Lioness Club Welterweight Invitational

Paula Patton vs Karen Gillan
(FCBA Independent vs Lookout! Atlantic Boxing)
(16-21, 15 KO vs 2-6, 2 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Two guest fighters feature on the undercard and there's no stopping Paula Patton from making another swing at the established pecking order. Labelled as one of the best free agents in FCBA she has shaken off a tough loss to Tasya Teles and vows to upset the towering redhead Karen Gillan tonight: "Look, Karen has found a huge break in Hollywood lately but that's a false dawn! She'd be better off milking her Dr. Who fame over in the UK!" (giggles). "She's a lot taller than me but that means she's just gonna crash harder! These big girls always crash hard and well, Karen looks pretty soft in the gut so this is where I'm gonna POUND her!"

"Paula is a respected veteran but she'd be nowhere without the Upset of the Decade versus Righetti all those years ago. Her best days are over and everyone knows it! I made my name on BBC but hell, I love Hollywood even better! Hot redheads like me are always in demand and with the likes of Kate Beckinsale or Catherine Zeta-Jones not getting any younger, I was chosen as the new British face in Hollywood! Paula is jealous but she can't fool her birth certificate! I've waited a long time for another shot like this so I'm gonna make it count this year!", Karen Gillan sounds off pretty excited on the rebound after her initial Welterweight Revival bid fell short due to a KO10 loss at the hands of Sarah Lancaster back in 2015.

Paula Patton wears a black V-shaped one-piece swimsuit & orange gloves. Long black hair loose & straight. Karen Gillan wears a navy blue crop top, white hotpants & navy blue gloves. Both her top & gloves have a St. Andrew's cross painted on them. Striking red hair with auburn shade loose & straight. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the welterweight division.

Round 1:
Karen's reach advantage makes all the difference in the opening round as Paula is forced to stay back and see her jabbing efforts barely graze the Scottish flesh. Karen doesn't dominate with raw power but you can settle down while preventing the other woman from making an impact herself and this is how Gillan carries on with the half-hearted attack that still leaves Patton on the back foot. The veteran American tries to find a hole in the Scottish defense downstairs but gets whacked over the top and only Karen's misplaced effort allows Paula to get out of there unscathed; the taller actress bounces off the top of Paula's forehead too often and when she finally nails her on the temple with a good combo it's too late to really make those punches count as Patton slumps on the ropes right at the bell and the ref has to drag Gillan away instead.

Round 2:
Paula lets it rip downstairs and catches the Scottish lass on the liver area which bends the taller actress to the side and makes her think better off it as the American sends in more promising assault to enforce a dominant close range stance. Karen struggles to adjust to the looming slugfest and eats a proper combo on the chin but Paula eventually powers ahead with the body assault and closes the younger foe down along the ropes. She whacks her around the elbows and there's not much room for Gillan to stretch the overhand response so she has to clinch the older woman but Patton still works the right hand to punish the belly button as the punches stack up into the Scottish gut! Uh-oh! Karen looks drained while taking the relentless body assault and slumps into a clinch in dummy fashion while Patton cleans out shop to win the round with room to spare.

Round 3:
More of the same in the third, Karen finds herself too slow to prevent Patton from blasting her tummy into a mush and gets beaten in a physical battle of attrition once Paula wrestles her butt-in-ropes. Phone booth slugfest gives the older woman a clear edge and she works the pale skin complexion of the Scottish babe into visible bruises while drilling it from both flanks. She headbutts Karen's boobs just to keep her down in a precarious position and the fans around the arena begin to wonder how long can Gillan withstand this slugging ordeal with Paula making her look rather pedestrian and out of her league right now. Karen clinches the smaller woman but she just can't stop leaking punches in the gut which triggers a wild ovation from the Patton fanbase when she drops a late uppercut flurry to sign off a dominant run. Lookout! Atlantic manager Nicole Richie slaps the redhead with a towel across the face during the break and Karen vows to make amends for this dry spell that makes her look like a random Dr Who companion rather than a genuine Hollywood talent indeed.

Round 4:
Paula sets up another body assault plan but Karen for once nails her on the overhand and scythes her across the nose a couple of times before looping a nasty hook on the temple. Ugh! This combo prevents Paula from enforcing the phone booth ideas and she has to use her footwork to work around the redhead's aerial bombs for remainder of the opening minute. Karen gets more aggressive and slowly backs the American onto the ropes while Paula fails to swing back at the Scottish lass and eats a brutal hook on the mouth that bends her to the side. Karen yells out in delight but duly proceeds to bury the older woman underneath a jabbing barrage which splits the ailing guard and has Patton's head rocking back & forth come the bell. Gillan rips another left hook right into Paula's mouth and the wiley veteran battles a significant swelling during the interval. She stares down the redhead in the opposite corner and you can tell she's downright furious right now.

