Hilary Rhoda versus Charlotte McKinney

VS
Charlotte McKinney:


Tale of the Tape:
Hilary Rhoda:
Age: 33
Height: 5'11
33-11 (33KOs)
Former FCBA welterweight champion.
Vs
Charlotte McKinney:
Age: 27
Height: 5'7 ½
21-8 (21KOs)
Former FCBA JMDD champion.

(Girls Friday vs Free Agent)

(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

Intro:
For the first ever time Hilary Rhoda and Charlotte McKinney face off in the ring, they head onto the legendary Muscle Beach to do battle, which of these big hitters will be getting their hand raised?

Hilary has a record of three wins in five fights, losing to Amanda Righetti and Adrianne Palicki is nothing to be ashamed of, though with Brooklyn Decker as champion it could be a while before she gets into title contention again.

While Charlotte has had a nightmare of a year so far, starting out on New Years day when she was cut by her stable Front Street, since then she has lost both fights she has had, though again those defeats are not embarrassing by any stretch when considering it was against Romee Strijd and Hannah Ferguson.

Going into the fight, both women were asked for their opinion on this bout by journalists after a public workout on the beach, first up was Hilary Rhoda who lifted weights, shadow boxed with her training Rebecca Romijn and other training methods but no sparring.

After she was done, Hilary wipes her brow with a towel and asks the press "I hope I didn't look too shabby after a month off" chuckling as she flexes her arms while wearing a red sports bra and tight yoga pants.

She then tells the press "I know you are here to hear my opinion on Charlotte, well let's say I've had my eyes on her for awhile, I have wanted to fight her but due to bad timing or her hiding behind her management, I haven't had the chance to see how good she really is"

When asked what makes her so desperate to battle Charlotte, she answers "well she thinks herself like Kate Upton, now Kate isn't my friend by a long shot, Charlotte is deluded that she thinks she is in that class, that she is in my class, I just want to give her a reminder why she is alone again" grinning as she heads off the beach now with her coach.

Meanwhile Charlotte heads to the beach with her coach and surprisingly she has a friend with her, Antje Utgaard waves to the cameras with a big smile, both former Front Street girls then spar for the press.

After a heated session in their workout clothes, both friends hug as they laugh, Antje tells the press "Hilary is going to be f***ed" making Charlotte giggle as she pats her on the back.

"As you hear I have one person who believes in me, when did I suddenly become an underdog? I have proven myself over all the years I've been here, I've defeated the supposed Queen of the FCBA Kate f***ing Upton, I have won a title, yet I have heard that Hilary will is going to knock me out by certain friends of my old boss" says Charlotte as she pounds her 12oz red gloves together.

She finishes by looking at the cameras the press has to tell her opponent "Hilary you wanted me, well you are going to get all of me, you might realise not to believe everything you hear in the press, I am in great shape and your ass is mine bytch" stepping off the beach looking serious.

Fighting time, the ring posts have been set onto the beach itself, with bleachers set up nearby on one side, a judges table the other as two cameramen are on either side of the ring.

First onto the beach comes Hilary with Rebecca beside her, she is wearing a black bikini with gold trim, black gloves with gold thumbs, her hair is tied into a braid as she gives the crowd a nod.

Climbing through the ropes into her corner, Hilary bounces on her toes as she talks to Rebecca about the game plan, Hilary stretches her arms as she nods.

Charlotte now heads out with her coach behind her, she struts around the ring wearing a rose gold bikini, matching gloves, while her hair is also tied back into a braid.

Stepping through the ropes, Charlotte stares hard across the ring at Hilary, waving to her friend Antje in the crowd, who can be heard screaming for Charlotte to batter Hilary.

The referee brings the fighters together, where both women come right into each others face, going forehead to forehead as they press together, the referee needing to nudge them apart.

When they are told to touch gloves, they bang their gloves into their opponent's with a loud crack of leather, jogging to their corners, ready to start 10 rounds of welterweight action.

Round 1:
As you'd expect both have a different look to their stance, Charlotte keeping things a little tighter as Hilary stays more upright, both jockeying for position as they move around the ring firing out single punches to get the range where they want.

