PBP Commentary

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 has chosen Till the End of Time as his entrance music. Anderson Aldo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Aldo
vs
Tszyu

182 cm
23
190 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
195 lbs
11 - 1 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
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Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Aldo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kostya Tszyu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo scores with a head kick.
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.
Aldo tries to land a front kick but Tszyu steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aldo throws a low kick but Tszyu avoids it.
We've been told by Aldo's head coaches at Hellfire Antechamber that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Aldo has closed the distance and engaged Tszyu in a clinch.
Aldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tszyu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aldos head.
Tszyu managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Aldo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tszyu tries to work over Aldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aldo obliges.
Aldo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Aldo - that landed with a thud.
Tszyu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
A short left from Aldo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aldo scores with a shoulder strike.
Tszyu wants to get back to striking at distance but Aldo won't allow it.
Tszyu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tszyu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aldo takes a shot to the head.
Tszyu throws a head punch that misses.
Aldo presses Tszyu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tszyu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tszyu counters with a nice uppercut.
Tszyu lands an overhand right.
Tszyu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Aldo moves out of range of the body kick from Tszyu.
Tszyu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aldo throws the left hand but Tszyu avoids the punch easily.
Aldo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aldo connects with a solid leg kick.
Tszyu fails to land with a series of punches.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kostya Tszyu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tszyu misses with a jab to the body
and Aldo counters with a nice uppercut.
Tszyu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tszyu looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo scores with a jab to the body.
Aldo throws a hook but Tszyu blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tszyu moves forwards but Aldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Tszyu circles away.
Tszyu digs a good hook to Aldo's body.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Tszyu is avoiding it.
Tszyu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Aldo. Aldo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tszyu blocks a low kick nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Aldo. Those never looked like landing.
Tszyu slips under a jab from Aldo.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aldo cracks Tszyu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tszyu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aldo.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tszyu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tszyu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Aldo with a body shot.
Tszyu lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aldo.
Tszyu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aldo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tszyu catches Aldo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tszyu checks a leg kick.
Aldo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tszyu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aldo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tszyu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aldo throws a head kick but Tszyu moves out of range.
Tszyu throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Tszyu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Aldo is able to avoid easily.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aldo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tszyu has time to react.
Aldo swings for the body but Tszyu moves out of range.
Aldo backing away here, and Tszyu unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tszyu missing with a left hand there. Aldo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tszyu misses the body punch
and Tszyu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldo misses with a low kick.
Aldo throws a jab when Tszyu was well out of range.
Despite the aggression on Tszyu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tszyu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aldo moves away.
Aldo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Aldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Tszyu.
An attempted straight right counter from Aldo misses the target.
A left and a right from Tszyu both land. Nice combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tszyu. Aldo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aldo lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo misses with a left hand
and Tszyu counters with a straight right hand.
Aldo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Aldo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Aldo misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anderson Aldo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice uppercut lands for Tszyu. That snapped Aldo's head back.
Aldo moves away from the strike by Tszyu.
Aldo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aldo moves away.
Tszyu misses the jab.
Tszyu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Aldo misses with an uppercut.
Aldo swings widly with a right hand
and Tszyu counters with a straight right hand.
Aldo throws an overhand right that lands on Tszyu's shoulder, as Tszyu tries to avoid the shot.
Tszyu throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tszyu misses with a looping left.
It looked like Aldo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tszyu looks to land a right hand but Aldo moved out of range.
Tszyu misses with a hook to the body
enabling Aldo to counter with a crisp jab.
Aldo staying out of range there.
Aldo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tszyu defending well as Aldo loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tszyu swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Tszyu keeps it at a distance.
Tszyu misses with a straight left.
Tszyu throws a body shot but no joy.
Tszyu thuds a left hand into Aldo's body.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu walks into a straight right hand from Aldo.
Tszyu throws the kick towards the body but Aldo avoids it.
Aldo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tszyu connects with a body shot.
Tszyu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Aldo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tszyu blocks a jab.
Aldo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tszyu blocks a jab.
Tszyu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tszyu staying out of range there.
Aldo checks a leg kick.
Aldo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tszyu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tszyu needs to keep his hands up - Aldo had a free shot at his head there.
Aldo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Aldo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kostya Tszyu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aldo throws the left hand but Tszyu avoids the punch easily.
Aldo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tszyu counters with a straight right hand.
Tszyu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Aldo misses with a hook
and Tszyu counters with a nice body kick.
Tszyu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tszyu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo missing with a left hand there. Tszyu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tszyu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tszyu punishes Aldo's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tszyu cracks a nice hook into Aldo's ribs.
Tszyu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tszyu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aldo misses with a looping right.
Aldo digs a good hook to Tszyu's body.
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tszyu lands a glancing blow to the side of Aldo's head.
Aldo misses with a hook.
Aldo misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Tszyu blocks the leg kick.
Aldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aldo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tszyu's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tszyu wants to slow Aldo down by chopping away at his legs.
Tszyu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tszyu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tszyu throws a right hand that Aldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Aldo also avoids with ease.
Aldo slips a straight right by Tszyu.
Tszyu lands with a right hand.
Tszyu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Aldo lands a left and a right that send Tszyu crashing to the mat, dazed. Aldo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Tszyu is rocked!

