Post by Lookout! Boxing on Aug 26, 2016 9:32:07 GMT -6
Yvonne Strahovski versus Jeri Ryan
(Words & Results: Lookout!)
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
BEFORE: For this particular bout, Yvonne has decided to travel to this gorgeous Caribbean resort town, which is a hotly contested stretch of beach which Jeri Ryan has ruled off and on since taking it from Eva Larue in 2012. The sun was beating down hot today, but certainly wasn't at a higher temperature than the anger of Yvonne Strahovski, who was looking particularly heavenly today in a white bikini with matching gloves – blonde hair in a fighting ponytail with little loose ringlets hanging down around her face. What had Strahovski quite so upset wasn't a closely held secret as the entire sports scene had been buzzing after the comeback upset win by Charlize Theron in the last PPV – spoiling Yvonne's perfect record against her rival and denying her a career best-of-seven win against her – which had occurred on Strahovski's native soil, only adding insult to injury, punctuated by a Walk of Shame.
“Which is part of why I picked this particular spot of beach...” Yvonne declared imperiously, eyes narrowing as she placed her hands on her hips and stared out into the pounding Mexican surf, “This has been Academy territory for years now, but if Charlize wants to try to take me on my territory, you can be d*mn sure I'm going to fight back! Whatever is precious to Theron or the rest of the Academy, then you better believe I'm going to be there to make sure they don't get to enjoy it for long. I just can't wait to see the look on her face when I beat the crap out of Ryan and make her admit that this beach is MINE!”
“You won't have to wait long..” a brave reporter from FCBA Magazine offered, pointing over Yvonne's shoulders to where Charlize Theron was arriving to support Jeri Ryan, as both were mobbed by more supporters. Strahovski's nostrils flared and eyes narrowed, turning to glare at both Jeri and Charlize, chest heaving in and out as she almost charged right there, but refused to be caught off guard again as she snarled, “Bytch...” and abruptly ended the interview, turning around as she put on her white gloves. Reporters went over to interview both Charlize and Jeri, getting their thoughts on Yvonne's remarks and the match ahead.
Naturally, the media wanted to get Theron's take on the fight, since she'd recently fought, and beaten, Strahovski and was now acting as the de facto head trainer for Ginny's Academy since she fired her entire training staff this winter. Charlize was, of course, characteristically eager to get in front of a camera and talk.
“I figured out the key to beating 'what's her name' and I'm going to pass it along to Jeri in our training sessions. Some may think that that Aussie is trying to pull a fast one challenging my stable mate, someone even older than I am, as a way to get into my head. Well, she's just playing right into my hands. With eager young talents like the lightweight champ Blake Lively and a rising superstar in Jen Lawrence, The Academy is positioned to rule the lightweight ranks for a decade or more. Jeri's going to put the final nail in that bimbo's career and it'll be up to me to have Blake and J-Law come along behind to sweep up the debris.”
The next day, Jeri Ryan had her press day and while she sounded as confident as anyone could who's about to face Yvonne Strahovski, she made it clear she doesn't see herself as “an underdog” in the fight.
“I've been fighting these kinda gals for a long time,” Jeri said, “and there's one thing I've found is true in every case.” She held up her right fist to show the crowd of media. “When they get hit with this...they go down. That was true of Nolin, Vergara, many more. Heck, even the great Theron fell to the power of this fist. So when I hit Strahovski, she's gonna stay hit. I guarantee it!”
Attire: Both in bikini bra-panties, Yvonne full coverage solid white, with white gloves/shoes; Jeri in black lace, black and black.
During R1: Yvonne storms forward, charging in aggressively as she charges in to attack Ryan, just immediately using her jab to push Jeri backwards as she targets her tummy and tits. Ryan reeling initially, but responding with a surprisingly brawny jab of her own to beat Yvonne back. Yvonne's temper flaring and her technique is suffering, but Ryan determined to protect her beach has a focused technique that makes Strahovski pay for each and every mistake. Ryan just working off of the jab, spearing down into Yvonne's tummy and sending a crashing right up over the top that has Yvonne swooning on the spot! Down the stretch, Yvonne is pushed backwards as Jeri is jamming in hard right hands into her blonde's face and then treating her with sharp left hands to her breasts, which are bouncing around underneath her bikini top as Theron nods approvingly. Blonde shaken but not stirred as ref pulls Ryan as she is delivering extra punches after the bell.
