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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostya Tszyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tszyu is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Till the End of Time. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Aldo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kostya Tszyu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tszyu checks a leg kick.
Tszyu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've been informed that Tszyu has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tszyu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Aldo tries a low kick but Tszyu avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Aldo.
Tszyu misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Tszyu.
Aldo cracks Tszyu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tszyu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aldo under the eye.
Tszyu avoids the body shot from Aldo.
Aldo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Aldo throws a body punch but Tszyu moves out of range.
Aldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tszyu lands with a kick to the temple. Aldo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo slips a jab and a cross from Tszyu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Aldo keeps Tszyu at a distance using the push kick.
Aldo thows a leg kick but Tszyu checks it
letting Tszyu counter with a right hand.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tszyu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Aldo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tszyu scrambles back to his feet.
Tszyu works over Aldo's head and body with a nice combination.
Aldo pushes Tszyu up against the cage in a clinch.
Tszyu misses with the head strike.
Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tszyu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Aldo is trying to maintain a safe position but Tszyu gets an underhook and turns Aldo into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tszyu.
Aldo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Aldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Aldo.
Tszyu cracks Aldo with a nice body shot.
Tszyu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo scores with a nice strike.
Aldo looks to land a right hand but Tszyu moved out of range.
Aldo digs a good hook to Tszyu's body.
Tszyu misses with a few strikes there.
Tszyu throws a hook to the side of Aldo's head but Aldo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tszyu thumps Aldo with a low kick.
Tszyu connects with a solid leg kick.
Tszyu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tszyu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tszyu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tszyu checks a low kick from Aldo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu misses with a looping left.
Tszyu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aldo.
Tszyu scores with a head kick.
Aldo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Aldo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tszyu circles away quickly and effectively.
Tszyu lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tszyu moves away from the strike by Aldo.
Tszyu keeps the fight on the outside.
Tszyu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Aldo scores with a jab. Tszyu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aldo throws an off balance right hand
and Tszyu counters with a left and a right that stings Aldo.
Aldo throws a poor cross that misses
and Tszyu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aldo thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo misses with an uppercut. Tszyu saw that one coming.
It seemed like Tszyu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tszyu blocks a jab.
Aldo throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is looking to score with low kicks.
Aldo throws a lazy uppercut
and Tszyu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tszyu swings for the body but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo throws a jab but it's blocked by Tszyu.
Tszyu feints a counter leg kick.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tszyu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tszyu staying out of range there.
Tszyu throws a fast counter high kick but Aldo manages to duck under it in time.
Aldo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aldo missing with a left hand there. Tszyu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tszyu defending well as Aldo loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo misses with an uppercut. Tszyu saw that one coming.
Tszyu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aldo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tszyu circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tszyu! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kostya Tszyu will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Aldo scores with a hook.
Tszyu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kostya Tszyu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tszyu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tszyu misses with a body shot.
Aldo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tszyu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aldo.
Tszyu is looking for the big counter here.
Tszyu throws a shot from downtown. Aldo moves away and avoids it.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tszyu moves away.
Tszyu throws a hook but Aldo blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo clinches.
Aldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Tszyu controls his hands.
Aldo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aldo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aldo lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tszyu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Aldo.
Aldo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tszyu backwards.
Aldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aldo lands with a light punch inside.
Aldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aldo.
Tszyu breaks from the clinch.
Aldo misses with an uppercut
and Tszyu counters with a left and a right that stings Aldo.
Aldo lands with an uppercut that bounces Tszyu off the cage and back into range.
Aldo throws a front kick aimed at Tszyu's knee but Tszyu avoids it well.
Aldo misses with an uppercut. Tszyu saw that one coming.
Aldo jabs at Tszyu's body.
Tszyu throws an off balance right hand
and Aldo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tszyu slips a jab from Aldo.
Tszyu throws out a counter right but Aldo avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands with a cross.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aldo, right into the meat.
Tszyu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aldo throws an off balance right hand
and Tszyu counters with a three punch combo that has Aldo backing up. Aldo nods at Tszyu to acknowledge the strikes.
No joy there for Tszyu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tszyu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Aldo misses its target.
Aldo wants to clinch
and Tszyu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Tszyu pushes him off.
Aldo throws a big shot that misses.
