Fury vs Usyk LIVE: Fight updates and undercard results from Saudi Arabia

It’s Tyson Fury’s ring walk and we’re straight into a Barry White tune.

Now Bonnie Tyler! Fury is skipping, singing loudly, “I need a hero” echoes around the arena.

Out walks Usyk, with a fine hat, the atmosphere has gone up several levels.

Usyk’s team follow with his compatriot Vasyl Zhadan’s song, ‘Brothers’, bouncing around the arena.

Usyk bows in the corner, says a prayer, in appears to be in the zone.

Jid rounds up his concert at the Kingdom Arena and now we’re ready for the ring walks…

The national anthems begin… Ring walks are almost upon us.

“Usyk’s going to move, we know that, I think Tyson is going to be aggressive,” Carl Frampton says.

“He takes a shot,” says Steve Bunce. “Busted up, never hurt or in danger of going over.”

Haye: “It’s not clear [if he has a weakness]. I don’t see any clear weaknesses. He looks as well-rounded as you’ll get. Against Dubois, calm and cool, wasn’t moving too much. Holding his feet more than the past. He dealt with it.”

Opetaia confirms he’s broken his nose after a headbutt from Briedis.

“I take my hat off to him,” says the Australian. “We knew we were in for a tough fight, 12 rounds of war, that’s what we got.

“I knew he would come home strong. He rocked me a bit. We stayed smart, kept boxing, and won the fight. I want the WBO next, the winner of Okolie v Billam-Smith.”

117-111, 116-112, 116-112 to your winner… Jai Opetaia!

And NEW IBF cruiserweight world champion!

TNT analyst Richie Woodhall has scored this 106-104 to Opetaia through 11 rounds.

Briedis could win the cruiserweight world title for a fourth time. A huge right from the Latvian, Opetaia is backtracking, blood now splattered all over his face.

Opetaia 344 Punches Thrown 469 Briedis

Opetaia 123 Punches Landed 108 Briedis

Opetaia 32 High Impact Punches Landed 20 Briedis

Opetaia 36 Punch Accuracy (%) 23 Briedis

Where has this come from? Briedis is unloading and now sending Opetaia on a walk around the ring.

Remarkable resilience from the veteran Latvian.

A hard minute and he’s backing it up, Opetaia needs to fire back, the Australian’s face is now covered in blood.

The gap has closed and Briedis lands a fierce right hand. Leading with it, too, Opetaia now dragged into a bit of a war given his inability to use his feet to get out of range.

Bridies firing in low to the body.

The Latvian whips his head back just as the counter right hook comes from the Australian.

Opetaia with a lead left, too. The Briedis corner has done a fine job clearing up the blood and cut on his nose.

Another scrappy round, this could be a close one with the judges.