Gemma Atkinson vs Tahnee Atkinson, Non-title Beach Bout

Before: Both fighters philosophical. “We knew this had to happen sometime. It’s not going to drive either of us out of the league or anything, but we have to prove who’s superior, don’t we?”



Ringposts-in-sand setup. Gemma in pink triangle-cut bikini, white gloves, hair slicked back and wet. Tahnee wearing a black and white polka-dot top, gold bottoms, black gloves, hair windblown wild.





R1: Tahnee barrels in with raucous rights, swinging lefts, stepping forward with brawling haymakers from both sides, Gemma trying to stay disciplined, but she’s forced out of her stance early, crowd roaring as blonde starts to swing away and THE BRAWL IS ON! Girls pitch simultaneous rights, arms colliding, wrapping violently around at the elbow, Tahnee pulls a sweeping left hook in, beating Gemma to the punch. Blonde staggering back, Tahnee stepping with, grazing brow with a wild right, then steps into a GORGEOUS left hook in the chops, GEMMA REELS TO THE ROPES! Bossie Aussie pancakes her with a devil-may-care-grin-swinging lusty from her hips, shellacking the daylights out of a shipwrecked Gemma! Gemma finally hunching forward, covering up, letting punches wrap crazily around either shoulder. Tahnee adjusting, tongue between her lips as she works hard to lug leather up underneath, beating tummy and tits with pumping glee. Final minute, Gemma slugs back, fighting for respect--catching Tahnee with counter-uppercuts off the ropes, then covering up to block. Seconds left, blonde doing a brilliant job of peek-a-boo countering, but Tahnee shifts her hips, sweeps a freight train sidearm right hand flat to the belly, Gemma shrieks in shock, sitting crippled in the ropes! Slumping the Brit forward with the left arm wrap, Tahnee’s plugging tortured gut with shoving, thumping right hands to the break!



During the interval the audience at home treated to the Slow -Mo replay catching Gemma’s astonished agony as Tahnee lands in the sweet spot of the stomach, big blonde usually so stoic giving or taking punishment, rarely crying out in her fights, And the look of unabashed delight on Tahnee’s face as she digs out that midsection late)



R2: Gemma out early with the jab, key weapon against Tahnee keeps her off balance, pre-empts her, confuses her. End of the first minute, the blonde drops a choice right cross off the jab, checking Tahnee’s chin, leaves her floundering on the spot for a moment and Gemma immediately goes body with beefy intentions. Gemma thumping away to the thick of Tahnee’s paunch backing her to the ropes, woozy clinch for a break. Gemma walks to midring, starts it all over with the jab, patiently circling, touching Tahnee head and body, Aussie wings a right hand over top the stick, blonde fades back, counters with a cuffing hook to the temple and Tahnee’s in trouble AGAIN! Gemma back to the body with Tahnee wounded, just stooped over, gloves at her temples, Brit leaning in, arming pumping back and forth as she tears up the tummy on a hurting Aussie.



R3: TAHNEE WADES IN! Committed to pressure in this fight, lustily throwing hard, right roundhouses up top, leaning her cheek in against Gemma’s guard to reach the hook down snug belly and breasts. Gemma backed up AGAIN, forced to cover up and work off the ropes, blocking up top and answering with short left uppercuts, choppy right hands to Tahnee's chin. Aussie leaning forward and getting bandy-armed to the body, lathering and batting away, palming Gemma's hips back, being the bully. Hard working Tahnee third sees the brunette pull ahead on the cards.



R4: Tahnee aggressively forward, left hand carelessly low, right at her cheek, steps forward with looping rights, reckless, but moving forward. Gemma dukes at her temples, sliding out the jab from a high guard, bringing the hand back quick, giving ground and looking to time the Aussie for right hands as Tahnee comes in. Gemma laying down good stick, catching Tahnee’s face at will, getting some firm right crosses over, brunette walking through it all, taking 2 to land 1, Round to Gemma, much more accurate and effective.







