Comments Thread For: Fernando Montiel Knocks Hozumi Hasegawa Out To Unify

[Eric Holder]

props to Montiel, that's a huge win for him and he was an underdog going into this fight

[And Still]

So, maybe all that Hasegawa p4p nutriding will slow down a bit? ya think?

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Wow. I thought Hasegawa was gonna win it, but I thought it would have been a long war of a fight. Hats off to Montiel for bringing his "A" game to the scrap. I didn't get to see the fight, but I'm looking forward to getting a chance to see it. Props to Montiel though for bringing his lunch and taking Hasegawa's lunch money in the end.

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

Viva Mexico!, good win for Montiel hopefully he can get the Donaire vs Darchynian winner.

[bojangles1987]

Lots of skill for 4 rounds here. Montiel set that up the whole fight, but Hasegawa was making him miss it and countering really well. Would love to see a rematch.

[Killa Killa]

People were hyping that Hasegawa cat up...

That's why he never came to the US, because he knew he would get the BIZ!

[Potent]

Surprised people favored Hasegawa in this. Montiel was the proven fighter here. I had no doubt he would stop Hasegawa. I did think it would be later in the fight.

I hope people were not excited about the first 3 rounds as if Hasegawa was dominating the fight. They were both not doing much and there was only 1 round seperating them on the cards.

Hasegawa is still a good fighter at the top of the division. He just met a better fighter in Montiel. There is still some great match-ups for Hasegawa.

[Mares]

Impressive win for Montiel.

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[wmute]

Just watched the fight.

1) Good job Montiel keeping his composure after losing the first rounds.

2) Hasegawa was wasting a lot of movement. Although he tends to do that, he never was in with Montiel before. I wonder how it would have been in the late rounds. It's funny because in round 1-2 Montiel seemed to be the tense one, but the fight was shifting a little bit after that, and then he was the one looking more relaxed in there. I still gave 3 to Hasegawa. I wonder if Hasgawa looked more tense because he felt Montiel had serious power at some point earlier on.

3) the blow that started it was not what i would have expected it to be. I thought it would be a right or an uppercut, but it was a left hook. Montiel landed 3 good rights in round 4 before that tho, so they might have mattered.

QUESTION. Wasn't the position Hasegawa was in (kept up by his arm on the rope) demand a count? (like a knee or a glove on the ground).

Correct if I am wrong, but please answer if you know the rule, avoid running your mouth if you are a cheerleader of either fighter. Thanks.

[klutz]

I thought the fight was stopped to early. There should of been a count. Great fight though