PREDICTIONS-DECEMBER PPV

TESS VALMORE

Once again, I present this month’s edition of our much ridiculed predictions. As usual it is littered with cheap shots, unjustified criticism and unflattering comments. In the last month I went 31-12 bringing my total to 2014-606 for a correct percentage of 77%

POMPLUM/McCARTHY I have to admit that I have never heard of Pomplum, but she apparently is a newbie, #64 for the year. Of course, I know Jenny Mac although there are times when I wish I didn’t. She’s doing well for a really old person. She has won her last three. Make that four as McCarthy wins again

RAWAT/THERON A cougar bout as the GOAT takes on a fighter she should have fought years ago.  While Rawat hasn’t fought in nine years, but she is in great shape. She has an impressive list of victims including Amanda Righetti. The long layoff won’t help her. Theron will win

GERBER/LEITHOLD Gerber is now 2-1 after her win in the November PPV. This will be Leithold’s FCBA debut, newbie #65 for the year. She is one of the unusuals, an American who has fought only in the BBU. She also has a 2-1 record. I really don’t have a clue, but I will go with Gerber to win

RATAJKOWSKI/EVA MARIE Ratajkowski has been busy this year This will be her 16th bout of the year. She has an 11-4 record for the year. Eva Marie has had four conventional fights in her career winning only one. She has lost her last three with her only win being in 2016. Ratajkowski wins

M.FOX/RICKARDS. Rickards has a career winning record. She is 2-2 for the year, but has lost four of her last seven. Fox is 8-3 for the year and has won her last three. I don’t think Rickards is going to give Fox much trouble
Fox wins her ninth of the year

BECKINSALE/HALL Beckinsale, now 46, has won four of her last five and is 4-3 for the year with her losses being to McCarthy, Theron and LIlly. This will be her 86th fight. Her chances of getting into the Hall of Fame virtually nil. Hall has a 5-3 record in the BBU. She has had only one FCBA fight, losing to Kendall Jenner. This will be her first fight in two years Her only advantage over Beckinsale in a two inch height advantage. It won’t be enough. Hall goes 0-2 in the FCBA

FERGUSON/DECKER A prime welter bout. Ferguson wastes a lot of time at JMDD. Fourteen of her 44 bouts have been at JMDD. She has been successful there going 12-2. In conventional bouts she has an admirable 25-5 record. She is 6-1 for the year in conventional bouts with that loss being to Righetti. Decker has been around longer and has more wins than Ferguson has had fights. She also occasionally fights at JMDD, but not nearly to the extent that Ferguson does. Decker is 6-2 for the year in conventional bouts with her losses being to Lawrence in an upset and Righetti The two have fought twice before with each having a win. I think Decker will win the rubber match

E.HENSTRIDGE/C.CARTER Henstridge, who is an average fighter who has a winning record, but is not having good year being 3-5. The 39 year old Carter is a member of the Hall Of Fame. That said, I think she is trending to the downside. She is 3-3 for the year, but has lost her last three. Despite that, I think that Carter is going to win

SCODELARIO/BELLISARIO Boxing World has Scodelario at three and Bellisario at six in the bantams. Bellisario is probably the most successful member of PLP in recent activity. She is 3-1 for the year with that loss being to Kosarin. Scodelario’s record this year is not as good as last years but she is 6-3 with her losses being to Kosarin, Lilly and Thorn. The two fought last year with Scodelario winning. She will repeat.

K.JENNER/WINSTEAD Jenner may well be the best lightweight going at present which why Taylor Swift has avoided her. She is 9-3 with one of her losses being to Decker, a welter. Winstead is one of my favorites as she fights no one other than the elite fighters. This will be her 101st bout. She is short on the wining percentage for the Hall of Fame. It would take nine straight wins for her to quality. Not likely I believe this is the fifth bout between the two Jenner has won the odd number bouts and Winstead the even number. Odds are in Jenner’s favor as this is an odd number bout.

AMBROSIO/DAY Ambrosio is having for what for her, is a little less than average year being 6-4 while fighting ranked fighters Day is having a fine year being 8-1 while fighting the comforting confines of FNL Now she is stepping our of those confines to fight a ranked fighter who has fought far better competition. I think she is going to get a rude shock. Ambrosio will win

RHODA/REGAN Rhoda is having a fine year being 8-1 with her only loss being to Righetti. Boxing World has her ranked as the number one challenger. Tractorpull has her ranked at two with Righetti being ranked at one. Regan has a 4-2 record for the year. She won her last two beating Freeman and Prinsloo while losing to Righetti and Decker. I have to believe that Rhoda is going to win this bout

BECKY G/SONG Becky G has had three career fights winning two, both this year. Song has been around for 12 years and has had 51 bouts. She’s one of the losers still hanging around Bazz. She broke an eleven fight losing streak in September, beating Hayley Williams. I will go with Becky G. I have no idea why

GOMEZ/GILLIES Gomez is having a good year being 5-2. Trading Gomez for Song was one of Bazz’s big mistakes. Gillies has a 7-6 career record and is 1-1 for this year. Her win was over Steinfeld and her loss was to Lotz Gillies has a two inch height advantage, but Gomez has the experience against better opponents. Gomez gets her six win of the year

YUSTMAN/ATWELL Yustman has fallen on hard times losing her last three and failing to last six rounds in each loss. A usual top ten fighter, she has fallen to twenty in Boxing Worlds rankings. Atwell has a career winning record, however, I would rate her as an average lightweight. If Yustman is having a difficult year, Atwell’s is worse. She is 1-4 for the year and will soon be 1-5 after the bout with Yustman is over

