FNL: Proving Ground 2018

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(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

(Foxfire Boxing vs Free Agent)

Intro:
The opening bout of tonights Proving Ground card sees two women who know each other well from being costars on DC's Gotham, Natalie Alyn Lind meets Erin Richards tonight.
Natalie is 18 years old, she stands at 5'5 and holds a record of 1 win,that by knockout over another youngster in Bailee Madison; with 1 loss to Hayden Panettiere.
Her opponent Erin is 31 years old, also stands at 5'5 but her record is 0 wins and 1 defeat, that loss to Kaya Scodelario over a year ago.
When the women met, while you'd expect that they'd be friendly from their time working together, judging by the looks they are giving each other, that might be far from the truth.
Sitting down for the press event, Natalie smirks as she says "it's funny how you guys all want the backstage scoop, well here's one for you guys, I hated my time on Gotham"
Journalists mumbling to each other as they didn't expect that, Natalie explains in her own way "see Erin and Camren (Bicondova) were jealous of me, even Jessica (Lucas) would treat me like I'd done something wrong to them, I mean all I've ever done is be successful in everything I do, what's to be jealous about?"
Erin can't listen to this all night, replying "we certainly were not jealous of you, in fact it was this attitude why we hate you! You're an arrogant little kid that has done nothing but struts around as if you own the sets and now the ring right?"
Which Natalie answers "well I do own those places, I mean the Goldberg's are not the same without me, Gotham was always low rent but I got viewers and in the ring, well I'm 1 up and last I checked you were down in the dumps like a tramp like you belongs!"
That sets Erin off as she shouts "f***ing bytch! God I shouldn't have pulled Camren off you that day you little witch" hinting at a fight between the two young costars, before Erin tries to fight Natalie.
Who steps back out her chair and waves for security to hold back Erin, the crowd of journalists groan as they hoped for a fight, Natalie though grins at Erin, pretending to wipe tears away as she begins laughing at the older woman.
Both leave the stage in different ways, Natalie almost swaggering off the stage, while Erin has to be ushered off by security.
Fight night, out comes Natalie in a white sports bra, trunks with "The Brat" in gold letters, the nickname given to her by Front Streets owner, while she has golden gloves and boots.
She has that cocky grin that has annoyed so many and gotten her many fans as well, the self dubbed "bad girl" swaggering to the ring.
Climbing into the ring, Natalie jogs to her corner and shouts to the crowd "I want no tears for Erin after I am done OK?" Laughing as she turns back to face inside the ring and begins to warm up.
Now out comes Erin; her face already shows contempt for her opponent as she heads to the ring, she is wearing a red sports bra, a Welsh flag pattern on her trunks, red gloves and shoes.
Heading to the ring, she nods to fans but mostly only has her eyes on the prize it seems, that being putting the "brat" on her arse.
Getting into the ring; her eyes are locked onto Natalie's, the tension in the air is palatable being these two already and a punch hasn't even been thrown.
Brought to the ring centre; the fighters get right into the others face, telling each other what they really think of them.
Before being asked to touch gloves, just swiping them together with barely a look, they are more interested in getting to their corners and the referee signalling the start of 10 rounds of bantamweight action.

