Post by HBO's Boxing At The Asylum on Aug 31, 2024 18:16:26 GMT -6
BEFORE:
"Look, I know I'm in tough," says Molly with a smile, "But, I can fight at this level, and this is a chance to prove it."
"She's a good fighter," Chloe says. "But, I'm the best bantam in the world. It's as simple as that."
ROUND ONE:
O'Dell: "Back at ringside, and that's 'Sandstorm' by Darude..."
McCarthy: "Da Rudy is a HUGE fan of mine. I met him this spring and he told me to just call him 'Rudy'..."
Tess: "Something tells me this is going to be a LONG night..."
O'Dell (sighing): "We may go ahead and have Pointy just send some of the good stuff right here to the table. Meanwhile, that's redhead Molly C. Quinn on her way to the ring. Quinn climbs in and is helped off with the robe, and the crowd showing appreciation for Molly in that turquoise two-piece we've seen before. And, that's..."
McCarthy: "HORRIBLE! AWFUL! AN ASSAULT ON MY OLFACTION! PLAY MORE FROM MY BUDDY RUDY!"
Cassie: "HERE we go..."
McCarthy: "SHUT UP, SCABBO!"
O'Dell (sighing): "The song in question is 'Uh Oh' and the singer of same is coming to the ring right now, 'The Next Big Thing', Chloe Bennet!"
Tess: "Bennet in the mix at bantam, as she's been for a while now, and she'll want a result tonight to stay there."
O'Dell: "Chloe into the ring and helped off with the robe by Jewel and Neve, and, as usual, the crowd gives it up for the brunette in that blue number she likes. Ladies about ready to go. Time for some picks. Tess likes Chloe. Mac?"
McCarthy: "Normally, I wouldn't pick Quinn, because she doesn't have any FCBA wins, but any friend of my buddy Rudy's is a friend of MINE. MOLLY!"
O'Dell: "Cassie?"
Cassie: "I agree with Tess..."
O'Dell: "Split panel in the first and Quinn wasting no time getting after Chloe. She's walking through Bennet, getting in her grill and getting physical here, wrestling around inside, shoving her off balance, working body..."
Tess: "Interesting strategy..."
McCarthy: "Well, not a lot to lose here for someone like Quinn..."
O'Dell: "Exactly, Mac. She's highly unlikely to out-box Bennet. So, the strategies are, either go for it and take your chances, or hang back like an out-gunned EPL side and hope to win the thing in counter. This way might have a better chance of success..."
Cassie: "Also has a better chance of you getting your block knocked off."
O'Dell: "Sure does, but it's working for Quinn right now. She's getting the better of things as Chloe can't get anything going here. Final seconds ticking away in the first. Molly tying up, shoving Bennet back, landing a solid right and there's the bell. Quinn wide and with the 10-9 lead."
ROUND TWO:
O'Dell: "Second underway with Molly determined to damn any and all torpedoes. Chloe using a bit more movement now, trying to create a little space with the feet and the left hand. She likes to work at range, but the redhead not allowing a lot of that."
McCarthy: "Give the kid credit. She came to fight."
O'Dell: "Sure did, and she's doing so effectively against one of the top bantams in the business. SHARP exchange there, as both fighters landed a good right hand. Chloe getting more physical herself right now..."
Cassie: "Going to have to make this girl pay for being so aggressive."
O'Dell: "That seems to be the plan as we head into the final fifteen seconds of what's been a competitive second round. ANOTHER sharp exchange and BOTH heads snap back right at the bell. Close in the second. Bennet on the board."
Tess: "And, we're even at 19."
ROUND THREE:
O'Dell: "Into the third and the pattern set here. Ladies slugging, banging, getting very physical. Bennet not worrying over much about trying to get space and get her box on at this point. Instead, she's looking to give as good as she gets..."
McCarthy: "Don't always want to play this game when you're the heavy favorite..."
O'Dell: "But, Quinn not giving Chloe much of a choice at this point. And, for the second round in a row, there's not a lot in it as both fighters get off lusty, working head and body. Little more of the meat tenderizing going on in this stanza..."
Tess: "Definitely plenty of investment happening."
O'Dell: "Twenty ticks left in the round. Fighters in close, digging body, working ribs and midsection. GOOD right by Molly backs Chloe up a step, but Bennet steps right back in and gets back to work. And, there's the bell. Very close. Quinn."
Cassie: "And, Molly's back in the lead 29-28."