It looks like Kostya Tszyu has been cut.
Aldo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tszyu circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tszyu loads up on a big right hand but Aldo slips the punch.
It looked like Aldo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Aldo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tszyu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Aldo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kostya Tszyu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tszyu moves away from the strike by Aldo.
A punch lands to the side of Tszyu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tszyu moves away.
And Tszyu responds with a good body kick, but Aldo manages to step out the way in time.
Tszyu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aldo throws out the jab.
Tszyu takes one to the chin there.
A right-left combo lands from Tszyu.

Aldo has closed the distance and engaged Tszyu in a clinch.
Tszyu misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Tszyu.
Tszyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Aldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.
Tszyu scores with a shot to the side of Aldo's head.
Tszyu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Anderson Aldo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aldo misses with some punches.
Tszyu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Tszyu breaks the clinch.
Aldo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aldo throws out a powerful jab.
Tszyu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Aldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Tszyu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tszyu misses with a body kick.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu ducks under a wild hook from Aldo.
Tszyu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aldo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aldo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Aldo defending well as Tszyu loads up on a big left hand.
Aldo throws a head kick that misses.
Aldo lands an overhand right.
Tszyu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Tszyu.
The fighters circling - Aldo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tszyu! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu throws the left hand but Aldo avoids the punch easily.
Aldo moves out of range of the body kick from Tszyu.
A combination from Aldo does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tszyu scores with a shot to the body.
Tszyu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aldo on the side of the head.
Aldo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aldo throws a leg kick but Tszyu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tszyu misses with a body kick.
Good exchange - Tszyu coming out on top.
Aldo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tszyu's hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aldo. Tszyu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aldo throws a right hand that Tszyu ducks under and follows up with a left that Tszyu also avoids with ease.
A little jabbing left from Tszyu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Aldo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tszyu counters with a stiff right hand.
Good shot there by Aldo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo misses with a jab to the body
and Tszyu counters with a left to the body.
Aldo fails to land with a series of punches.
Tszyu lands a nice hook to Aldo's body. Aldo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tszyu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab from Tszyu.
Tszyu throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Tszyu takes one to the side of the head.
Tszyu just misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Aldo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tszyu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A slow jab from Aldo misses its intended target.
Aldo misses with a wild body shot.
Aldo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tszyu lands with a shot 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!
Tszyu misses with an uppercut.
Aldo lands a nice hook to Tszyu's body. Tszyu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Aldo finds it's target.
Aldo misses with a lunging right hand
and Tszyu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tszyu jabs Aldo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tszyu misses with a body kick.
Aldo slips a straight right by Tszyu.
Aldo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Aldo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tszyu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aldo defending well as Tszyu loads up on a big left hand.
Aldo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tszyu scores with a shot to the body.
Aldo scores with a jab. Tszyu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aldo misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Aldo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tszyu, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Anderson Aldo did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Kostya Tszyu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Aldo misses with a wild body shot.
Tszyu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Aldo.
Tszyu misses with a leg kick.
Aldo throwing a counter right hand but Tszyu manages to avoid it.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Tszyu circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Aldo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aldo is looking to clinch.
Aldo throws a big shot that misses.
Aldo looks to throw the jab but Tszyu is out of range.
Aldo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aldo jabs Tszyu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Tszyu.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aldo. Tszyu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tszyu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Aldo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aldo tries to clinch but Tszyu moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tszyu lands a slapping body shot.
Tszyu is looking to score with low kicks.
Aldo throws a hook but Tszyu avoids it easily.
Tszyu throws the kick towards the body but Aldo avoids it.
A cross from Aldo lands.
Tszyu motions for Aldo to come forward. Tszyu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Aldo misses the target.
Aldo throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Tszyu to counter with a crisp jab.
Tszyu throws a looping overhand right but Aldo ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Tszyu blocks the leg kick.
Tszyu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tszyu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aldo.
Tszyu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aldo manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Aldo misses the target.
Tszyu lands with a nice body punch.
Tszyu dodges the punch combination from Aldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Tszyu.
Aldo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tszyu looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Aldo throwing a counter right hand but Tszyu manages to avoid it.
Tszyu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aldo counters with a three punch combo that has Tszyu backing up. Tszyu nods at Aldo to acknowledge the strikes.
Tszyu misses with a body kick.
Aldo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tszyu moves away.
Tszyu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tszyu! But no joy.
Aldo cracks Tszyu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tszyu just misses with a punch to the body.
Tszyu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tszyu misses with a wild body shot.
Aldo throwing a counter right hand but Tszyu manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is looking to score with low kicks.
Aldo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Aldo misses with a double jab.
Tszyu throws a leg kick which misses Aldo's front leg but catches the back leg as Aldo tries to avoid it.
Tszyu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Aldos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aldo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aldo throws a hook to the side of Tszyu's head but Tszyu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tszyu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tszyu throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Aldo sizes up Tszyu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Aldo misses with an uppercut
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aldo throws the left hand but Tszyu avoids the punch easily.
Tszyu loads up on a big right hand but Aldo slips the punch.