Round 1:
Both fighters look to get into each others face from the bell, dancing around each other as they trade jabs to the others face.
Before they nearly slam bodies as they look to shove the other around, the early action is scruffy as they slam punches into the others body.
Till they shove each other away, Erin looks to keep calm as Natalie swings away at her head, with the older fighter catching her with straight punches to her face.
Before Erin uses her left shoulder to bump Natalie onto her heels, slamming her right into the abs of her rival to force loud groans from her.
She knocks Natalie near the ropes, with the youngster needing to use her footwork to get away from them as Erin keeps knocking her around.
The crowd is mixed as they watch Erin push around Natalie, keeping her pinned behind her guard with punch after punch aimed at her head.
As the round is coming to an end; Natalie tries to come out her shell, leading to another hot blooded exchange between the bitter enemies.
The bell rings to end the round with Natalie stomping back to her corner, her coach needing to calm her down, telling her to use her skills, if she wants to street fight then she is in the wrong business.
Erin meanwhile just sits and stares hatefully at her, wanting to rip the youngsters head off as they lock eyes and mouth insults.
Round 2:
The fighters come out again not looking one bit affair to let their hands go, though this time Natalie is using get footwork to not be so easy to hit.
She's using her limberness and footwork to duck under a right hook from Erin to step inside and bang away at the body of the Welsh lass.
Erin now forced to cover up as she is forced backwards, Natalie continuing to swing at the side of her older opponent, getting grunts and groans from her.
But Erin lands a right up top to force Natalie to stop her charge, with Richards getting right at Lind with her punches aimed at the head of her younger opponent.
Both nearly clash heads again as they both go for a right hook, missing and end up grappling around the ring till the referee pulls them and warns them to keep this clean.
Separated, Natalie ducks under a right from Erin and comes back up with an overhand right that cracks her across the side of the head.
With Erin forced to take a step to the side, Natalie rams a straight into the face of her fellow blonde to start driving her back.
Now Natalie has Erin under control as she bashes her across the face with rights and lefts, till the bell rings to stop the assault.
Natalie swagger to her step as she heads to her corner, while Erin can be seen mouthing "bytch" before heading to her own, both fighters faces already getting marked up.
Round 3:
Erin looks to keep in tight to Natalie, trying not to let the youngster get into her groove as the fight becomes scruffy once more.
The fighters working each other around their sides, with Erin starting to dig her fists into the jugs of Natalie, rocking them up as the younger star retreats and covers up.
Erin drives her back towards the ropes as Natalie looks upset at what's happening, the American shoves her left into the face of her opponent to knock her back.
Natalie slams her punches across the face of Erin to now force her back, the tide of the round turning as Lind works her over onto the ropes.
Now Erin clinches up with Natalie as this is far from a technical classic, Erin turns them around to pin her opponent on the ropes and taunt her.
The referee separates the two, with Natalie again looking to get at Erin, getting caught across the face with a counter right.
With Erin landing with a head hunting drive that sees Natalie's nose start bleeding, making Nat looks furious as she is forced on the defensive.
Natalie finding herself being forced around the ring till the bell sounds, she has to be kept back by the referee, with her coach escorting her back to her corner.
Her nose is cleaned up as Natalie moans to her coach about the fight, she is being treated with little respect by Erin for the first time in her life, making her even more angrier.
Round 4:
Natalie is looking to get at Erin early, with Erin smirking as she fights off her back foot, Natalie getting her nose hit again with a stiff straight punch.
The youngster showing her lack of control as her temper gets the better of her, allowing Erin to show off her boxing skills for the first time this fight, maybe the plan as she slams an uppercut onto the chin of Natalie.
WHO STUMBLES BACK AND A RIGHT AND LEFT ACROSS HER FACE THAT PUTS NATALIE ONTO HER BACKSIDE WITH THE CROWD GOING WILD!
The referee steps in front of Erin as she shouts at Natalie "that's what you get bytch!" Before heading to a neutral corner.
1..2...3...4.. Natalie punching the canvas as she is embarrassed to be on her backside 5...6...7 pushing herself up to beat the count as she shouts "come on!" At Erin.
Who once they are allowed to continue; storms forwards and after the fighters land several punches across the others face, Erin slams a straight into the face of Lind to force her back.
Natalie forced to weather the storm as Erin keeps the pressure on, with Natalie finding herself stuck on the ropes, taking a lot of the punches on her forearms and gloves as she keeps her guard as tight as she can.
The bell rings to end the round, with Erin staring down on Natalie, telling her to "just give up, no one cares about you" with the fighters coaches coming out to stop them going for each other.
Sitting on their stools, Natalie looks a little shaken as she looks at her coach, who tells her "suck it up! You are not always going to have it your own way, you have to be smarter!" Which makes her nod in reply.
Round 5:
Erin looks to hunt Natalie around the ring; slamming punches into the guard of Natalie, before she starts landing to the sides of Lind's body.
The older fighter is keeping Natalie on the defensive, with the youngster keeping herself compact to block most of the punches aimed at her head.
It leads to Natalie slipping under a long wide right from Erin and slamming two punches to the centre of her fellow blondes body to make her groan.
Erin still looks like she thinks she's in control as she lands a left across Natalie's face, but can't follow up as Nat steps out the way of an uppercut that had some power to say the least in it.
It's leading Erin to show her own frustration at not being able to put away Natalie, in fact it's Natalie starting to come back at Richards with her movement starting to out fox her opponent.
The Welsh lass tries a left hook that Natalie blocks, instead taking a double jab to her lips and a right under her ribs that seems to knock the wind out the sails of Erin.
With Natalie coming on strongly, targeting the body of Erin as she drives her back into a corner, Erin covering up as her flanks take a beating.
An uppercut nearly parts the guard of Erin, before she comes out fighting; leading to an intense exchange between the women.
But Erin is in a bad position, not able to load up on her punches in the corner, leading to Natalie rattling her with two hooks that crash into her chin.
The bell rings though with Natalie screaming out in frustration, Erin shaking her head behind her as the young woman heads to her corner with a look of pure unbridled rage at the situation.
While Erin looks like she needs the ropes to help guide her back towards her corner, her coach working hard to wake her up, knowing that Erin is ahead but badly hurt as he looks in her eyes.
Round 6:
Erin makes it out her corner looking like she has some of her senses back in order, the fighters start off trading at midrange as Erin tries to feel her way back into this fight it seems.
A shout of "now!" Is followed by Natalie snapping a straight into the mouth of her rival, then a left hook makes Erin stumble sideways.
The order from Natalie's corner is clear, end this now is the idea; with Natalie beating Erin up the centre of her guard.
Blood now runs from Richards nose as she finds herself on the ropes, covering up as she is beaten to the body by a revitalized Natalie.
Natalie using all the bad blood she feels for Erin and Camren to fuel her it seems into turning Erin's abs to mush with her body shots.
Erin needing to clinch up, her face is curled up in agony as Natalie desperately tries to break free herself, snarling as if she is turning feral as her temper is controlling her.
The referee breaks them up, with Erin trying to fight back; Natalie is in too good a state of the two though, leading to her pounding Erin across the face.
Erin tries to step back but falls over, some in the crowd watching closely to what will happen, he deems it a slip which infuriates some in the crowd, with Erin herself trying to clear her head.
Natalie doesn't give her time though, just continuing to beat her around her head, with Erin leaning onto the ropes with her guard starting to dip.
The bell sounds though, halting Natalie in her tracks as she stares right through Erin, puffing slightly as she used a lot of energy to beat Erin all around the ring.
Erin herself looks a mess as her hair has come out the ponytail and sticks to her swollen cheeks, she stumbles back to her stool.
Some in the crowd looking sorry for her as she has her head down, looking utterly defeated by Natalie, her coach asking her if she wants to continue, she nods yes but her eyes show she's lying as she looks close to tears.
Round 7:
MAYBE IT'S PRIDE WHAT GETS ERIN UP OFF HER STOOL, BUT IT'S NOT LONG TILL SHE IS BEING HAMMERED ACROSS HER HEAD, A RIGHT ACROSS HER CHIN KNOCKS HER GUMSHIELD OUT AND DOWN ERIN GOES IN A HEAP! THE REFEREE DOESN'T EVEN COUNT, JUST WAVES IT OFF!

