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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garegin Balayan (ranked 69 p4p, 16 weight class) and Heribert Bosch (ranked 70 p4p, 17 weight class). Balayan comes to the cage accompanied by Troika. Bosch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Oktoberfest. Heribert Bosch is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Garegin Balayan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Heribert Bosch!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balayan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bosch has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Balayan swings for the body but Bosch moves out of range.
Bosch looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bosch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balayan was well out of range. Poor timing from Bosch.
Balayan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Balayan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bosch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balayan.
Bosch ducks under a wild hook from Balayan.
Bosch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bosch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bosch thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Balayan if he has to take too many more of those.
Bosch misses with a straight left.
Balayan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bosch moves out of range of the body kick.
Balayan misses with a straight left.
Balayan misses with an uppercut.
Bosch throws a jab when Balayan was well out of range.
Balayan takes a swing at Bosch's ribcage but misses.
Bosch feints and then cracks Balayan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balayan down.
Bosch throws a jab but it's blocked by Balayan.
A little feinted left hand from Balayan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bosch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Balayan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bosch lands with a nice body kick.
A big left from Balayan misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balayan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Balayan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bosch avoids the head kick by Balayan.
Balayan looks to throw the jab but Bosch is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosch goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Balayan throws a push kick but Bosch slaps the foot to one side.
Bosch tries a head kick but it misses.
Balayan is looking to land body kicks.
Bosch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bosch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Balayan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bosch feints and then cracks Balayan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balayan down.
Balayan misses with a looping right.
Crunch! Bosch slams his shin into Balayan's torso.
Balayan ducks under a wild hook from Bosch.
Balayan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Balayan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Balayan tries a low kick but Bosch avoids it.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Balayan throws a body punch but Bosch moves out of range.
Bosch throws a looping overhand right but Balayan ducks down to avoid it.
Balayan looks to land a combination but Bosch avoids it well.
Balayan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bosch. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bosch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosch moves out of range as Balayan throws a body kick.
Bosch only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Crunch! Bosch slams his shin into Balayan's torso.
Bosch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bosch throws a body kick that misses.
Balayan throws a shot from downtown. Bosch moves away and avoids it.
Bosch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bosch scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balayan doesn't seem bothered though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bosch.
Nice defenses there by Balayan.
Balayan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balayan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bosch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bosch misses with a low kick.
Bosch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Balayan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Balayan does it's job there.
Balayan is looking to score with low kicks.
Balayan throws a push kick but Bosch slaps the foot to one side.
Bosch misses with a double jab.
Balayan blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bosch.
A jab from Bosch misses.
Bosch checks a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bosch. Balayan shrugs it off though.
Bosch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bosch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balayan.
Balayan connects with an inside leg kick.
Bosch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bosch tries to keep at a distance but Balayan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Balayan struggles to land a body shot inside as Bosch controls his hands.
Bosch has a couple of punches blocked by Balayan.
Balayan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balayan blocking some punches.
Bosch lands a body punch.
Bosch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Bosch.
Bosch lands with a light punch inside.
Balayan misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Bosch.
Nice body punch from Bosch - that landed with a thud.
Balayan is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bosch.
Bosch lands a nice uppercut.
Balayan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bosch has a couple of punches blocked by Balayan.
A short uppercut from Bosch.
Bosch scores with a shoulder strike.
Bosch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bosch tries to work over Balayan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bosch blocks an uppercut.
Balayan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bosch digs a right hand underneath Balayan's ribcage. Balayan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bosch has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Balayan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bosch can turn it around.
Balayan scores with a shoulder strike.
Bosch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Bosch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bosch.
Balayan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bosch blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balayan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balayan misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Bosch.
Still in the clinch, Balayan scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heribert Bosch dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bosch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bosch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Balayan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balayan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bosch in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Balayan avoids the body shot from Bosch.
Bosch misses with an uppercut. Balayan saw that one coming.
It looked like Balayan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bosch misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Balayan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bosch.
Heribert Bosch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosch thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Bosch.
Balayan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Balayan misses the target.
Balayan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Balayan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bosch is able to avoid easily.
Bosch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosch lunges at Balayan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Balayan's hand.
Balayan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bosch lands a leg kick that knocks Balayan off balance momentarily.
Bosch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bosch scores with a jab. Balayan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bosch throws a wild body kick that Balayan sees coming a mile off.
Balayan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Bosch finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bosch slips under a jab from Balayan.
Balayan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Balayan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Balayan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bosch.
Bosch dips to his left and cracks Balayan with an uppercut!
Bosch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Balayan throws a shot from downtown. Bosch moves away and avoids it.
Balayan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bosch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bosch misses with a hook. Balayan ducked under it nicely.
Balayan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bosch lands a really nice looking cross but Balayan seems unphased.
Bosch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balayan.
Bosch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bosch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Balayan connects with a body shot that sends Bosch's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bosch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bosch closes the distance and clinches.