Aldo looks to clinch
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tszyu moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo slips a jab from Tszyu.
Tszyu takes one to the chin there.
Aldo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tszyu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aldo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tszyu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aldo moves away.
Aldo misses with a wild combination.
Aldo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tszyu looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Aldo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kostya Tszyu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aldo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo misses with a hook.
Aldo misses with an uppercut.
Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tszyu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tszyu.
Aldo missing with a left hand there. Tszyu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Tszyu circles away.
Tszyu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Aldo throws a body punch but Tszyu moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Tszyu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aldo throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Aldo misses.
Aldo throws out a leg kick but Tszyu moves out of range and Aldo only half commits.
Aldo throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Aldo dominated that second round.
That's time! Aldo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tszyu throws a big shot that misses.
Tszyu digs a good body shot into Aldo's ribs.
Aldo moves into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tszyu tries to break free but Aldo pushes him back against the cage.
Tszyu lands a hook that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Aldo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Aldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tszyu's elbow.
Tszyu misses with some punches.
Tszyu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tszyu breaks the clinch.
Tszyu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo misses with a left hand
and Tszyu counters with a nice uppercut.
Aldo throws a right hand that Tszyu ducks under and follows up with a left that Tszyu also avoids with ease.
Aldo lands a nice looking body kick.
Aldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tszyu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo stuns Tszyu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tszyu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tszyu throws a series of punches but Aldo avoids them all with ease.
Tszyu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Aldo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Aldo misses with a body shot
and Tszyu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tszyu needs to keep his hands up - Aldo had a free shot at his head there.
Tszyu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Aldo. That's going to slow Tszyu down.
Aldo misses with a hook. Tszyu ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tszyu! But no joy.
Tszyu misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Tszyu as he checks the leg kick.
Nice body punch from Aldo.
Aldo lands a really nice looking cross but Tszyu seems unphased.
Aldo misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Tszyu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tszyu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Aldo throws a lazy right hand but Tszyu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tszyu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tszyu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Tszyu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tszyu throws a looping overhand right but Aldo ducks down to avoid it.
Aldo lands a really nice looking cross but Tszyu seems unphased.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu cracks Aldo with a good jab.
Tszyu walks into a left hand.
Tszyu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tszyu ducks under a wild hook from Aldo.
Aldo loads up on a big right hand but Tszyu slips the punch.
Aldo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tszyu in his tracks.
Aldo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tszyu. That did some damage!
Aldo's corner calls for a 1-2. Aldo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tszyu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tszyu throws a body shot but no joy.
Aldo is looking to counter punch.
Tszyu misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Aldo does no damage.
Tszyu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four 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!
Tszyu loads up on a big right hand but Aldo slips the punch.
Tszyu lands with a nice combination. Aldo backs away looking to recover.
Tszyu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tszyu misses with a hook. Aldo ducked under it nicely.
Tszyu misses with a left hand
enabling Aldo to counter with a crisp jab.
Aldo jabs Tszyu right on the nose. Tszyu blinks but takes it well.
Tszyu misses with an uppercut. Aldo saw that one coming.
Tszyu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aldo.
Aldo misses with an uppercut.
Tszyu slips a jab from Aldo.
Aldo throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Aldo clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tszyu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Tszyu.
Aldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tszyu.
Left hook, right uppercut from Aldo.
Aldo misses with a low kick.
Aldo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tszyu is out of range and Aldo settles back down.
Aldo staying out of range there.
Aldo lands a glancing blow to the side of Tszyu's head.
Aldo throws a leg kick
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Aldo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tszyu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aldo throws a right hand that misses
and Tszyu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo throws a hook to the side of Tszyu's head but Tszyu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aldo scores with a jab. Tszyu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aldo throws a series of punches but Tszyu avoids them all with ease.
Despite the aggression on Tszyu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tszyu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tszyu misses with a body kick.
Tszyu lands a left and a right that send Aldo crashing to the mat, dazed. Tszyu thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Aldo is rocked!
Aldo misses with a low kick as Tszyu jumps back.
Oh Aldo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aldo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tszyu checks the leg kick.
Tszyu lands a nice shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Aldo drops his hands momentarily. Tszyu doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Aldo staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Aldo doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kostya Tszyu! Kostya Tszyu retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Kostya Tszyu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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