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(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)(Holloway Boxing vs Vixens)Intro:Tonight's main event is a number one contenders bout for the right to challenge for the FCBA lightweight title on this months PPV, Anllela Sagra and Alexis Ren will be bringing all they have to get the shot.
Anllela is 25 years old; she stands 5'9, holding a record of 12 wins, all by way of knockout, with 3 defeats, she is a former Queen of the Ice Hotel.
Alexis is 22 years old; she stands 5'8, holding a record of 22 wins, all by way of knockout, with 6 defeats, she is the current Queen of the Ice Hotel.
In fact it was the 23rd February last year that Alexis won the Queen of the Ice Hotel from Anllela, knocking her out in the tenth round of a hard fought war.
Before that it was two years ago when Anllela had beaten Alexis in the seventh with a knockout, so these two know each other well to say the least.
The fighters came out for the press conference, heading straight to each other as they go nose to nose, with a intense stare down as while three two powerful bodies will most likely never be friends, they look to begrudgingly respect the other as neither makes a move, just showing their rival they ain't going to back down.
It takes the organisers to step in to separate them, for both time seems to have stopped if not for being interrupted in their staring contest.
Anllela is given the nod to speak first after they sit at their table, she turns to face Alexis, wanting what she says to be clear to her rival.
"Listen Alexis; you beat me last time and that has stuck with me, especially that cheap shot you gave me like the cheap bytch you are" Anllela tells Alexis as her eyes narrow in anger.
"Now I will beat your ass all around Texas if I have to, I want the lightweight title around my waist and seeing you weeping at my feet" continues Anllela as she can be seen closing her fists.
All the while Alexis looks smug as she stares at Anllela, turning herself to face Anllela as she replies "I'll admit that going into the last fight you had me worried, that first fight you put my lights out and well I was nervous getting into the ring that night"
Then tapping her chin; Alexis adds "see though I found your weakness, for all your muscles you have a big bullseye right on your chin, once I caught you flush you folded quicker then Steve does at poker when we play" winking to her coach Steve as they chuckle.
Anllela doesn't see the funny side as she shakes her head, telling Alexis "if you think you have me sussed, wait till we are fighting and see how true that is" standing up so she can leave the stage.
Alexis just smirks as she watches her go, heard telling Steve "I might take her trunks as a trophy this time, I mean I can't put her soul on my wall" laughing as she stands up to leave the ring.
Fight night; Anllela heads to the ring with her coach behind her, she doesn't look in the mood for anything other then getting down to business as she marches towards the ring with her eyes on the ring.
She is wearing an electric blue sports bra, matching trunks with white stripes down the sides, blue gloves and shoes, while her hair is tied into a braid.
Getting into the ring; Anllela heads straight to her corner, warming up as her coach is telling her to prove any doubters wrong, especially Ren.
Who is on her way out now with Steve behind her, Alexis bounces on her toes as she smiles, looking confident that she is going to be the one getting the title shot.
She is wearing a gold coloured sports bra, matching trunks, gloves and shoes, her hair is tied back into a ponytail.
Stepping into the ring; she looks more serious as her eyes meet Anllela's across the ring, she yells at her "this is my time bytch! You ain't stopping me!' Then heads to her corner to get ready.
The referee brings them to the center of the ring, straight away they touch foreheads as they are right in the others face, the tension in the air could be cut with a machete as these two are looking desperate to get started.
A crack rings out as they slam their gloves together, then they jog back to their corners, ready to start 10 rounds of lightweight action.
Round 1:"Ding" both fighters start off looking to impose their will early; Alexis landing the crisper shots as they bobs her head to dodge, keeping herself from being an easy target for the powerhouse.
Anllela lands a straight to the top of her opponent's head to get a good mark on her, following with two body shots as she looks to step inside.
But Alexis shows her smarts to nudge Sagra back, moving to range to look to outbox her rival, which she definitely looks the more comfortable on the move.
Till Anllela slams a left across the face of Ren, moving in close to knock the brunette back towards the ropes as she works away to the body.
Alexis struggling to back Anllela off her, the harder shots are coming from the fitness model as she bashes the younger fighter onto the ropes.
A late flurry knocks Alexis's head back in the dying seconds of the round, she covers up as Anllela looks to take her head off with power shots that mostly lose their sting due to the impressive guard of Ren.
The round ends with both fighters turning to return back to their corners, a small smile is on Anllela's face as she looked to have enjoyed bashing Alexis around.
Round 2:At the bell Anllela is stepping forwards to try to cut the ring off, making Alexis have to move around the outside of the ring as they trade jabs.
Swinging in with a right hook; Anllela misses as she tries to catch out Alexis with a haymaker, it was too easy to spot as the Vixens fighter slips under to get into space.