Balayan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Bosch.
Bosch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Bosch.
Balayan is working Bosch over against the cage.
Balayan tries to work over Bosch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Balayan lands with a left to the head.
Balayan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bosch struggles to land a body shot inside as Balayan controls his hands.
Bosch misses with some punches.
Balayan blocking some punches.
Bosch takes a shot to the head.
Bosch struggles to land a body shot inside as Balayan controls his hands.
Balayan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bosch breaks the clinch.
Balayan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Balayan throws a body shot but no joy.
Bosch throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Balayan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Balayan loads up on a big right hand but Bosch slips the punch.
Bosch is looking to land body kicks.
Heribert Bosch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balayan cracks the inside of Bosch's front leg.
Bosch scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Balayan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bosch doesn't seem phased though.
Bosch connects with the punch.
Bosch defending well as Balayan loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Bosch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Bosch slips under a jab from Balayan.
Bosch is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Balayan with a body shot.
Bosch takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bosch lands with an overhand left.
Bosch lands with a nice body punch.
Bosch scores with a decent looking hook.
Balayan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Bosch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bosch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Balayan lands with a nice body kick.
Bosch scores with a kick to the body.
Balayan avoids the body shot from Bosch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan punishes Bosch's body with a nice straight punch.
Balayan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bosch scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Balayan.
Balayan takes one to the chin there.
Bosch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bosch throws a leg kick
and Balayan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bosch cracks Balayan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bosch.
Bosch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bosch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Balayan lands an overhand right.
Balayan avoids the body shot from Bosch.
Balayan throwing a counter right hand but Bosch manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Balayan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosch throws a body kick that misses
and Balayan counters with a right hand to the body.
Bosch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Balayan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Balayan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bosch stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bosch checks a leg kick.
Bosch misses with a straight right.
Balayan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bosch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bosch connects with a body shot.
Bosch wants to clinch up but Balayan keeps it at a distance.
Bosch throws a solid leg kick but Balayan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bosch.
Balayan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bosch works the jab nicely.
Balayan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bosch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balayan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bosch with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Bosch misses the target.
Balayan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bosch's sensitive parts.
Bosch looks to throw the jab but Balayan is out of range.
Bosch just misses with a punch to the body.
Bosch slips under a jab from Balayan.
Bosch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Balayan throws the left hand but Bosch avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balayan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Balayan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bosch scores with a jab to the jaw.
Balayan motions for Bosch to come forward. Balayan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bosch misses with a looping left.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Balayan connects with a body shot that sends Bosch's belly button to the back.
Balayan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bosch swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Balayan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bosch digs a good body shot into Balayan's ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bosch.
An attempted straight right counter from Balayan misses the target.
Balayan misses with a straight right.
Bosch thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Bosch. Beautiful body shot.
A solid body kick from Bosch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bosch throws a low kick but Balayan avoids it.
Balayan half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan looks to throw the jab but Bosch is out of range.
Bosch throws a body punch but Balayan moves out of range.
A big right from Bosch misses.
Balayan checks a low kick from Bosch.
A quick step to the side and Balayan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balayan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bosch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Balayan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bosch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bosch throws a leg kick but Balayan moved away.
Bosch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bosch throws a low kick, looking for Balayan's leg but Balayan calmly moves out of range.
Bosch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Balayan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Bosch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balayan feints and then cracks Bosch's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bosch down.
Bosch missing with a left hand there. Balayan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Bosch.
Bosch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bosch takes a swing at Balayan's ribcage but misses.
Bosch lands a really nice looking cross but Balayan seems unphased.
Bosch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosch is looking to slow Balayan down with leg kicks.
A big right from Balayan misses.
Balayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Balayan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Bosch misses.
Balayan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bosch connects with a looping right hand.
Bosch throws a lazy body kick
and Bosch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balayan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bosch checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bosch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garegin Balayan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balayan moves forwards but Bosch connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Balayan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bosch - the referee stops the clock and Balayan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bosch. Balayan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Balayan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Balayan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balayan throws a hook to the side of Bosch's head but Bosch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bosch only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Balayan checks a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Balayan.
Bosch avoids the body shot from Balayan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bosch throws a front kick that sends Balayan stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Balayan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bosch scores with a nice head shot.
Balayan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Balayan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Balayan throws the kick towards the body but Bosch avoids it.
Bosch connects with an inside leg kick.
Bosch connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Balayan's hands.
Bosch lands a head shot.
Bosch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balayan.
Bosch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Balayan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bosch. That one must have hurt.
Bosch misses with a jab to the body
and Balayan counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheers as Bosch lands an impressive looking overhand right. Balayan doesn't seem phased though.
Balayan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bosch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Balayan walks into a jab.
Bosch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Balayan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Balayan throws the kick towards the body but Bosch avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Bosch on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heribert Bosch!
Heribert Bosch managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear, into his post fight interview.
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