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Post by Vassago on Aug 20, 2016 9:29:14 GMT -6
We're live & exclusive on ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports!
The female celebrity boxing action returns to MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada where the Summer Madness PPV is scheduled to take place tonight.
Let's go down to the ring where Erin Andrews brings us the final line-up of tonight's event:
Bantamweight: Meghan Markle (Free Agent, 5-7, 4 KO) vs Roselyn Sanchez (Free Agent, 0-1)
Flyweight: Rachel Bilson (Rampant Fighting, 16-19, 9 KO) vs Cheryl Cole (Lioness Club, 9-2, 9 KO)
Flyweight: Selena Gomez (Lioness Club of America, 16-10, 13 KO) vs Keira Knightley (Empire Boxing, 15-23-2, 8 KO)
(MAIN EVENT) Lightweight: Odette Yustman (Lioness Club of America, 31-17-1, 24 KO) vs Gemma Arterton (Front Street Gym, 28-6-1, 21 KO)
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Post by Vassago on Aug 20, 2016 9:30:03 GMT -6
  BEFORE: Both these free agents are delighted to make an appearance on the high-profle MGM Grand card and promise to make the most out of this opportunity. Meghan Markle has enjoyed respectable journeywoman career thus far but she'd like to become a solid gatekeeper in her own right while Roselyn Sanchez is still a new face to the boxing scene having only made her debut back in May when she was knocked out by fellow Latin veteran Eva Mendes in five rounds. Meanwhile Markle has also fought only once this year; that was in January when Candice Patton knocked her out in six. Markle is the betting favorite thanks to her supreme experience but one should never underestimate the raw Latin power coming from the opposite corner. Sanchez is Puerto Rican by birth and she wins the pre-fight mind games refusing to touch gloves with Meghan who looks genuinely surprised at the snub. Meghan Markle wears a red bikini set and black gloves. Dark brown hair tied in a thick ponytail. Roselyn Sanchez wears a white bikini top with golden trim, blue knickers and red gloves. Raven-black hair tied in a sleek ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division. Round 1: Meghan's much quicker on her feet in the early stages and dominates the initial close range exchange drilling Roselyn to the body and staggering her in the center of the ring in the proccess. The younger of the two brunettes makes those efforts count down the stretch and Sanchez remains lethargic in execution which enables Markle to pound her back into the ropes come the second minute. Roselyn needs to find a way out of the jabbing rush but only clinches her fast moving opponent and briefly halts Markle in her tracks before a belting hook on the liver area slumps her into spasms allowing the younger brunette to romp clear in the gut thereafter. Round 2: Markle stays on top of another close range battle and splits Sanchez's mitts to snap her head back and reel her on the heels with a heavy jabbing series up the middle. Roselyn's too slow to make an impact thus far and gets pounded around the ring afterwards with Meghan breathing down her neck and keeping her foot on the gas pedal. This is the correct tactics against an opponent north side of 40 but Sanchez must be so frustrated she's unable to do anything about the fellow brunette's high-tempo offense. Meghan's too confident in her efforts to let Roselyn off the hook anytime soon and she pounds her butt-in-ropes come the final minute again; she harpoons the ribcage to drop the high cover and blasts an uppercut drive to bend the Puerto Rican sideways before adding another belting hook to the body. Roselyn slumps badly against the ropes at the bell and looks all lost at sea here after just six minutes of action. Round 3: Sanchez gets really desperate here and swings a hectic hooking series over the top; she NAILS Markle with a left hand on the brow ridge and wobbles her backwards on the spot to finally bring some joy into the Puerto Rican camp in the MGM Grand stands. That was a lucky shot but Roselyn makes the most of it thereafter as she tackles Markle's guts and bumps her into the corner where she lands a vicious uppercut on the jaw to slump the fellow brunette amid aching groans. Terrible defense from Meghan leaves her suddenly exposed and serves as a blueprint of her journeyowman career to date; Sanchez buries her under a leather frenzy and allthough she lacks the precision and bounces off the forearms way too often to land that potential knockout punch, she still shuts the American off completely and adds a late flurry of jabs to the body which takes the sting right out of Markle's lungs. Ref has to pull the Latin woman off her rival at the bell and Roselyn screams out in delight with Meghan giving her a proper death stare before turning back to her corner. Round 4: Roselyn builds on her new found confidence and takes advantage of Meghan hanging back too much in the opening minute; she drills the American's midsection before clipping the chin in close range and outworks the younger brunette in another close range battle. Markle misfires over the top in her efforts to tame the Latin rally and gets belted on the liver area thereafter as Sanchez thrives on her aggressive stance and pummels Meghan back to the ropes. A brief clinch halts the action but Roselyn gains the separation with another drilling series on the guts which slumps Markle badly and shuts her off one more time. She swings back from behind the guard to land a solid hook on the nose just as Sanchez threatened to bulldoze her wholesale and another hook on the mouth reels the older actress backwards so Meghan escapes the trap right at the death and even blows past the high guard in