Priyanka Chopra vs. Elettra Lamborghini (Princess of the IH)

BEFORE:

"This girl," says Elettra with a smile, "She got lucky the first time. I could tell then that I am stronger and more physical. She can't stand up to me. And, tonight, I'll prove it."

"I beat her once," says Big Choppy with a shrug. "Tonight, I'll do it again."

ROUND ONE:

Elettra clearly not kidding about believing she's stronger and more physical. She's right after Chopra off the bell, walking in on her, banging away to head and body. Priyanka unable to hold canvas as the Italian swarms her, batters her, takes control of the fight in the opening minute. Indian beauty can't get untracked, as Lamborghini's got everything humming early, head, body, head, hooking a little rack at times, just banging Chopra around the ring. Queen doing some clinching late in the round, trying to slow this down some, but Lambo shoves her off, gets right back to work, concentrating downstairs in the final minute, working belly and ribs, with the odd shot to the rack. By the time the bell rings, Big Choppy's had a thorough going over and Elettra's taken the first wide to lead 10-9.

ROUND TWO:

If Big Choppy though it was bad in the ring, it was worse in the corner. She hears it for the full minute from the Consortium Crew and comes out aggressively for the second. And, Elettra's aggressive, too. Fire. Fight. In. The Middle. Of. The. Ring. Ladies letting the hands go, winging away, landing haymakers and LAMBORGHINI IS HURT! Elettra's knees give a shimmy after a right hook, and the Princess is all in! Chopra driving Lambo back into the ropes, banging away at head and body, looking to stop this thing. Ref looking in, but Elettra's firing back in spots, keeping the guard high, riding out the storm. But, what a storm it is! Chopra piles up the points and hurt right to the bell, and, when it rings, the Indian beauty has the round wide and we're even at 19.

ROUND THREE:

Priyanka pressing her advantage early, pouring forward, backing up the Ital...BOOM! Right hand, ELETTRA and Big Choppy is STEPPIN' IN FENCE POST HOLES! From out of nowhere, Lamborghini brings her power to bear and the Princess is in DEEP trouble. Elettra stepping to now, backing up the Indian beauty. Chopra with the guard high and the knees weak. She's countering here and there, but mostly backing and covering until there's no place left to back to. She's pinned to the cables and Lamborghini is letting the hands go, banging away to head and body, hooking a little rack for good measure. Final thirty seconds are desperate times for Chopra. She's taking a ton of fire and the ref is looking in closely, but she hangs on to the bell. When it rings, it's Elettra wide and Lamborghini's back in the lead 29-28.

ROUND FOUR:

Now it's Elettra pressing her advantage, and she's doing so very, very well. She's walking Priyanka down behind the jab, hooking head and body off it, landing the odd straight right upstairs. Chopra not conducting a fighting retreat as much as an orderly one, some of the starch coming back into her legs as the round goes on, allowing her to counter here and there and stay off the ropes. But, that's about all the good news there is for the princess. The Italian beauty's in control, scoring well and punishing Big Choppy throughout. She's frustrated in her attempts to finish this thing, but she does effect a very nice clean up, and, when the bell rings, there's no question what the judges will write on their cards. It's Lamborghini and it's wide, moving Elettra to a two-point lead, 39-37.

ROUND FIVE:

More effective aggression from the challenger. Elettra's got the range here, and she's calling in plenty of artillery strikes. Chopra giving some ground, keeping that guard up, staying on the counter as she plays for time. Lambo, on the other hand, is still about the finish. She's not sitting down on everything, of course, but she's sitting down on plenty, HAMMERING hard right hands into the head and body, willing to take a sharp rejoinder from the Princess here and there as a cost of doing business. And, do business she does. From the opening bell to the final seconds, the Italian is in control of this thing, as she has been most of the way. Chopra's game, but she's definitely getting the worst of it right to the bell. And, when it rings, Elettra's got it wide again to lead 49-46 at the half.

ROUND SIX:

Princess moving better now, and it makes a difference. Now, Lambo can't walk her down behind that jab. Instead, Chopra's able to get off square, play the angles, do some boxing, frustrate the Italian's efforts to bring her power to bear. Instead, we settle into a competitive, two-way round, with Elettra trying to work forward and bang and Priyanka working to keep her at bay. At times, the Italian gets inside and works head, body, a bit of rack. At others, Chopra's able to use her athleticism to score at range, put punches together, pile up points. Result is a closely fought contest that's in doubt right up to the final bell. Some sharp late exchanges decide it, and those favor the Princess, who ends up taking the round close to get back on the board and cut the challenger's lead to 58-56.

ROUND SEVEN:

Same again in the seventh, ladies working to get favorable terms and scoring well when they can do so. Elettra again effectively aggressive, getting inside and working soundly and quickly when she does so. Meanwhile, Chopra finding ways to keep the Italian at bay, scoring at range, boxing well, using all that athleticism to great effect. Then, about half way through. BOOM! Right hand, BIG CHOPPY! She stops Elettra coming in with a sharp left jab, then DROPS the right on her and Lambo is rumblin', stumblin', fumblin' around the ring. Chopra immediately over to the full offensive, wading in, banging away, punishing the Italian to head and body and then DROPPING HER with a three-punch flurry, leaving Lambo to puddle at Big Choppy's feet! Priyanka to a neutral corner to watch and wait. No movement from Lamborghini at all. Italian is both down and out and it's OVER! And your winner by KO7 and STILL Princess of the Ice Hotel, Priyanka Chopra!