Winner Natalie Alyn Lind KO Round 7

After:
This was far from a classic performance for either fighter, it resembled something that belongs in an alleyway at times, but Natalie proved tonight she can win ugly and that she is brutal once she smells blood in the water.
Natalie pounding her chest as she stands looking down at the wreckage that is Erin, shouting at her "you made me do this bytch!"
The doctor rushes in with Erin's coach in case Natalie decides to take it too far, but the youngster isn't interested in Erin anymore, just storming back to her own corner to get cleaned up.
Erin meanwhile is woken up but is still badly dazed from that knockout, a stretcher is brought in to help get her out the ring safely.
Her fans cheer her but even they know that by the end of the fight, she was just a punchbag and pride got the better of her, now leading to her probably in a hospital bed for the night for tests.
Natalie doesn't show any remorse though, clearly heard telling her coach "that's for months of putting up with her and those other c***s on that Gotham set"
A few boos ring out as her hand is raised, though she hasn't done anything wrong, she is certainly getting into her "brat" persona as she dismisses the fans with a wave.
She has bigger fish to fry in her world as she steps out the ring, her mission to prove she belongs in this ring, that certainly hasn't been hurt by this result.
On her way out, she tells an event organiser "you can call me if you need some class on these shows again" before heading to her locker room to get changed, pack up and go celebrate this win at the bar with her new stablemates in Foxfire boxing.

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(Written by Girls Friday & Dollhouse/Results by Lookout!)

(The Dollhouse vs Free Agent)