Alexis is starting to annoy Anllela with stinging punches, dodging punches to open up gaps to counter as she is looking the more impressive on the move.
Not deterred clearly Anllela is still swinging power shots then trying to set up her punches, it is giving Alexis the openings to work with.
Late in the round Alexis slips a right cross, landing an uppercut to test the chin of her rival, then landing two body shots as she gives Sagra a taste of her power.
The round ends with Alexis showing that she isn't going to be pushed around by Anllela, she nods over to Steve who is smiling at her.
Round 3:The fighters both start off jabbing more; Anllela clearly has been giving a telling off for going to the haymaker route too early.
Alexis continues to keep on the move; keeping Anllela guessing where the attacks are coming from as she changes up her angles.
Leading to her landing two punches on the lips of Anllela, leaning out the way of a left cross as she dances back out of the way, sticking out her tongue to taunt the powerhouse.
She looks to regret that as she gets caught trying to sneak inside, a right across the top of her head followed by two more straights to knock Ren backwards.
Anllela keeps in close to force Alexis in fiery exchanges, using her raw power to give little shoves to the Vixens fighter to the ropes, where she forces her to cover up again as she looks to unload.
This time Anllela picks her punches better to open up Alexis as the round comes to a close, they exchange insults before jogging back to their corners looking to be getting marked up around their cheeks.
Round 4:Again they start off with single punches, neither wanting to make a mistake with such an important prize on the line.
Anllela again looks to step forwards to close the gap between them, slamming two shots between the mitts of Alexis to knock her head back as she starts to push her backwards.
Forcing Alexis to clinch up with her, the referee steps in to break them apart, with Alexis quick to get away from the ropes, with Anllela trying to close that gap quickly when ordered to fight.
As she comes in though; ALEXIS SLIPS THE STRAIGHT AND LANDS AN OVERHAND RIGHT TO THE CHIN OF ANLLELA TO SEND HER TO THE CANVAS!
The crowd look stunned as Alexis grins jogging to a neutral corner, 1...2...3.. Anllela sits up with her hand rubbing her chin with an annoyed look on her face, 4...5...6.. Anllela pushes up to a knee, watching the count off the ref, 7...8.. Beating the count with a bang of her gloves.
Alexis looks to keep the pressure on Anllela, who tries to she isn't hurt by trading with her, but she get caught with another right across her cheek to force her to retreat back a step.
The round soon comes to a close with Alexis pumping her right fist into the air as she returns to her corner, Steve wiping her down and praising her for a great round.
Round 5:As expected Alexis is looking to get at Anllela; test that chin out again as she darts side to side with straight shots targeting different areas to land cleanly.
Maybe lacking confidence but Anllela definitely is in defence mode, throwing jabs more to keep Alexis back or maybe she is feeling buzzed still.
The freedom to work is allowing Alexis to look great, she isn't landing cleanly up top, her punches to the body though have to be having an effect as Anllela is groaning.
The Holloway fighter does manage to land a good three punch combo to push Alexis back a step, when she tries to keep coming forwards though she misses with a right and eats an uppercut to the body, making her wince.
The bell rings with Alexis looking to be much more confident of the two, Anllela gets a pep talk from her coach as she is wiped down, she nods as she bangs her gloves together before getting up to fight.
Round 6:It seems like Anllela has decided to take the fight back at Alexis, forcing Anllela to slug it out with her as they go head to head.
Alexis steps to the side to open up space to land a straight to the side of her opponent's head, then knocks more sweat off her by landing another two punches that knocks her backwards.
A right cracks Alexis across her face as she looks to keep pushing onwards, it opens her up now to more punishing head shots to knock her backwards now.
It looks like Alexis's temper has risen as she steps in to trade with Anllela, who backs up Alexis after landing a right hook across the mouth of Ren, causing a thin trickle of blood to run from her lip.
Alexis is being knocked around the outside of the ring, her guard is opening up as Anllela targets her head with straight punches.
The bell rings with both women staring hatefully at each other, Anllela telling Alexis "your ass is mine bytch" as Alexis looks furious at her, the referee is quick to stay between them, when they return to their corner as their corner teams work to keep them fresh as they look to have swollen cheeks now.
Round 7:It seems like Alexis has stepped up a gear when she comes out for the round, moving faster around Anllela before she comes inside to throw more combinations.
They look to be keeping Sagra on defence as she is throwing since punches in reply, sweat coming off her body and face as she is getting hit.
Anllela catches Alexis coming in with a left cross to the side of her head, stopping the Vixens fighter from being able to move away as quickly as a firefight develops between them at the center of the ring.
