Posted by simguy on 2/20/2010, 9:40 am

BEFORE: Larter fresh off her conquest of Missy P... she's looking to add another well regarded brunette to the growing list of the vanquished. "I'm clicking on all cylinders right now," Ali says in prefight. "To me, Kelly's a second tier girl who shouldn't go the distance with me. She's got a couple of weapons, but once I'm inside: she'll be punished." Brook undaunted by Ali's bruising reputation: Kelly anxious to perform. "She's tailor made for me, actually," Kelly claims at podium. "I see a lot of doubt out there, but I'm telling you: Ali Larter will suffer at my hands. I've all sorts of tools to use on her. I'm not a blown up bantam rookie: I'm a dangerous veteran who needs to be respected at all times. If Ali doesn't already know that, she'll learn it soon!" Kelly in scarlet bandeau bikini; small black gloves; curly ponytail with curly bang bouncing over right eye. Larter in black string bikini; small black gloves; hair soft blonde and loose.

During R1: Caution: girls circling, prowling, exploring. Larter pawing her way inside, looking to chip a palm-down left hook into Kelly's ribs behind right tricep. Kelly fighting tall - pumping out a heavy jab, shifting weight to rear (right) leg and shifting to the side. Larter mounting the odd rush to get inside: Kelly there with a tightly cocked right at her chest, ready to issue check uppercuts if Ali gets past the jab. Larter the aggressor overall: Kelly maintaining distance, trying to limit the work done on her ribcage in the first.

r2: Same again: Larter looking for ways to penetrate and work; Kelly looking to deny this program. Not a lot of contact: smouldering eyes; tongues licking lips in thought; Larter feinting, bobbing, trying to negotiate Kelly's stiff, educated jab. Brook trying to catch Ali right uppercuts off the right leg when Larter rushes inside: so far no joy as Ali generally avoids the stroke. Punishment in spots for Kelly's ribs beneath the jug-line: Brook successful in keeping her back off the ropes, minimizing Ali's moments.

R3: Good crisp, pumping stick from Brook: patient stuff, pounding at the head and chest of Larter. Kelly flat footed, but pivoting or sliding back after jabbing, changing geometry on Ali. Larter frowning, frustrated: she's bogging down at the end of Kelly's poke, or being tied up inside. Brook warned for cupping her left hand behind Ali's head for control: nice little veteran trick helping to bog Ali down. One right hand landed by Brook: a heavy, thudding right against Larter's chest, moving blonde back outside where the jab finds her face twice more.

R4: Larter scowling, out on the end of Kelly's jab: Brook taking over the fight. Kelly stepping forward, moving Larter with that rigid poke: Kelly extending hands to push off after jabbing, shoving Larter around. Kelly still flat footed, but showing class: little step-outs, shifting pivots - just enough to foil Larter. Ali working to the ribcage in spots, but Kelly tying up (left hand behind head; right arm behind Ali's left elbow) for ref's breaks. Through 4, Kelly hasn't hit the ropes, and she's starting to find a home for that jackhammer stick on blonde head/shoulders/chest.

R5: Larter pawing her left, bobbing swiftly: she penetrates early, raking Kelly ribs beneath the jugline. Minute mark, Brook slides back, walks Ali in, picks her up a licking right uppercut off right leg: ALI'S ROCKED! Kelly hard-eyed going over to offence - measuring out the jab, railing in a long right cross to Ali's sturdy chin. Larter moved backwards, hands at temples: Legs are shaky as Kelly walks her down. Fighting along ropes, Kelly pounds looping rights against Larter's guarded head, slugging Ali to her right. Changing up, Kelly leans in on left (lead) leg to fit a digging left flat to sternum, putting Ali's butt in ropes. Shifting right, Kelly rides left forearm behind Ali's head, stooping her forward to receive PUMPING right hands in left flank. Brutal stuff: Kelly lips tight, drawing the elbow back and shoving home these shots with short, pump-action shots. Bell: Larter ashen faced, blinking rapidly en route to her corner after Kelly's biggest round yet.