While Charlotte gets in to some straight punches to the body, there is more traffic coming her way as Hilary has the reach advantage, the brunette keeping her on the outside, though McKinney showing a good defence in the opening minute.

When the blonde tries to get inside though; she is too hasty with her attack, swinging a left hook that Hilary sidesteps to the right of Charlotte, then a double jab/straight knocks back the head of Charlotte to push her back.

Now holding the center of the ring, Hilary is more on the attack as she opens up, drilling in several punches to the chest of the busty blonde to make her hiss out.

The final moments of the round though sees Hilary miss with a jab as Charlotte dips down, McKinney right in the face of Rhoda with an overhand right to her cheek, followed by a left, powering back the lanky brunette behind her guard as she ends up forcing Hilary to the ropes.

The bell rings to end the round though, Charlotte gritting her gumshield to stop herself swearing, returns to her corner knowing she wasn't aggressive enough there.

Round 2:
Coming out as expected more on the front foot, Charlotte forces more heated exchanges right out the gate, Hilary forced to trade cross punches at midrange as she battles to keep McKinney back.

Ducking under a left cross allows Charlotte to move in with two right hooks to the body, just missing with an overhand left as Hilary gets her right glove in the way to block it.

But what it means is Charlotte has Hilary back pedaling around the outside of the ring, the powerful blonde is trying to bully back her taller opponent, landing some meaty short sharp hooks to the body.

Shoving back Charlotte, Hilary manages to land a straight/left cross combo to the cheek of Charlotte, pushing her back towards the ring center as they enter the final minute.

Another right over the head of Charlotte earns Hilary a stern whack to the ribs, a left hook up top turns her head just before the bell rings, Charlotte glaring right into the eyes of Hilary, who stares right back as the referee nudges the heated parties back to their corners.

Round 3:
Drilling punches into gaps in the others defence as they move around the ring, kicking up sand as Charlotte again tries to close that gap, getting clipped to her cheeks by straight shots.

Leaning out the way of a right cross, Charlotte then comes barrelling in with an overhand left to the jaw of Hilary, starting to unload three punches into the face of Hilary to knock her back into a corner.

Pulling Charlotte into a clinch, Hilary finds herself with the smaller fighter leaning into her, both landing there right into kidneys as the referee has to step in to break them apart.

When they resume Charlotte is keeping in close, both women letting their hands go to knock back heads, cheeks getting marked up as they battle around the ring with Charlotte on the front foot.

A jab smacks Charlotte on her nose, with a left/right cross combo smacking her across her cheeks, pressing forwards after with another two punches into the face of the blonde to make her cover up on the ropes.

The round comes to an end moments later with Charlotte still looking happy enough with how that round ended, a good strong effort from her that has Antje leading the chants for her.

Round 4:
Doubling and tripling her jab as she realises it is probably her best weapon, Hilary is making it harder for McKinney to close that distance as easily, even if she isn't landing her own punches that cleanly.

She steps back out the way of a left cross from Charlotte, a right clubs her across her cheek before a double jab knocks back her head, Hilary beginning to get her rhythm going.

Forcing McKinney to move around near the ropes, Charlotte shows her power to get in closer to work, she is pushed back though by Hilary then getting smashed to her face with straight punches.

Heading into the final forty seconds, Charlotte manages to dip under a right, burying a right into Hilary's body, followed by an overhand left to her jaw to knock back Rhoda.

Back onto the ropes goes Hilary as Charlotte gets into her face, pounding away at the arms of Hilary, then swings to the body when she can't score up top till the bell rings to end the round.

Stepping to their corners, while the scorecards could be even, Charlotte seems to have the crowds support and has looked the better so far overall.

Round 5:
Ducking down more as she looks to get in tighter, it looks a chess match to begin as both women are looking for different angles to strike, Hilary boxing more on the back foot with her left smacking Charlotte around the cheeks.

Managing to cut off the ring with her movement, Charlotte steps inside with a left hook to the body, an uppercut lands to knock back the head of Hilary.

Who finds herself backed into a corner, covering up as Charlotte throws short sharp hooks into her body, making Hilary hisses out as her body is starting to get marked up.

