PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rip Snorten (ranked 527 p4p, 86 weight class) and Heribert Bosch (ranked 269 p4p, 39 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Snorten might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sound of Silence. Bosch has chosen Oktoberfest as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Snorten
vs
Bosch

180 cm
37
180 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

182 cm
34
175 lbs
35 - 13 - 1

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World class boxer
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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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Rip Snorten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Heribert Bosch!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bosch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bosch doesn't manage to clinch there - Snorten circles away.
Snorten was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bosch misses with a looping right.
Bosch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bosch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Snorten displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bosch throws out the jab.
Snorten throws a hook but Bosch blocks it.
Snorten checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Snorten looks to land a body kick but Bosch moved away.
Heribert Bosch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosch takes a swing at Snorten's ribcage but misses.
Snorten takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Bosch.
Snorten cracks Bosch with a right hand to the side of the head.
Snorten misses with a low kick.
Bosch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bosch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Snorten's head.
Snorten lands a really nice looking cross but Bosch seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snorten throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bosch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Snorten takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bosch misses with a kick to the body.
Snorten changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good work by Bosch as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorten misses with an uppercut.
Bosch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Snorten. That did some damage!
Bosch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snorten.
Bosch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Snorten ducks under a wild hook from Bosch.
Bosch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Heribert Bosch has been cut.
Bosch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bosch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Snorten.
Bosch pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crunch! Snorten slams his shin into Bosch's torso.
Bosch throws a big shot that misses.
Bosch keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Snorten works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bosch fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Snorten.
Bosch throws a shot from downtown. Snorten moves away and avoids it.
Snorten looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bosch is fending him off so far but Snorten persists. Nope, Bosch circles away and we're back to standing.
Snorten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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!
Snorten throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bosch lands with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Snorten misses its intended target.
Bosch tries to clinch but Snorten is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosch wants to clinch up but Snorten keeps it at a distance.
Bosch lands a nice shot to the body.
Bosch lands with a shot to the body.
Snorten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bosch.
Bosch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've been hearing reports that Snorten has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bosch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Snorten takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bosch misses with a hook
and Snorten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bosch thinking.
Snorten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bosch.
Bosch sizes up Snorten with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bosch takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Snorten walks into a left hand.
Snorten tries to bum rush Bosch with a series of wild strikes but Bosch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Snorten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Snorten tries a low kick but Bosch avoids it.
Bosch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Snorten.
Bosch scores with a sloppy right hand. Snorten should have avoided that one.
The fighters circling - Snorten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snorten cracks Bosch with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Snorten. Bosch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snorten moves away.
Bosch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snorten moves away.
Snorten takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Snorten takes a swing at Bosch's ribcage but misses.
Bosch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Snorten scores with a body shot.
Snorten tries a low kick but Bosch avoids it.
Heribert Bosch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bosch gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Snorten lands with a short shot to the head.
Bosch is pressed up against the cage. Snorten has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bosch down to the mat. Bosch avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Snorten lands with a good body shot.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Snorten was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
Snorten tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bosch manages to circle out of the way.
Snorten takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
Snorten cracks Bosch with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bosch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Snorten circles away quickly and effectively.
Snorten attempts a counter takedown but Bosch avoids it well and moves away.
Bosch misses with a leg kick.
Snorten works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bosch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bosch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bosch misses with a low kick.
Snorten uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bosch has time to react.
Snorten moves out of range of the strikes.
Snorten stuns Bosch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Snorten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bosch.
A swing and a miss from Snorten.
Snorten throws a leg kick but Bosch sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bosch slips a straight right by Snorten.
Bosch walks into a left hand.
Snorten slips under a jab.
Bosch connects with a body shot.
Snorten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bosch. That did some damage!
Snorten misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosch slips a jab from Snorten.
Snorten takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Snorten throws the kick towards the body but Bosch avoids it.
Bosch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bosch connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rip Snorten will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Heribert Bosch's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bosch just misses with a punch to the body.
Snorten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Snorten is looking to score with low kicks.
A lazy left from Snorten finds it's target.
Snorten looks to throw the jab but Bosch is out of range.
Snorten throws a wild body kick that Bosch sees coming a mile off.
Bosch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Snorten takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Snorten throws a body shot but no joy.
