Post by girlsfriday on Jul 10, 2020 3:12:04 GMT -6
Sandra Kubicka vs Doutzen Kroes
(Poland vs The Netherlands)
(8-2, 8 KO vs 5-6, 5 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago
BEFORE: We are ready for the European Cup semi-finals and first up are Sandra Kubicka and two-time BBU champion Doutzen Kroes. The Polish model owns a superior FCBA record but Doutzen's accomplishments over in Europe shouldn't be overlooked or else you find yourself laid out like Nina Agdal in the quarter-finals. Sandra vows not to underestimate the Dutch rival but she enjoyed a longer break following her QF triumph and needed much less time to dispatch Lorena Rae in first place. All the intangibles favor Kubicka but the Vegas odds-makers side with Douzten who knocked out the previous #1 favorite after all.
This is the meat in the sandwich battle so both models drop the usual taunting ahead of the fight. Sandra remains a free agent despite enjoying a guest assistance from Joanna Krupa and the Lioness Club entourage while Doutzen simply wants to carry her BBU success over to America where her record remains below .500 which the Dutch media call "a travesty". Winning the (un)official European Championship might finally open the elite flood gates so there's too much at stake to dwell on personal bickering right now.
Sandra Kubicka wears a white bikini crop top, green/yellow floral themed panties & black gloves. Long dyed blonde hair in tied in a curled ponytail. Doutzen Kroes wears a black/white lingerie set & orange gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a sleek ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.
Round 1:
Sandra takes full advantage of Douzten seemingly reeling off the Agdal QF and bangs her around the ring during a rather one-sided opener. She blitzes her from both flanks but doesn't carry enough power to punish the welter tweener often enough and remains too respectful when Douzten swings her response over the top. The Dutch model might rattle anyone with a single punch assault but she almost defaults the opening round barely moving around as Kubicka runs the lithe show and dances around her sending pesky punches both high & low. Kroes locks the tight guard though and doesn't seem bothered by the Pole's efforts whatsoever as she later tells Nicole Richie: "I'm still gonna knock her out so don't look at me like that!" during the interval.
Round 2:
More jabbing pressure from Sandra who thinks she's still got the fellow blonde requiring extra oxygen between rounds but Doutzen carries that welter tweener power and sticks her mitts into the Pole's face on the double. More punches from Kubicka but they leave less impact compared to the Dutch laser-accurate response that triggers a feisty stand-off in the center of the ring. Doutzen is happy to stretch her elbows in mid-distance where she controls the ambitious Pole who might think she's winning the judges' support as much as the cheering audience makes a clear difference here as well. However Kroes offers her a cheeky smile at the bell and claims "You hit like a girl!"
Round 3:
Sandra moves around much faster during the opening minute and pummels the otherwise statesque opponent up the middle but makes a nice statement punching Kroes in the gut after enforcing the close range stance. Doutzen shoves her away after getting punked a couple of times in the liver area but she misses with her response and gets picked off from the inside anyway as Kubicka slices through with the uppercut charge that catches both the rack & the chin. Douzten wobbles back onto her heels and has to get out of this jam but Sandra blasts her over the top and trips back to the ropes where she digs her mitts into the Dutch midriff and leaves Kroes wincing in pain come the bell. Even Nicole Richie loses her temper now and urges the Frisian blonde to "stop fooling around and blow the #### away!"
Round 4:
Doutzen tries to ignite some speed into her approach and maybe suck Kubicka into a counter-punching trap but the younger blonde shows her no respect and rattles the impressive rack to really put the BBU champion on notice! Doutzen skims off the top of Sandra's shoulder and gets blasted on the chin as Kubicks steps up in the head-hunting ladder and simply gallops into the fellow blonde's face as we head into the second minute. Kroes gets glued to the spot and fails to stretch her elbows while she can't clinch her rival either with Sandra plugging her mitts into the midsection which finally drops the Lookout! fighter butt-in-ropes down the stretch. Doutzen slumps on her knees and can't spin away from danger as Sandra BLOWS into her solar plexus and drills it so long until the Dutchwoman HAS TO TAKE A KNEE to simply catch some respite! Ugh! Doutzen really looks exhausted following that Nina Agdal QF test and allthough she gets up at seven, Kubicka pounds her in the gut for remainder of the round getting very vocal in the process! The Polish fans smell the victory here and Sandra can't hide that big smile on her face as Nicole Richie is ready to riot in the opposite corner!