Pulling Charlotte into a clinch, the fighters exchange insults as the referee steps in to break the glistening fighters apart, once apart Hilary gets out the corner into space.

Stepping after Hilary, Charlotte misses with a right as Hilary steps to the left of the blonde, landing a right to the side of McKinney's head, following a double jab into the face to knock sweat off of her opponent.

The round comes to a close with both women letting their hands go, they exchange a hard stare as cheeks are reddening up, Charlotte raising her right arm in the air, Hilary shaking her head as she is learning that Charlotte isn't as easy as she assumed.

Round 6:
Again the round starts similar to the last round, Charlotte keeping in tight to force the action, she is throwing more uppercuts to look to really hurt the taller fighter, who is leaning out the way and using shoves to stop McKinney coming after her.

A left hook cracks Charlotte to her cheek, a straight knocks back the younger fighters head as Hilary steps in after her, driving back McKinney towards the ropes.

Covering up more tightly, Charlotte is looking to counter strike it seems, taking most of the punches on her gloves, till she finds herself shoved to the ropes by a left forearm across her guard by Rhoda, who swings in two right hooks to the body to get groans out the blonde.

Who comes firing back out her guard, toe to toe they go as the crowd is roaring, blood runs from the bottom lip of Hilary as she backs up a step, the power of Charlotte looking to be changing the momentum of this fight.

A straight smacks Charlotte on her nose to bring tears to her eyes, a left hook follows to her jaw as Hilary now shows her power off, forcing back Charlotte into a corner as she opens up a cut on the nose of McKinney.

The round ends with both women going nose to nose, tempers flaring as they push each other, the referee stepping in to calm things down as frustration spills over.

Round 7:
Boxing around the center of the ring, Hilary is able to smack Charlotte onto her nose, a left cross hits Charlotte across her nose to make her yelp out and retreat back.

Back goes Charlotte to the ropes, Hilary is able to smack through her gloves to her face, A LEFT HOOK TO THE TEMPLE SENDS CHARLOTTE DOWN TO ALL FOURS!

Jogging to the neutral corner with her eyes firmly on Charlotte, Hilary looks ready to strike if needed, 1...2...3... Charlotte looks out the ring blinking to clear her vision, 4...5...6.. Grabbing the ropes, Charlotte tries to get up, 7...8.. She slips back though to her backside as her legs are jelly, 9...10 that's all she wrote for McKinney!

Winner Hilary Rhoda KO Round 7

After:
There's a visible sigh by Hilary, Charlotte proved that she isn't all hype to the winner, who poses with hands out at her side as she turns to the bleacher, her fans cheering as Antje stares daggers at her.

Coming down from the bleacher, Antje goes into the ring with Charlotte's coach to check on her, Charlotte telling them "the bytch got lucky" rubbing her head as she looks over at Hilary with fire in her eyes, pissed off this is how things have ended.

With the winner hugging Rebecca and Eva, both telling her how proud they are she came through this test, with Hilary admitting "OK maybe she isn't just a fake Kate Upton" getting a punch on her left arm by Rebecca, who says "I told you that dummy" making all three laugh.

Across the ring Charlotte is helped to her stool, Antje telling her "you'll get her next time babe, you had her hurting" with Charlotte thanking her for the support she gave throughout the fight.

They get to watch Hilary get her arm raised into the air, Hilary just ignores them as she bows to the crowd, making the McKinney corner shake their head at her.

"You'll get yours soon bytch!" Yells Antje as she helps Charlotte out the ring, Hilary simply waves her to bring it as Antje nods that she will, looking like another hard hitting contest could be coming.

Off the beach goes Charlotte, while it hasn't been a great day for her, she looked good and has plenty to build off, life after Front Street may not be a death sentence as it has been for other fighters who've left the stable.

In the ring Hilary raises her arms up as she heads to the side of the ring with the bleacher, enjoying the crowd reaction as they roar for her, whistling as she is smiling to the fans.

Leaving the ring with her corner crew, she is looking in a great mood understandably, though is this year simply going to be another positive year without a title or can she claim gold before the year comes to an end?