Fury seems happy top back away and then just when you think he's disinterested, a right uppercut lands on the chin of Usyk as he goes chasing.

Fury is controlling the tempo of this fight and when the pair will engage.

Usyk ends the round strongly with Fury backed up in the corner, throwing a left over the top and following with a right to the body.

We go into the second half of this fight after what was the most conclusive round for either fighter.

Usyk is known for his fight IQ, can he work out a way to get back on top here? What adjustments can he make?

Fury forces Usyk onto the ropes and puts all his weight on him.

Barry Jones
Former world champion on DAZN

Great fighters can change the pattern of a fight and Usyk needs to do that now.

Sam Harris
BBC Sport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fury landing some big shots and combinations in that round. Every one that lands met with a huge cheer from the crowd here.

Usyk walked to the corner though still cool, calm and collected. Tyson turned to the press area and stuck his tongue out. This is what we came for.

Barry Jones
Former world champion on DAZN

All of a sudden, the size difference is looking bigger.

Barry Jones
Former world champion on DAZN

Usyk is a second half of the fight fighter, that's where he excels.

Usyk looks hurt.

Fury has taken control of this fight.

Usyk backs off and gives himself a chance to recover.

Those were some heavy shots up the middle from Fury and might just have pulled all moment in this fight in his favour.

Will Fury regret not really putting his foot on the gas there?

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"Round six Tyson, use your jab" is the shout from the corner as Fury walks out to meet Usyk.

And he does just that, stabbing out the jab on two occasions to keep Usyk at bay.

Tyson finds a home with an uppercut right down the middle. And again.

He staggers Usyk!

Mike Costello
Boxing commentator on DAZN

Usyk just adjusted his protector [around his midriff] as if to move it down.

Sam Harris
BBC Sport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fury looks really in the groove now. He was all smiles as he left the corner and has just landed a big body shot.

Fury is so used to opponents struggling to find him when he slips away but Usyk is relentless and keeps coming on.

There is a great pace to this fight.

Lovely left hook to the body from Fury to end the round.

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Barry Jones
Former world champion on DAZN

I thought that was a good round from Fury. Usyk is constantly pressuring him with his feet.

Barry Jones
Former world champion on DAZN

This is like a typical Usyk performance, he doesn't do loads in the early rounds other than make you work.

Fury swats Usyk away with his lead left hand and circles away from the ropes.

Usyk forces him back into the corner and Fury fights fire with fire, steaming forward with three or four shots to find space.

Usyk complains that Tyson landed low but referee Mark Nelson allows the action to continue.

Fury comes back with a left of his own and that might be his cleanest shot yet.

A lovely uppercut and he's starting to move through the gears.

Usyk works a combination in the corner as Fury bobs and weaves and then again in the centre of the ropes.

The volume came from Usyk in that round but Fury possibly had the greater success.

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Fury swings a wild hook to the body and Usyk tries to tuck his elbows in for protection.

Fury comes again and this time gets through. He seems to be settling in now.

Usyk finds a way through with a left over the top, he's trying to catch Fury on that eye he cut earlier in the year.

Barry Jones
Former world champion on DAZN

There's more flow to Fury's work here.

And just as soon as I say we haven't seen Fury lean on Usyk, the pair meet in the middle and find themselves tangled up in a clinch. It's Fury's first chance to make Usyk carry him,

Usyk complains of shots to the back of the head as they part ways.

A much closer round.

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