Intro:
The next bout tonight sees Emma Roberts continue on working to improve her record and hunt down the flyweight title, this time she fights Dakota Fanning; whose looking for her first win in over 2 years.
Emma is 26 years old, stands 5'2 and holds a record of 1 win, that by knockout and 4 defeats.
While Dakota is 23 years old, stands 5'4 and holds a record of 2 wins, all by knockout and 4 defeats.
The fighters met at the press conference with Emma giving Dakota a look over and smirking at her, clearly not impressed by her, with the girls heading to their tables to begin the press conference properly with Emma speaking first.
"I personally asked for Dakota as my next opponent. I promised my stable I'm going to go 2-0 under their management
and I intend to keep my promise. Shouldn't be too hard...after all, Blondie here has lost her last 4 fights....seems like her boxing career, if you can even call it that, is on a downward spiral, kinda like her acting career."
Dakota frowns looking upset by Emma's insults for a moment, as Emma grins at her as if it to say "that's right bytch!"
A second later however, Dakota bursts into laughter - "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Bytch you're 1-4! You won ONE fight and already talking so much sh*t? And speaking of acting careers...how does it feel to be the least relevant of all the Emmas? I'm sure its a pretty horr.."
The smug look on Emma's face disappears immediately as Dakota seems to have hit a sensitive spot.
The now enraged Roberts picks up a
glass of water and tosses it right into Dakota's face, the water hitting her face mid-sentence.
Dakota wipes the water from her face as it drips onto her blouse, before she snarls and slaps Emma with a cracking right.
Suddenly the girls are hair pulling and fall onto one of the tables they were sitting at moments before, the pitcher full of water tipping over and spilling over with both rolling in the water.
After they are separated by security; their soaked blouses are torn open by the other to show their bras, the future fighters are glaring at each other as they get dragged off the stage.
Fight night; out comes Emma with her coach Kristanna Loken, she is wearing a pink sports bra, white yoga pants with "Roberts" written in pink up the right leg and "Dollhouse" up the left leg in pink, finishing her look with pink gloves and shoes.
Heading to the ring, she is banging her gloves together as she gets into the zone to beat Dakota, her eyes are focused squarely on the ring as she goes.
Stepping into the ring; she heads straight over to her corner, practicing her punches on the top turnbuckle pad, before turning around and starting to stretch.
Now out comes Dakota, she is wearing a black sports bra, yoga pants with white strips down the sides, blue gloves and shoes.
Nodding to the crowd as she heads to the ring, once she gets to the bottom of the ring steps, her eyes lock onto her opponent's before she jogs up the steps and gets into the ring.
Getting to her corner, Dakota limbers up but her gaze keeps going towards Emma, an intense look on her face as she really wants to batter her for the incident at the press event.
Brought to the ring centre; the girls square right up to each other, staring each other down as the referee stands nearby as he goes through his instructions.
There's no incident here luckily for him but when asked to touch gloves, the girls turn their backs on each other and head to their corners.
As soon as they reach their corners, the referee nods to the timekeeper to ring the bell to start 10 rounds of flyweight action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters, both light on their toes by the looks of it, Emma though shows her aggressive side straight from the off.
After trading a few jabs with Dakota, she ducks under a straight and rushes inside to bash the body of her fellow blonde with piston like rights and lefts.
Dakota shoves Emma back, Emma though keeps on her with the younger fighter being pinned behind her guard as Roberts pounds away at her.
A straight stings the abs of Dakota, who lands a left cross of her own to push Emma back a step, allowing her to trade with the smaller fighter at a better range for her.
It's not long though till Emma parries a left aimed at her head, coming back on the inside as she is clearly wanting to take the body out of Fanning, digging her fists into the abs of her opponent.
Dakota stuck on the defensive as she is being swarmed by Emma, the Dollhouse corner looking excited as she pushes Fanning onto the ropes.
The bell rings with Emma strutting back to her corner, arms up in the air as she clearly believes she has Dakota on a string and it's hard to argue that.
Dakota looking understandably upset at herself, her coach telling her "walk it off! She caught you cold but I can see the fire in your eyes, use it to burn her"
Round 2:
Out come the fighters with Emma looking to keep the pressure on her opponent, the fighters trading at midrange as Dakota moves back and Emma stalks her.
A missed right by Emma opens her up though to a counter strike onto the top of her head, Dakota looking like she is starting to get some rhythm as she counters Emma coming in with her longer reach.
Emma manages to land a left to the ribs of Dakota, she takes a clipping right across the top of her head and a left spikes her on the nose.
Now Dakota pounds Emma back behind her guard, forcing her to retreat as Fanning can be heard grunting with effort to try and break down her opponent.
The smaller fighters footwork though allows her to get out of trouble and as Dakota goes for a right hook, Emma dips down and comes back up with an overhand right that pushes Dakota onto her heels.
With the round heading to it's conclusion; Emma is starting to get her pounding punches landing on Dakota.
But Dakota is throwing back; leading to a grandstand finish to this round till the bell rings and both girls snort at each other, before jogging back to their corners.
Dakota looking more relaxed; knowing she has to be on the scoreboard as she stares across the ring at her opponent with a look of confidence.
Round 3:
Now both are warmed up, the action starts becoming quicker; with the fighters trading more punches near the ring centre.
Dakota using her reach advantage more now to keep Emma at arms length now, using good footwork herself to change angles and strike around the guard of Emma.
Who is moving her head more to try and counter Fanning; it's Dakota though whose landing with the better punches, each digging into the face of Emma to knock her head back.
A double jab snaps into the face of Emma, followed by a right cross that shoves her onto the back foot, with Dakota's eyes lighting up and she drives forwards with three more punches slamming into the gloves of the smaller girl.
It takes Emma's footwork to get her out of trouble again, dipping down again to make Fanning miss with a right cross and comes up with an uppercut that just misses.
But it gets Dakota's attention as she steps back and Emma strikes with two straight punches to the body, she gets caught with one to her head to force the girls to separate.
Late in the round as Dakota controls the pace with her reach, snapping the head of Roberts to drive her back towards the ropes.
Emma though uses a shoulder roll to deflect a right straight and snaps a right hook behind the ear of Fanning to knock her head to the side.
The bell rings before she can do much more, with Emma looking a little frustrated; Kristanna working to keep her cool and collected, her eyes though are still burning with anger at being pushed around by Dakota.
Round 4:
Again they both start off fighting with jabs and straights slamming into the others face, with Dakota starting stronger as she steps back to a safe range and lands the cleaner punches.
That changes though as Emma slips past a straight and slams two hooks to both ribs of Dakota, who groans out and retreats back.
Dakota manages to get several punches to land on the gloves of Emma to keep her back so she can reset herself.
But Emma slams into Dakota with her left and slams two overhand rights into the face of the Twilight star to drive her onto the ropes.
That leads to both slugging it out on the ropes, with Dakota forced to fight back to try to get herself off the ropes, a vicious looking right across her cheeks opens up a cut though.
Leading to Dakota covering up as Emma pins her to the ropes with a barrage of punches, her target is back on the body; which is starting to redden up as Fanning gasps each time she is hit.
Dakota needs the bell to ring so she can get off the ropes, Emma storming back to her corner surprisingly, only because she is annoyed the bell rung before she could end this.
While Dakota rubs her body, her coach putting an ice pack on to numb the pain and her cut is tended too, the fight becoming close once again as these two throw everything at their opponent.
Round 5:
Emma bristling to get started again, stalking Dakota back around the ring with her opponent on the defensive, throwing punches out of her guard.
The Dollhouse star seems a little too keen as she throws a right hook that Dakota spots a mile off, after stepping back; Dakota lands a straight to the side of Roberts face as she misses.
Dakota smartly doesn't let this chance go through her fingers, she lands a left cross over the guard of Emma and starts to drill her fists into the face of Emma now.
The youngster gets Emma near the ropes, with Roberts covering up as tightly as she can while Fanning beats her around the guard to her face.
Emma needing to clinch up as her face is swelling up, the girls almost topple over as they grapple onto the ropes, the referee rushing in to pull them apart.
Once they are apart; Emma is quick to step back in and pushes Dakota back with two punches digging to the abs of the bigger girl, who groans and tries to open up space.
As the round heads to the final minute, both are struggling to take control of this fight, fighting hard in tight to try to force each other back.
Dakota takes a straight to her nose and a left cracks her chin, she stumbles back and Emma is right at her pumping those fists into the abs.
The bell rings before Emma can do much more though, she bangs her gloves together as she jogs to her corner, getting annoyed that she can't put this stubborn opponent down.
Dakota needing to get cleaned up, she is looking at her coach for a way to slow down Emma, he though is focused on sorting her out so she can be fully ready for this run to the end of the fight.
Round 6:
Out come the fighters, Dakota is visibly slowing down as Emma pounds away at her guard from the off, forcing Fanning to retreat to space and fight out her guard.
Dakota looks to land a straight that Emma parries, with the little blonde stepping inside to bang an uppercut that knocks Dakota's head back.
The youngster is being driven backwards as Emma slams punches into the face of Fanning to make her yelp and step back.
Dakota needs to clinch up as she is just being beaten back, Emma desperate to break free, but it's the referee that ends up stepping in to break them up.
Once separated; Dakota does manage to get her jab working, desperate to hold Emma off her as she tries to recover.
Dakota lands a straight onto the nose of Emma, as she tries to follow up with a left and gets caught with an overhand right on that cut, making Dakota scream out in pain.
That leads to Emma powering Dakota onto the ropes, beating her with a flurry of punches that is really hurting the youngster.
The round ends with Emma giving Dakota a shove and glares at her; almost telling her to get out the ring as she is bullying her younger opponent.
Back in their corners; Dakota has her head down, with her coach needing to try to keep her spirits high, especially as he washes her bloody face.
Round 7:
Emma pushes herself out of her corner, one thing on her mind as she hunts a still wounded looking Dakota around the ring.
A right pierces the guard of Dakota onto her nose and opens her guard up, EMMA SLAMMING A LEFT HOOK TO WOBBLE DAKOTA AND AN UPPERCUT PUTS DAKOTA GOES DOWN ONTO HER BACK!
The referee begins counting 1...2...3...4.. Dakota groaning and holding her head 5...6...7.. She is barely moving though as she has her eyes shut 8...9...10 the ref waving the fight is over!