Round 5:
Sandra goes for the kill! She literally runs across the boards to connect with the head-hunting steam but Doutzen spins away at the last moment and punks the Polish model in the gut as she triggers a mindless bash to raise more volume inside the arena! Sandra thinks she's right there and can knock the fellow model for the second time... until disaster strikes and she gets nailed on the solar plexus with a hard right and wobbles forward to meet a follow through uppercut on the jaw. She sinks on the heels and drops her mitts just so Kroes SMOKES her with a left hook on the mouth... DOWN GOES KUBICKA!!! What a swift turnaround here to silence the Polish fans in the Irish venue! Doutzen nods back to manager Richie in "I told ya so!" manner while Sandra appears mucho shaken as she eventually beats the count at eight. Uh-oh! Kroes can punch a ton after all but she refuses to blow the Polish model away on the spot and settles into classic jabbin pursuit with the younger blonde yielding real estate in a hurry for remainder of the round. Huh! She avoids more punishment alright but shakes her head in disgust at the bell and guest trainer Claudia Schiffer has to light that spark again or the golden opportunity will be lost!
Round 6:
Sandra still reeling from that knockdown, she bides her time in mid-distance where it's Doutzen's playground and it shows by pure numbers. Some single power punches leave Sandra bailing out repatedly whenever she tries to close the Dutchwoman down and Kroes knows she's stolen the Pole's thunder no matter how the Polish fans see it in the stands. She packs more single punches into Kubicka's face but Nicole Richie is still upset Doutzen doesn't pull her plug wholesale as there's the Cup final to be won later tonight as well: "Be careful. She might still come back here!"
Round 7:
The comeback is indeed on, Sandra shakes off the knockdown daze to match Doutzen in a mean-spirited assault in the center of the ring but the older blonde laughs off a seemingly solid uppercut drive and taunts the Pole into lashing out in a better fashion. Ugh! Sandra triggers the red mist response and pounds the fellow model in the jugs but eats another juicy series on the chin and struggles to follow through during the second minute with Kroes still holding strong and landing those peasky overhands in the process. Cagey display drags on forever come the final stretch and the other two semi-finalists must be loving this until Sandra wobbles back when she eats a late cross-hooking double on the nose... but she stll nails Kroes on the nose herself and blows her in the navel right at the bell to boot.
Round 8:
Kubicka tries to slip through on the body again but Doutzen avoids a stray head-butt in the chin and drops an uppercut bomb on the chin before barging the Polish blonde in the rack as well. Sandra gets put off by the experience and swings over the top alas she misses the target and Doutzen plugs her in the solar plexus before spiking the exposed ribcage for a while. Sandra tries to adjust her stance but gets caught by another vicious uppercut on the chin and drops onto her heels where Doutzen glues her behind a high earmuff. The Dutch blonde splits that cover and rocks the Pole's head before beating her for the overhand swing... she tears a small gash over the left eye and Sandra has to bail out into safety again... however she stumbles to the side instead and gets blasted on the nose as Doutzen dishes out a faceful of leather thereafter. She backs Kubicka onto the ropes and stuns her with another uppercut double before dropping a bomb on the liver area that Sandra simply can't protect in time. Ugh! She slumps forward and tries to clinch the older blonde but Doutzen shakes her off and SMOKES her with another brutal uppercut double that DROPS THE POLISH MODEL ONTO HER KNEES just before the two-minute mark! Uh-oh! Sandra cries out her pain and bends her head against the canvas but is still on all fours at seven and makes a wobbly effort to recover only to give way to the ruthless gravity rules moments later. She is done!!! KO8 Doutzen Kroes!!!
AFTER: This one will hurt Sandra a lot longer than just her jaw! She had Doutzen on the ropes in the fourth and couldn't finish the Dutch model off! A massive letdown for the Polish fans all around. Even Doutzen refuses to gloat over the kneeling Pole as the half-hearted support from the stands actually cools down her temper. Still one more fight to go and Kroes has spend the best part of fifteen rounds in the ring tonight already so one can only wonder what happens in the final now. She will enjoy a longer break than her opponent though and that might be the only good news for the Dutch stunner who has a hard time getting her breath back during the official verdict announcement. If Doutzen eventually wins the European Cup she would have earned it the extra hard way alright!
Official Result: Doutzen Kroes def. Sandra Kubicka KO8.