Bosch throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Snorten looks to land a right hand but Bosch moved out of range.
A good leg kick by Bosch.
Bosch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Snorten takes a swing at Bosch's ribcage but misses.
Bosch swings for the body but Snorten moves out of range.
Bosch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Snorten.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bosch misses with a body shot.
Snorten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bosch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Snorten.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorten lands a nice shot to the body.
Snorten slips under a jab.
Jab by Snorten.
Nice body punch from Bosch.
Bosch swings for the body but Snorten moves out of range.
Bosch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Snorten.
Snorten throws a series of punches but Bosch avoids them all with ease.
Snorten avoids the body shot from Bosch.
Snorten jabbing away but nothing is landing.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Snorten gets tackled into the cage by Bosch. Bosch maintains the clinch.
Bosch working aggressively here.
Bosch working aggressively here.
Bosch misses with a punch on the inside.
Snorten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Snorten lands a takedown into guard.
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!
Snorten looking to sit in guard and control but Bosch gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Snorten can't keep his opponent in guard - Bosch advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorten tries to get to full guard but Bosch has control of the leg.
Snorten gets back to full guard.
Bosch wants to control from the top but Snorten keeps moving.
Snorten wants to sweep but no luck.
Snorten is looking to sweep but instead, Bosch has passed into half guard.
Snorten tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bosch has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snorten manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Snorten is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bosch jumps into side control!
Snorten tries to buck Bosch off but Bosch is having none of it.
Bosch controls the position.
Snorten tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bosch wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Snorten is trying to escape the position but Bosch is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bosch trying to control the position but Snorten is working away.
Snorten is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Well, if Bosch is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bosch blocks the strikes from Snorten.
Snorten wants to get back to full guard but Bosch has passed into side control.
Snorten is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Heribert Bosch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Heribert Bosch's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bosch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Snorten is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Snorten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bosch.
Snorten is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bosch.
Snorten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bosch.
Snorten seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bosch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Snorten checks a low kick from Bosch.
Bosch misses the shot to the body.
Snorten throwing a counter right hand but Bosch manages to avoid it.
Snorten takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Snorten scores with a shot to the body.
Snorten fails to land with a series of punches.
Bosch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snorten.
A head kick from Bosch lands but Snorten takes it in his stride.
Snorten throws a low kick, looking for Bosch's leg but Bosch calmly moves out of range.
Bosch moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bosch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rip Snorten is winning the standup battle so far.
Bosch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snorten jabs Bosch right on the nose. Bosch blinks but takes it well.
Bosch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bosch works Snorten's body with a nice hook.
Bosch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bosch misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Snorten displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bosch throws out the jab.
Snorten throws the kick towards the body but Bosch avoids it.
Bosch takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Snorten will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bosch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Snorten.
Snorten scores with the left hand. Bosch knows he should have avoided that one.
Bosch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Snorten's calf.
Snorten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bosch was well out of range. Poor timing from Snorten.
Snorten throws a right hand that Bosch ducks under and follows up with a left that Bosch also avoids with ease.
Bosch throws out a counter right but Snorten avoids it with no problem.
Bosch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Snorten.
Snorten throws a series of punches but Bosch avoids them all with ease.
A lazy left from Bosch finds it's target.
Bosch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bosch works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bosch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Snorten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bosch throws out a counter right but Snorten avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorten connects with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bosch. That's going to slow Snorten down.
Bosch looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bosch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Snorten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bosch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bosch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bosch looks to throw the jab but Snorten is out of range.
Snorten throws a body punch but Bosch moves out of range.
Bosch wants to land a leg kick but Snorten is out of range.
Nice shot lands for Bosch.

Bosch clinches.

Snorten works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Snorten trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bosch keeping moving, preventing Snorten from controlling successfully.
Snorten wants to pass the guard but Bosch is keeping the position.
Snorten wants to control from the top but Bosch keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Snorten controls the pace.
Bosch managing to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bosch thows a body kick. Snorten tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Snorten takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
That kick from Bosch tenderised Snorten's leg. Snorten is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bosch avoids the body shot from Snorten.
Bosch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snorten manages to avoid it.
Bosch scores with a sloppy right hand. Snorten should have avoided that one.
Bosch throws a lazy right hand but Snorten sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Snorten throws a body punch but Bosch moves out of range.
Snorten misses with a looping right.
Bosch throws a shot from downtown. Snorten moves away and avoids it.
Bosch moves away from the strike by Snorten.
Bosch scores with a jab to the head.
Bosch scores with a push kick.
Bosch thows a body kick. Snorten tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Snorten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bosch.
Snorten has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Snorten there as he acknowledges the shot.
Snorten on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Snorten.
Bosch scores with a jab to the body.
Bosch lands an overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heribert Bosch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bosch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.