Post by HBO's Boxing At The Asylum on Jun 30, 2021 13:12:44 GMT -6
BEFORE:
"It's hard to get work here," Ciara says with a shake of the head. "You get a fight, and you try to get something cooking, but then you sit around for a year waiting. I guess the only way to get people's attention is to, well, get people's attention. And, that's what I'm going to do tonight."
"This girl deserves a lot more attention than she's getting," says Taylor with a smile. "But. The attention she's going to get tonight is the kind you DON'T want. My UNDIVIDED attention."
ROUND ONE:
O'Dell: "Back at ringside and that's 'That Girl', but it's not JT's voice you're hearing, but the voice of the lovely lady coming to the ring, Harrisburg's own Ciara Renee..."
McCarthy: "Typical Dancing Hooker opponent. NO FCBA wins. A tomato can to set up for the TOOTHPICK..."
O'Dell: "Ciara into the ring and helped off with the robe to reveal that eggplant number we saw last year. And, that's 'Natural' by Imagine Dragons' you hear behind us, and here comes 'The Face', Taylor Hill!"
McCarthy: "Talentless TOOTHPICK!"
Tess: "You're just sore because you fired her without Sceej knowing and she's become an elite lightweight and already won the lightweight title for Front Street!"
McCarthy: "She's OVERRATED and she didn't beat Palicki, did she?"
O'Dell: "Hill with a GLARE for Mac..."
McCarthy: "DON'T YOU EYE ME, HILL! I'LL COME UP THERE! I'LL COME UP THERE!"
O'Dell: "And, Neve Campbell now WAIVING Mac up into the ring..."
McCarthy: "THAT'S IT..."
O'Dell: "SIT DOWN, MAC! That IS it! We are NOT going to get knocked off the air for whatever should-be-straight-to-video nonsense HBO has cued up waiting for you to MELT DOWN!"
Cassie: "'Waiting for Mac To Melt Down' would actually be a pretty good drinking game..."
McCarthy: "SHUT UP, SCABBO!"
O'Dell (sighing): "Taylor into the ring and helped off with the robe by Jewel and Neve and the crowd doing a LOT of popping for the lovely Ms. Hill in that azure number..."
McCarthy: "LOW. STANDARDS."
O'Dell: "And, we're about ready to go. Time for some picks. Tess likes Taylor. Mac?"
McCarthy: "Even THIS no-win Dancing Hooker Opponent can beat The Toothpick! Renee!"
O'Dell: "Cassie?"
Cassie: "I agree with Tess!"
O'Dell: "Split again. Let's see who's right. Hill wants to go right to the jab, work at range, use all that length, but Ciara having none of it. She's got the hands up and she's working past those defenses to get inside and bang some body. Hill tying her up, but Renee shoving off and getting back to work..."
McCarthy: "THIS is how you beat the toothpick!"
O'Dell: "It's working for Ciara right now. Shorter woman crowding, working body. Taylor tying up again, but Ciara shoves her off and goes right back to the body, banging the ribs and the midsection, then working upstairs and backing up Hill with a hard right hand."
Tess: "This is a DANGEROUS game Ciara's playing in there..."
O'Dell: "Sure is, but she's playing it very, very well right now. She's shoving Hill around, getting her out of sorts, scoring points to both head and body. We're down to a handful of seconds remaining in the first. Hill lands a good right and Renee responds with one of her own and there's the bell. Not close. Renee."
Cassie: "And, Ciara goes up 10-9."
ROUND TWO:
O'Dell: "Second begins with Ciara again looking to work forward, but it's not happening this time. Hill getting that jab on target, slowing Renee with it, then dropping hard right hands on her. Shorter girl determined to get inside and work in the phone booth, but that's easier said than done at the moment..."
Cassie: "Hill getting VERY busy with that jab."
O'Dell: "Definitely is, and she's landing some BOMBS off it. Ciara doing well to ship all those shots and stay on her feet, but, she's taking the same kind of thumping in this stanza that Hill took in the last one. Good combination, Taylor and Ciara's backed up now..."