the dying seconds again however Erin Andrews doubts that was enough to save the scorecards anymore. Round 5: War of attrition headlines the opening minute of the fifth, Meghan's early advantage was erased during the previous couple of rounds and now she seeks renewed success through very aggressive jabbing drive. Roselyn's punching resistance remains questionable but she tries to maintain her solid performance and responds in similar fashion, swinging upstairs and looking to smack Markle with a proper haymaker. It's sudden death stuff as the next big punch could spell instant trouble for the defensive strugglers and it's Meghan who finds it first - she NAILS the older woman on the brow ridge and cuts her up before she adds a follow up from the right and blasts the aching Puerto Rican on the nose! Oi, Rosie! Sanchez drops her gloves amid a painful shriek and wobbles forward, she fails to lock a fight-saving clinch though and eats another right hook on the mouth which RAGDOLLS HER DOWN ON HER BACK moments later. Three heavy strikes from Markle made that happen and the American leaps in the air with the Vegas audience chanting her name in a emotional burst of support. Roselyn aches and groans down on the board but beats the count at seven, she looks a little misty in the eyes though AND MARKLE ROMPS WITH HOOKING MENACE after the command. She bulldozes the cumbersome Latin woman back to the ropes and aims for the head, Sanchez's gloves can't stay high enough and Meghan just pounds away in fury, trying to take her head off. She rocks Roselyn into spasms of defeat and nothing comes back from the embattled Latin vixen anymore so when Meghan tears the skin under the left eye and causes a blood spillage the ref needs to take action... and he does... HE STEPS IN TO SAVE SANCHEZ from getting her face rearranged and embraces the sobbing veteran. TKO5 Meghan Markle!!! AFTER: Most of these free agents struggle to take a punch on a regular basis and usually crumble under repeated pressure. This was a see-saw bout in the first four rounds but when Meghan landed unanswered attack half-way through the fifth, Roselyn simply fell apart. Still, Meghan looked awfully hittable in the third & fourth and she'll need to improve a lot to warrant more exposure against higher-ranked opponents. That's if she wants to be promoted from the journeywoman corps that seem to dominate the otherwise crowded bantamweight division. Erin Andrews reports that she's seen Meghan talking to Neve Campbell back in the locker room before the event and one might second guess what was that conversation all about. The Asylum Arena is a renowed fortress in the FCBA but perhaps Meghan is ready to make the next step after all. She's 35 so time is running out quickly for her to make an impact. On the other hand Roselyn Sanchez might become the divisional "go-to-girl" really soon. That's two defeats in a row for the Puerto Rican sexpot and quite frankly she needed to blow away both Mendes & Markle in order to justify her FCBA bow. Erin Andrews thinks that Jewel Kilcher & co. would love to see Sanchez in the Asylum but the veteran actress dismisses those claims in her post-fight interview: "I'm not a suicidal maniac, you fool! If I can't beat such creampuff like Markle, then what's the point of going to Philly in first place? Screw this ####. I need a win and need it now! I'm not going to find it fighting Allison Mack or Leven Rambin, period." Based on tonight's evidence, she's probably right! Final result: Meghan Markle def. Roselyn Sanchez TKO5. |
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Post by Vassago on Aug 20, 2016 9:31:03 GMT -6
  BEFORE: There's just no stopping Cheryl Cole and her ultra aggressive schedule these days, the Geordie singer keeps racking up fights one after another but who can blame her if the results are so impressive? Only the former flyweight champions Lucy Hale and long-time elite member Vanessa Hudgens were able to defeat the Newcastle's hottest property this year. On the other hand Rachel Bilson has become the forgotten woman of the flyweight division since her Rampant stable ceased operations last year. She has fought only once in the past twenty months and that was a knockout loss to the underrated Anna Kendrick last September. However she hopes to profit from Cole's gruelling contest vs Hudgens that went the distance last month and vows to wreck the Geordie brunette in "never seen before fashion". Even ESPN's Erin Andrews finds these comments amusing but the boxing world has scene greater upsets than this before! Rachel Bilson wears a red bikini top, white knickers and golden gloves. Dark brown hair tied in a curly ponytail. Cheryl Cole wears a black & white striped bikini set, black knickers and silver gloves. Dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division. Round 1: Cheryl might still be feeling the effects of the Hudgens battle royale and Rachel almost jumps the gun here being so eager to resume her boxing career. She outworks the slow moving Geordie in close range and lands a couple of nasty hooks on the temples that reel Cole back before a belting hook scythes her across the breadbasket. Bilson looks fired up on her return and shows no signs of holding back against the high-flying Brit and remains on top of the exchanges even when Chezza finally tries to channel her infamous ring wrath. She bounces off Rachel's high guard and eats another one-two jabbing set on the mouth before getting stuffed back to the ropes as Bilson gut-checks her and reverts into a late flurry of uppercuts that rattle the English guard just a little too easily in the dying seconds of the round. Round 2: That was a perfect start for the