy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Heribert Bosch!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy doesn't manage to clinch there - Bosch circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bosch, right into the meat.
Bosch misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy moves out of range as Bosch strikes.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Bosch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
Murphy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bosch.
Bosch misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bosch. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bosch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bosch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Bosch wants to land a leg kick but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Murphy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Bosch saw that one coming.
Bosch tests Murphy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murphy lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bosch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
Bosch let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bosch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Bosch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bosch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bosch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An inside leg kick from Murphy misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Bosch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
Murphy throws a low kick but Bosch avoids it.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Bosch throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Murphy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Bosch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Bosch moved away.
Murphy with a jab.
Murphy defending well as Bosch loads up on a big left hand.
Bosch misses with a kick to the body.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bosch.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bosch.
Bosch throws a body shot but no joy.
Bosch throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bosch. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bosch cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bosch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Bosch off balance momentarily.
Bosch punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
Bosch loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bosch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bosch misses with a wild body shot.
Bosch tries to work over Murphy's front leg with a kick but Murphy checks it.
Bosch digs a good body shot into Murphy's ribs.
Murphy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murphy moves out of range as Bosch throws a body kick.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bosch.
Bosch misses with a straight left.
As Bosch tries to get set, Murphy tries to push him back and clinch up but Bosch manages to avoid the attempt.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bosch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Bosch moved out of range nicely.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bosch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Murphy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Bosch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bosch.
Bosch works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Bosch tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bosch struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bosch.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Bosch.
Bosch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Bosch controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Bosch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Bosch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bosch struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosch lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Bosch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bosch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Bosch throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Bosch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bosch misses with a punch on the inside.
Bosch blocks an uppercut.
Bosch lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Bosch.
Bosch tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Bosch back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bosch fails to land.
Bosch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Bosch pushes Murphy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bosch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bosch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bosch misses with the head strike.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heribert Bosch dominated that round.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bosch throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy misses with a hook. Bosch ducked under it nicely.
Bosch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Bosch throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Bosch throws a head kick that Murphy semi-blocks.
Bosch finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bosch throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bosch throws a good cross that connects.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
Bosch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Murphy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bosch.
Bosch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bosch cracks a nice hook into Murphy's ribs.
Murphy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosch misses the shot to the body.
Bosch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bosch blocks a leg kick.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Murphy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A low kick from Bosch misses
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Bosch takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
Bosch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murphy.
Bosch scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bosch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy connects with a crisp jab.
Bosch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy moves out of range of the leg kick from Bosch.
Murphy walks into a left hand.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
Bosch scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big left from Bosch misses.
Bosch throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murphy moves out of range as Bosch throws a body kick.
Murphy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bosch tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Heribert Bosch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bosch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosch throws a leg kick but Murphy checks it.
Bosch misses with a low kick.
Bosch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bosch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bosch is out of range and Murphy settles back down.
Bosch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Bosch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bosch throws the kick towards the body but Murphy avoids it.
Bosch looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bosch throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy connects with a jab.
Bosch throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Bosch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bosch looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy misses with a kick to the body.
Murphy misses the jab.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch connects with the punch.
Bosch throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murphy misses with a leg kick
and Bosch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bosch slips under a jab from Murphy.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy tries to land a leg kick but Bosch saw it coming and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Bosch.
And Murphy counters with a quick kick to the body but Bosch blocks it.
Murphy throws a front kick aimed at Bosch's knee but Bosch avoids it well.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Bosch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Bosch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bosch.
Bosch tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Bosch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bosch scores with a push kick.
Heribert Bosch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosch slips under a jab from Murphy.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murphy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bosch on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bosch throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bosch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Bosch's body. Bosch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bosch counters with a straight right hand.
Bosch throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy connects with a body shot that sends Bosch's belly button to the back.
Bosch lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bosch throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
Bosch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy throws a low kick but Bosch moves out of range easily.
Bosch lands a jab to the head.
Murphy throws the left hand but Bosch avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosch defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Bosch slips a straight right by Murphy.
Bosch misses with a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bosch.
Bosch 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.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Murphy throws a hook but Bosch avoids it easily.
Bosch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bosch.
Bosch misses with a kick to the body.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Bosch checks it.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
A lazy body kick from Bosch
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Bosch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bosch misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy lands a body punch.
Bosch misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bosch's elbow.
Bosch lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bosch's elbow.
Bosch misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bosch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bosch.
A short body shot lands from Murphy as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Bosch.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Bosch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bosch.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
Murphy digs a right hand into Bosch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bosch's gas tank.
Bosch has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murphy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bosch can turn it around.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Bosch breaks from the clinch.
Bosch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bosch takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bosch throws a leg kick that misses.
