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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20058 p4p, 141 weight class) and Miguel Cotto (ranked 6035 p4p, 127 weight class). Miguel Cotto has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Arnaldo Silva's chin.
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187 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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215 lbs
30 - 17 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva misses with a hook
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arnaldo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cotto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cotto closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Cotto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cotto breaks from the clinch.
Cotto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cotto throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Cotto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva throws a right and a left that Cotto avoids nicely.
It seemed like Cotto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cotto was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cotto scores with a leg kick.
Cotto misses with a kick to the body.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Cotto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cotto.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Cotto throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Cotto moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cotto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cotto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva throws a hook but Cotto blocks it.
Jab from Cotto.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
Cotto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Cotto circles away.
Cotto throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
Cotto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Silva misses the jab.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Cotto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cotto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cotto's face.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Cotto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cotto.
Cotto lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Miguel Cotto will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva cracks the inside of Cotto's front leg.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Cotto avoids it.
Cotto slips a jab from Silva.
A head kick from Cotto lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
Cotto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cotto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Cotto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cotto.
Silva wants to clinch but Cotto slips to the side
enabling Cotto to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cotto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cotto throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Cotto checks a leg kick.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cotto misses with a kick to the body.
Cotto moves into the clinch.
Cotto is working Silva over against the ropes.
Cotto is working Silva over against the ropes.
Cotto blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Cotto trying to land knees to the body.
Silva misses with some punches.
Cotto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A short uppercut from Cotto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cotto working Silva over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva blocks a body shot from Cotto.
Cotto lands an elbow inside.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Cotto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Cotto.
Silva is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Cotto.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cotto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva looks for the body kick but Cotto saw that one coming.
Silva tries to clinch there but Cotto circles away.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Cotto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Cotto blocks the leg kick.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice jab there from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Cotto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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 lazy body kick from Silva
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cotto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Cotto counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Cotto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Cotto settles back down.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Cotto's head but Cotto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cotto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cotto blocks a head kick by Silva.
Cotto tries a quick counter leg kick but Silva is wise to it.
Silva avoids the head kick by Cotto.
Silva looks for the body kick but Cotto saw that one coming.
Cotto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a head kick!
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cotto throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Cotto scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Cotto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva is looking to chop away at Cotto's legs.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Cotto slips under a jab.
Cotto blocks a jab.
Cotto flicks out a counter leg kick but Silva steps away.
Cotto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cotto is looking for the big counter here.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Cotto is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A slow jab from Cotto misses its intended target.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Cotto follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Cotto counters with a stiff right hand.
Cotto wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cotto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cotto lands a right and a left and another right! Silva goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Miguel Cotto!
Miguel Cotto is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Miguel Cotto rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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FIGHT
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