R2: Yvonne doing her best to calm down here in the second, although the aggressive action continues as Jeri marches to the center of the ring, bumping shoulders against Strahovski and just trading in the ring – because she can! It's a blockbuster punching display from both fighters, which has the crowd up on their feet, each of them rocking the other on their heels for a moment, but coming back as both Jeri and Yvonne can take a punch like few others. Both blondes shaking it off and coming back with slinging punches from their hips, just beating each other backwards in the first two minutes. But, in the final minute, it's Strahovski coming on late as she backs Jeri backs up to the ropes and using big, overhand rights to her temple to set her up for digging uppercuts that land square to tit, almost knocking Ryan's rack out of her bra. Jeri is pouting at the bell, mouth-breathing and squealing as it's Strahovski's turn to help herself to some extra punches before referee intervention this time around.
R3: Nobody enjoys having their tits punched and Ryan is certainly no exception, but Yvonne is hungry for more as she goes to charge in for more assault on Jeri's jugs, bullying her blonde rival back into her corner. Yvonne is just hacking away at Ryan's cheek and cleavage, hitting her face with the right and then delivering that digging left uppercut into those legendary melons as Ryan is in a daze early on. But, later in the round, Jeri manages to brawl her way off of the ropes as the two of them bang away to the tummy and tits. As the two come together in a clinch, Jeri uses her weight and pushes all big girl to drive Strahovski back to the corner. Strahovski snarling, going to push her way out of the corner when she feels like she is caught on something and it's THERON with a firm grip on her bikini bottoms, giving them a sharp little tug upwards for a wedgie as Yvonne groans out in discomfort!!! Angrily, Strahovski tries to elbow backwards but Theron too smart to get caught by that and Yvonne paying for getting distracted as Jeri hammers forward with a hard-hitting hook across the waist that has Yvonne gurgling – blonde stooping forward as Charlize deftly reaches up over the top, giving Yvonne's bikini top a little yank to straighten her up. Ref unable to see as Jeri plows forward with a shoulder into those nearly exposed jugs to knock her back into the corner as Yvonne's blonde butt pushes backwards, with Ryan rampaging against torso and rack with wild abandon! Ref forced to pull Ryan off as he leads her away again, giving her a stern warning as Charlize takes one last opportunity to swat Strahovski's behind as she moans out in anger and staggers forward, almost falling to a knee as she hugs her tummy and rack, blinking in shock as Jeri takes that round wide – albeit with a little 'divine intervention'. After getting an earful from fans, Charlize getting a warning from the ref, but Theron just grinning and shrugging her shoulders as she struts around the outside.
R4: Both girls fall inside, but Strahovski unable to get good positioning in the body battle as Ryan keeps up the pressure, just blocking shots inside as she crosses her arms at her abs, ripping away short and effective shots to Strahovski's toned midriff. Jeri leaning forward on Strahovski, making her take weight and walking her around the ring, just beating her belly and breasts at will, steamrolling her rival throughout the ring, though Yvonne starting to recover and retaliate in the final minute. Yvonne manages to step backwards, luring Ryan into a forward charge as she catches Jeri with a stunning short right uppercut that crashes into her mouth. Ryan is shocked, her legs giving way momentarily as she leans forward into Strahovski for support, but Strahovski stepping back again and just goes to plow into Jeri with a hard right hand across her cheek in the same spot. DOWN GOES JERI! Ryan falls down to all fours, eyes blinking in shock, as Yvonne struts away, blonde beaming as she drinks in the sight and ignores Charlize as she steals a Ryan round with some late power!