ROUND FOUR:
O'Dell: "Ladies right back at it. Nobody going to give any quarter and nobody asking for any here in the fourth. Just tons of heavy leather being exchanged in there. Quinn backs up Bennet with a right hand, but, again. Chloe stepping back to..."
Cassie: "Something going to have to give here..."
O'Dell: "RIGHT HAND, BENNET and MOLLY IS HURT! Quinn staggers backward after a NASTY right from Chloe and now the brunette is calling in the big guns. She's wailing away at the staggering redhead with both hands now..."
McCarthy: "Kid will do well to ride this out..."
O'Dell: "Will, indeed, because Chloe's determined to finish. We're down under fifteen seconds to go in the round. Bennet backs Quinn to the ropes. Molly hanging on in a high guard. Ref looking in...and there's the bell. BIG round for Bennet, but Quinn survives."
Tess: "And, we're even at 38."
ROUND FIVE:
O'Dell: "Bennet right after Quinn now. The former champ looking to finish this thing, walking Molly down behind the jab, backing the redhead up with hard right hands. Quinn still clearly buzzed trying to run some clock here..."
McCarthy: "If she can shake it, she's still in the fight..."
O'Dell: "Brunette trying to make sure that doesn't happen. She's loading up on everything right now, looking to take the redhead out of there and DOWN GOES QUINN! A VICIOUS one-two from Bennet and Molly is blown to her back!"
Tess: "That might do it..."
O'Dell: "Chloe to a neutral corner. Quinn, eyes closed, on her back and unmoving. Count at three. Four. Five. Still no movement from Molly. Six. Seven. Not going to happen. Eight. Nine. TEN! It's OVER! The count passes Quinn by and it's OVER and your winner by KO5 is 'The Next Big Thing'. Chloe Bennet!"
Cassie: "Clinical finish. Clinical."
AFTER:
O'Dell: "Let's go up to the ring and Tess Valmore!"
Tess: "I have our winner, Chloe Bennet, and, Chloe, very, very physical..."
Chloe (nodding): "Got to admit, I'm surprised she came after me like that. Doesn't go well for girls. Didn't go well for her."
Tess: "You've had a pretty good 2024 so far..."
Chloe (nodding): "Yeah, and there's still plenty of year to go. Looking forward to getting back in the ring a couple of more times before 2025 rolls around."
"Look, I know I'm in tough," says Molly with a smile, "But, I can fight at this level, and this is a chance to prove it."
"She's a good fighter," Chloe says. "But, I'm the best bantam in the world. It's as simple as that."
ROUND ONE:
O'Dell: "Back at ringside, and that's 'Sandstorm' by Darude..."
McCarthy: "Da Rudy is a HUGE fan of mine. I met him this spring and he told me to just call him 'Rudy'..."
Tess: "Something tells me this is going to be a LONG night..."
O'Dell (sighing): "We may go ahead and have Pointy just send some of the good stuff right here to the table. Meanwhile, that's redhead Molly C. Quinn on her way to the ring. Quinn climbs in and is helped off with the robe, and the crowd showing appreciation for Molly in that turquoise two-piece we've seen before. And, that's..."
McCarthy: "HORRIBLE! AWFUL! AN ASSAULT ON MY OLFACTION! PLAY MORE FROM MY BUDDY RUDY!"
Cassie: "HERE we go..."
McCarthy: "SHUT UP, SCABBO!"
O'Dell (sighing): "The song in question is 'Uh Oh' and the singer of same is coming to the ring right now, 'The Next Big Thing', Chloe Bennet!"
Tess: "Bennet in the mix at bantam, as she's been for a while now, and she'll want a result tonight to stay there."
O'Dell: "Chloe into the ring and helped off with the robe by Jewel and Neve, and, as usual, the crowd gives it up for the brunette in that blue number she likes. Ladies about ready to go. Time for some picks. Tess likes Chloe. Mac?"
McCarthy: "Normally, I wouldn't pick Quinn, because she doesn't have any FCBA wins, but any friend of my buddy Rudy's is a friend of MINE. MOLLY!"
O'Dell: "Cassie?"
Cassie: "I agree with Tess..."
O'Dell: "Split panel in the first and Quinn wasting no time getting after Chloe. She's walking through Bennet, getting in her grill and getting physical here, wrestling around inside, shoving her off balance, working body..."
Tess: "Interesting strategy..."
McCarthy: "Well, not a lot to lose here for someone like Quinn..."