Bosch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bosch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Murphy swings for the body but Bosch moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Bosch on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bosch walks forward, straight into a front kick from Murphy.
That's two 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 throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy cracks Bosch with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bosch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bosch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bosch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bosch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bosch is looking to chop away at Murphy's legs.
Bosch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bosch misses the shot to the body.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bosch.
Murphy clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bosch fails to land.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bosch backwards.
Bosch digs a right hand underneath Murphy's ribcage. Murphy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bosch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bosch swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Murphy.
Heribert Bosch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch blocks an uppercut.
Murphy tries to work over Bosch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Bosch working aggressively here.
Bosch has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Bosch working aggressively here.
Bosch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bosch tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Bosch manages to break the clinch.
Good work by Murphy as he checks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Bosch misses its intended target.
Murphy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bosch.
Bosch checks a leg kick.
Bosch is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bosch.
Bosch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murphy takes a swing at Bosch's ribcage but misses.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
Murphy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bosch is just out of range.
Bosch lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Bosch misses.
Murphy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bosch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bosch misses with a straight right.
Bosch is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Bosch misses its intended target.
Murphy scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Bosch throws a low kick but Murphy moves out of range easily.
Bosch lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bosch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Tobias Murphy did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Bosch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bosch is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murphy moves out of range of the leg kick from Bosch.
Murphy throws a poor cross that misses
and Bosch counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bosch scores with a jab. Murphy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy takes one to the chin there.
Bosch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murphy wants to slow Bosch down by chopping away at his legs.
Bosch feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Murphy throws a front kick aimed at Bosch's knee but Bosch avoids it well.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bosch lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bosch misses with a wild body shot.
Bosch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Bosch throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bosch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murphy takes a swing at Bosch's ribcage but misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.
Murphy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy walks into a stiff left hand from Bosch.
Bosch throws a head kick that misses
and Bosch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bosch has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murphy finds it's way round the side to connect with Bosch's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bosch.
Bosch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murphy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bosch ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Nice uppercut there from Bosch.
Bosch throws a body shot but no joy.
Bosch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murphy under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bosch misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Bosch lands a nice looking kick to the body. Murphy takes a step back to recover.
Bosch throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bosch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bosch doesn't seem bothered though.
Bosch moves out of range of the leg kick from Murphy.
Bosch moves out of range of the body kick.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bosch.
Murphy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bosch is able to avoid easily.
Bosch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bosch moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
It seemed like Bosch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murphy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bosch.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Bosch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bosch.
Bosch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A solid body kick from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Bosch throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Bosch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big left from Bosch misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch lands with an overhand left.
Murphy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
And Murphy counters with a quick kick to the body but Bosch blocks it.
Murphy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bosch throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy throws a hook but Bosch blocks it.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bosch moves away.
Bosch moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
Bosch scores with a shot to the body.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Murphy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bosch at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy swings for the body but Bosch moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Bosch thinks about the counter body kick.
Bosch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bosch lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murphy's sensitive parts.
Bosch drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bosch misses with a straight right.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bosch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Murphy thinks about countering with a body kick.
Murphy cracks Bosch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A punch lands to the side of Bosch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bosch.
Bosch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murphy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bosch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bosch is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Tobias Murphy will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Bosch paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy tries to work over Bosch's front leg with a kick but Bosch checks it.
Bosch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murphy's head backwards.
Bosch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Bosch moves away from the strike by Murphy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bosch! But no joy.
Bosch misses with a body shot.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Bosch's defenses.
Bosch misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a nice leg kick.
Bosch throws a leg kick
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bosch.
Murphy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bosch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bosch keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Bosch misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Bosch lands a head shot.
Murphy closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Bosch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Bosch.
Bosch tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bosch.
Murphy tries to work over Bosch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bosch lands a shot to the body.
Bosch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bosch lands a body shot.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Bosch.
Bosch misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick lands from Bosch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bosch. That's going to slow Murphy down.
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!
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Bosch.
Bosch tries to keep at a distance but Murphy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bosch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bosch swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bosch has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Bosch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Bosch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Bosch.
Bosch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bosch lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy tries a body shot but Bosch blocks it.
Bosch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Bosch.
Bosch tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Bosch.
Bosch manages to break the clinch.
Murphy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bosch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murphy throws a shot to the body.
Murphy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bosch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bosch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bosch throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Murphy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Murphy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murphy blocks a head kick by Bosch.
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 moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Bosch throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Murphy's head.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bosch.
Bosch takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Bosch throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Bosch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bosch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bosch takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bosch has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Murphy.
Bosch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bosch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bosch lands a nice shot that snaps Murphy's head back.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Bosch misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heribert Bosch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bosch has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 46:50
Judge William Peck scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heribert Bosch!
Heribert Bosch is the new welterweight champion!
Heribert Bosch took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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