R6: Larter doubles up a stubby jab, closes in good order, shoves short rights to Kelly's ribs, FINALLY backing brunette to ropes. Siege: Kelly cupping Larter about the ears - using forearms on her shoulders; Ali struggling against this look, ripping shots to flanks, chugging up into breasts. Jug-mugging reaching epic proportions at times: Kelly groaning, forced to tie up, hang on tight for ref's breaks. Ali stays aggressive - jabbing Kelly into ropes, pinning her there: blonde setting that relentless, pressure-fighting pace as Kelly tries to glom on. Smothering punishment applied: Larter fighting off Kelly's chest, puling her wrists down, clubbing her about the head and body. Whenever possible, Larter's up into that rack, brawny shoulders shrugging in short-pump left/rights, bunching up the bulk.

R7: Brook circling clockwise, right heel up off canvas... she's shelling Larter with the heaviest jabs yet. Kelly pumping from the shoulder, pounding against Larter's prepared defences/head/chest - consistently rejecting Ali, moving her back. Kelly hopping forward, working behind the stick: Larter rolling torso, trying to get underneath it to no avail. Kelly selective, but effective with right hands - punching Ali off her stance with short, pulverizing blows to the head/guard. Ali circling the perimeter by the end, lumping up nicely, looking baffled and harassed as Kelly methodically walks her down for a shutout.

R8: Larter up-tempos, jabs her way inside and bodies Kelly to ropes. Ali stronger - pushing Kelly's biceps back/pulling wrists down before shellacking her. Brook grimacing, taking: she's pulling behind Ali's head, tying up behin dher elbows, anything to slow her up. Ali suffocating, relentless: even when she's not digging at Kelly, the sheer press of blonde is putting mileage on Brook. Kelly mouthbreathing, smeared along ropes, unable to get out-from-under: Ali clubbing, mauling, bumping for an Answer shutout 8th.

R9: Kelly stooping forward, slugging for the first time: she's pumping rhythmic, rising lefts and rights into her quarry. Larter fighting her way through it, sluggiing back: small mitts pounding off Kelly's head, bracing her shoulders, brusing up her pecs. Kelly using pushes - extending her arms to get Ali back: Larter more apt to bump that left shoulder in Brook's chest, steering Kelly around. Bruising trade,, but it's suiting Ali: she's more compact, quicker in combination, more efficient at closer ranges, AND - she's got Kelly backing up.

R10: When Kelly extends on punches, Ali is punished. Larter grumpy, out on the end of poke: she's just not penetrating as consistently as she'd like. Kelly pivoting clockwise around that lead-pipe poke: smashing connects pound at the head and shoulders of her foe. Kelly's coiled right a constant threat, keeping Ali in check: even when Ali blocks it, she's moved off stance. Kelly pushing on Ali - drawing warnings - but controlling Larter: brunette visibly wearing her blonde down with the combination of heavy thump and muscular shoving. Bell: both girls well touched - this one's a hardfought draw.

After: Larter busted up, chagrined: as favourite, the draw hits her hardest. "You know, Kelly was more disciplined than I've seen her," Ali admits in postfight, "more willful. I kept expecting her to get sloppy as the fight wore on, but she didn't. I didn't get the work done I was hoping to, so she stayed upright. I know I can stop her to the body if I execute the way I should." Brook upbeat, showing I-told-you-so grins to ringside press and rivals both. "I made her scared of me," Kelly says prettily in postfight. "She wanted no part of my right hand, and that influenced her throughout the fight. My jab beat this woman - pure and simple. Deep down, she knows she got touched up tonight, and one day she'll admit it. There's been too much talk about Larter and Durance and the so-called 'athletes' at lightweight. I just turned the best of them inside out with superior boxing, despite all her tuff-girl muscles!"