Aldo darts in and clinches Tszyu up against the cage.
Aldo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tszyu misses with a punch to the body.
Tszyu working hard to break the clinch.
Tszyu tries to work over Aldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aldo.
Tszyu misses with some punches.

Tszyu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tszyu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aldo.
Aldo feints and then cracks Tszyu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tszyu down.
Tszyu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tszyu connects with the punch.
Aldo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tszyu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Aldo misses with a looping left.
Tszyu only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tszyu misses with a body shot.
Aldo defending well as Tszyu loads up on a big left hand.
Aldo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tszyus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Kostya Tszyu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kostya Tszyu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Aldo tries to clinch but Tszyu is having none of it.
Tszyu throws a nice looking combination but Aldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aldo lands with an overhand left.
Aldo tries to clinch but Tszyu is having none of it.
Tszyu lands a glancing blow to the side of Aldo's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Aldo misses the target.
Tszyu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tszyu throws a head kick that misses.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Some wild striking there from Aldo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tszyu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Tszyu.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tszyu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Aldo misses the jab.
Aldo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Aldo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aldo closes the distance and clinches.
Aldo has Tszyu pressed against the cage.
Aldo is struggling to control the position.
Aldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tszyu backwards.
Good body shot from Tszyu.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Aldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tszyu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Aldo stalling in the clinch but Tszyu improves position.

Tszyu manages to break the clinch.
Aldo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Jab, jab by Tszyu - just one landing.
Tszyu lands a body shot.
Tszyu takes a swing at Aldo's ribcage but misses.
Kostya Tszyu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Aldo counter with a right hand.

Aldo takes the fight into the clinch.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Tszyu.
Aldo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tszyu backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tszyu can't break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Aldo is trying to maintain a safe position but Tszyu gets an underhook and turns Aldo into the cage.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but Tszyu blocks with his arms.
Tszyu tries to work over Aldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tszyu scores with a shot to the side of Aldo's head.
Tszyu throws a head punch that misses.
Aldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tszyu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu blocking some punches.
Tszyu misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Tszyu.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aldo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tszyu takes a shot to the head.
Aldo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tszyu.
Anderson Aldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tszyu tries to work over Aldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tszyu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tszyu.
Tszyu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tszyu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tszyu scores with a shot to the side of Aldo's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu can't find room to land a body shot as Aldo controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tszyu.
Tszyu tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
Tszyu misses with some punches.
Knees to the body from Tszyu.
Aldo lands with a left to the head.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Tszyu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tszyu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Tszyu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tszyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Tszyu lands an uppercut.
Tszyu misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kostya Tszyu.
Well Aldo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 49:47
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:49
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kostya Tszyu!
Kostya Tszyu is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Kostya Tszyu thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.