Round 5:
Furious or not, Paula eats another scything double early in the fifth as Karen just blows right at her in swarming fashion to follow Nicole Richie's orders. Paula belts the redhead with a promising harpoon on the tummy but she doesn't produce numbers like she did in rounds two & three while leaking steady overhand blast instead. Karen works on the swollen lip spot and swivels Paula's head back & forth which renders the American really vulnerable here before one uppercut on the jaw too many sends her into a proper tail-spin. Paula tries to bide her time in mid-distance but Gillan has enough reach to blast a bomb on the nose that drops Patton woozy.. another wild swing finds the temple before a jackhammer right DRILLS the chin again... DOWN GOES PATTON!!! The veteran drops on all fours and appears to be shaken badly as she groans in pain... she sits down on her heels shortly afterwards but the count has reached six already and she makes a late effort to get up only for the gravity to take over... she cannot do it, folks! She slumps onto her backside and it's KO5 Karen Gillan!!!

AFTER: Karen yells out in delight while hugging Nicole Richie in the Lookout Atlantic corner but this was a hard-earned victory for the Scottish lass rather than a genuine slam dunk. Some experts might wonder if Karen owns a true knockout punch and whether she'd be able to turn this fight around if Patton didn't fight Tasya Teles just few days ago? Then again, every victory counts for the erstwhile Dr Who companion who offers a mysterious upside in a division always hungry for a new talent! Will she enjoy a breakthrough rebound in the ring similar to her movie career is still anyone's guess though!

Official Result: Karen Gillan def. Paula Patton KO5.

Brooklyn Decker vs Katrina Law
(Lioness Club of America vs FCBA Independent)
(47-17, 35 KO vs 16-19, 11 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Brooklyn Decker was supposed to fight Adrianne Palicki on the 'No Love Lost' PPV last month but the Chin-Checker was handed an unified welterweight title shot by Amanda Righetti and ultimately ended Big Red's record reign in the process.

"Does this mean I'm gonna be the first challenger Adrianne picks now?", Brooklyn quips to the media as she ponders her options amid flurry of rumours what happens with the Battle of Ohio rematch going forward.

Brooklyn returns to action following a double showdown versus Hannah Ferguson back in December however her tonight's opponent is anything but your random free agent. Katrina Law has served as Righetti's understudy on the Floydian/Bonzo's Gym roster for almost a full decade before she was finally replaced by the otherwise unheralded Tasya Teles in January. That was a curious decision by Bonzo since Teles is only four weeks younger than Law but one should never question this man's decisions when it comes to scouting welterweight talent!

Brooklyn Decker wears a yellow bikini set with blue trim & blue gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Katrina Law wears a red crop top, white hip-huggers and white gloves. Long black hair wrapped in a loose bun at the back of her head. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the welterweight division.

Round 1:
Katrina is hungry for some action and blasts out of the gate like it's all or nothing here tonight; she begins to swing straight at the blonde model who appears to be a little amused by the high work-rate until she gete clobbered on the nose and eats a powerful cross on the mouth moments later. She wobbles back and before she can respond in a proper fashion, there's Katrina DRILLING her high guard into complete extinction! Kat is ON like the Donkey Kong and bullies the stunned model onto the ropes where she just tees off like she wants to score a famous KO1 victory! How rude! No respect for Brooklyn's presence here at all and the mind over matter slugging keeps the Ohio native firmly wrapped in a jabbing vacuum for remainder of the round as Law takes the opener with room to spare!

Round 2:
Law lays down the law again... for like ten seconds before she gets bumped onto her heels following a quick triple burst from the Ohio model. Brooklyn appears to be downright upset how that opening round left her totaly flat and she barges into the brunette's face on speed dial which triggers a hectic bump & run chase once Katrina begins to feel the hear. Decker glues her mitts on target and seems more than satisfied with the head-hunting approach as she keeps the former Righetti understudy in mid-distance control. Katrina tries to swing one but she skims off the flesh and eats a thumping double that sends her sideaways onto the ropes with Decker blowing into her guts thereafter and scoring easy punches while Law just can't muscle her way out of this jam for remainder of the round.

