PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heribert Bosch (ranked 487 p4p, 83 weight class) and Mat Diaz (ranked 996 p4p, 154 weight class). Bosch comes to the cage accompanied by Oktoberfest. Diaz has chosen I Got Five On It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Heribert Bosch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mat Diaz's chin.

Bosch
vs
Diaz

182 cm
26
175 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

180 cm
27
184 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Aspire Nutrition
Reaper Combatwear

Project Mayhem

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 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Heribert Bosch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mat Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Bosch swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Bosch wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Bosch looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bosch as he avoids it easily.
Diaz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Diaz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Bosch's ribs.
Diaz closes the distance and clinches up with Bosch, looking for a takedown. Diaz pushes Bosch against the cage but Bosch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bosch walks into a jab.

Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Bosch can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Diaz controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diaz manages to get himself to full guard.

Diaz working for a triangle but Bosch defends it easily.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Diaz wants to improve his position but instead Bosch has moved into half guard.
Bosch tries to stand and escape but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bosch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Diaz lands strikes from half guard.
Diaz is controlling the pace.
Diaz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bosch wants to get back to his feet.
Diaz 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz prevents Bosch from improving his position.
Diaz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diaz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz looks to land a strike but Bosch avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Diaz is in close to Bosch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diaz scoring with some ground and pound.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Diaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz trying to control but Bosch is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Diaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz works over Bosch with some ground and pound from guard.
Diaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz is looking to pass into half guard but Bosch pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bosch is in guard.

Bosch stands up from Diaz's guard - Bosch perhaps looking for a knockout.
Good standup being displayed there by Diaz as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mat Diaz 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.

A punch combination from Diaz misses.

It looks like Heribert Bosch has been cut.
Diaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Bosch avoids it well.
Bosch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bosch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diaz's head backwards.
Bosch scores with a nice head shot.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
Mat Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.

Bosch clinches up with Diaz and pushes him back against the cage.
Bosch tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Bosch fails to land.
Bosch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bosch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bosch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bosch struggles to land a body shot inside as Diaz controls his hands.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bosch misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch tries a body shot but Diaz blocks it.
A short left from Bosch.
Bosch is pressed up against the cage. Diaz 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bosch. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz 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 Diaz off to one side.
Bosch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diaz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bosch to score with a decent uppercut.
Diaz defending well as Bosch loads up on a big left hand.
Diaz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Diaz misses with a shot to the body
and Bosch makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Diaz really felt that one!
Bosch getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bosch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Diaz is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bosch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Bosch finish him?
Bosch drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Diaz right on the button. Diaz goes down! Bosch follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Bosch gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heribert Bosch!
An out of breath and clearly excited Heribert Bosch thanked Reaper Combatwear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).