American and she tries to build on her advantage straight off the bell again but Chezza quickly kicks into higher gear and blocks her off in close range before swinging with a couple of nasty hooks herself. The English singer is too experienced to let Rachel run away with the early action and she exposes her subpar defense with another hooking drive that finds the temples and wobbles the actress on the back foot. Bilson tries to mount immediate response but fails to deal with the air-tight guard and gets whacked across the nose on the turn which makes her gurgle in anger. Yet she comes back at the Geordie lass and now it's just too much of a risk as she gets CLOBBERED with a right hook on the mouth and slumps on her heels on the spot. Cole screams out in anger and rips methodical assault on the boobs to cripple the American on jelly knees before a piercing uppercut slams Rachel on the jaw and sends her spinning back to the ropes to think better of it. Thankfully for her, the clock expires shortly afterwards and prevents the English babe from going all-in for now. Round 3: Cheryl is buzzing in her corner and looks all ready to go; that's a bad sign for Bilson who apparently didn't anticipate such a fiery performance from the Brit following that Hudgens war of attrition. She gets gut-checked early on in the third as Cole successfully fakes an inside move and reverts into head hunting her foe down the stretch. All those dancing routines on music video sets leave Chezza sharp as a knife mobility-wise and that's too much for Bilson who just can't stay away from the striking zone and eats a plethora of jabbing menace over the top in the second minute and gets pounded back to the ropes in the proccess. Cole keeps the high-octane attack alive and looks to break Rachel's resilience sooner rather than later here; she traps the cumbersome American butt-in-ropes and just lays into her guts as Bilson can't keep her guard in tact and barely finds space to throw single punches from behind the shaky defense. Chezza almost pounds her through the ropes and down onto the judges' scoring table in the closing seconds and is so determined to punish the fellow brunette, she fails to acknowledge the bell and has to be pulled back by the ref to prevents total chaos. And Bilson is clearly hurt after just three rounds, she shakes her head with eyes closed and hugs her ribs while walking very slowly back to her stool. Round 4: Rachel wants to restore the American pride here but her fitness shape just isn't up to par compared to the buzzing English singer. All those months on the sidelines literally backfire straight into her face when Cheryl shatters her guard with a monster uppercut drive and forces another one-sided close range assault. Bilson can only clinch the fellow brunette for survival but that's a brief solution to her problems and she gets belted on the liver area to check out in a slumping disarray on the ropes come the second minute. Chezza keeps pounding her like drum all the way through and the screams of pain are getting too loud for some of the viewers who demand the Geordie babe to finish the aching foe off. What a nightmare here for Bilson and her fanbase! The whole of Las Vegas gets to see her roughed up by someone whose English is difficult to even understand! And Cole goes all trash-talk when she notices the dwindling resistance in Rachel's eyes: "Want more, bytch? U want more? Just go ahead and ask me very nicely". Ugh! Brutal ransacking of Bilson's guts cripples her mentally as well as physically and she crumbles under the epic Geordie barrage with twenty seconds still left on the clock... RACHEL TAKES A KNEE as the only way to halt Cole from chopping her down in half! Cue in more aching spasms from the American and angry shouts from the singer! Erin Andrews doubts if Bilson can make it back up on her feet but she does... just... and with five seconds left on the clock, she earns herself a much-needed interval even though that could be her last one tonight. Round 5: Bilson's on life support now and staggers back into the ring to meet a crunching cross that splits her mitts and finds the nose seconds into the round. Cole renders her into dummy girl soon afterwards and after dishing out so much punishment downstairs in the previous round, she aims at the head here and snaps Rachel's ponytail repeatedly but more importantly carves visible lumps into the otherwise pretty face of the American. Bilson goes all jelly butt just shy of the minute mark and drops her cover for good while getting thumped into the turnbuckle... this is relentless power assault from the Geordie brunette and she shows her ailing opponent no mercy whatsoever while busting her lips into a swollen mess and adding a torn brow ridge to boot. Just give it a rest already! But no, the shellacking just keeps raining down on Bilson's roughed up face and the poor girl is rendered half-conscious on her feet before Cole finally goes for the money shot AND WRECKS THE AMERICAN'S JAW with a picture perfect uppercut that DROPS RACHEL FACE DOWN on the canvas!!! That's your home run, Hank Aaron-style!!! KO5 Cheryl Cole in Beatdown Of The Year fashion!!! AFTER: The MGM Grand is shocked at the nasty beating that just took place in the ring, Rachel's been battered out of her senses and requires immediate medical attention while the victorious Geordie climbs the ropes and shouts back at the booing crowd: "She wasn't good enough! Get over it!!!" She refuses to check with the fallen actress and keeps hopping around the ring while pounds herself across the chest: "That's the REAL Geordie power, real power right here!" Erin Andrews simply shakes her head in frustration but she has to talk to our winner here regardless: "Well, that was AWESOME!! Did you see her eyes bawl out to the orbit? Who needs Jenna Coleman when everyone knows that I AM the best UK import available. Huh... you all thought I was done after that Hudgens fight? Well, think again! I'll wreck all ye goofy bimbos one after another and Bilson is just a start. It's almost a shame I knocked her out cold since she deserved extra punishment! But I'll save that for the Hudgens rematch! (...) No, there's nothing official yet but she knows damn well I won't let her off the hook that easily! The Geordie train keeps on rolling, baby! Deal with it!" Final result: Cheryl Cole def. Rachel Bilson KO5. |