McCarthy: "Just keep after her, Ciara. You'll get her!"
O'Dell: "Renee in reverse at the moment. Hill walking her down behind some hard right hands. Ciara stabilizing the front in the final seconds of the round, but Taylor getting off in combination again, forcing the older woman to cover up, and there's the bell. Not close. Taylor."
Tess: "And we're even at 19."
ROUND THREE:
O'Dell: "Third begins the way the second ended, with Hill getting that left hand on target, using it to set up hard rights. Ciara trying to work forward, but she's having just about zero success doing it. Taylor too accurate with the hard leather as she starts backing Renee up again..."
Tess: "GOOD right hand, Hill!"
O'Dell: "Sure was, and, yet again, Ciara ships it and stays afloat. No question Renee is plenty sturdy, but she's got to find a way to get something going here, and right now, she can't do that. Instead, she's backed up again with a solid flurry by Hill and DROPPED WITH A RIGHT HAND!"
Cassie (singing): "Turn out the liiiiggghhhtttssss. The party's ohhhhhverrrrrr...."
O'Dell: "Hill quickly to a neutral corner. Ciara down on her back, staring up at the referee as his count reaches three. Four. Five. Six. Renee blinking, staring. Lights on, but nobody home. Seven. Eight. Nine. TEN! It's OVER! And your winner by KO3 is 'The Face', Taylor Hill!"
McCarthy: "LUCKY, YOU TOOTHPICK! LUCKY!"
AFTER:
O'Dell: "Let's go up to the ring and Tess Valmore."
Tess: "I have our winner, Taylor Hill, and, Taylor, her plan was clearly to get physical..."
Taylor (nodding): "And, she IS physical. But. Plenty of women have tried that with me. And, they've all ended up exactly where Ciara did. Exactly."
Tess: "Half way through the year, and it's been a pretty good one for you..."
Taylor: "Sure has, and, the second half is going to be better. Because, I've got my sights set on getting those straps back."
"It's hard to get work here," Ciara says with a shake of the head. "You get a fight, and you try to get something cooking, but then you sit around for a year waiting. I guess the only way to get people's attention is to, well, get people's attention. And, that's what I'm going to do tonight."
"This girl deserves a lot more attention than she's getting," says Taylor with a smile. "But. The attention she's going to get tonight is the kind you DON'T want. My UNDIVIDED attention."
ROUND ONE:
O'Dell: "Back at ringside and that's 'That Girl', but it's not JT's voice you're hearing, but the voice of the lovely lady coming to the ring, Harrisburg's own Ciara Renee..."
McCarthy: "Typical Dancing Hooker opponent. NO FCBA wins. A tomato can to set up for the TOOTHPICK..."
O'Dell: "Ciara into the ring and helped off with the robe to reveal that eggplant number we saw last year. And, that's 'Natural' by Imagine Dragons' you hear behind us, and here comes 'The Face', Taylor Hill!"
McCarthy: "Talentless TOOTHPICK!"
Tess: "You're just sore because you fired her without Sceej knowing and she's become an elite lightweight and already won the lightweight title for Front Street!"
McCarthy: "She's OVERRATED and she didn't beat Palicki, did she?"
O'Dell: "Hill with a GLARE for Mac..."
McCarthy: "DON'T YOU EYE ME, HILL! I'LL COME UP THERE! I'LL COME UP THERE!"
O'Dell: "And, Neve Campbell now WAIVING Mac up into the ring..."
McCarthy: "THAT'S IT..."
O'Dell: "SIT DOWN, MAC! That IS it! We are NOT going to get knocked off the air for whatever should-be-straight-to-video nonsense HBO has cued up waiting for you to MELT DOWN!"
Cassie: "'Waiting for Mac To Melt Down' would actually be a pretty good drinking game..."
McCarthy: "SHUT UP, SCABBO!"
