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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 3939 p4p, 105 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20755 p4p, 183 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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215 lbs
36 - 21 - 1 |
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187 lbs
22 - 10 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cotto jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Cotto saw that one coming.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
Cotto lands a head kick that bluckles Silva and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Cotto no doubt looking to push for a finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Cotto is out of range.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Cotto moves out of range easily.
Silva throws the left hand but Cotto avoids the punch easily.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva misses with a hook.
Cotto fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silva just manages to avoid it.
Cotto closes the distance and clinches.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Cotto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Cotto blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva blocks a body shot from Cotto.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva works on Cotto's body with a couple of short punches.
Cotto lands a nice shot to the body.
Cotto tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Cotto controls the action.
A short uppercut from Cotto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Cotto tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Cotto back against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cotto.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cotto.
Cotto gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cotto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva is rocked!
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Cotto finish him?
Cotto breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Cotto counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cotto lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cotto quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto lands with a cross.
Silva walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Silva is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Miguel Cotto!
Miguel Cotto is the new super heavyweight champion!
Miguel Cotto decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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