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00:30it all comes down to this yeah Rind is going to carry a very slight reach advantage into this one
00:40you know Bruno Assis has been in there with some truly elite level
00:44kickboxers the likes of Gabriel Varga back in 2022
00:51the questions that uh both Roker and Assis were posing to Rind was hey
00:56what is the quality of the opponent but a great start from Rind early
01:04all week he called him fake fighter fake fighter let's see how real he is
01:09oh big left that's that blitz that traditional show-to-come blitz entry first to the punch
01:29he follows up Rind manages to recover what a chin the Pakistani has
01:42oh
01:57he's got his number the question is can he keep doing it again on the blitz
02:02uh Rind does a good job of nullifying and slowing this time
02:06and that's good defensive work very good especially because they're not sweating yet
02:10he can't slip out smart I mean at this point Rind's got to be rethinking his whole game plan
02:17he's he cannot attack with his kicks he needs to start attacking with his hands
02:22his kicks are getting countered yeah Rind actually looking a little bit nervous
02:27a hundred percent he's blinking a lot
02:40you can't do that though you can't commit directly to a double leg
02:50and that's his final warning as well we have never we have never seen Rind like this before
02:56never oh
03:07the Brazilian is pushing forward with 30 seconds left
03:13wow he said it is this going to be a 10-8 boss yeah the white dragon is hungry
03:26he connected some good shots the look on Shazaam's face right now is is shock oh again as he tries to
03:35close the blitz has been working for him so well final 10 seconds and I think they're just going
03:42to see this one now Rind is going to go back to his corner and Rind is going to the corner
03:48oh yeah this is not good his mind is not good well this this minute is he needs it right he
03:55really needs it on my take a look at the replays it was a good start from Rind but as soon as the
04:00blitz came in from Aziz you see this a lot with taller opponents they keep their chin up because
04:07normally they always look over their opponents he did this takedown which was not a takedown
04:13that is legal at karate camp but he got a big warning from it from Mark Goddard
04:19I'm a little I'm just in a little bit of shock right now yeah because you get this was insane
04:25because you get so used to seeing Rind in such a dominant yep I'm sure that wasn't a knockout
04:32amazing that he kept standing because he's been hit quite a few times now and kicked in the face
04:39yeah there's a small cut over the eye of Shaza Hebron now now here's the thing Aziz
04:46also has to be mindful that Rind still has that crazy knockout power he's got to be you know
04:52yeah but we know also that Aziz can do this for six rounds of course of course yeah the question
04:56is is the blitz still going to have oh and they're ten nines across the board so first round in the
05:04books for the Brazilian he's lucky because I could have been a 10-8 I think you would have
05:08had a good case for it right yeah it's just so weird to see Rind moving backwards yeah we've
05:16never seen it oh I have a feeling he's going to pull a lot of creative stuff out right now well
05:21if he can survive this and come back from it that says a lot but uh it's a hard one because Aziz
05:27oh man he's got the momentum it seems like any time Rind goes off center for a kick Aziz is
05:33going to go straight down the pipe at his face there's the blitz again
05:46he's got to use that that speed and intention advantage right action is faster than reaction
05:52whoa that's a fight
06:06well Aziz is backing up a lot man he sees breathing a little heavier too
06:12yeah but again we know we can go yep and even when he's tired he's got so much heart he's
06:17going to keep on coming forward says he needs to watch out with his chin let's keep standing up
06:24and that's a target for those big left and right hooks that Bruno loves to make
06:31a sweep good counter from Rind catches the kick looking for ground and pound
06:37gets one shot off but tied up in close here to wrap him up because that will stop the ground
06:43yeah there's been a good amount of MMA training from Aziz for the last couple of years
06:48we've seen him really adapt to understanding how he needs to use those defensive ground positions
06:56the token holders 23 million karate tokens wagered
07:02or voted on this bout 78 percent of them believe it's going to go to Rind
07:07well they're being on the edge of the seats right now yeah a little bit nervous yeah
07:14but you're right Aziz is breathing a little heavy though yep yep