R5: Both of them come back towards one another immediately as Strahovski is back on Jeri's tits angrily and Ryan just belting in shots down low to breadbasket as they compete hard in a phone booth – neither of them willing to back down. Jeri clinching with Strahovski, trying to make her take weight and bully her backwards towards the corner again, but Yvonne not about to get trapped in the corner again with Theron. Yvonne working to double over and block shots, using her low guard to set up retaliation as she scores cleanly against the sturdy ribs and rack of her foe. Strahovski turning Ryan with a steady assault of attrition, finding openings for her own right uppercut as Ryan starts getting torn apart in close quarters. Ryan refusing to back down, eyes blazing as this is HER beach, continuing to batter blonde tummy and almost bullying Strahovski back to the corner again as the two trade perfectly placed hooks to head and jabs to jug. But, as Ryan goes to clinch, her legs wobbly but still going to push Yvonne backwards, Strahovski shoots back with a perfectly placed straight shot into her foe's solar plexus that just drops Ryan down to all fours. Gasping and grimacing, Ryan tries to rise back up but can't get off of her knees, hugging her rack and ribs and it's OVER – via shocking KO5 – it's Yvonne Strahovski – with Yvonne taking a moment to step over Ryan to give a cool but confident glare towards Theron before dismissively strutting to her corner in victory!
AFTER: Yvonne doesn't wait for long as she removes her gloves, tossing them to the sand with a thud, kicking up a fine spray of sand as she storms over to Ryan's corner, grabs a handful of Jeri's sweat-matted blonde tresses and throws her blonde rival down to the sand. Jeri's butt hits the sand and her thrashing legs kick up a brief sand storm before Yvonne lands on her to drops her taut tush onto Jeri's tummy, knocking the wind from the aging beauty. Yvonne pins Jeri's arms with her knees, then uses her left hand to gather a fistful of Ryan's blonde tresses, which she yanks sharpy to haul Ryan's torso upright.
“So,” Jeri says, leaning her victorious chest on Jeri's battered bosom, “whose beach is this?”
Ryan blinks, struggling to shake her head from side-to-side against Yvonne's firm grip of her hair, groaning, “Mine...it... it's mi...IIIIIEEEE!” Her reply is abruptly shut down by a hard, SLAP to her face.
“Think again! Whose beach is it?” Yvonne demands, giving Jeri's head a sharp shake. Jeri, tears welling, again mumbles her claim to the beach, so Yvonne gives her a second brutal SLAP and Jeri yelps in surprise as her head torques to the side. When Jeri still doesn't admit to Yvonne's claim, the SLAP is repeated. Yvonne continues with a steady drumbeat of SLAPS, one every time Jeri gives the 'wrong' answer; her taped hand cracking one side forehand, then when her claim is denied, the other sweeps across backhand. Ryan's cheeks rapidly redden under the barrage and she can't hold back her tears any longer.
The referee, the crowd and especially Charlize Theron watch with mounting concern when Yvonne pushes Jeri down on her back and scoots upward, planting her proud young Aussie arse down firmly on Ryan's aging but still proud jugs. Bouncing up and down to apply additional pressure on Jeri to submit to her demand, Yvonne resumes SLAPPING at a blistering pace until Ryan finally can't take it any more and groans, with tears streaming down her bright red cheeks, “YOURS! It's your F'n beach – it's (sob) yuh... (sniffle) you can have (sob) the (sob) damm beach...”
“Damm straight it's mine, I won it fair and square. And don't you forget it...” Yvonne smirks as she starts to slide her butt up onto Jeri's face for the facesit that will not only send a message to Ryan, but cement her claim on the beach.
But just as Yvonne rises up and inches forward, Theron screams, “HELL NO!!! This beach is MINE.... uh, I mean, it's Academy property!!”
Yvonne cocks an eyebrow as she looks over and coolly glares at Charlize. “You mean it was,” she corrects her as she rocks back and forth, her groin and arse barely touching Jeri's face in a silent threat. Then Strahovski stops, right above Jeri's red, tear-filled and wide eyes. Reaching down, she scoops up two handfuls of sand and lets it run through her fingers, falling to the ground like confetti. Then she cackles and evil, wicked witchy chuckle and winks at Charlize. Announcing to the approving audience, “Now it's alllll mine!”
Glaring at 42 yo Theron as she continues to consider whether or not to facesit Ryan, Yvonne suddenly stands up and calls for a microphone. Befitting her status, Yvonne is handed one immediately. Raising it to her lips with a smirk, she says, "I'm getting tired of these games. I've beaten them, I've walked them; I've KO'd them; but nothing I do to these over-the-hill hangers-on seems to get the message thru to them.” She turns to face Charlize and takes a step toward her as she screams, “YOUR TIME IS OVER! GO HOME OLD LADY!"