Winner Emma Roberts KO Round 7

After:
Emma climbs up the ropes in the corner to celebrate, her fists in the air as she grins like a Cheshire cat that just got the cream, a big win on her rebuild of her career.
Kristanna patting her on the back after she jumps off the rope and moves to her own corner, Emma getting cleaned up and a quick drink.
While Dakota is checked over by the doctor, Emma can be heard laughing with Kristanna and saying "she wondered why I wanted to fight her! Maybe that thick skull of hers will know now"
Dakota is helped over to her stool and her bloody face is cleaned up, she looks depressed that she lost again after starting her career off so well, now she is in a slump and she doesn't seem to see a way out.
It isn't helped as Emma gloats over her "do you get it now! You don't belong in here with me and you can watch me head up the rankings as you stay in the gutter"
Dakota's coach waves Emma off and helps his fighter out the ring, wanting to get her out the firing line as the winner just laughs at her.
Emma gets her hand raised soon enough, big things in her mind as she hopes Avril is watching for intrastable bragging rights.
She soon leaves the ring, telling Kristanna "I'll have to ask Carmen when we get back whose next on my diary as I am loving proving I belong in here" with Loken smiling warmly, enjoying the aggressive part of Emma tonight.
That side might be what gets Emma up the rankings and into the elites, it is still too early to tell but she certainly has the confidence for the job.

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(Written by Girls Friday & Archer/Results by Lookout!)