07:17and it's round two so that's oh man those swings man yeah we haven't seen him blitz all that much
07:25uh
07:34good posture from Rind
07:38surprise this is i was going to say looking for Mark Gonnard to stop this one
07:42about 10 seconds left he's a little slow to get up looking at the ground
07:47looking at his corner the whole time at his corner now it's going to come down to cardio once again
07:52here wow guys well neither of them heard the uh it's loud in here it's very loud in here right now
08:05oh man the people are insane i think everybody's the thing guys do you think there's just a little
08:10bit of momentum and zip has gone out of Bruno Aziz in this second round i think so i think
08:15he felt that it was near and after that kick to the face and then he still get up you know
08:21it's it's hard because he gave some really hard shots i mean any normal person would have been
08:27down right i mean that was nice there apparently nice elbow you guys can't see on the program
08:35when we look at the replays Bruno Aziz is really taking some deep breaths in the corner he hasn't
08:40chosen to sit down for us probably by design sometimes sitting down can give you that restful
08:48feeling it's like not always the big thing yeah no you want to keep the body yeah yeah
08:55loose limber yeah awake but he is breathing he is breathing heavy dude yep
09:05yep
09:09wow who would have thought this oh man this is going to be interesting
09:14yeah he landed on one of those big bunches because you can only think so many yeah he's
09:20he's he's looking tired and renders you can see in the live scoring we're all square here at 19
09:25a piece all three judges giving that second round to shazam
09:30big round of powder for render
09:34looking to be the first man to stop Bruno Aziz
09:37well good luck with that but it's looking good but still we're talking about Aziz
09:44it's a horrible position to get stuck in it's
09:47very hard to maneuver your hips in the corner of the pit there
09:51oh it's a fight it's a dog fight
09:59oh Bruno Aziz backing up but still trying to come forward big knee good response from rend
10:05oh it's a fight it's a dog fight
10:14oh Bruno Aziz backing up but still trying to come forward big knee good response from rend
10:24yeah this is got to be careful willingly going to the ground in these positions
10:28he's got to watch out though because he never fought five fights you don't want to empty your
10:31gas tank because those punches are not going to knock him out but they take power away
10:37you pick your shots i mean oh he's saying that Bruno has got to move and he tries to turn in
10:44on a single leg i think he's done enough there to find some respite yeah Aziz is tired he's tired
10:51oh he's got to answer the call yeah oh god we've never seen Aziz this winded no oh he could have
10:57been one of the body kicks and he gets underneath yeah what he's got to do is avoid going to the
11:04ground at all costs really because rin's got his number with the posture and the ground of pound
11:10knees to the body i would if i was written i'd just look for a takedown here he's doing it
11:18well this could be the end here it's good posture for rin standing throwing these strikes
11:24Aziz has got to get out of there he's got to get out of that corner it's so hard to move in this
11:28corner oh and that's going to do it lightweight
11:38oh he needs to go back to the drawing board though because that cannot happen
11:43wow
11:48wow you had to come through some adversity there
11:56wow wow Aziz though man he
12:02wow he was pointing at his body so maybe it was a body shot
12:08wow what a what a flip around right after the first round when he came up i said you i said
12:17you scared me a little bit there he goes unexpected that's what he said so clearly
12:22he was a little bit surprised by Aziz's you know attack let's take a look at some of the replay
12:30yeah he's scaring his whole country on his shoulders he refused to go down yeah i mean
12:36he ate some shots in that first round
12:49wow we get some replays at the end of the fight there which had
12:52a good show of respect in the corner yeah i like that Aziz this is actually believe it or not
12:59really good for lint right i mean now he knows that he can go he can come through some adversity
13:05can take some shots wow still dig deep
13:12now Roker is standing with the belt yeah Roker knows now hooks through the head
13:18how to keep the victory and Roker's got a lot of power
13:23wow
13:39well let's go ahead and get the official decision
13:41and
13:59wow yeah he needs to fix that hole in this game because Roker is a power hitter
14:12so
14:22you are the new