Loud cheers from most of the fans, and a standing ovation from the young fighters at ringside. Yvonne soaks in their cheers, grinning at Charlize who, red-faced, starts to climb through the ropes. Then Yvonne continues as Charlize is halfway, with one long, lithe leg inside the ring and the other still outside on the sand. Yvonne points at her and warns, "You come into MY ring missy, and your face will end up under my butt right beside her!" she says, pointing dramatically at Ryan lying at her feet!
“Actually,” Yvonne adds with a smug grin, “I don't think Ryan is worthy of being smothered out by my perfect posterior – I'm going to save that for you Charlize. Next time you get into MY ring, whenever and wherever it that may be, you have to recognize you ARE going to end up buried under it, just like your career already is, although you won't admit it yet. I'm going to be sitting on the 'Golden Goddess' throne, the new Queen! I'll give you one guess who that is, bytch!”
“As for Jeri, her career is already over and it's time to make that official.” Yvonne kicks her feet, burying Ryan with sand that sticks to her sweaty, bruised, body while Charlize helplessly seethes in silent rage; finally finishing getting into the ring but being careful not to make any movement in Yvonne's direction.
Yvonne licks her lips, a big smile, as she relishes her moment literally as well as figuratively 'burying' Ryan before she walks over to Charlize and jabs her in the chest with her finger as she says coolly, “You're next!”
Then Yvonne drops the mic in the sand and grinning, struts off as the reporters turn away from Theron and chase after Yvonne toward the post-bout press conference – eager for more fireworks.
* * * * * *
Later: Charlize arrived at the podium just minutes before Yvonne, and shortly after she and Jeri had left the ring, surprising the media who were told the fighters wouldn't be there for 'a few minutes.' Theron stepped right up to the microphone and boldly stated, “Well, it looks like I'm the only one who's figured out how to solve 'Sluthovski'. I gave Jeri a bunch of tips but maybe she's just too old and worn out to get the job done.”
Seeing the shocked looks on the faces in the crowd, Charlize grinned and kept talking. “You all know I'm running things at the Academy since Ginny cleaned house and I'm not going to stand for slacking off and lackluster performances. These girls are going to have to tighten up and fly right or there'll be some changes made!
“I know Blake and J-Law both have their sights on 'Sluthovski' and now I've got some video to show them of what happens if a fighter can't make my brilliant planning work in the ring. I had the right game plan for her to whip 'Sluthovski' the same way I did, but Jeri's ego got in the way. Lively and Lawrence had better learn from Ryan's folly, or they're liable to go down the same way she did.”
Then seeing that Jeri Ryan had just arrived and had missed her comments, Charlize graciously introduced her. Ryan winced slightly as she walked on stage and reached to adjust the microphone. “Yvonne fought a great fight tonight,” she said. “We thought we had a plan to deal with her, but even the best plans rarely survive first contact with your enemy. Yvonne was quick to make adjustments and in the second round, Straho made the adjustment that foiled our best laid plans.
“I was in a dogfight with her and it was give and take for five hard-fought rounds. I've nothing to be ashamed of, I ran into a buzz saw tonight and I tip my hat to Yvonne. The better woman won this time. Next time we meet, if we do, I expect to be the one standing at the end.” Then Ryan raised her powerful left fist and added, “This baby's never let me down in the long run and I expect Yvonne will be seeing it again before I hang up my thong and retire.”
Polite applause greeted Ryan's bravado, and she turned and left the stage before anyone could ask her about Theron's remarks because Yvonne Strahovski had just stood up from the seat she'd been occupying in the back of the room. She walked down the aisle to the media microphone and called out to Theron who was beating a quick retreat following Ryan. “HEY THERON!” Yvonne yelled. “I got a question for you...”
Foolishly, Charlize stopped and looked back at Yvonne. “I want to know if you're brave enough to face me again. You got lucky the last time. But then I guess once out of four tries anybody might call a coin flip right. How'd you like to try that 'plan' of yours in person, instead of sending surrogates to have their heads handed to them?”
Silence from Charlize.
“Well, here's my offer,” Yvonne said, brandishing up a slip of paper. “I have a cashier's check here for one million dollars.” A rustle of activity signaled the media's sudden interest as they pulled out cellphones and note pads. “I'll put it in an escrow account set up by an independent body. If you face me in a boxing, wrestling or MMA fight the money will be given to any charity you name. If you refuse, however, I'll pursue you to the ends of the earth and tell everyone I see that you're a fraud and a coward. So, what's your answer?”