Rounds 3 & 4:
More of the same during the next six minutes, Katrina struggles to make the initial jabbing blast count and gets whooped back to mid-distance where she gets gradually outworked by the confident blonde. Brooklyn spend most of January gearing up for the Battle of Ohio rematch before Big Red stepped it and her former understudy is paying the prize for this turnaround tonight. Decker tears a small bloody patch across Law's nasal ridge early in the third and keeps working the overhand control to show superior power supply; Katrina hangs on in the slugging drill until she gets bumped onto the ropes and struggles to swing back anymore which traps her in another jabbing vacuum disaster come the final minute. Rinse & repeat in the fourth - Law lively in the opening minute, outworked in the second and hugging the turnbuckle in the third. More work for the cutmen thereafter as another small gash has developed under the left eye whereas Decker enjoys a jouyful chat with Claudia Schiffer instead.

Rounds 5 & 6:
Katrina channels the inner wrath to the point she manages to slip underneath Brooklyn's aerial attacks and cashes in with a rare body assault that finally throws the blonde off her merry run. Katrina ignores a looming facial injury and rips into the model's guts to slow her down but she just can't outmuscle her in the war of attrition that follows as Decker uses her jug power to send the brunette reeling. She misses a looping charge though and allows Katrina to catch a breather before the older woman finds success on the rebound. She drills the model's breadbasket and spins her onto the ropes where she drops another double harpoon to force Brooklyn into a clinch. More of this tactics follows in the sixth; Katrina builds a steady midsection rally that Brooklyn struggles to embrace before a messy clinching struggle ensues; Law digs a stray elbow into the blonde's jugs and rips an uppercut rally on the chin that backs the younger woman into the ropes and for the first time since the opener Brooklyn has to bide her time behind a high earmuff with Law trying to pounce on her boobs with a late flurry. Huh! She fails to rattle the model enough to cash in on the damage factor but she's made Decker look VERY upset again so that's a partial success for the ex-Floydian stalwart.

Round 7:
Yep, Brooklyn has had enough of Kat's comeback and she blows into her face with a spirited jabbing combo that quickly opens the nasal wound again. Katrina tries to respond in similar fashion but just can't find that big punch amid the blonde's frenzy and wobbles to her heels before Brooklyn whacks her across the mouth and almost floors her in one-punch fashion. The Bradenton crowd roars in support when Decker suddenly finds herself in a commanding position and Law unable to stop her from pounding her back onto the ropes where it's the blonde's turn to add some midsection juice. Katrina hangs on behind a tight earmuff but gets her ab muscles tested hard and buckles under the pressure; she survives the initial downstairs blast but fails to lock the Ohio model down and Decker shatters the high guard come the third minute rocking the brunette into a standstill before one last cross hook bursts Kat's lips into a blood-seeping mess! Ugh! Law is hurting a lot as she smears the blood over her face and sports that hollow look in the eyes during the break.

Round 8:
Brooklyn comes flying in and dissects the high guard with ease while Katrina sends a half-hearted response while trying not to look scared out there. However another crippling double opens the lip wound again and has Law getting her mitts shoved into her face as Decker's power reigns supreme; she drop-kicks the ailing brunette onto the ropes and bashes her face from both flanks as Kat's guard collapses and leaves her at the model's mercy. Brooklyn shows her none and RIPS a left cross on the chin that SENDS LAW SLIDING DOWN ON HER KNEES in jack-knife fashion just shy of the one-minute mark. Ugh! Katrina sits down on her heels and apparently she's had enough of the face bashing as she doesn't respond to the referee's count... EIGHT... NINE... TEN... it is OVER!!! KO8 Brooklyn Decker!!!

AFTER: Another big win for the Ohio's finest who gloats over the sitting opponent for a while but doesn't rub anything extra into Katrina's face. It's been a bad period for the brunette lately with Tasya Teles replacing her on the Bonzo roster and she still showed plenty of promise tonight - even in defeat. Not many welters would drag Brooklyn Decker for eight rounds of competitive boxing and Katrina just isn't a random free agent punchbag by any means. Whether she finds management again is difficult to predict but she remains a very dangerous floater north side of 130 lbs.

What next for Brooklyn? The Battle of Ohio rematch remains in limbo since it's Adrianne Palicki's personal choice now that she's ended Amanda Righetti's championship reign so the Lioness Club of America front office is ready to challenge Robyn Lawley instead. One should always consider another JMDD encounter too.

Official Result: Brooklyn Decker def. Katrina Law KO8.