(Pretty Little Punchers vs Free Agent)

Intro:
Danielle Campbell looks to continue to show why she is fans number one prospect in the flyweight division, as she takes on the woman dubbed "Miss FNL" for her run of fights on these events Emily Bett Rickards.
Danielle is 22 years old, stands at 5'3 and holds a record of 13 wins, all by knockout and 5 defeats.
While Emily is 26 years old, stands 5'5 and holds her own record of 8 wins, 7 by knockout and only 2 defeats.
It should be noted that the fighters are currently ranked by the highly respected BWO (Boxing world organization) as Danielle is 19th, Emily is 28th.
At the press conference, there are a few befuddled looks as Danielle comes out wearing a Green Arrow shirt, Emily looks at it and is clearly questioning the motive for such a move, is it to be friendly, a gesture to show respect or one to take the piss out of her, it becomes clear as Danielle speaks.
"Would you like me to give you one," Danielle says, "That way people will know where they've seen you before."
"I don't need a gimmick," says Emily. "I let my boxing speak for me--it's a shame you think you need one."
"It's not a gimmick," DC says.
"Really?" Emily snickers. "What do you call it? 'Product placement'?"
"It's a joke," Danielle snapped. "I can see being ignored for so many years has made you jealous."
"Well, I am certainly not jealous of a dime-a-dozen starlet like you," Emily replied.
Now Danielle was getting red in the cheeks: "I have worked hard to get where I am in the FCBA and how dare you put it down!"
"Hey, I never said you couldn't box, but you were lucky to get signed by the Punchers while fighters a lot more deserving than you were stuck in 'Free Agency Hell'," Emily retorted, she was clearly getting into a sore subject.
"If you couldn't get management made you really didn't deserve it!" Danielle said pouncing.
"Why you little twerp!" Emily made a grab for Danielle's tee shirt. She grabbed a handful and tried to rip off. Danielle grabbed Emily's wrists and they began to struggle around the stage.
They became tangled up in the curtain that hung down over the back of stage.
Suddenly they both went down with crash, there were the sounds of ripping fabric.
Emily crawled out with a good portion of DC's Green Arrow tee, but Emily's blouse was gone leaving her in a pale pink bra. Danielle appeared holding the missing blouse (and revealing her light blue bra).
The two seemed about to charge for another go-round when Security rushed out and led them away off stage.
Fight night, out comes Danielle first with her coach Nia Peeples by her side, Emily isn't going to be a big fan of what Danielle is wearing, with the brunette wearing an emerald green sports bra, trunks, shoes and gloves, the colour scheme of a certain famous archer superhero.
Heading to the ring; she has a mischievous smile on her face as she jogs down the ramp, before finally climbing into the ring.
Before she heads to her corner; Danielle bows to the fans, who are in a mixture of cheering and chuckling knowing that the youngster is playing mind games.
Out comes an unamused Emily, her eyes locked squarely on the ring as she heads down the ramp to take on this growing pain in her ass.
Emily is wearing her red sports bra with white strips down the sides, red trunks with the same strips, while she has red gloves and boots, the blondes hair is in a simple ponytail.
Climbing into the ring; she gives the crowd a quick wave from her corner, but as she turns to Danielle; her expression darkens further.
The playful Danielle pretends to be firing an arrow at Emily, winking after she finishes, with the Canadian taking a deep breath so she doesn't go over and spoil this crowds night by cancelling this fight with the boot up her rivals backside plan part of her wants to do.
Instead the fighters are brought to the ring centre by the referee, Emily telling Danielle "you should grow the f*** up!" Which gets a "ooh!" From the crowd.
Danielle just continues to grin, almost as if saying "that's right, just keep getting upset you bytch" which Emily seems to be getting fed hook, line and sinker right now.
Asked to touch gloves, Emily shakes her head, saying "I don't respect little bytches" with Danielle looking put out by that, while she wanted to push buttons, clearly she didn't expect Emily to not show her any respect.
The fighters head back to their corners with a dark cloud over the pair of them, the referee signals for the bell to start 10 rounds of flyweight action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters up on their toes, testing each other reflexes as they circle around, Danielle is looking to dip under the longer reach of Emily, whose dancing backwards and jabbing towards her head.
The fighters trade on the outside to the others head, with Emily landing the cleaner punches, smacking Danielle across her head and using her long legs to get into space.
Danielle looking to use her quick feet to close the distance down; slipping under a straight punch to land two body shots in and just misses an overhand right.
The blonde lands a double jab off the nose of Danielle as she steps back, Emily starts to get some control over her opponent with those long range shots digging into her guard and face.
Danielle struggling to find an opening as she continues to bob and weave around Rickard's, but a right cross slams into the side of her head to keep her back as she moves forwards.
Emily trying to open up with more power punches as the round heads to it's conclusion, maybe unwisely as Danielle let's her own hands go.
Leading to both trading on the inside, Danielle nearly bumps her head into the chin of Emily, showing her desperation to win this opening round.
But as the bell rings; Danielle knows that she lost that opening round, nodding to Nia that she will do better.
While Emily sits on her stool more stony faced then you might expect for winning the round, but she knows however much Danielle annoys her, she is a great boxer so she cannot take this lightly.
Round 2:
Danielle keeps her guard tight as Emily again is able to use her height and reach advantage to headhunt in peace it seems.
Till Danielle is able to feint with a left, before stepping inside with an overhand right to knock Emily back a step, with the brunette stepping inside to work the body of her opponent.
Emily soon shoves her back and the two trade at midrange as they circle, Emily not having it all her own way at this range as Danielle seems to have the faster hands, landing 2 to every 1 of Emily's punches.
Leading to Emily trying to step back into a more comfortable range, Danielle of course stays in close to her, controlling the tempo of the round.
The youngster tries to land a right to the body of Emily, gets caught with a right across the top of her head and a left to her cheek to push her back.
As the girls dance around each other, Emily starting to get some rhythm back as she lands straight punches to the top of Campbell's head.
But Danielle slips under a right cross and lands an uppercut to shove Emily back onto her heels, Emily showing her toughness as she is still firing back from the ropes.
The bell rings with both girls holding back, Emily nodding to Danielle; showing her respect though her eyes reveal that she is still angry at her young opponent.
As they sit on their stools; they are washed down and told what they have to do, they already know though as they sense this is going to be a tough fight.
Round 3:
Both fighters start off at midrange; trading around the ring as they look to get control of their opponent, slinging jabs and straight punches through any gaps they can see.
Till Emily snaps a double jab to the lips of Danielle and a right hook that shoves the Pretty Little Liar back a step.
Emily now looking to power on, whacking two body shots in; followed by a left cross up top to force Danielle behind her guard.