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Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
BEFORE: For this particular bout, Yvonne has decided to travel to this gorgeous Caribbean resort town, which is a hotly contested stretch of beach which Jeri Ryan has ruled off and on since taking it from Eva Larue in 2012. The sun was beating down hot today, but certainly wasn't at a higher temperature than the anger of Yvonne Strahovski, who was looking particularly heavenly today in a white bikini with matching gloves – blonde hair in a fighting ponytail with little loose ringlets hanging down around her face. What had Strahovski quite so upset wasn't a closely held secret as the entire sports scene had been buzzing after the comeback upset win by Charlize Theron in the last PPV – spoiling Yvonne's perfect record against her rival and denying her a career best-of-seven win against her – which had occurred on Strahovski's native soil, only adding insult to injury, punctuated by a Walk of Shame.
“Which is part of why I picked this particular spot of beach...” Yvonne declared imperiously, eyes narrowing as she placed her hands on her hips and stared out into the pounding Mexican surf, “This has been Academy territory for years now, but if Charlize wants to try to take me on my territory, you can be d*mn sure I'm going to fight back! Whatever is precious to Theron or the rest of the Academy, then you better believe I'm going to be there to make sure they don't get to enjoy it for long. I just can't wait to see the look on her face when I beat the crap out of Ryan and make her admit that this beach is MINE!”
“You won't have to wait long..” a brave reporter from FCBA Magazine offered, pointing over Yvonne's shoulders to where Charlize Theron was arriving to support Jeri Ryan, as both were mobbed by more supporters. Strahovski's nostrils flared and eyes narrowed, turning to glare at both Jeri and Charlize, chest heaving in and out as she almost charged right there, but refused to be caught off guard again as she snarled, “Bytch...” and abruptly ended the interview, turning around as she put on her white gloves. Reporters went over to interview both Charlize and Jeri, getting their thoughts on Yvonne's remarks and the match ahead.
Naturally, the media wanted to get Theron's take on the fight, since she'd recently fought, and beaten, Strahovski and was now acting as the de facto head trainer for Ginny's Academy since she fired her entire training staff this winter. Charlize was, of course, characteristically eager to get in front of a camera and talk.
“I figured out the key to beating 'what's her name' and I'm going to pass it along to Jeri in our training sessions. Some may think that that Aussie is trying to pull a fast one challenging my stable mate, someone even older than I am, as a way to get into my head. Well, she's just playing right into my hands. With eager young talents like the lightweight champ Blake Lively and a rising superstar in Jen Lawrence, The Academy is positioned to rule the lightweight ranks for a decade or more. Jeri's going to put the final nail in that bimbo's career and it'll be up to me to have Blake and J-Law come along behind to sweep up the debris.”
The next day, Jeri Ryan had her press day and while she sounded as confident as anyone could who's about to face Yvonne Strahovski, she made it clear she doesn't see herself as “an underdog” in the fight.
“I've been fighting these kinda gals for a long time,” Jeri said, “and there's one thing I've found is true in every case.” She held up her right fist to show the crowd of media. “When they get hit with this...they go down. That was true of Nolin, Vergara, many more. Heck, even the great Theron fell to the power of this fist. So when I hit Strahovski, she's gonna stay hit. I guarantee it!”
Attire: Both in bikini bra-panties, Yvonne full coverage solid white, with white gloves/shoes; Jeri in black lace, black and black.
During R1: Yvonne storms forward, charging in aggressively as she charges in to attack Ryan, just immediately using her jab to push Jeri backwards as she targets her tummy and tits. Ryan reeling initially, but responding with a surprisingly brawny jab of her own to beat Yvonne back. Yvonne's temper flaring and her technique is suffering, but Ryan determined to protect her beach has a focused technique that makes Strahovski pay for each and every mistake. Ryan just working off of the jab, spearing down into Yvonne's tummy and sending a crashing right up over the top that has Yvonne swooning on the spot! Down the stretch, Yvonne is pushed backwards as Jeri is jamming in hard right hands into her blonde's face and then treating her with sharp left hands to her breasts, which are bouncing around underneath her bikini top as Theron nods approvingly. Blonde shaken but not stirred as ref pulls Ryan as she is delivering extra punches after the bell.
