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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricky Hatton (ranked 3780 p4p, 2209 weight class) and Rahim Johnson (ranked 300 p4p, 189 weight class). Johnson has chosen Gone Guru- Lifeseeker as his entrance music. Ricky Hatton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid boxing
Cardio machine
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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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Hatton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rahim Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatton forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Hatton lands with a light punch inside.
Hatton lands a nice elbow.
Hatton taking a breather.
Hatton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hatton rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hatton.
A shot in the inside from Hatton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hatton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hatton manages to break the clinch.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Hatton. Hatton maintains the clinch.
Hatton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hatton clinches.
Hatton lands with a right to the head.
Hatton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Hatton keeps him there for the moment.
Hatton connects with a knee to the head.
Hatton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hatton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Hatton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson's coach down at Golden Tiger Combat Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Johnson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hatton has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hatton.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hatton takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Hatton closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Hatton has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Hatton.
Hatton is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hatton scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Hatton putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hatton.
Hatton lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Hatton dominated that round.
That's time! Hatton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hatton rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hatton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Hatton breaks the clinch.
Hatton rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Hatton slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatton lands a knee to the head.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Hatton finish him?
It looks like Rahim Johnson has been cut.
Hatton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hatton breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton clinches up against the cage.
Hatton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hatton looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Hatton stalling the fight.
Hatton breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot by Hatton.
Hatton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hatton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Hatton to counter with a crisp jab.
Hatton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Hatton seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Hatton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hatton blocks a jab.
Johnson cracks Hatton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Hatton throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hatton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hatton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hatton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hatton just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Johnson letting Hatton take a breather here.
Johnson is trying to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Hatton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rahim Johnson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Hatton moves into the clinch successfully.
Hatton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hatton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hatton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hatton is struggling to control the position.
Ricky Hatton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ricky Hatton.
Hatton has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hatton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hatton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hatton moves into the clinch.
A short right from Hatton.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hatton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hatton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hatton is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hatton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hatton scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson wants to break free but Hatton has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatton breaks from the clinch.
Hatton moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Hatton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hatton tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
A short right from Hatton.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hatton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
A body shot lands from Hatton.
Hatton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hatton lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Hatton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hatton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Hatton!
Ricky Hatton 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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