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A University of Oklahoma fan was ordered today to stand trial on a felony assault charge accusing him of tearing a Texas fan's scrotum in a bar fight.

Allen Michael Beckett, 54, maintains he was only defending himself from a younger, bigger man, but the other man testified Beckett "attacked" him without provocation.

Brian Thomas said Beckett began harassing him as soon as he and a friend stepped into Henry Hudson's Pub in June.

"The second we walked in the door, a gentleman started mouthing off about my Texas Longhorns shirt," he said.

Thomas, 35, said Beckett kept making gestures at him so he decided to leave the bar about 20 to 30 minutes after he arrived.

He paid his tab and turned to leave when Beckett grabbed his crotch.

Thomas said the other man did not let go until other bar patrons broke up the scuffle.

During the struggle, he said he heard and felt his scrotum tear.

The injury required more than 60 stitches and left behind a "very ugly scar," Thomas said.

An Oklahoma County judge refused to reduce the felony assault charge to a misdemeanor, as requested by Beckett's attorneys.

Beckett is due back in court April 16 for a pre-trial conference before Judge Twyla Mason Gray.