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Post by Vassago on Aug 20, 2016 9:32:05 GMT -6
  BEFORE: While Selena Gomez has reluctantly accepted playing second fiddle to Jessica Lowndes on the Lioness Club of America order of merit, things don't look so smooth over in Keira Knightley's corner. The British veteran has been swamped by the wave of new talent flooding the flyweight division during the last couple of years and even her once so formidable spot on the Empire Boxing roster seems a distant memory now. Several pundits label her as the forgotten girl of FCBA but it's difficult to remain in the limelight whle averaging one fight per year which is the case with Knightley since 2012. She plans to strike it big tonight though and prove she still has what it takes to make the headlines. Selena Gomez wears a turquoise bikini set and black gloves. Black hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Keira Knightley wears a red bikini set and white gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a curly ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division. Round 1: Cautious start from the Brit allows Selena to step in with immediate pressure and score well up the middle while Keira's guard barely withstands the early test. Lack of confidence and results must play on Knightley's mind regardless of her past success and Gomez is set to take full advantage of that as she whips steady point-blank assault forcing the older brunette on the back foot and hassling her down into the corner thereafter. Keira loops single shots from behind the guard but fails to embrace the American's barrage and Selena signs off a dominant performance with a clubbing hook on the guts that leaves the Brit gasping for air at the bell. Round 2: Keira finally shows some aggressive edge and beats Selena for the initial punch which enables her to score a flurry of close range jabs during the opening minute. Gomez refuses to buckle under pressure but struggles to tame the English heat and must yield real estate to avoid further damage. Keira is two inches taller and has the superior reach though so she adapts well to the retreat and sinks the American with a clubbing hook on the eye before a follow up tangle reels Gomez butt-in-ropes. Knightley reigns supreme in the dominant position but switches her attacks on the body to explore Selena's old weakness and the desperate high earmuff defense simply doesn't do it's job with Keira drilling the ribcage to claim the round in ultra-confident fashion. Round 3: Knightley keeps her foot on the gas pedal and dominates the mid distance tussle as Gomey's precision goes AWOL and leaves her reeling on the heels after another clubbing hook finds her brow ridge. Keira spices things up with another hook from the other side and stacks the fellow brunette on the ropes where she resumes the body assault and makes Selena moan in pain. Those are heav shots that punish the Latin ribcage and Gomez can only clinch the Brit in order to survive but eats a belting hook on the liver area which bends her to the side and allows Knightley to finish off her drive with a nasty uppercut on the jaw just before the bell. Gomez looks stunned as she holds her chin while Keira shouts to herself looking to maintain her advantage in the upcoming rounds. Round 4: Selena's fallen back on points early but she's experienced enough to weather the British storm and that's something Keira simply didn't anticipate. She enforces the close range drill trying to blow the American away but fails to slice the high guard for once and before she can switch her attacks downstairs Gomez NAILS her with a clubbing hook on the nose followed by a second shot on the temple. Keira's legs sink briefly as she tries to adjust her footing but the younger brunette gives her no time to recover whatsoever and cracks another hook on the nose staggering the English actress in the center of the ring. On comes the Latin pressure and Keira's too slow to react; she gets whipped on her heels under the jabbing onslaught and bumped back against the turnbuckle down the stretch. Gomez groans in her rallying effort but shuts the older girl in the corner for remainder of the round before a belting hook on the liver makes Keira scream out in pain right at the bell. Round 5: Keira looks furious over that lost momentum in the fourth and seeks immediate revenge but Selena ducks underneath the jabbing approach and scythes her across the tummy before adding a quick uppercut on the jaw. Ugh! Knightley bends awkwardly to the side and fails to escape the close range heat where Gomez thrives and pounds her to the body again to assume full control half-way through the round. Keira tries to swing back over the top but drops her left hand too low and when she only catches the American's shoulder, the hooking response blasts her clean on the nose and bends forward into an uppercut disaster! Oi, Keira!!! The British babe goes all jelly butt and Selena cracks another left hook into