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(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)(Girls Friday vs Free Agent)Intro:Tonights main event sees a homecoming for Alessandra Ambrosio as she takes on the 'Portuguese Princess' Daniela Ruah in Brazil's Rio arena.
Alessandra is 36 years old, stands at 5'9 1/2, her record is 16 wins, all by knockout and 3 defeats, she is the current BBU lightweight champion.
Her opponent Daniela is 33 years old, she stands at 5'8 1/2, her record is 25 wins, 22 by knockout and 8 defeats.
The atmosphere seemed friendly enough as the girls met, both shaking hands with warm smiles on their faces, though the grips didn't seem weak shall we say.
Both headed to their tables and Alessandra shouting "I am so glad to be home!" As the nation press roar their support to her, Ruah just smiling and nodding at the reaction.
"I can't believe that I won the BBU lightweight title, it looks so pretty right?" She asks as she lifts it up to the crowd, again she gets a cheer as Ruah's smile seems to be disappearing, hoping Alessandra at least mentions her as she is getting ignored and no respect.
Maybe Alessandra senses it as she turns and points at Daniela and says "of course this beautiful woman is the perfect opponent for my homecoming, she's tough, not afraid to fight and is one of the best lightweights in the world, let no one tell you any different"
Daniela smile returning to full size as she replies "thank you" before Alessandra finishes with "but I have to beat you darling, these people came to see me win and I hate to disappoint my fans"
Ruah saying "I know that, but you know I can't let you walk all over me, I am in a position now where I have no excuses, before I could claim I was in a queue behind my stablemates, now I am out in the wilds and it's my job to show I belong in the elite"
She adds "I have no problems with being cut by Front Street to be clear, I was in a tough situation to break through, now I will show I'm the best by beating you babe" Alessandra nodding in reply.
The girls are up again for the final face off, both look deeply serious, staring into the others soul it appears, looking for a hole in the other mentally, finding nothing but a strong rival.
Both embrace before they leave the stage, wishing the other the best of luck as the next time they meet, it is all out war till one is at the feet of the other.
Fight night, Alessandra comes out with Lauren Berlingeri and Eva Carneiro behind her, she is wearing a yellow bikini and green gloves.
As is customary for Alessandra, she gives the crowd a quick samba dance to a loud roar from her home crowd, then jogs to the ring with a wide smile on her face.
Climbing into the ring, an Alessandra chant rings out in the arena, with the Brazilian hero raising pointing at the fans and shouting "thank you" to them.
Now out comes Daniela with her coach standing beside her, she has a small grin as she is mostly getting booed, joking to her coach "this certainly isn't Philly"
She is wearing her favourite powder blue bikini and gloves, matching down to the ring, she has no real malice towards Alessandra, but she thinks to herself "if this lot want to boo me, I'll make sure they have a reason to"
Before stepping into the ring and jogging to her corner, all business tonight for her as she warms up.
Both are brought to the ring centre for the final instructions, neither smiling now as they stare each other down, both wanting this fight badly the more closer it is getting to the opening bell.
Asked to touch gloves, respectfully they do, with both nodding before heading to their corners, ready to go and soon enough the referee rings the bell to begin 10 rounds of lightweight action.
Round 1:"Ding" here they go, both girls looking cagey as they step out their corners, Daniela up on her toes as Alessandra looks to be trying to stalking her around the ring.
Both fighters trading single punches to the others guard, till Alessandra steps in and lands a right to the body of Ruah, starting a fiery exchange in tight for both girls.
Alessandra looking the stronger as she backs Daniela up a few steps, till Daniela takes a big step back and catches Alessandra coming in with a straight to the top of her head.
Daniela fights off her back foot, letting Alessandra try to land punches, moving out the way with impressive footwork and countering her with straight punches.
Maybe Alessandra too focused on giving the crowd a show, not boxing smartly as she tries to force Ruah into a fire fight, but leaving her guard too low and getting caught to the top of her head.