The littler fighter is being driven back as Emily smacks her punches into the gloves of Danielle, who blocks a right cross and steps inside to land an overhand right that knocks the Canadian back a step.
Danielle now forcing Emily onto her back foot, throwing punch after punch at her as Rickards keeps on the back foot and pinned behind her guard.
Campbell lands several punches to the sides of Rickards body, driving her backwards towards the ropes and getting groans from the bigger fighter.
TILL EMILY SHOVES HER WITH HER LEFT AND SMACKS A RIGHT HOOK OFF THE SIDE OF DANIELLE'S FACE, CAMPBELL IS KNOCKED DOWN ON HER RIGHT SIDE!
The crowd look as stunned as Danielle is, 1...2..3... Danielle sits up, claiming to have been pushed over 4...5...6... Danielle pushes herself up 7...8 taking the rest of the 8 count on her feet.
The fighters are waved by together but the knockdown turns out to be the last bit of action between the two as the bell rings.
Danielle looks at Nia with a look of "what happened?" As Nia tells her "don't let your guard down; you know she can punch babe"
While Emily looks relieved to have finally put some distance between the two, though she wishes she hurt Danielle worse, seeing her opponent sit looking rosy if annoyed.
Round 4:
Emily looks to hurt Danielle, starting off strongly as she pins her opponent behind her guard with a barrage of punches that smack off Campbell's gloves.
Danielle being forced to retreat around the ring, Emily tries landing with hooks that sail over the smaller fighters head and give her a chance to strike on the inside.
The fighters start trading in close, sweat flying off them as defence starts to take a backseat to just trying to hurt each other.
Emily nudges Danielle back; she hits the glove of Campbell though as she tries to land that right hook once again.
Danielle striking quickly with three punches to the abs of Emily, but gets caught with a left cross to stop her and separate the two.
Both take a moment to reset and trade single punches as they measure each other up for bigger punches, most of their punches hitting gloves though.
Till Danielle ducks under a left and bangs away to the body of Emily to drive her backwards towards the ropes.
Emily though clinches up with her and the fighters grapple on the ropes with seconds to go; the bell rings with both shoving each other back with their tempers starting to boil over.
Sitting on their stools, Emily starting to crack as she can't believe that Danielle keeps coming back at her, both sets of faces are marked up with Danielle's cheeks swelling slightly.
Round 5:
Both fighters again meet around the ring centre and trade single punches early on, circling around each other as Danielle moves her head more then Emily to dodge more punches then she is taking.
Danielle slipping under a straight punch to slam a right to the ribs of Emily to make her groan out and the PLP girl lands another right to the same spot to force Emily to retreat.
Emily manages to land a straight to the nose of Danielle, followed by a left cross that shoves the brunette back a step.
AS EMILY TRIES TO STEP FORWARDS, DANIELLE DUCKS UNDER AND LANDS A RIGHT HOOK AS SHE STRAIGHTENS UP TO THE CHEEK OF THE BLONDE, SENDING HER TO HER BACKSIDE!
The fight is turning around again! With the referee beginning to count out Emily 3...4... Emily rubbing her cheek after shaking her head, 5...6...7.. Emily shoving herself up to beat the count, putting her gloves up to show she is ready to continue.
Danielle is quick to step in to try and push Emily back to the ropes, Emily staying defensive; now weathering the storm from her opponent.
The American lands several body shots in to try and open up Emily; who pulls Danielle into a clinch and uses her strength to pin her onto the ropes.
The referee separates the fighters, with Emily boxing off the back foot, trying to keep Danielle on the outside so she can fully shake off the knockdown.
While Danielle parries a straight and just misses with an uppercut just as the bell rings, she has a small grin on her face; making Emily want to smash that smug face in.
Both sitting down now, enjoying the cold of the sponge on their puffy cheeks, they are getting frustrated by the others toughness and willpower.
Round 6:
Danielle is now the one looking to get up in Emily's face, forcing Emily behind her guard with a flurry of punches nearly knocking Emily's gloves back into her face.
Her quick footwork allows her to keep Emily in her sights as she adds more body punches, forcing more louder grunts and groans from her opponent.
But Emily shows she still has fight in her, snapping a straight into the top of Danielle's head, with a left cross catching Danielle across her chin to rock her back.
Now it's Danielle being driven back behind her guard, Emily slamming her own punches around the guard of her smaller opponent, forcing her on the ropes.
Danielle firing back as the fighters go toe to toe, a small cut opens up on the nose of Campbell, making her yelp and cover up.
The Arrow star working the body of Danielle, forcing her to clinch up as she gets knocked onto the ropes, Emily pinning her onto the ropes as she tries to make it as uncomfortable as she can.
Separated by the referee, Danielle catches Emily with a left cross as she misses with a jab, Danielle staying in close to the Canadian to pound her ribs, with Emily gasping out with each shot.
The bell rings with the girls starting to really look worn, blood trickles from the cut on Danielle's face down to her chin, while Emily rubs her body; with both looking each other up and down to see what damage they've done.
Getting cleaned up; they look relieved to be getting patched up by their coaches, pundits all look confused at each other which fighter is going to pull away and win this.
Round 7:
Neither fighter exactly rushes out to battle, measuring each other up as they don't want to make any mistakes at such a pivotal moment in this fight.
Emily of course looks happier in this situation, controlling things with her jabs digging into the nose of Danielle, causing her to back up to the outside of the ring.
The smaller fighter being bullied back around the outside of the ring, forced to stay behind her gloves as Emily pounds away at them.
Danielle creates an opening though by stepping around a straight punch, slamming a straight of her own under the chin of the blonde to open her up.
A right slams across the cheek of Emily to force her away from the ring centre, the girls trading on the inside; knocking sweat off the others head.
Their hair hangs around their faces as they hammer away at their opponent, trying to force the other to retreat and admit defeat.
An uppercut seems to create the chance one fighter is looking for, Emily reels back and eats two cross punches as Danielle roars with effort.
Danielle pins Emily onto the ropes with a flurry of fives punches, not all hitting as they hit the gloves of her opponent, the ones that get through though knock Emily's head back.
The bell rings with Danielle maybe finding the edge to this, she has a deeply serious look on her face as she gets to her corner, Nia telling her "you've cracked her open, now shatter her"
Emily shaking her head as she sits down, she bangs her gloves together to try to muster some confidence back but doubt is setting in as she feels like she's thrown everything at Danielle to be rewarded with nothing yet.
Round 8:
Emily is landing several straight punches to the face of Danielle to start the round, looking to try to gain control of this fight.
AS SHE COMES FORWARDS; DANIELLE LANDS AN UPPERCUT THAT WOBBLES THE LEGS OF EMILY, BEFORE A RIGHT HOOK PUTS HER DOWN TO HER BACK!
The crowd are up and roaring as Emily looks at the lights overhead, 1..2...3...4...5... Emily stirs as she turns to her side 6....7...8... But she looks too dazed to do much 9....10 other then be counted out!