open target TO WHIP KNIGHTLEY DOWN ON HER BACKSIDE moments later! No luck for the Empire veteran who got caught on the nose again and those clean punches are simply too much for her at this stage of her career. Selena looks stunned that she knocked the former champion down but tries to keep it cool as Keira is furious with another setback like that. She beats the count at seven but suddenly looks very hittable and her confidence is pretty much gone too; Gomey thumps her back to the ropes in the remaining few seconds and cleans out the midriff to secure a whitewash in the fifth and settle as the leader on points at half-distance. Round 6: This isn't a career-low for Knightley yet but Gomez wastes no time in further tarnishing her legacy now; she shows superior agility to track the Brit down in the center of the round and pound her guts with a quick fake move leaving Keira's earmuff cover hanging out to dry. She leans on the veteran and rips more bruising shots downstairs and the speedy nature of this attack simply overwhelms the former champ who squeals in her efforts to break free but gets wrapped up wholesale and sinks on her knees even low. Keira slumps forward against Gomey's chest but gets bumped off and before she can raise her arms again, she gets FLATTENED with one uppercut on the chin too many. AND DOWN GOES KNIGHTLEY!!! Serena isn't the hardest punching flyweight around but shows traits of bantamweight future and Keira's defense completely lets her down here in the sixth. She remains crippled on the canvas for majority of the count but what's worse, there's no fire in her eyes anymore and she lets this one go allowing the ref to count her out soon afterwards. KO6 Selena Gomez!!! AFTER: That's four defeats in a row for the British babe and her last win dates back to November 2011 when Selena was barely getting started in the league. There's nothing left from the bantamweight championship days and one must wonder if her days on the Empire Boxing roster are numbered. The lack of a fighting spark after the second knockdown was particulary ominious and sends Knightley down among the fellow strugglers Jessica Alba and Jaime Pressly whose imminitent FCBA future has retirement written all over it. While BBU always remains a viable option for anyone born in the UK and Keira - aged 31 - is anything but worn out physically, her biggest problem seems to lay in her mental approach and that's something notoriously difficult to overcome when the defeats just keep on coming. On the other hand Selena scores another vital success in her quest to unseat Jessica Lowndes from the LCA Alpha status however she needs an upgrade in opposition to make it happen. Someone like Kristen Stewart immediately springs to mind however due to the rocky relations between Front Street Gym and the Bradenton-based group, that match-up might never take place - even during the currently ongoing stable war between the two. Final result: Selena Gomez def. Keira Knightley KO6. |
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Post by Vassago on Aug 20, 2016 9:33:36 GMT -6
  BEFORE: While Odette Yustman remains ranked at the top of the Boxing World Magazine's Lightweight order of merit, her results against Front Street Gym have been outright terrible dating back to her first ever fight under Lioness Club of America banner in May 2012. During a rare visit to the Asylum Arena Yustman got absolutely pummelled into exhaustion by Daniela Ruah in one of the most lopsides decisions ever seen on this side of the Atlantic. Moreover she was stripped from her divisional title by Brooklyn Decker back in January and the experts think the high-flying Gemma Arterton will simply add more insult to injury here tonight. The Front Street lightweight roster is loaded with talent and keeps the divisional rankings hostage at this moment. Allthough Decker was removed from the throne by Blake Lively, girls like Anna Torv, Serinda Swan and Gemma Arterton still believe their day will finally come and the Philadelphia-based stable rises to a complete dominance last seen when the Hawkeye Consortium made a mockery of their flyweight opposition. Arterton rarely fights outside of the friendly grounds of the Asylum Arena but she beams with confidence ahead of the Yustman test: "Of course she's scared of us! Just look at her results, first Daniela and then Brooklyn! We've got her number! Coach Neve Campbell knows a thing of two about the Hall Of Fame and Odette is simply not good enough. It's time to expose her one trick pony show and send her down where she belongs! Now that Kelly Brook whooped her ass it's time for me to finish her off once and for all. There's a reason why I don't need the Asylum crowd support here tonight. I'm so much better than Odette it's gonna be a whitewash in the ring! Plus Neve is all about revenge after what happened in the Minka/Mack fight. They have the guts to question our training methods? Just wait until I break Odette's jaw!" It's all Arterton pre-fight however Yustman's a well known sleeper who prefers to do her talking in her ring rather than outside of it. She dismisses Gemma's bragging as "irrelevant" but her struggles against Neve Campbell's coaching scheme have been well documented and leave her dead even with the English redhead on the betting scale. Most of the pundits think this will go right down to the scorecards and both stables have accepted overtime rules which caused so much controvery in the Minka Kelly vs Allison Mack showdown last month. Odette Yustman wears a black basque top, matching knickers and red gloves. Long black hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Gemma Arterton wears a silver basque top with red trim, red knickers and white gloves. Dyed cherry hair, shoulder lenght & straight. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division with the BWO #1 ranking unofficially on the line! Round 1: There's plenty at stake here and both girls are well aware of that; Odette prefers the counterpunching stance most of the time anyway but Gemma fails to back up her pre-fight trash talk with immediate action so the opening round remains a dire affair all the way through. Gemma sticks some meaningful leather into her opponent's face but those are single shots good enough to stretch her muscles rather than physically hurt the former champion and Yustman slips out of her grasp with a trademark dancing routine down the stretch. Speed is very much on the American's side and Arterton just can't put her power to force whatsoever in a cagey opening round. Round 2: Arterton enforces the close range dust up and whoops the brunette on the body which leaves Yustman covering up but her overhand response misses the target and the redhead slams more beef around the liver area trying to pound the #1 ranked opponent back to the ropes. Odette fails to escape the heat even with her legendary footwork at her disposal and gets wrapped in more body-busting efforts before finally clinching the rampant Brit. However Arterton shows some core strenght and shakes off the stalemate before batting the brunette with a quick one-two combo on the mouth and reeling Odette against the post. The clock expires soon afterwards though and prevents the redhead from stretching her advantage and she looks mighty annoyed with that, shaking her head repeatedly as coach Neve Campbell tries to calm her down during the interval. Round 3: Gemma keeps slugging it out for glory, ESPN's Erin Andrews claims it's harder to become Front Street's lightweight leader than to even win the title outright as one defeat along the way sends you back to the end of the bench. No hiccups allowed and Yustman learns the drill the hard way AGAIN! She gets clubbed up the middle and reels on her heels when Arterton roughs her face up with nothing but destruction plans on her mind. Of course the California native remains the sole lightweight entry on the LCA roster and Andrews cites lack of in-house competition behind her overall 2016 slump. Gemma doesn't care about that whatsoever and traps the shockingly ineffective brunette on the ropes in the final minute and barges more leather upstairs to slump Odette on jelly knees with eyes closed. There's just no stopping the redhead 'Gladiator' right now! Round 4: LCA's head trainer Claudia Schiffer is livid with Odette's performance and the pep talk ahead of the fourth seems to have spurred the brunette into proper action as the dances around the redhead's initial approach and enforces the mid distance duell which works much better into her favor. Arterton keeps misfiring during the opening minute and struggles to find her range while Odette loops painstakingly successful hooks that finally break the English resilience. Gemma soaks up one clean strike on the temple too many during a ferocious American push and drops her cover which enables the brunette to cash in with the haymaker! Thunder shot from the right bursts through Gemma's jaw AND SENDS HER TUMBLING DOWN ON HER BACKSIDE within a split second! Booyah! The former champ is right back in it! Loud ovation from the Vegas audience - we're not in Wembley after all - spoils the Front Street party but Gemma is a tough lass; she tries to keep it casual after soaking up the eight count and the eyes switch into evil mode again. However Odette thrives on the knockdown and pummels her straight into the corner during the final seconds where she cleans out the breadbasket with Arterton camped behind a high earmuff and hanging out for the bell. Round 5: Yustman stays on top of the English power supply that needs to find a higher gear following that knockdown. Hectic discussion between Neve Campbell and Gemma leads Erin Andrews to question the redhead's health as she was really smoked with that monster shot to the chin. More high earmuff prevents Odette from exploring the Brit upstairs but she barges her way to the body and shuts her rival down in a classic survival mode that makes coach Campbell cringe. Veteran-like display from Odette, she doesn't force the issue and proceeds to clean out the midsection with Arterton sticking to her ultra-defensive stance and defaulting the round in the proccess. The knockdown makes the difference at half-distance but the English momentum is lost and the Arterton/Campbell tandem needs to rebuild their challenge from the scratch. Round 6: Odette tries to maul her opponent in close range again despite looking more effective in separation before however Gemma's been rocked by that knockdown in the fourth and doesn't look so dangerous anymore UNTIL she whoops the brunette's jugs with a steady uppercut attack that leaves the American gobsmacked over the change of script. She unloads a proper hooking combo that nails the redhead on the temples but gets drilled on the solar plexus and Arterton GOES TO JUG on the long haul trying to come up with a plan "B" here. Coach Neve shakes her head but applauds the phone booth-like display from the 'Gladaitor' who pummels the otherwise dominant brunette to the ropes and ravages extra tummy down the stretch. Odette refuses to clinch the suddenly lively opponent and eats more leather downstairs which slumps her into survival mode which fuels Gemma's late attack again. She almost hits the subdued American in the crotch - some trigger-happy fans in the front seats were calling that one already - but eventually another drilling series