Daniela catches Alessandra with a right hook, turning the Brazilians head; thinking she has her on the back foot, she moves inside to land another two punches to the face of Ambrosio.
But as seconds tick away, Alessandra steps back and parries a jab at her face out the way and steps in to land a left hook.
Alessandra finishing the round off better then the rest of it, the girls stare hard at each other, before turning and heading back to their corners.
Both getting cleaned up by their coaches, Lauren telling Alessandra "babe come on, you can do better then this, keep your head and out box her first before you rip her head off" with Ambrosio nodding.
Daniela nodding to her coach as he tells her how good a job she did, Rush's face shows how serious this is for her.
Round 2:Alessandra seems to take the advice, not rushing out this time as both girls circle and trading to the others face with single punches.
But she is getting caught with the better punches as Daniela moves her head out the way and soon she finds herself being driven back by the younger fighter.
As she is closed onto the ropes, Alessandra seems to have been playing possum, parrying a right cross and stepping in to send a flurry of punches to the face of the American fighter.
The crowd starting to get up off their seats as Daniela is being driven back, she's covering up as she tries to create space but is being rushed by Alessandra.
Who slams her punches into the body of her opponent, digging away with four punches that force grunts from the stunning actress.
Daniela nudges Alessandra with a left to open space and lands a right over the top of the Brazilians guard to her cheek.
Alessandra trying to get back in tight, but as the round heads to it's conclusion, the girls standing and trading as they try to win the round.
As the bell rings, the girls stand back from each other, the crowd chanting Alessandra's name as she struts back to her corner looking happier after the first round.
Daniela looking relaxed as she heads to her corner, knowing she let Alessandra back into the fight, but she knew this wouldn't be easy at the start of the night.
Round 3:Both girls coming out quicker to try to take control of the action, Daniela moving around Alessandra, who keeps her guard up and takes a few jabs to her gloves.
Alessandra tries to step in and land a right hook that sails over the head of Daniela, who fires back with an overhand right that puts the Brazilian onto her heels.
The Portuguese princess powers forwards, slamming two punches straight into the lips of Ambrosio, forcing her backwards around the ring.
The crowd booing but Daniela shows she doesn't care with three body punches that force a loud gasp from Alessandra.
Alessandra nearly put on the ropes, again though she comes back at Ruah; the girls brawling with hard punches cracking the other across their cheeks, Alessandra forcing Daniela back a few steps.
Daniela though lands an uppercut that knocks Alessandra's head back, allowing her to get Alessandra back on to the ropes.
Late in the round, Alessandra getting pounded to the body as Daniela has her head down, she clinches up and both girls grappling on the ropes.
The bell rings with the girls nudging each other away, turning and heading back to their corners with Lauren looking to keep Alessandra calm, seeing her looking about to explode with frustration.
While Daniela bumps fists with her coach, nodding at him but keeping herself grounded, both fighters getting their faces washed, with Alessandra starting to have pink cheeks and a pink hue on her body.
Round 4:The girls both come out straight at each other at the bell, both digging jabs at the others faces and meeting guards as both are fully warmed up and in the flow.
Alessandra trying to step in misses with a right cross, taking a hard right to her ribs and a left cross up top to push her back a step.
Daniela looking to build on that but she steps into a hard straight that knocks her head back, then a left hook catches her flush on her cheek.
The momentum swinging around once again, this time to the Brazilians hands as she presses Daniela back with a barrage of punches slamming into the guard of the American girl, nearly snapping her gloves back into her face.
Changing things up, she digs a right just under the left jug of Daniela, getting a yelp from her opponent and opening her up to a stiff jab up the centre.
Blood is starting to follow from a small cut on the nose of Daniela, she has the right and left across her face to worry about more, as it knocks her towards the ropes.
Clinching up to stop Alessandra's assault, both girls slam short sharp punches into the others kidneys as they are getting desperate to win this.
