Gemma Atkinson vs Karlie Kloss III
Aug 13, 2021 1:15:54 GMT -6
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Gemma Atkinson:
VS
Karlie Kloss:
Tale of the Tape:
Gemma Atkinson:
Age: 36
Height: 5'9
22-36 (22KOs)
Former FCBA welterweight champion.
Vs
Karlie Kloss:
Age: 29
Height: 5'11
19-20 (19KOs)
First ever New Blood Tournament winner (2016)
(Beever's Babes vs The Fighting Academy)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout)
Intro:
This is the third fight between two women arguably not fulfilling their potential right now, considering the first time they fought was for the FCBA welterweight title, this time around Gemma Atkinson and Karlie Kloss meet on Copacabana Beach to settle whose the better fighter.
Form wise Gemma is trying to win after two straight losses, Karlie meanwhile is trying to break an even longer cold period, with six straight defeats since she defeated Robyn Lawley over a year ago, someone has to take a step forwards after this fight.
These two as stated fought first back in 2017 for the FCBA welterweight title, some argue this is when the wheels came of Kloss's rise as she was stopped in eight rounds, a year later Karlie would get revenge with a fifth round knockout of Atkinson.
In the build up to the fight, Gemma posted on her social media "I am done talking, it's time I make my statements in the ring, I belong back at the top #risetothetop" with a picture of her training for the fight to show how much this means to her.
Karlie wasn't too impressed as she replied on her social media "don't you always make these speeches every six months Gemma? Last I checked I knocked you out last we fought and I won't ever forget you robbing me of my title, so shut up or put up #badblood" posting her own photo.
Fighting time now, the ring has been set directly into the beach itself, bleachers surround the ring with the crowd excited about more beautiful women fighting, the ring side table along with the timekeepers table are on one side of the ring.
First onto the beach comes Gemma with her coach Denise Lewis, a light blue bikini with matching gloves for the soap star, she looks all business as she marches to the ring, getting inside it soon enough, where she shadow boxes to warm up as Denise doesn't say much beyond simply "bring home the win babe" that's all that matters tonight.
All eyes now turn to Karlie heading onto the beach, she is wearing a pink bikini with matching gloves, her coach Kelly Hu follows as Karlie gives the fans a quick wave, once she sets eyes on Gemma though there's a frosty stare between them, Karlie climbs through the ropes bouncing on her toes as she shakes her arms loose to be ready for this fight.
Brought to the middle of the ring by the referee for the final instructions, both fighters glare at their opponent, clearly no loved lost here as they slam their gloves into their opponent's set with a crack of leather, then jog back to their corners, ready to start 10 rounds of welterweight action.
Round 1:
Drilling in straight punches at range to start, moving around the center of the ring as they search for openings, Gemma is the one stepping in more early on, Karlie happy to circle working on the outside of her opponent's reach.
Sneaking inside with a straight to Karlie's chest, Gemma is able to swing in two short hooks up top, backing up the model to the outside part of the ring, before Gemma can get too settled on work on the inside, she is nudged back by Kloss, who moves away into space with Gemma hunting her down.
Good opening minute for Gemma is halted by a straight into her face, Karlie leaning out the way of a right cross to counter with a double jab square into the face of Atkinson, then landing a right cross as back goes the English lass, covering up as Karlie now steps forwards.
Karlie taking the center of the ring for herself, Gemma getting pegged to the face by straight punches, with the former champion able to land a few good punches herself, getting caught too cleanly as Karlie is finding openings through her guard.
At the bell it's a solid start for Kloss, who jogs back to her corner with a nod to Kelly, Gemma meanwhile doesn't look too worried yet, sitting on her stool chatting to Denise about things she needs to improve upon next round.
Round 2:
Starting off more quickly, Gemma is drilling in more punches around the cheeks of Karlie, who responds in kind, ducking under a jab to land a right to the body, Gemma then follows up with an overhand left to the jaw of the taller fighter to turn her head.
Muscling back Kloss to the ropes, Gemma is pounding around the body of the American, making Karlie grit her mouthpiece, till Karlie wraps her up in a clinch, Gemma pressing her head into the chin of her opponent to make this clinch uncomfortable, referee stepping in to split them apart.
Back comes Karlie when they resume, landing a good one-two combo through the guard of Atkinson, her follow up right hook though misses as Gemma dances back out the way, then counters with a right of her own into the chin of Kloss to knock her head back.
Final minute sees Gemma again back up Karlie, who is working hard to trade with Gemma, she is getting caught with some power punches though, not able to ward off the hard hitting Atkinson, forcing her to hold onto her till the bell rings, Gemma firing back hard this round to show she is here to win.
Round 3:
Again Gemma looks to start off on the front foot, getting caught with several good clean shots to her face as Karlie uses her reach, dancing more side to side to not be in the firing line of the actress, Denise yelling at Gemma to slow down her charges, pick her timing better.
The class of Atkinson shows as she feints with a jab, dipping under a counter right to land an overhand left to turn the head of Karlie, who finds herself kicking up sand as she is beaten back into a neutral corner, Gemma again switching to the body, looking to cut down the taller fighter.