O'Dell (sighing): "Taylor into the ring and helped off with the robe by Jewel and Neve and the crowd doing a LOT of popping for the lovely Ms. Hill in that azure number..."
McCarthy: "LOW. STANDARDS."
O'Dell: "And, we're about ready to go. Time for some picks. Tess likes Taylor. Mac?"
McCarthy: "Even THIS no-win Dancing Hooker Opponent can beat The Toothpick! Renee!"
O'Dell: "Cassie?"
Cassie: "I agree with Tess!"
O'Dell: "Split again. Let's see who's right. Hill wants to go right to the jab, work at range, use all that length, but Ciara having none of it. She's got the hands up and she's working past those defenses to get inside and bang some body. Hill tying her up, but Renee shoving off and getting back to work..."
McCarthy: "THIS is how you beat the toothpick!"
O'Dell: "It's working for Ciara right now. Shorter woman crowding, working body. Taylor tying up again, but Ciara shoves her off and goes right back to the body, banging the ribs and the midsection, then working upstairs and backing up Hill with a hard right hand."
Tess: "This is a DANGEROUS game Ciara's playing in there..."
O'Dell: "Sure is, but she's playing it very, very well right now. She's shoving Hill around, getting her out of sorts, scoring points to both head and body. We're down to a handful of seconds remaining in the first. Hill lands a good right and Renee responds with one of her own and there's the bell. Not close. Renee."
Cassie: "And, Ciara goes up 10-9."
ROUND TWO:
O'Dell: "Second begins with Ciara again looking to work forward, but it's not happening this time. Hill getting that jab on target, slowing Renee with it, then dropping hard right hands on her. Shorter girl determined to get inside and work in the phone booth, but that's easier said than done at the moment..."
Cassie: "Hill getting VERY busy with that jab."
O'Dell: "Definitely is, and she's landing some BOMBS off it. Ciara doing well to ship all those shots and stay on her feet, but, she's taking the same kind of thumping in this stanza that Hill took in the last one. Good combination, Taylor and Ciara's backed up now..."
McCarthy: "Just keep after her, Ciara. You'll get her!"
O'Dell: "Renee in reverse at the moment. Hill walking her down behind some hard right hands. Ciara stabilizing the front in the final seconds of the round, but Taylor getting off in combination again, forcing the older woman to cover up, and there's the bell. Not close. Taylor."
Tess: "And we're even at 19."
ROUND THREE:
O'Dell: "Third begins the way the second ended, with Hill getting that left hand on target, using it to set up hard rights. Ciara trying to work forward, but she's having just about zero success doing it. Taylor too accurate with the hard leather as she starts backing Renee up again..."
Tess: "GOOD right hand, Hill!"
O'Dell: "Sure was, and, yet again, Ciara ships it and stays afloat. No question Renee is plenty sturdy, but she's got to find a way to get something going here, and right now, she can't do that. Instead, she's backed up again with a solid flurry by Hill and DROPPED WITH A RIGHT HAND!"
Cassie (singing): "Turn out the liiiiggghhhtttssss. The party's ohhhhhverrrrrr...."
O'Dell: "Hill quickly to a neutral corner. Ciara down on her back, staring up at the referee as his count reaches three. Four. Five. Six. Renee blinking, staring. Lights on, but nobody home. Seven. Eight. Nine. TEN! It's OVER! And your winner by KO3 is 'The Face', Taylor Hill!"
McCarthy: "LUCKY, YOU TOOTHPICK! LUCKY!"
AFTER:
O'Dell: "Let's go up to the ring and Tess Valmore."
Tess: "I have our winner, Taylor Hill, and, Taylor, her plan was clearly to get physical..."
Taylor (nodding): "And, she IS physical. But. Plenty of women have tried that with me. And, they've all ended up exactly where Ciara did. Exactly."
Tess: "Half way through the year, and it's been a pretty good one for you..."
Taylor: "Sure has, and, the second half is going to be better. Because, I've got my sights set on getting those straps back."