P.PATTON/GILLIAN Patton is a 44 year old welter with a losing record. She stays active because she is a welter. Patton has a 3-2 record for the year. Gillian is twelve years younger and three inches taller. Her height hasn’t helped her much as she has won only two of her eight bouts. Height and youth won’t help her here either. Patton wins

MEIS/BILSON Meis is a BBU product who came in to the FCBA in 2016 after extensive experience in the BBU. She has a 5-3 record in the FCBA fighting an unimpressive list of opponents. Bilson who has been through five stables and is unmanaged, now is a go to for a win. She has lost her last nine with her last win being in June 2014. Meis should win. If she doesn’t she needs to go home

CORRIGAN/BERTRAM Corrigan is a newbie who has five fights under her belt, She has won four of them however her opponents have not been impressive other than Gibbs who beat her. Being a newbie, however, her fights schedule is fine considering she is still in development. Bertram was a newbie that as usual had one fight and was ignored. She lost that one fight. She will lose this one also

GARRETT/BURNS Burns, now 41, has a 1-5-1 record. She has had two fights in the last four years and lost both not lasting the fourth in both.  Garret hasn’t been as busy as Burns. She has had two fights in the last eight years, both at the Asylum. She has lost her last five with her last win being in May 2011. I will go with Garrett

KUNIS/BASSINGER Bassinger is a newbie who made her debut in June. She has had three fights winning all of them. The most recent win was over Mayberry last month. Kunis is well known veteran who has moved to the downside. This year will be her third straight losing year. She has lost four of six this year, however her losses were to ranked fighters. This will be a learning lesson for Bassinger as she loses her first.

CHOPRA/KOSARIN Chopra has a 12-10 career record against good opposition. She is 3-4 for the year after losing last in the Swift Birthday Bash, but one of those wins was over Kosarin. Kosarin has a 20-10 career record and is 5-3 for the year. This is going to be a rubber match since Kosarin beat Chopra last year. Kosarin’s last win was over Lovato in last months PPV. Chopra on the other hand has lost to Lovato three times. That doesn’t mean all that much when it comes to this bout, but I have to go with Kosarin

N.SCOTT/BENOIST Scott is relatively new. She has had four fights this year losing one to Ginny Gardner. Benson has been fooling around with JMD recently, losing her last four. She has lost six of her last seven in conventional bouts even losing to Kardashian. She fought Scott earlier this year with Scott winning. Scott will repeat

KLOSS/KOSTEK Kloss broke into the FCBA four years ago and was an immediate sensation quickly climbing into the top ten, Since then, things haven’t gone well as she is 12-11 since her maiden year. This year she is 1-3 with her win being over Barros. She is now ranked at 17 in the welters.  Kostek broke in last year with a 5-2 record in conventional bouts. This year she is 3-3 with two losses to Rhoda and one to Righetti Kostek is ranked at five in the welters. She will maintain the ranking with a win

D.R.RUSSELL/MONER Russell broke debuted this year and has compiled a 3-4 record with three of her losses being to Dennings, Emma Roberts and Olivia Holt. all top ten fighters. Moner (Merced) also broke in this year and is undefeated in four bouts. Russell has fought the better competition and is three inches taller. Moner will taste her first defeat

FREGE/LOHAN Let’s make this short. Lohan is less a loser then Frege so she will triumph

MARRONE/PIETERSE Marrone has had one FCBA fight which she lost to Steinfeld. Pieterse is an average fighter with a 2-1 record for the year. She will make her record 3-1 with a victory

BARROS/LAWLEY Barros is another rookie who broke in this year and has a 3-3 record in conventional bouts. She has fought good opposition
Lawley has been around for six years, but hasn’t been all that busy. She has a 11-5 career record, however has lost her two bouts this year. Her losses were to Rhoda and Prinsloo. Barros is 5’11” but is still three inches shorter than Lawley. I go with Lawley

PRINSLOO/STRIJD Prinsloo looks to be a better than average fighter despite her 12-10 career record. She is now 6-5 for the year after beating Flair in the Swift birthday PPV She fights a tough schedule. Strijd’s record is much better than Prinsloo’s as she is 8-4 and 2-1 for the year. She hasn’t fought nearly as good competition. Prinsloo will be victorious

DIDONATO/CERNY DiDonato is back in the title hunt after beating Lima in Swift birthday PPV. She is 13-3 for the year and is ranked at six by Boxing World and five by Tractorpull. Cerny is 4-2 for the year with wins over Lima who beat DiDonato in the November PPV and Ambrosio. Her losses were to Gibbs and Ren. The kicker here is that DiDonato has a three inch height advantage. DiDonato advances towards a title shot

STRAHOVSKI/SAGRA Strahovski is now 7-3 after beating Rohrbach in the Swift birthday PPV. This will be her 96th fight on the way to the Hall Of Fame. She will get in no matter if she loses all the next five because her win/loss ratio is that good. Of course, she can only get in on a win. Sagra hasn’t fought since losing a title match to Swift in September. She is 5-4 for the year. I’m a fan of Yvonne, so I will predict she will be the winner

SWIFT/LIMA Lima got this match by beating DiDonato in the November PPV. Things didn’t go as planned as she got flattened by DiDonato in the Swift birthday PPV. Now Swift is going a fight a contender who has lost three of her last four. Can Lima win this fight? Yes, she can. She has beaten Swift once. Will she beat Swift? No

RIGHETTI/KRSMANOVIC I have no idea why Righetti fights in every PPV. She needs to take some time off. Now she faces Krsmanovic who has a losing record and she has already beaten her once. As always Amanda wins until she loses