on the solar plexus dumps Yustman into a yelping struggle before Arterton scythes her across the liver area and spins back into LCA's corner at the bell. Round 7: The English comeback is on! Odette struggles to regain her breath after taking too many punches to the guts in the sixth and falls into another close range frenzy that even her legendary bendiness & footwork fails to absorb. And one doesn't need to test Arterton's power too much so the head snapping combo that rocks Odette butt-in-ropes comes as no surprise to any long-time female boxing fan. Yustman finally tries to bide herself some time with a much maligned clinch but the redhead has none of that and slams a vicious combo on the jaw that slumps the brunette into aching spasms. "Gonna break your jaw now, bytch!", those BWO #1 ranking prospects switch Gemma into red mist mode and it looks like she's never left the Asylum Arena in the second minute as she CLOBBERS the California girl into a standstill with enormous leather rush aimed upstairs. Yustman's guard collapses in wake of that cavalry charge and renders her obsolete before Arterton adds the icing on the cake with another jaw-busting uppercut that rewinds the round four tape in more ways than one... DOWN GOES YUSTMAN!!! Too much raw power from the Kent enforcer throws this contest in the air as Odette slides on her right side and has a hard time in getting up! Wooly bully time for the former champion but she's on her feet at nine still looking a little ragged. Ref looks her deep in the eye and... CALLS IT OFF!!! Would you believe it! He deems Yustman unable to continue and this mighty battle is OVER!! TKO7 Gemma Arterton!!! AFTER: Pandemonium in the audience as NOBODY expected the premature stoppage in a fight that threatened to go the distance. Odette doesn't realize it's all over and just shrugs her shoulders when she finally gets the message. However coach Schiffer is FURIOUS and leaps into the ring to contest the verdict. It's to no avail of course as ref Johnny Cortez tells her to get lost: "She was done! I did her a favor cause was looking at a wired jaw before too long!" Just no love here for the ex-champ and the former #1 ranked lightweight in the world! Meanwhile Elton John's "Made In England" and Tinchy Strider's "Number One" pump through the speakers to officially get the Front Street party under way. Neve Campbell is back on top of the coaching chart and avenges the Allison Mack fiasco with room to spare but even she admits Gemma's jug muggin' flirt in the sixth was a secret weapon aimed at LCA's high-profile presence in the genre bouts to date: "That was supposed to hurt them and it WILL hurt them, Erin! They won't be drinking whiskey with any of my girls anymore! Let them rot in hell for questioning my Hall Of Fame status!" Odette storms out of the ring even before the verdict is announced. The 2016 slump continues and the Kelly Brook disaster proves to be more than just a bad day at the office according to Erin Andrews. Duh! However it's too early to declare an official decline of Odette as an elite lightweight force. Too early for Andrews but not for tonight's winner; let's go down to the cherry blossom: "Of course I'm the REAL number one now! Who dares to question this result! This is the tipping point of Odette's career, she is gone, I tell ya all! No more sitting on the bench for me! Anna... Serinda, honey, MOVE OVER!! I'm the best UK product this country has seen since Kate Beckinsale's heyday! The time is now! (...) Yeah, I remember how I lost to Mary Elizabeth Winstead last year but it doesn't matter anymore! She's down and out too, likewise this Aussie tramp, what's her name again? (laughs) Nevermind that! I told ya I don't need the Asylum support to wreck Odette and well, I proved that tonight, didn't I? It's a shame I didn't break her jaw like I promised but well, I'll save that for Blake Lively then! Wish me luck! Number one, baby!" As Neve & Gemma dwell on the standing ovation from the audience - apparently the bets rocketed sky-high in the redhead's favor just minutes before the fight - LCA's head trainer is forced to analyze this extremely difficult evening for her lightweight protegee: "You know, that was pure BS out there! I don't know, perhaps FCBA is tired of Odette at this stage. Who knows? Johnny Cortez of all people! He should have stayed in Puerto Rico! You should never trust a guy with a moustache! She was good to go but they've called it! Fine! Our Front Street jinx continues. Odette goes 0-3 against them but there's nothing we can do about it (...) Another bite at the Asylum cherry? Against whom? Anna Torv is not exactly Mr. V's favorte girl, he snubbed her at the expense of Brooklyn Decker after all. Katy Perry is a welterweight on our chart so she's off. And Serinda Swan is irrelevant after she lost to Gisele Bundchen TWICE. Remember we only shoot for the best, third-string options are out of the question. Perhaps it's time for Odette to take a break. Losing to Kelly Brook was tough but this is just bad. She's not doing JMDD and I don't know what happens next. My boss will eventually figure out a plan to get Odette back on track. She's only 31 remember and not exactly nose-diving into obscurity like Jessica Alba. But don't be surprised if this was her last fight this season." Final result: Gemma Arterton def. Odette Yustman TKO7. |
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Post by Boxing World Online on Aug 20, 2016 20:17:59 GMT -6
The Man In The Hat sits, as usual, in the center of the dais. To his left are Britney Spears, Grace Park, Jewel, and Avril Lavigne. To his right are Gemma Arterton, Neve Campbell, Mariska Hargitay, and Alison Brie.
