Posted by simguy on 3/7/2008

Before: "Well, it's not really legitimate, is it?" Kelly says of Kaley's title reign, dropping jaws in prefight. "I truly believe that most fans still think of me as the lightweight champion, and of Kaley as a lucky opportunist who swept in on weakness. That does happen - and Kaley does hold the belts. But to be LEGITIMATE, I feel she needs to face and defeat me. And that can't happen." Cuoco flabbergasted - she's fought long and hard for respect at the weight, so Kelly's attitude stings. "Kelly's obviously very much misguided," Cuoco says sternly. "Make that deluded. I was happy to fight her because she deserves the shot - she didn't need all this chest-pounding crap, but I guess that's who she is and how she wants it. Fine with me because I'm SO legit, it's gonna stun this chick!" Kaley in black battle bikini with tie-side bottoms; white gloves; hair up in beach ponytail with bangs. Kelly in crimson bandeau with asymmetrical skirting at the waist; white gloves.

During R1: Kelly walking Kaley down - brunette is strong, tall, patient, pumping her jab. Final minute, Cuoco slips away from poke, answers back a vicious pull-counter right hand to chin, puts Brook wobbly butt on the spot. Lashing right takes Kelly in her tummy; pair of hooks slaps her ear, staggers her to her left; swift-swiping right smites across her jugs as Kaley steals the first with blazing handspeed.

R2: Kelly parceling out the jab, very wary now: Kaley has her opponent tentative. Cuoco right hand high, left hand at her hip - neat little slide-steps back as she drags the lead (left) foot - she's in good position, keeping her distance and timing Brook. Right hands from Kaley - fast-twitch, sudden counters off the shoulder - catching Kelly on the face or drifting across her majestic rack: very stiff cloutings, these. Kaley dangling the left, whip-hooking with it, doubling up the hook as she pleases - very supple and snappy, taking Brook in her body or right ear - Kaley pivoting left around the strikes. Kelly put wobbly butt - earmuffing up and grimly following Kaley around: Cuoco with a hard grin at the bell, has her girl pinking up nicely.

R3: Kaley supple at the waist - feinting with her head, crouching - she's leading stabbing palm-down right hands hard into Kelly's ribs and stomach - then leaping back out of range. Brook still trying to get the jab on Kaley without success - brunette having more luck countering Kelly with hooks as blonde's pouncing in. Kaley's speed, angles, stout body touches give her the round though Brook appears to be firming. 

R4: Kaley penetrating - very upbeat, energetic with her punching and upperbody bobbing: legs comparatively quiet - Kaley's footwork economical, sliding in, out and around a more stationary Brook. Kaley's lead right hand a dazzler - scoring at will off twitching feints - then Cuoco's bringing it palm-down straight to body. Kaley's whipping the hook off her hip - clouting Brook upside the head or doubling up TUP! TUP! behind Brook's right elbow. Kelly wincing, buckling, regrouping - she's hurt, but proving durable - refusing to take a knee as Kaley chops at her.

R5: Back to back shutouts, Kaley Cuoco. Kaley doing it with speed - feinting Kelly to freeze her, then punching right hand leads to the body and breasts, hooking the head, breasts or flank, then pivoting left. Kaley uncharacteristically taunting Kelly - making faces at her - ref barks warnings for Cuoco to clean it up, but Kaley's clearly enjoying her touches. Brook sullen, sulking behind her mitts: her body really being pounded at with potshots - Kelly's grumpy as a result. 

R6: Third shutout for speedy Kaley. To her bewildering menu of straight right leads, feints, and double hooks, she adds a withering buggy-whip right hand to Brook's head and body both. Kaley vicious with the b-whip - lashing it in above Kelly's left hip with a sick "CHUP!" noise: Brook grimacing, turning as Kaley's sidestepping her. Kaley moving in-out with more authority than ever - hooking Kelly's tummy, then hooking her breasts with the signature Sugar Ray Leonard snappy delivery featured by most BSE fighters. Bell: Kelly reeling, blinking, shabby: Kaley mocking her with a weak-kneed wobbling as Brook glares with resentment. 

R7: Brook jabbing to Kaley's chest, makes early headway: blonde forced to backpedal, turn at the ropes at a semi-scamper. Kaley fighting hard to regain initiative throughout second minute - spearing in that lead right to the body, sliding to the right and parking rights to breast. Kelly spurned to the body, bringing in her elbows, growing tentative again: she's really hurting and Kaley's loving it. Down the stretch, Kaley lands several right hands - stabbers, buggy-whips and sidearm chops - just hacking the hell out of poor Kelly's torso. Brook blinking back tears at the bell, drops another round, hugs herself back to her corner. Kaley shouting "POOR BABY!" at Kelly's back - gets a bit of a talking-to from her trainer to keep her mind on her work.

R8: Kelly fighting hard - leaning in with a strapping hook to the body, dropping right hands from her cheek: glancing connects enough to problematize Kaley's game. Cuoco able to step to spots, potshot hard right hands to take back any ground gained by Kelly - very spirited two way stuff early on. Down the stretch - Kaley forcing Brook to cover up with that vicious double-hook - chewing at Kelly's tummy and chin with compact, rolling-shoulder cuteness. Late the round - Kaley scoring hooks to Kelly's breasts, steps back as Brook rushes to answer, dips and counters a gorgeous right uppercut off the right foot to Kelly's chin. Brook sent stamping back on her heels, eyes wide, jugs a-jumpin': Kaley hoots "How's that? Legit right?"

R9: OHHHH the buggy whip right hand lashes across Kelly's stomach, cramping her up, stooping her forward behind her mitts. Kaley all grins - lashes an extra buggy whip to the left hip, then a VICIOUS buggy-whip right smashed hard to Kelly's leftside ribs and back. Brook sobbing aloud, knees buckling - she's hugging herself, eyes betraying her shock - but Kaley's heartless. Right uppercut curls through, pasting Kelly's face: swatting hook smites Kelly's breasts, straightens her up. Brook shying away to ropes, sputtering: Kaley hops in low, pounding the straight right to the belly - jabbing the chest, then stamping in downstairs with both hands jamming away straight crisscross. Kelly gurgling, folding forward, hugging her savaged guts: Kaley shifts-right, buggywhips the right hand to Kelly's back and BROOK GOES DOWN! Kelly cringing on all fours, sitting on her haunches, clutching her left hand to her back: she's done. Count passes a blubbering Brook by as Kaley slow-struts the ring, hands high. KO9, Kaley Cuoco.

After: Savage, unforgivable beating - Kaley sparing Kelly nothing in breaking the former champ down and stopping her in vicious fashion. Kaley still barking at Kelly in postfight - Carpenter and O'Dell gently moving the young champ out of range, trying to settle her down. "Her attitude sucks," Kaley says when Tractorpull queries the intensity of the defence. "I hate that hoity-toity crap. I guarantee you this - that girl knows I'm legit now. I've never beaten anyone like I beat Kelly Brook tonight, and if she ever mouths off like that again, she'll get it worse next time!"