R2: Yvonne doing her best to calm down here in the second, although the aggressive action continues as Jeri marches to the center of the ring, bumping shoulders against Strahovski and just trading in the ring – because she can! It's a blockbuster punching display from both fighters, which has the crowd up on their feet, each of them rocking the other on their heels for a moment, but coming back as both Jeri and Yvonne can take a punch like few others. Both blondes shaking it off and coming back with slinging punches from their hips, just beating each other backwards in the first two minutes. But, in the final minute, it's Strahovski coming on late as she backs Jeri backs up to the ropes and using big, overhand rights to her temple to set her up for digging uppercuts that land square to tit, almost knocking Ryan's rack out of her bra. Jeri is pouting at the bell, mouth-breathing and squealing as it's Strahovski's turn to help herself to some extra punches before referee intervention this time around.
R3: Nobody enjoys having their tits punched and Ryan is certainly no exception, but Yvonne is hungry for more as she goes to charge in for more assault on Jeri's jugs, bullying her blonde rival back into her corner. Yvonne is just hacking away at Ryan's cheek and cleavage, hitting her face with the right and then delivering that digging left uppercut into those legendary melons as Ryan is in a daze early on. But, later in the round, Jeri manages to brawl her way off of the ropes as the two of them bang away to the tummy and tits. As the two come together in a clinch, Jeri uses her weight and pushes all big girl to drive Strahovski back to the corner. Strahovski snarling, going to push her way out of the corner when she feels like she is caught on something and it's THERON with a firm grip on her bikini bottoms, giving them a sharp little tug upwards for a wedgie as Yvonne groans out in discomfort!!! Angrily, Strahovski tries to elbow backwards but Theron too smart to get caught by that and Yvonne paying for getting distracted as Jeri hammers forward with a hard-hitting hook across the waist that has Yvonne gurgling – blonde stooping forward as Charlize deftly reaches up over the top, giving Yvonne's bikini top a little yank to straighten her up. Ref unable to see as Jeri plows forward with a shoulder into those nearly exposed jugs to knock her back into the corner as Yvonne's blonde butt pushes backwards, with Ryan rampaging against torso and rack with wild abandon! Ref forced to pull Ryan off as he leads her away again, giving her a stern warning as Charlize takes one last opportunity to swat Strahovski's behind as she moans out in anger and staggers forward, almost falling to a knee as she hugs her tummy and rack, blinking in shock as Jeri takes that round wide – albeit with a little 'divine intervention'. After getting an earful from fans, Charlize getting a warning from the ref, but Theron just grinning and shrugging her shoulders as she struts around the outside.
R4: Both girls fall inside, but Strahovski unable to get good positioning in the body battle as Ryan keeps up the pressure, just blocking shots inside as she crosses her arms at her abs, ripping away short and effective shots to Strahovski's toned midriff. Jeri leaning forward on Strahovski, making her take weight and walking her around the ring, just beating her belly and breasts at will, steamrolling her rival throughout the ring, though Yvonne starting to recover and retaliate in the final minute. Yvonne manages to step backwards, luring Ryan into a forward charge as she catches Jeri with a stunning short right uppercut that crashes into her mouth. Ryan is shocked, her legs giving way momentarily as she leans forward into Strahovski for support, but Strahovski stepping back again and just goes to plow into Jeri with a hard right hand across her cheek in the same spot. DOWN GOES JERI! Ryan falls down to all fours, eyes blinking in shock, as Yvonne struts away, blonde beaming as she drinks in the sight and ignores Charlize as she steals a Ryan round with some late power!
R5: Both of them come back towards one another immediately as Strahovski is back on Jeri's tits angrily and Ryan just belting in shots down low to breadbasket as they compete hard in a phone booth – neither of them willing to back down. Jeri clinching with Strahovski, trying to make her take weight and bully her backwards towards the corner again, but Yvonne not about to get trapped in the corner again with Theron. Yvonne working to double over and block shots, using her low guard to set up retaliation as she scores cleanly against the sturdy ribs and rack of her foe. Strahovski turning Ryan with a steady assault of attrition, finding openings for her own right uppercut as Ryan starts getting torn apart in close quarters. Ryan refusing to back down, eyes blazing as this is HER beach, continuing to batter blonde tummy and almost bullying Strahovski back to the corner again as the two trade perfectly placed hooks to head and jabs to jug. But, as Ryan goes to clinch, her legs wobbly but still going to push Yvonne backwards, Strahovski shoots back with a perfectly placed straight shot into her foe's solar plexus that just drops Ryan down to all fours. Gasping and grimacing, Ryan tries to rise back up but can't get off of her knees, hugging her rack and ribs and it's OVER – via shocking KO5 – it's Yvonne Strahovski – with Yvonne taking a moment to step over Ryan to give a cool but confident glare towards Theron before dismissively strutting to her corner in victory!