The referee pulling the girls apart, warns both to keep things clean, as the action starts again, Daniela up on her toes, retreating and catching Alessandra coming in with rangy punches.
One catches Alessandra's bottom lip to bloody it, making Ambrosio groan almost in unison with the crowd, the action heating up as the round is ending, with Daniela this time charging in to get in tight and slug it out with her opponent.
The bell rings with both shoving each other away, snarling as they give each other a bytchy look, before turning on their heels and back to their corners.
The crowd stunned somewhat by how back and forth the action is, as both fighters sit on their stools and need their wounds patched up as we are nearly at the half way distance.
Round 5:Daniela looking more aggressive in her movement, both stinging the others face with long range punches in the early going, till Ruah slips under a left cross and snaps two punches to the abs of Ambrosio.
Alessandra gasping and covering up as Daniela rips away at the side of her body, forcing Alessandra to fight back, both girls trading on the inside, with Daniels needing to move back to create space.
The model tries to keep the gap to a minimum between them, but Daniela moves to the side and lands a right into the left eye of Alessandra.
Who covers up and Daniela nearly tackles Alessandra back, nudging her back with her left and hammering her across the side of her head with her right.
Alessandra pushed onto the ropes, forcing her to try to fight back, both girls giving it their all, Daniela landing the better punches as the hometown favourite can't put all the power she'd want into her own punches.
Soon Alessandra has to cover up as Daniela pounds away at the guard trying to break it open, a few body shots looks to have Ambrosio slumped onto the ropes.
Alessandra just taking the punishment as boos rain out in the arena, Daniela continuing to work on pounding her into submission.
The round ends with Daniela pounding her chest and telling Alessandra "this is my yard!" As the crowd boo even more louder.
Any doubt that Daniela can go to a foreign territory after being in a safe heaven of Philadelphia seem to have been proven wrong.
Alessandra has her head down as she sits on her stool, Lauren having to talk up her fighter as Eva cleans her face up and ices her body.
Round 6:The fight looks to have a different manner to it now, Daniela stalking Alessandra around the ring, the longer legs of Ambrosio allowing her to keep some distance in the early going, Ruah smacking her punches off the forearms of her opponent.
The crowd is nearly silent, a few cheers for Alessandra as Daniela hunts her down, slipping under a straight and digging two rights to the ribs of Ambrosio.
The model being reeled onto the ropes again, Alessandra smartly clinching up as she needs a moment to recover, clearly hurting from that last round.
After being separated, Daniela steps in again, landing a right hook to the side of Alessandra's head, knocking her towards the ropes once more, this time she manages to get in another body shot and a left cross to cause her opponent to groan.
Daniela looking in fine form as she pounds away at the flanks of Ambrosio, who takes several before clinching up again.
The actress starting to look frustrated, her work is being smothered by the not pretty tactics of her opponent, Alessandra needing time to get back into this.
Once more the girls are pulled apart, Daniela stalking Alessandra backwards with several punches at a time being thrown at her opponent's face, but end up hitting glove or forearm.
As she looks to have cornered Alessandra, she tries to step in and land a haymaker, but she ends up getting clocked on the chin by an uppercut, her legs wobbling as Alessandra looks to have found the punch to get back into this.
The crowd waking back up as Alessandra snaps Daniela's head back now with several punches, the cut on Ruah's nose is starting to really open up.
The round ends soon enough with Daniela looking somewhat stunned, she had Alessandra on the ropes, but couldn't get the job done and now as the crowd are chanting the name of Alessandra, it's gut check time for the American.
Both fighters needing their faces washed, their corner crews to patch them up and try to keep them as fresh as they can as the final few rounds are coming up.
Round 7:Heading to the ring centre, Daniela is trying to get back at Alessandra, but she doesn't look to have shaken off the uppercut from the last round, as when the girls exchange, her punches look sloppier then they have thru out the fight.
