Who's going to tire first?

There's an air of nervousness inside Manchester Arena as the home crowd wait patiently for Anthony Crolla to make his move.

Both men size each other up before Crolla tries to wrestle Daud Yordan against the ropes, he's giving little away, working hard - but so is Yordan.

Neil Yelland: Never mind Crolla beating Lomachenko, scientists would have a hard time creating a robot to beat Loma to the punch

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A neat combo from Daud Yordan forces Anthony Crolla back towards the ropes and the Indonesian follows up with a rattler to the body. Crolla bounces back, fleet-footed, but now Yordan is opening up and Crolla has to reverse back up to the ropes once more.

Yordan fancies this. Crolla desperately looks to rescue the round, but the visitor confidently struts forward once more. He likes it.

Daud Yordan's like a sawn-off shotgun, he's spraying punches around but not many are catching his prey. Anthony Crolla's more accurate with his efforts, reddening up the body of Yordan. It's tight.

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Scott Cardle just walked past clutching a foam roller. He was stopped by Ricky Burns a little earlier.

To say Cardle has a swelling on his left eye would be a colossal understatement. A huge shiner!

Don’t try foam rolling your eye lid, Scott!

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Nick, Jack and Kris are over in Manchester from North Wales. All three opt for Tony Bellew inside the distance.

Nick says he’s made a point of following Bellew so he’s absolutely buzzing for this.

Daud Yordan is dangerous. He rattles the frame of Anthony Crolla with quick, whipping fists.

Crolla slides left and pins the Indonesian on the ropes, and that gets the home chants going again.

A Crolla jab slips past Yordan's right ear, but it's another competitive round.

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Peter Shields: Nobody should ever underestimate Tony Bellew. He has a great boxing brain and hits very hard. He has climbed some impossible looking mountains in his career and never ducks a fight ... and though Usyk is definitely his Everest, I sincerely hope he reaches the summit.

Mark Blow: if Anthony Crolla wins and gets a shot of Lomachenko he has as much chance as me of winning. I'm 5'2, four stone overweight and not very fit.

Right then, Anthony Crolla. Watcha got?

The home favourite peppers the body of Daud Yordan and looks busier than the previous round, starting to find his range a little.

Yordan isn't going away. He reels off a winding left that forces Crolla to duck and the Englishman responds with a right uppercut.

Crolla just clicking into gear.

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Here comes Daud Yordan, unleashing a quick flurry towards the gloved defence of Anthony Crolla.

The Manchester man knows he's in a fight.

Crolla backs up against the ropes and then looks to wriggle his way out, before embracing his opponent.

Not much landing. Better round for Yordan.

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Emma and Rachel have come all the way from West Bromwich and Watford respectively.

Emma, on the left, is something of a regular at fight nights as she’s been to see all the names - Haye, Groves, Joshua, Bellew too. She says she wants a Bellew stoppage but thinks Usyk may be too strong.

Rachel, more of a newbie, simply says Bellew will find a way.

Fight night is for everyone!

Anthony Crolla skips forward looking to get on the front foot and put in a bit of body work, but Daud Yordan is ready to walk his opponent down and test him out.

Crolla's uppercut slips past the Indonesian and the Mancunian opts to thwack glove to body again instead. Sturdy start.

Here we go...

Crolla bouncing like the Manchester faithful behind him. Game on.

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In the space of 10 minutes things have gone up about 358 levels in here. It’s now absolutely buzzing.

Sticking a local lad in Crolla on does the trick. It’s almost like Eddie Hearn has done this before.

Right, let's be hearing from you. As well as your thoughts on Tony Bellew's chances against Oleksandr Usyk, tell us if you think Anthony Crolla can set up another world title shot.

Tweet #bbcboxing or text 81111.

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Anthony Crolla heads into this bout on the back of a win over Edson Ramirez in Cardiff earlier this year, while the Mancunian has also seen off Ricky Burns since back-to-back defeats by Jorge Linares.

Crolla's record stands at 33-6-3, compared to Daud Yordan's 38 wins and three losses, though the the 31-year-old Indonesian is unbeaten since 2013.

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The victor of this one will become the next mandatory challenger to current WBA champion Vasyl Lomachenko.

But Anthony Crolla says he is not looking beyond Daud Yordan.

"It would be disrespectful to look beyond Daud but that is a carrot that gets dangled," said Crolla.

"The winner on Saturday becomes mandatory for WBA title, so the winner should go on to fight for the world title."

"Oh, Anthony Crolla...." rings out around Manchester Arena.

Here comes the Million Dolla man, donned in a black gown with the Manchester worker bee etched between his shoulders.

The chants are almost drowning out his entrance music!

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Manchester Arena is a touch beige from the outside but when you get in, steep seating makes this a real cauldron of noise.

And what’s absolutely tremendous tonight is there’s no sections getting curtained off as the seats haven’t sold. A packed house guarantees a brilliant soundtrack for the drama in the ring.