Brooklyn Decker vs Behati Prinsloo

Brooklyn Decker vs Behati Prinsloo
(Lioness Club of America vs Girls Friday)
(34-13, 23 KO vs 5-2, 5 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: There's some confusion among the experts and pundits whether these two have a genuine shot at making a career at welterweight and Behati Prinsloo has been labelled as a glorified lightweight in particular but she does have that Taylor Cole look about her which was exploited on the FNL Supremacy card last November. While she's defeated few women born in the 70s, the true test of her potential lies with LCA's Brooklyn Decker who openly chases the 21st Century Goddess dream of becoming a dual divisional champion each side of 130 lbs.

Decker dropped both her fights this season but there's no shame in losing to Tahnee Atkinson and Kate Upton in this league and the Ohio native actually forced a first decision victory of Upton's career which is an impressive feat alone despite the eventual loss. She's linked to another fight against one of Odds & Ends' members next month already but she tells Erin Andrews that Behati Prinsloo will receive a proper attention tonight and nothing should be taken for granted when dealing with the 5'10" Namibian stunner.

Brooklyn Decker wears a yellow bikini set and brown gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a custom ponytail. Behati Prinsloo wears a silver bikini set with pink trim and pink gloves. Long golden brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the welterweight division.

Round 1:
Brooklyn remains as confident as ever despite the recent welter struggles and jams her mitts straight up the middle to stagger the fellow model in the center of the ring. If Behati looked for an easy opening or an outright Decker slump, she learns otherwise the hard way since she gets knocked back onto her heels and fails to escape the intensive Ohio rush during the opening minute and beyond. She swings over the top but finds nothing except thin air and enables the older model to pummel her into the ropes as Decker assault actually intensifies come the second minute. It's like a revenge mission to still show these elite skills and Prinsloo disappears behind a tight earmuff thereafter, simply unable to match Decker's furious attack. Ugh! That's one relieved Namibian out there at the bell and Brooklyn's smile says it all.

Round 2:
Behati's wins over the likes of Bianca Kajlich or Elizabeth Berkley show little of how agile she actually is compared to her peers and majority of these models can be accussed of being power-oriented and one-dimensional at the same time. The Namibian stunner shows some power early in the second alright as she trades vicious blows with the Ohio native while snapping her head back in promising fashion. Girls Friday's physio Eva Carneiro might have her hands full of Behati's bruises before too long but for now she gives Decker a faceful of leather and even rattles the former champion back to the ropes where she hauls in more head-hunting assault taking advantage of her slightly longer reach. Brooklyn needed to stamp her foot on the gas earlier and she pays a price for not doing so in time while Prinsloo might have struggled in the opening round but was far from experiencing even a remote damage. She rallies back to clean out Decker's midsection late in the going and there's no smiles in the Lioness corner anymore.

Round 3:
More of the same in the third as Behati launches forward and clips Brooklyn's cheeks thanks to her superior reach before belting her against the exposed ribcage. The Sports Illustrated legend wobbles to the side with a quiet whimper but simply fails to break the Namibian's intensity down the stretch and Prinsloo's aggressive approach pays off big time especially when she pounds the cumbersome blonde back to the turnbuckle. She switches low to drill the midsection one more time and Decker can only clinch the younger model to finally gain some respite. However she remains trapped in the corner and Behati beats her for the aerial punch and cuts her up just above the left brow ridge; Decker spends the final stretch covered behind a high earmuff and Prinsloo rallies around her midriff to complete the stunning rout!

Round 4:
Decker can't land her power punches anymore but catches a lucky break after Behati becomes too cute all of the sudden and tries to wobble the Ohio-bred jugs without a proper reason. Brooklyn finds the opening and slams one over the top to shatter Prinsloo's lips before a belting cross punishes the liver area and staggers the younger model onto her heels. This time the former lightweight champion has plenty of space to work with and NAILS her rival across the nasal ridge that makes Behati really feel it... Uh-oh! That's some outright power on display as Prinsloo checks out into defensive circles but doesn't have the agility to avoid more Ohio rush. Brooklyn hassles the rattled Namibian around the ring and outworks her on the fly before more punches stack up against Behati's face and send her stumbling onto the ropes come the final minute. It's payback time as Decker leans on the other girl and hoofs her guard aside to secure a punishing connection with the jugs and Prinsloo bellows out into spasms having no previous JMDD experience to date. "That's how you do it, bytch!", Brooklyn scoffs at the aching foe at the bell and Behati stares down at her cleavage to analyze the potential damage while coach Lauren Berlingeri urges her to haul her pretty ass over to the Girls Friday corner instead!

Round 5:
Behati looked extremely vulnerable while getting punched to the boobs and a veteran of 47 FCBA fights like Decker is quick to pounce on the weak spot. She enforces the close range stance thanks to some nifty footwork that Prinsloo can't match and splits her mitts to haul in more crisp shots into the Namibian cleavage. And Behati simply slumps on her heels while eating heavy leather straight up the middle! She tries to wrestle the older model into safety but Decker gut-checks her and sends into a tail-spin with a vicious uppercut follow up. Behati wobbles forward with a whimper and doesn't react in time to a brutal hook that slams her on the previously wounded nose. It's shimmy shake time for the embattled Namibian as her guard disappears amid a huge struggle to maintain the balance yet there's more Ohio juice sending her out to the orbit next... Decker lands a freebie on the damaged nose and can enjoy Behati's demise even without landing one last shot... but she does and sends a left hook on the brow ridge TO LAY PRINSLOO FLAT ON HER BACK!!! Ugh! And you don't recover from such a series from the Goddess herself. The count reaches six but all you hear are spasms of defeat from Behati so the ref mercifully waves it off! KO5 Brooklyn Decker!!!

AFTER: Brooklyn thrives on a rampant ovation from the audience and quickly struts back to her corner where LCA coach Claudia Schiffer gives her a warm hug. The two blonde stunners then watch Lauren Berlingeri and Eva Carneiro work on the fallen VS model who's taken a heavy JMDD-like pounding at one point and simply never recovered from it. "Yeah, we kinda knew she won't be able to take it but it was still fun to see her try sooo hard!", Brooklyn confirms the high pre-fight spirits but she let the Namibian in for some nasty ride in the second & third round and such careless attitude could come back to haunt her in the future. Behati was well placed to upset some elite LCA odds but in the end she simply couldn't survive the otherwise brief jug muggin' period that opened the doors for her demise. Maybe she should ask stablemate Holly Willoughby for some tips next time she enters the ring against some of these fellow models. Because Decker & most of her swimsuit/lingerie peers are a class or two above the likes of Kajlich and Berkley these days and threaten to derail the Namibian train sooner rather than later.

Final result: Brooklyn Decker def. Behati Prinsloo KO5.