CBAD: Nina Dobrev vs Ashley Benson

Nina Dobrev vs Ashley Benson
(Lioness Club of America vs Pretty Little Punchers, Inc.)
(49-28-1, 48 KO vs 23-31, 23 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: It's been no secret that LCA management loves Ashley Benson more than some other of her PLP stablemates but it's business time next as Nina Dobrev wants to revisit an old rivalry with the blonde actress against all the praise coming from upstairs. The 'Bulgarian Badass' is somehow buried under .500 this season despite earning a bantamweight title shot a couple of months ago. Losing to veteran Priyanka Chopra on the bounce back looks bad on paper and there's no lukewarm "stay busy" schedule to help Nina get out of this jam. That's not what elite contenders do anyway after all.

Nina Dobrev wears a purple bikini set with black trim & silver gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a custom ponytail. Ashley Benson wears a pink bikini set & black gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a loose bun at the back of her head. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Nina goes in hard on the jabbing route and keeps slinging heavy shots into Ashley's face who in turn has a hard time matching this hot production. She gets picked off in ruthless fashion and barely grazes the brunette's flesh in response as she struggles to find her rhythm wholesale. Nina makes the most of this opportunity and keeps aiming upstars even though this plan becomes too predictable down the stretch. However Ashley's subpar response allows Dobrev to dominate the action for remainder of the round and she traps the reeling blonde on the ropes late. She bangs a quickfire series on the chest just to make Benson feel really lousy and there's not much love coming from Autumn Reeser during the break either.

Round 2:
Back with the slugging we go as Nina wants to dump more heat on the subdued opponent. However Ashley recovers well this time and matches the brunette's intensity while also blasting her on the mouth in promising fashion. Both girls keep working the aerial attack and nobody gains the edge until Ashley cracks a left hook on the ear to wobble Nina off her comfort zone. Dobrev slumps forward and eats a nasty uppercut on the bounce as the blonde gets very hectic in her execution to pile more shots into the brunette's face. Nina clinches her in a quick effort to tame the heat but gets drilled on the ribcage as well and trips back onto the ropes where Benson lands a brutal hook on the lips which sinks the brunette into spasms right at the bell.

Round 3:
Nina comes back at the charging blonde and both girls exchange more head shots in the phone booth before a clash of heads forces a break. Nina recovers first and launches an uppercut series on the chest that catches Ashley off guard as they lock horns in close range again. Ashley tries to slip some body shots in there to soften Dobrev's stance but only eats more pesky uppercuts through the middle and wobbles on her heels before Dobrev slams a left/right crosser on each temple. Ugh! Benson bails out in a hurry and spends the remainder of the round in hectic retreat which just makes Autumn Reeser really upset in the PLP corner.

Round 4:
Ashley still thinks she can dominate the close range dispute and finds her zone punching the brunette to the body. Nina misfires over the top with her initial burst and can't stretch her elbows while the blonde keeps whacking her around the area. She clinches and then shoves Benson away but a looping cross from afar still tags her on the nose and allows Ashley to land more juice up the middle thereafter. Nina hangs on tough in a back & forth action come the final minute but Ashley still lands the biggest punch when she cracks her on the chin and spins sideways onto the turnbuckle right at the bell.

Round 5:
Both girls continue to display high-octane production even though the precision goes away in the opening minute as they both become a little too excited according to Erin Andrews in the booth. Nina gets vocal when she bangs her right hand off Ashley's hip and she's not going low anymore after that miscue which allows the blonde to settle in with more head shots thereafter and wobble the brunette onto her heels again. Ugh! Nina slips underneath and charges head-first into Benson's chest which leads into a hectic wrestling struggle along the ropes where Ashley loses her temper and bangs her foe in the kidneys before telling her to "F### off". Huh! Nina lets one fly after the command as well and there's some bad blood creeping into the ring with both girls pleading to the ref to issue a formal warning once the bell finally separates them.

Round 6:
Ashley gets the better of Nina during the initial jabbing session and scythes her across the lips several times while the Lioness brunette slumps on her heels and begins to look overpowered here. Benson drives more guts shots to pay back the early favor and she drags Dobrev along the ropes to slice her in the gut repeatedly. Nina stalls the action during the second minute with some blatant clinching but still doesn't get fully pardonded for her issues as Ashley uppercuts her rack thereafter and pounds more midsection just to keep the fellow actress under the cosh. Nina just can't escape from the trap and sinks into spasms at the bell with Ashley fuming at her: "I got ya now, cow! I see U got nuthin' left there!"

Round 7:
The PLP crew thinks Nina is phyiscally drained to mount a comeback anymore so Autumn issues a full-scale attack that backfires on Benson pretty quickly. She lands the first hook into Nina's lips but misses on the follow through and wobbles forward into a chin-checking blast Adrianne Palicki would be proud of. Nina doesn't throw it from the back foot and carries enough power to rattle Ashley on the spot as she bangs a left hook on the ear moments later and has the blonde slumping live on air! Ugh! Ashley tries to regain her balance but she only finds another left/right hook on the nose sinking her into a dark place and she can't raise her mitts fast enough for Nina SMOKING her with a thunder right on the temple one last time... DOWN GOES BENSON!!! The proud blonde gets laid out in spread eagle fashion and drifts into mumbling demise as she just can't shake this one off, folks! She only sits up at seven and stares down Autumn Reeser in the PLP corner but that's all she wrote here!!! KO7 Nina Dobrev in come-from-behind fashion!!!

AFTER: Nina yells out in delight and waves back at Ms Reeser before blowing a kiss to the cameras. She walks around the sitting blonde and just stares down at her with a look of triumph on her face: "No words required, bytch! Your ass is all mine!" Ashley barks in disapproval but she doesn't even want to look the brunette in the eye and feels relieved when Nina decides to head back to coach Eva Mendes in the LCA corner: "We're sooo done here! Ashley can go crying back to her stall. She's not as good as she thinks she is! I had more trouble with Shay Mitchell! That should tell you all you need to know about this sucker!"

Official Result: Nina Dobrev def. Ashley Benson KO7.