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Miguel Cotto-Michael Jennings Live Blog: Results, Round-by-Round Updates

Welcome to the FanHouse live blog of tonight's welterweight fight between Miguel Cotto and Michael Jennings, where we'll provide live, round-by-round updates of all the action.

The undercard is over. The Cotto-Jennings fight has started and the live blog begins below.

They've started the pre-fight introductions and the singing of "God Save The Queen."
We've now heard the magic words, "Let's get ready to rumble."
Round 1: This fight is underway. Cotto throws the first jab and wants to control the pace. Cotto is controlling the middle of the ring and wants to keep Jennings against the ropes. Jennings throws his right hand. Nice left to the body from Cotto. Cotto is more or less controlling the fight, but he hasn't done any visible damage. Jennings is doing a lot of moving around, while Cotto is calmer and landing more punches. I give the first round to Cotto, 10-9.

Round 2: Jennings throws a hard right hand, a better punch than anything he threw in the first, but then Cotto throws a good left and hits Jennings in the face. Cotto wants to force Jennings into the corner. Cotto is backing Jennings down, and Jennings looks a little tentative. Cotto lands a couple of good left jabs and then a combination. Jennings throws a good punch but Cotto slips it. Jennings lands a couple of jabs and he's starting to look a little more confident in there, but cotto is still controlling the pace. The second round was a little closer and a little more active, but it still definitely goes to Cotto, 10-9.

Round 3: Cotto lands a good jab, and he's clearly got a hand speed advantage over Jennings. Cotto gets Jennings against the ropes and lands a couple but Jennings does a nice job of landing a shot of his own. Jennings throws a right hand that Cotto blocks. Jennings hasn't really let his hands go, and Cotto is able to control the pace of the fight. Jennings tried to clinch, but Cotto wouldn't stop punching and forced Jennings to back off. Now a good left from Cotto. Another round for Cotto, 10-9.

Round 4: Jennings lands a good right hand to Cotto's nose. Cotto is backing Jennings off with the jab. If Cotto just wants to back Jennings away all day, he can do it with his jab. The crowd is getting a little bit restless, wanting Cotto to throw a few more punches, and Cotto lands a good uppercut. Cotto wobbles Jennings! And down goes Jennings! A body shot buckled Jennings, and Cotto got him in the corner and knocked him to the canvas. Jennings is back up but he's in trouble. And he's down again! Jennings is back up. Jennings is in the corner taking punishment from Cotto and he's saved by the bell! Cotto absolutely dominates the round, 10-7.

Round 5: Cotto is stalking Jennings, who comes out throwing a punch. Now Jennings actually lands a couple of hard jabs. Very impressive start to the round for Jennings, considering how bad he looked at the end of the fourth. Now Cotto goes back on the attack. This has been a much more even round. Jennings looks like he's been awakened. Cotto with a big 1-2 combination. Cotto has Jennings in trouble against the ropes. Jennings missed on an uppercut and Cotto landed a hook. Down goes Jennings. Cotto is in complete control of this fight. And it's over! Jennings went down, and even though he was up by the count of nine, the ref wisely stopped the fight. Miguel Cotto knocks out Michael Jennings.

The Cotto-Jennings is over, so check out our Kelly Pavlik-Marco Antonio Rubio live blog.

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