R5: Tahnee wades in - looping right hand misses, swinging left misses, but drives Gemma pell-mell into the ropes. Tahnee piles in, propping Gemma up against the strands and going waistline with great stroking lefts and rights - mitts bouncing taut off tummy, bringing her hands back to her own chest, really wearing out the Tahnee midsection. Gemma’s breath coming in forced grunts as Tahnee keeps a-lathering. Good bell to bell effort, Tahnee pounding the body, then arching her back for short-arm uppercuts, taking advantage of Gemma's weary forward lean to tidy up jug, force openings to the chin.





R6: Gemma’s jab busting through with ferocious impact, Tahnee stunned, unable to come forward, British babe following up with humming right hands on the chin and TAHNEE’S IN TROUBLE! Sharp one-twos have Tahnee wobbly butt--stooped forward, Gemma with a jab to forehead, straight right hand sloping to the sternum and jerking left uppercut SITS TAHNEE DOWN! Steamy look of supreme satisfaction from Gemma as Tahnee gets awkwardly to her feet, British blonde has 40 seconds on the clock--goes to work in methodical fashion, Great batting licks to the flanks, bashing away in behind Tahnee’s arms, drawing the brunette’s torso forward in a hurting droop, curling those uppercuts in to tidy up the hanging ledge of Tahnee’s breasts. Tahnee sopping up the punishment, doesn’t lift her hands much above the stomach or chest level, that’s one of the reasons why the crowd loves her. Tahnee soaks up the kind of beating that normally panics a ref, getting the benefit of the doubt as official lets her soak up the one-sided pounding to the bell.





R7: Gemma wading in, but wading in smart - stepping with a pulverizing jab to Tahnee's face, punching her groggy before drifting home the short right, mopping up a heartless left hook behind the elbow. Tahnee's back hits ropes, she earmuffs up, bending at the waist, Gemma squared away, dukes up - she's riding her guard into the Aussie to jostle, pop-popping one-twos whenever Tahnee straightens up; working hooks to the flank and hip whenever she leans forward. Gemma scooping her fair share of jug with carving little left hands, keeping the right under her chin and just turning her shoulder into meanspirited little swipes. Tahnee answering in spots, but shipping a beating - she chides herself angrily en-route to her corner for the break.





R8: Tahnee regrouping, circling to her right, Gemma marching, jabbing to face, jabbing to chest, leaning with corking rights over Tahnee's left shoulder, once again has to cover up and ride. Gemma stabilizing Tahnee with a right in the shoulder to bat lefts up into her body, then stabilizing left to dig righty. Tahnee reaching for Gemma's hips, Aussie tieing up, for ref’s break. Both women re-arming, wading back in, eyes merciless as they bore in, Tahnee able to wrap up Gemma with strapping leather. In the closing seconds, tremendous series of right hands to the pit of Gemma's stomach hits paydirt - moaning British girl sinks to one knee, tears squeezing out the corners of tightly clenched eyes. Tahnee exhaling in near exhaustion, chest heaving with the exertion of putting Gemma down.





R9: Gemma back on top with the pulverizing jab; really banging away with authority as Tahnee bends low, leans away, circles, anything to evade the stick. Midway through, Gemma stepping in the jab, Tahnee fading it, then rocketing back with a searing counter-right over the top and GEMMA IS HURT! Gemma’s back leg skids off the sand, sending her sputtering to her right--she hit’s the ropes with her shoulder, badly disoriented. Tahnee jumping in, gets off a GORGEOUS right cross and GEMMA SWOONS! Blonde girl drooping forward, hands hovering at her thighs and TAHNEE UNLEASHES! Thick to jug, thick to jug, then clipping chin as she rotates her shoulders, slicing right and left uppercuts into Gemma’s wilting frame. Gemma slumping forward, shipping leather, Tahnee stepping back and GEMMA HITS THE SAND! It’s OVER! KO9 Tahnee Atkinson as Gemma sleeps through the 10 count!



After: Grueling battle leaves both fighters in tatters. Tahnee makes her way over to Gemma’s corner, pauses with her hands on her knees for a moment, chest heaving. She holds out her hand to the seated Gemma, the blonde takes it, and hauls her up into a big hug. Nobody has anything to complain about, this was a slugfest for the ages!