Winner Danielle Campbell KO Round 8

After:
Danielle wins this hard fought contest, though she doesn't look much a winner herself as she holds her arms up, but her face is swollen around her cheeks and a cut on her nose.
But Nia rushes over to cuddle her; telling her how proud she of this performance, telling her "the flyweight division has seen again why you are going to be the champ"
While Emily has to be helped over to her corner by her coach, her face shows how upset she is by losing this contest by covering her face with her gloves.
Till Danielle heads over to her and pats her on her shoulder, Emily looks up with tears running down her face, with the youngster telling her "that was fun; you really are as good as our Kate (Winslet) said"
"Thanks" says Emily as she wipes the tears away, "you were great too" admits Emily as the fighters seem to patch things up to a degree.
They bump fists to show respect but it's still a bit raw for both after all that was said and done to suddenly hug and make up.
Instead Emily leaves the ring wondering what she does now, preying she had a stable to guide her but accepting that she may need to continue this journey on her own.
While in the ring, Danielle says to Nia "part of me does wish we did have space in the stable for her, she would be a hell of a sparring partner then rival" with Nia smiling and patting her on her back.
Danielle gets her hand raised up by the referee, with the crowd chanting "one more time!" Clearly hoping these two can go another round someday.
The winner smiling and nodding at them, her mind though will be on doing as her coach Nia pointed out, that being getting her hands on the flyweight title and running through her fellow contenders for that opportunity.
Danielle gets met by her stablemates Lucy Hale, Sasha Pieterse and Trojan Bellisario at the top of the ramp, the girls group hug each other, passing on their congratulations to her before they head off to celebrate.

Congrats to ME and all the other winners on this amazing PPV!

I feel like I need to apologize to the fans for what they witnessed from Dakota last night. That wasn't boxing. I think she was trying to tickle me for most of the fight...at least that's how it felt.
Hopefully my upcoming fight against Emma TWATson will provide a bit more of a challenge. Maybe I'll even break a sweat. Not holding my breath though.

Back to work!