Alessandra snapping her head back with a double jab, looking to have her own facilities back after being rocked early in the fight.
Daniela goes for a desperate right cross that Alessandra spots a mile off, leaning out the way and peppering the bloody nose of Daniela with two hard straight punches.
Ending up on the ropes, it's Daniela's turn to take a pounding, her guard takes most of the punishment, but as soon as Alessandra switches up to hooks, she needs to clinch up or face possibly being knocked out.
The referee pulls the fighters apart, Daniela coming inside to land to the body, getting a hiss from Alessandra, showing it hurt like hell.
But Alessandra lands a right behind the ear of Ruah, making her stumble to the side three steps and force her onto her heels as she sends a flurry towards her head.
The crowd are back in full voice now, Daniela looking worried for the first time all fight, especially as she finds herself heading towards a corner.
She tries to pull the same trick Alessandra used before with the uppercut, but Alessandra gets her guard up in time to block it and fires back with a right cross that turns her face.
Daniela covering up as seconds tick away in the round, till the bell finally rings with Alessandra now pounding her chest and telling Ruah "I think you are finding out that this is my home bytch! Nobody comes here without getting an ass whooping!" Before she turns back to her corner.
Ruah looking ready to jump on her back, instead saves her energy for the next round, with both girls hurting after such a back and forth fight.
Round 8:Both fighters look to give everything it seems as they head out their corners, both trading hard shots as they plant their feet more.
Daniela ducks a left and lands to the body of Alessandra, forcing a groan from the Brazilians lips, looking to put her onto her heels as she shows her toughness to come back from the beating she's taken.
But Alessandra lands a left up top, forcing both fighters back to the ring centre, both trading in tight, heads rubbing together as they try to crush each other.
It's Alessandra who breaks the deadlock, nudging Daniela back with her left shoulder, then snapping her uppercut flush onto the chin of Ruah, who somehow stays standing!
But she stumbles back and Alessandra pounds her face with three punches straight and down goes Daniela to her back! The crowd erupting as they all stand.
The referee counting Daniela, who is barely stirring as she stares up at the ceiling of the arena, the count reaches 10 as she is completely spent and the fight is over!
Winner: Alessandra Ambrosio KO Round 8After:Alessandra pulls it out the fire, she knows she's been in one hell of a fight as she takes a deep breath, looking at Daniela with respect.
She heads over to Daniela as the crowd cheers loudly, an Alessandra chant ringing out around the arena, she ignores it for the moment as she kneels next to Daniela, both girls looking at each other with questioning looks after how heated the fight got.
Alessandra asks Daniela "you OK babe?" Which gets a nod from Daniela, before Alessandra lays down next to Ruah and giggles as she says "well I'm going to be sore for a month" getting a laugh from Daniela.
Their corner crews rushing out to help both fighters, bringing stools with them and helping the girls up to the stools and taking their gloves off.
The girls chatting amicably over the fight, praising each others talents as they are cleaned up, smiling as they bump a fist together to show respect.
Before both girls stand up and Alessandra lifts up Daniela's hand up in the air to a round of applause from the crowd, showing their respect for the fight Daniela has gave them.
Daniela shedding a tear as she let's the emotions run over her, Alessandra embracing her and telling her "you are a star babe, don't let anyone tell you different and if you ever need someone to spar with till you find a stable, which you will"
Ruah nodding her thanks and as the girls separate, she claps Alessandra; before leaving the ring so the local favourite can get the moment in the spotlight.
The crowd go back to chanting Alessandra's name, she's too sore to do a samba dance for them, instead just waving to the crowd and blowing kisses.
Before Alessandra asks for a pen, signing them, she leaves the ring and hands them to a young girl in the front row, maybe the next Alessandra Ambrosio?
Alessandra going to the locker room to celebrate with her stablemate Behati and she's heard a homecoming party is being thrown in her name at a local bar, how can she turn that down?