Man In The Hat: "All right. Let's get to it. Questions. Cable Boy! Go!"
HBO Reporter: "I wouldn't have pointed this out, but the LCA's own head trainer did. Odette Yustman is 0-3 against Front Street..."
Man In The Hat (nodding): "That's true. But, in all fairness, we could fight her three more times, and she could easily be 3-3. Odette's an elite light who has proven she can beat anyone in the division. We've gotten some results, yes. But, we don't have her number or anything. Trust me. If we keep fighting her, these things will regress to the mean. Count on that. Cable Boy II! You're next!"
Showtime Reporter: "You may not have to worry about it, because it seems like LCA is all out of Front Street lights, again, according to their head trainer..."
Man In The Hat: "Well, allow me to say that if they CHOOSE not to fight Torv...just because...or if they CHOOSE not to fight Perry because they consider her a welter, even though she's not, there's not much I can do about that. There's not much I can do about them ignoring Swan because she lost two fights to a girl who then went out and beat Kerr to claim the Ice Hotel...the same Kerr who just beat Decker, who they choose not to ignore, while also ignoring the fact that Swan's beaten top level lights like Wagner, Lima, Rowland, and, yes, Decker, along with a freakin' welter in Rihanna, well, again, there's not much I can do about that. We're here if Yustman wants to fight us, even though, again, we expect a regression to the mean, because we have respect for the kid. Tess, dear. Go ahead."
Tess: "Let's talk about the fight itself. How big a win is this for Gemma?"
Man In The Hat: "It's massive. It puts her right at the top of our lightweight pecking order with Anna...and, perhaps, Katy if she's able to come through on pay-per-view. Either way, Gems and Anna are up there, and that's a good place to be, because the lightweight title is going to be a particular focus of ours for the remainder of 2016. Smackeroo! Take us to dinner!"
Reporter (smiling): "Are you still of the opinion that Biel should get the next shot at Lively?"
Man In The Hat: "As I said, Ginster is no dummy and that's the perfect fight for her kid. We don't plan to do any line cutting in front of Jessica Biel. But. We are in this discussion with two fighters...and, perhaps three...or even four should Kesha come through at Asylum. Because, Big K is ALSO going to be pushed at the lightweight crown, again, if she comes through at Asylum. We've got a third of this year left after this month. And, we're going to spend it chasing the belts at 130. Now. It's dinner time. Tess! Smackey! Limo!"
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Post by Vassago on Aug 21, 2016 21:43:44 GMT -6
Is there a rule that says Odette MUST fight all seven (or whatever the number is) Front Street lightweights? That smells desperation and we'll leave that to the regular Asylum guests. With all due respect, we rate Odette a little higher than Cat Deeley or Sarah Chalke.
Using baseball terms, Ruah was strike one, Decker strike two and Arterton strike three which means Odette is heading back to the bullpen.
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Post by Lookout! Boxing on Aug 22, 2016 8:39:26 GMT -6
First of all, we just wanted to say what an outstanding card and thanks for all of your hard work on there! Some unexpected and surprising results in there, which should make things very interesting over at the LCA in the near future!!
Second of all, Vanessa Hudgens AND Jenna Louise Coleman definitely heard what Cheryl had to say after her win, which showed she is definitely not going to let her loss to 'Disney Power' affect her! But, Jenna definitely feels that SHE is the best UK import out there and for what it's worth, anytime Cheryl wants to experience 'Disney Domination' again, Hudgens will be happy to take her on! Anytime at all!
Third, we still feel like Odette is one of the best lightweight prospects out there and we have NO doubt that the LCA will get her back on track soon. One or two losses shouldn't derail her entirely and I would hope, despite the bad blood between the two stables, that we see a rematch between them in the future!! The near future hopefully!
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