O'Dell: "Exactly, Mac. She's highly unlikely to out-box Bennet. So, the strategies are, either go for it and take your chances, or hang back like an out-gunned EPL side and hope to win the thing in counter. This way might have a better chance of success..."
Cassie: "Also has a better chance of you getting your block knocked off."
O'Dell: "Sure does, but it's working for Quinn right now. She's getting the better of things as Chloe can't get anything going here. Final seconds ticking away in the first. Molly tying up, shoving Bennet back, landing a solid right and there's the bell. Quinn wide and with the 10-9 lead."
ROUND TWO:
O'Dell: "Second underway with Molly determined to damn any and all torpedoes. Chloe using a bit more movement now, trying to create a little space with the feet and the left hand. She likes to work at range, but the redhead not allowing a lot of that."
McCarthy: "Give the kid credit. She came to fight."
O'Dell: "Sure did, and she's doing so effectively against one of the top bantams in the business. SHARP exchange there, as both fighters landed a good right hand. Chloe getting more physical herself right now..."
Cassie: "Going to have to make this girl pay for being so aggressive."
O'Dell: "That seems to be the plan as we head into the final fifteen seconds of what's been a competitive second round. ANOTHER sharp exchange and BOTH heads snap back right at the bell. Close in the second. Bennet on the board."
Tess: "And, we're even at 19."
ROUND THREE:
O'Dell: "Into the third and the pattern set here. Ladies slugging, banging, getting very physical. Bennet not worrying over much about trying to get space and get her box on at this point. Instead, she's looking to give as good as she gets..."
McCarthy: "Don't always want to play this game when you're the heavy favorite..."
O'Dell: "But, Quinn not giving Chloe much of a choice at this point. And, for the second round in a row, there's not a lot in it as both fighters get off lusty, working head and body. Little more of the meat tenderizing going on in this stanza..."
Tess: "Definitely plenty of investment happening."
O'Dell: "Twenty ticks left in the round. Fighters in close, digging body, working ribs and midsection. GOOD right by Molly backs Chloe up a step, but Bennet steps right back in and gets back to work. And, there's the bell. Very close. Quinn."
Cassie: "And, Molly's back in the lead 29-28."
ROUND FOUR:
O'Dell: "Ladies right back at it. Nobody going to give any quarter and nobody asking for any here in the fourth. Just tons of heavy leather being exchanged in there. Quinn backs up Bennet with a right hand, but, again. Chloe stepping back to..."
Cassie: "Something going to have to give here..."
O'Dell: "RIGHT HAND, BENNET and MOLLY IS HURT! Quinn staggers backward after a NASTY right from Chloe and now the brunette is calling in the big guns. She's wailing away at the staggering redhead with both hands now..."
McCarthy: "Kid will do well to ride this out..."
O'Dell: "Will, indeed, because Chloe's determined to finish. We're down under fifteen seconds to go in the round. Bennet backs Quinn to the ropes. Molly hanging on in a high guard. Ref looking in...and there's the bell. BIG round for Bennet, but Quinn survives."
Tess: "And, we're even at 38."
ROUND FIVE:
O'Dell: "Bennet right after Quinn now. The former champ looking to finish this thing, walking Molly down behind the jab, backing the redhead up with hard right hands. Quinn still clearly buzzed trying to run some clock here..."
McCarthy: "If she can shake it, she's still in the fight..."
O'Dell: "Brunette trying to make sure that doesn't happen. She's loading up on everything right now, looking to take the redhead out of there and DOWN GOES QUINN! A VICIOUS one-two from Bennet and Molly is blown to her back!"
Tess: "That might do it..."
O'Dell: "Chloe to a neutral corner. Quinn, eyes closed, on her back and unmoving. Count at three. Four. Five. Still no movement from Molly. Six. Seven. Not going to happen. Eight. Nine. TEN! It's OVER! The count passes Quinn by and it's OVER and your winner by KO5 is 'The Next Big Thing'. Chloe Bennet!"
Cassie: "Clinical finish. Clinical."
AFTER:
O'Dell: "Let's go up to the ring and Tess Valmore!"
Tess: "I have our winner, Chloe Bennet, and, Chloe, very, very physical..."
Chloe (nodding): "Got to admit, I'm surprised she came after me like that. Doesn't go well for girls. Didn't go well for her."
Tess: "You've had a pretty good 2024 so far..."
Chloe (nodding): "Yeah, and there's still plenty of year to go. Looking forward to getting back in the ring a couple of more times before 2025 rolls around."