Sweat flies off them with a little blood as their lips are cut, Alexis dips under a right cross to bang two hooks to the body, making Anllela gasp as Alexis throws an uppercut that just misses, LEAVING ALEXIS OPEN TO A COUNTER RIGHT ACROSS HER CHIN THAT WOBBLES HER, A FOLLOW UP LEFT HOOK SENDS HER ON HER BACK!
A "yes!" Can be heard from the Holloway camp as Anllela stares down at Alexis, the referee needs to order her over to a neutral corner so the count can begin.
1...2...3.. Alexis is blinking, clearly trying to clear her head as Steve yells at her to get up, 4...5...6.. She drags herself to the ropes, 7...8.. Pulling herself up to her feet with a wobble, the referee checks her and allows her to fight on.
Anllela comes flying in; she smells blood in the water as her fans roar for her to end this, Alexis needing to clinch up after taking two shots to her face, holding on till the bell rings not long after to end the round.
On their stools they are both being cleaned up, a hint of worry in the Vixens camp as they work to fully wake up Alexis, with this being the first real upset to their game plan.
Round 8:Anllela looks to have a new lease of life, coming out to try to finish this quickly as she throws straight shots into the face of her opponent, some land but Alexis still shows she has her speed by ducking shots.
A straight from Anllela is dodged by Alexis, who uses her left shoulder to bump Sagra off balance, THEN AN OVERHAND RIGHT TO THE SIDE OF ANLLELA'S HEAD SENDS SWEAT FLYING, SHE WOBBLES AS A LEFT HOOK NOW TOPPLES HER!
Neither corner looks like they can believe what they are seeing, 1...2...3....4.. Anllela turns to her side shaking her head, pushing up to all fours, 5...6..7.. She gets up to a knee, looking angry at herself or Alexis, 8...9.. Then is up to her feet, the referee checks and says she is OK.
Alexis bangs her gloves together as she goes to work, dipping down to throw to the body as Anllela looks to catch her coming in.
The Holloway corner is looking worried as they watch Alexis push back their girl, keeping her near the ropes behind her gloves as she looks to shake the knockdown off.
Seconds left in the round; Anllela shoves Alexis back to open up space, Alexis steps back in with an overhand left, ANLLELA BEATS HER TO THE PUNCH WITH AN UPPERCUT, FOLLOWED BY TWO HOOKS THAT SENDS ALEXIS CRUMBLING TO THE CANVAS!
Anllela pumps her right fist in the air as she heads to a neutral corner, she can be seen leaning on the turnbuckles watching the count, 1...2...3...4.. Alexis is looking up with a dazed look on her face, 5...6....7.. She tries to stand up by pushing herself up, 8...9.. But she stumbles and falls to the canvas, 10 that's the end of the fight as she is counted out!
Winner Anllela Sagra KO Round 8After:Now we know that Anllela will be getting the title shot at Alessandra Ambrosio at the next PPV, she raises her fists and looks at the heavens as she certainly felt this fight.
As she see Alexis stir; Anllela rushes over to her to place her foot onto her chest, shoving Alexis flat onto her back as she tells her "I could give you a cheap shot that you gave me last time, unlike you I'm not a cheap w****, I'm going to be the champion"
Then she struts back over to her corner, arms in the air as her fans cheer her, Alexis just starts sobbing as she looks up at the ceiling.
Steve heads over to check on Alexis, she covers her face so he can't see her crying, this maybe the mostly hurtful defeat to her as Steve works to console her.
Getting to her feet with Steve's help; she gets her gloves taken off and stares over at Anllela with an angry look, she can be heard telling Steve "I'll get that bytch, f***ing she beast" shaking her head as she leaves the ring with her coaches help.
Inside the ring Anllela gets praised off her team, she looks proud of herself as she puts her hand up in the air to wave to the crowd as they chant her name.
She steps to the center of the ring to get her hand raised by the referee, Anllela flexes her other arm after wiping sweat off her abs.
Then a surprise guest enters the ring, Alessandra Ambrosio smiles as she enters wearing a leather jacket, blue blouse and Jeans with heels, most importantly she has the BBU and FCBA lightweight titles on each shoulder.
Offering a hand to Anllela; Alessandra tells her "that was a great fight and an impressive win, I can't wait to see what we can do against each other" they shake hands as they smile.
But when they come closer the looks on their faces get serious, an intense stare down begins as cameras flash the first meeting of these two, they both know it won't be too long before they will be trying to knock the others head off for the FCBA title.
Alessandra pats Anllela on the shoulder and says "I'll see you soon" then let's Anllela have her moment in the ring as she leaves.
Anllela goes for a lap of honour as she yells "I'm gonna be the new champ baby!" Grinning as she loves the chants for her, before she steps out the ring, knowing she is so close to taking that big step to gold.