AFTER: Yvonne doesn't wait for long as she removes her gloves, tossing them to the sand with a thud, kicking up a fine spray of sand as she storms over to Ryan's corner, grabs a handful of Jeri's sweat-matted blonde tresses and throws her blonde rival down to the sand. Jeri's butt hits the sand and her thrashing legs kick up a brief sand storm before Yvonne lands on her to drops her taut tush onto Jeri's tummy, knocking the wind from the aging beauty. Yvonne pins Jeri's arms with her knees, then uses her left hand to gather a fistful of Ryan's blonde tresses, which she yanks sharpy to haul Ryan's torso upright.
“So,” Jeri says, leaning her victorious chest on Jeri's battered bosom, “whose beach is this?”
Ryan blinks, struggling to shake her head from side-to-side against Yvonne's firm grip of her hair, groaning, “Mine...it... it's mi...IIIIIEEEE!” Her reply is abruptly shut down by a hard, SLAP to her face.
“Think again! Whose beach is it?” Yvonne demands, giving Jeri's head a sharp shake. Jeri, tears welling, again mumbles her claim to the beach, so Yvonne gives her a second brutal SLAP and Jeri yelps in surprise as her head torques to the side. When Jeri still doesn't admit to Yvonne's claim, the SLAP is repeated. Yvonne continues with a steady drumbeat of SLAPS, one every time Jeri gives the 'wrong' answer; her taped hand cracking one side forehand, then when her claim is denied, the other sweeps across backhand. Ryan's cheeks rapidly redden under the barrage and she can't hold back her tears any longer.
The referee, the crowd and especially Charlize Theron watch with mounting concern when Yvonne pushes Jeri down on her back and scoots upward, planting her proud young Aussie arse down firmly on Ryan's aging but still proud jugs. Bouncing up and down to apply additional pressure on Jeri to submit to her demand, Yvonne resumes SLAPPING at a blistering pace until Ryan finally can't take it any more and groans, with tears streaming down her bright red cheeks, “YOURS! It's your F'n beach – it's (sob) yuh... (sniffle) you can have (sob) the (sob) damm beach...”
“Damm straight it's mine, I won it fair and square. And don't you forget it...” Yvonne smirks as she starts to slide her butt up onto Jeri's face for the facesit that will not only send a message to Ryan, but cement her claim on the beach.
But just as Yvonne rises up and inches forward, Theron screams, “HELL NO!!! This beach is MINE.... uh, I mean, it's Academy property!!”
Yvonne cocks an eyebrow as she looks over and coolly glares at Charlize. “You mean it was,” she corrects her as she rocks back and forth, her groin and arse barely touching Jeri's face in a silent threat. Then Strahovski stops, right above Jeri's red, tear-filled and wide eyes. Reaching down, she scoops up two handfuls of sand and lets it run through her fingers, falling to the ground like confetti. Then she cackles and evil, wicked witchy chuckle and winks at Charlize. Announcing to the approving audience, “Now it's alllll mine!”
Glaring at 42 yo Theron as she continues to consider whether or not to facesit Ryan, Yvonne suddenly stands up and calls for a microphone. Befitting her status, Yvonne is handed one immediately. Raising it to her lips with a smirk, she says, "I'm getting tired of these games. I've beaten them, I've walked them; I've KO'd them; but nothing I do to these over-the-hill hangers-on seems to get the message thru to them.” She turns to face Charlize and takes a step toward her as she screams, “YOUR TIME IS OVER! GO HOME OLD LADY!"
