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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Terrell Brooks (ranked 5134 p4p, 3945 weight class) and Ricky Hatton (ranked 324 p4p, 284 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brooks might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stronger - Kanye West. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Excellent MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terrell Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Hatton!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatton misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brooks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brooks throws a punch but it's blocked by Hatton.
Brooks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hatton or not.
Brooks digs a right hand into Hatton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hatton's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Brooks misses with a punch on the inside.
Brooks throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatton's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brooks lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Hatton.
Brooks has a couple of punches blocked by Hatton.
Brooks throws a head punch that misses.
Hatton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Brooks misses the target.
Hatton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hatton gets a clinch.
Hatton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hatton moves away from the strike by Brooks.
Brooks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a hook to the side of Hatton's head but Hatton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hatton moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hatton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hatton pushes Brooks up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hatton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hatton throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks.
Hatton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Brooks as the two fighters clinch.
Brooks works on Hatton's body with a couple of short punches.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brooks with a jab.
Hatton defending well as Brooks loads up on a big left hand.
Hatton only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Terrell Brooks will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hatton moves out of range as Brooks strikes.
Donk. Brooks catches Hatton right on the button with a cross.
Brooks misses with a wild body shot.
Hatton is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A big right from Brooks misses.
Terrell Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brooks throws out a loose jab but Hatton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Hatton.
Hatton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brooks.
Hatton tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hatton tries to close the distance and clinch but Brooks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
Brooks throws a hook but Hatton avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatton wants to clinch up but Brooks keeps it at a distance.
Hatton misses with a combination
and Brooks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brooks looks to throw the jab but Hatton is out of range.
Hatton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks throws a shot from downtown. Hatton moves away and avoids it.
Brooks circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Brooks misses.
Brooks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hatton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brooks moves into the clinch successfully.
Brooks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Hatton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brooks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on Hatton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hatton tries a body shot but Brooks blocks it.
Brooks looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Hatton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hatton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Brooks misses.
Brooks lands with a cross.
Brooks throws a shot from downtown. Hatton moves away and avoids it.
Brooks throws a shot from downtown. Hatton moves away and avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Hatton's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hatton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brooks throws out the jab.
Hatton tries to clinch but Brooks moves away
letting Brooks counter with a right hand.
Hatton is looking to clinch but Brooks is avoiding it.
Hatton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Terrell Brooks is winning the standup battle so far.
Brooks connects with a looping right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Brooks misses the target.
Brooks lands a nice hook to Hatton's body. Hatton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hatton closes the distance and pushes Brooks back into the ropes.
Hatton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brooks is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Terrell Brooks dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Brooks throws a lazy right hand but Hatton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brooks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hatton.
Ricky Hatton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hatton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hatton.
Brooks misses the body punch
and Hatton counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hatton.
Brooks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hatton lands a damaging elbow.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatton's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks misses with some punches.
Hatton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hatton.
Still in the clinch, Hatton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brooks has a couple of punches blocked by Hatton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks tries a body shot but Hatton blocks it.
Hatton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hatton breaks the clinch.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
Hatton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brooks bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hatton's head.
Brooks is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Brooks looks to land a right hand but Hatton moved out of range.
Hatton is looking for the big counter here.
Terrell Brooks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hatton tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks throws a lazy right hand but Hatton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hatton is looking to clinch.
Brooks wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brooks dips to his left and cracks Hatton with an uppercut!
Brooks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatton was well out of range. Poor timing from Brooks.
Hatton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brooks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hatton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a hook but Hatton avoids it easily.
As Brooks backs off Hatton throws a huge counter combo but Brooks manages to avoid it all.
Hatton has closed the distance and engaged Brooks in a clinch.
Hatton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brooks is keeping busy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hatton.
Hatton manages to break the clinch.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Hatton.
A big left from Brooks misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Brooks. That snapped Hatton's head back.
Ricky Hatton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hatton throws a right and a left that Brooks avoids nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricky Hatton.
I think Brooks has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Terrell Brooks!
Terrell Brooks decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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