Loud cheers from most of the fans, and a standing ovation from the young fighters at ringside. Yvonne soaks in their cheers, grinning at Charlize who, red-faced, starts to climb through the ropes. Then Yvonne continues as Charlize is halfway, with one long, lithe leg inside the ring and the other still outside on the sand. Yvonne points at her and warns, "You come into MY ring missy, and your face will end up under my butt right beside her!" she says, pointing dramatically at Ryan lying at her feet!
“Actually,” Yvonne adds with a smug grin, “I don't think Ryan is worthy of being smothered out by my perfect posterior – I'm going to save that for you Charlize. Next time you get into MY ring, whenever and wherever it that may be, you have to recognize you ARE going to end up buried under it, just like your career already is, although you won't admit it yet. I'm going to be sitting on the 'Golden Goddess' throne, the new Queen! I'll give you one guess who that is, bytch!”
“As for Jeri, her career is already over and it's time to make that official.” Yvonne kicks her feet, burying Ryan with sand that sticks to her sweaty, bruised, body while Charlize helplessly seethes in silent rage; finally finishing getting into the ring but being careful not to make any movement in Yvonne's direction.
Yvonne licks her lips, a big smile, as she relishes her moment literally as well as figuratively 'burying' Ryan before she walks over to Charlize and jabs her in the chest with her finger as she says coolly, “You're next!”
Then Yvonne drops the mic in the sand and grinning, struts off as the reporters turn away from Theron and chase after Yvonne toward the post-bout press conference – eager for more fireworks.
* * * * * *
Later: Charlize arrived at the podium just minutes before Yvonne, and shortly after she and Jeri had left the ring, surprising the media who were told the fighters wouldn't be there for 'a few minutes.' Theron stepped right up to the microphone and boldly stated, “Well, it looks like I'm the only one who's figured out how to solve 'Sluthovski'. I gave Jeri a bunch of tips but maybe she's just too old and worn out to get the job done.”
Seeing the shocked looks on the faces in the crowd, Charlize grinned and kept talking. “You all know I'm running things at the Academy since Ginny cleaned house and I'm not going to stand for slacking off and lackluster performances. These girls are going to have to tighten up and fly right or there'll be some changes made!
“I know Blake and J-Law both have their sights on 'Sluthovski' and now I've got some video to show them of what happens if a fighter can't make my brilliant planning work in the ring. I had the right game plan for her to whip 'Sluthovski' the same way I did, but Jeri's ego got in the way. Lively and Lawrence had better learn from Ryan's folly, or they're liable to go down the same way she did.”
Then seeing that Jeri Ryan had just arrived and had missed her comments, Charlize graciously introduced her. Ryan winced slightly as she walked on stage and reached to adjust the microphone. “Yvonne fought a great fight tonight,” she said. “We thought we had a plan to deal with her, but even the best plans rarely survive first contact with your enemy. Yvonne was quick to make adjustments and in the second round, Straho made the adjustment that foiled our best laid plans.
“I was in a dogfight with her and it was give and take for five hard-fought rounds. I've nothing to be ashamed of, I ran into a buzz saw tonight and I tip my hat to Yvonne. The better woman won this time. Next time we meet, if we do, I expect to be the one standing at the end.” Then Ryan raised her powerful left fist and added, “This baby's never let me down in the long run and I expect Yvonne will be seeing it again before I hang up my thong and retire.”
Polite applause greeted Ryan's bravado, and she turned and left the stage before anyone could ask her about Theron's remarks because Yvonne Strahovski had just stood up from the seat she'd been occupying in the back of the room. She walked down the aisle to the media microphone and called out to Theron who was beating a quick retreat following Ryan. “HEY THERON!” Yvonne yelled. “I got a question for you...”
Foolishly, Charlize stopped and looked back at Yvonne. “I want to know if you're brave enough to face me again. You got lucky the last time. But then I guess once out of four tries anybody might call a coin flip right. How'd you like to try that 'plan' of yours in person, instead of sending surrogates to have their heads handed to them?”
Silence from Charlize.
“Well, here's my offer,” Yvonne said, brandishing up a slip of paper. “I have a cashier's check here for one million dollars.” A rustle of activity signaled the media's sudden interest as they pulled out cellphones and note pads. “I'll put it in an escrow account set up by an independent body. If you face me in a boxing, wrestling or MMA fight the money will be given to any charity you name. If you refuse, however, I'll pursue you to the ends of the earth and tell everyone I see that you're a fraud and a coward. So, what's your answer?”