Karlie pushes Gemma off, slamming in a one-two to the face of the smaller fighter, getting out the corner as Karlie starts to open up again, some heated exchanges taking place around the ring as they want to earn their opponent's respect, cheeks starting to mark up as they box.
Near the final minute Gemma deflects a straight to bang in a straight to the chest of Kloss, opening up the bigger fighter to two hooks up top, Karlie covering up as she is bodied up to the ropes, Gemma trying to break her guard with uppercuts, then switches to banging in hooks to the body.
Round comes to a close with Gemma looking somewhat like her old self, powering forwards in this fight the last two rounds, thudding her gloves together as she looks keen to be back out, Karlie being giving a pep talk by Kelly.
Round 4:
Trying to keep the heat on Karlie, Gemma gets into her grill as things get scruffy, forearms being used as they try to shove each other back, then swing in short hooks, Gemma missing an uppercut as Karlie leans out the way just in time, a clubbing right slams into the ear of Atkinson to knock some sweat from her brow.
Backed up for the first time since the first round, Gemma has to cover up as Karlie opens up on her, a straight drills through the mitts of Gemma to snap back her head, forcing Atkinson to pull Karlie into a clinch as her back touches the ropes, forcing the referee to step in.
Once they resume the fighters both clash at the middle of the ring, cheeks taking brunt of the action as cross punches fly, Gemma shoves her left forearm into the chest of her opponent, landing a right hook to the body then a left up top as she shows she won't wilt so easily.
Karlie shows her grit as she is forced back towards a corner, landing a jab into the top of Gemma's head, she lands an uppercut to push back the Beever's Babe's fighter, Gemma needing to cover up as she finds herself pressed back into a neutral corner, bell rings soon with Karlie looking more happier understandably, Gemma tapping her own cheeks with her gloves annoyed at herself for giving Karlie hope.
Round 5:
Both women look confident as they resume, more punches being thrown as they try to knock each other back, a little swelling forms around the left eye of Karlie as a right cross slams across it, Karlie drilling in a double jab to the nose of Gemma to ward her off.
Karlie pushes back Gemma with a straight, pressing Gemma around the outside part of the ring, with the smaller blonde soaking up the pressure on her arms, several punches do land through though to knock back her head.
Nearing the half way point of the round, Karlie misses with a left cross as Gemma knocks it aside to land a counter right to the jaw, then lands a left hook to turn her opponent's head, driving back Kloss to the center of the ring as momentum swings again in this clash.
An overhand left catches Karlie to the side of her head, she lands a tame jab, with a straight knocking her to her heels, Gemma bullying her back onto the ropes as Kloss needs to grab onto Atkinson, both sweat soaked fighters try to wrestle the other to the ropes, making it hard for them to be broken apart.
Finally moments of the round sees them broken up, both standing to trade as the crowd is whistling and cheering both fighters on, at the bell they stare hard at their rival, storming back to their corners with the crowd on it's feet, so close to call this fight.
Round 6:
Pushing out their corners, stinging each others cheeks with straight punches, Gemma pulling the trigger a little too soon with a right hook that finds air, Karlie landing a straight into the top of Gemma's head to knock her back.
A left cross catches Gemma on her jaw, Karlie adds an uppercut that knocks back her opponent onto her heels, Gemma only grazing the cheek of Karlie with a left cross, A LEFT HOOK LANDS ONTO GEMMA'S TEMPLE TO WOBBLE HER, A RIGHT HOOK TAKES THE LEGS FROM GEMMA AS SHE FALLS ONTO HER KNEES, THEN DOWN TO ALL FOURS!
Gemma blinking as Karlie heads to the neutral corner taking a deep breath looking hopeful, 1...2...3... Trying to get up, Gemma slips as she looks badly rocked, 4...5...6.. Gemma falls to her left side, 7...8.. The mouthpiece hanging out her mouth as she looks defeated, 9...10 officially she is moments later!
Winner Karlie Kloss KO Round 6
After:
The relief washes over the face of Karlie, getting back on the winners podium after such a bad run, she raises her arms in the air as she looks down at Gemma, taking the lead in this little rivalry over the English lass, returning to her corner to be given a fist bump by a beaming Kelly.
On the other hand Gemma has rolled onto her back, covering her face with her right glove as she groans, Denise getting into the ring to check her over, seeing Gemma is coming around, a little dizzy it seems as she is helped to sit up.
Helped to her feet when she feels better, Gemma slowly heads to her corner with her head down, tonight was a great chance to recover her career but instead she is questioning herself it seems, Denise trying to help her see positives, right now she doesn't seem interested as she wipes a few tears away with her hands after her gloves are taken off.
In the Fighting Academy corner, Karlie tells Kelly "I am going to start winning more then just tonight, no longer am I being pushed around" getting a nod with a big smile in reply from Kelly, with this win she might have passed her stablemate Antje Utgaard in the internal rankings after being surpassed by the younger woman.
Both women come to the center of the ring, glaring at their rival as they still clearly hate each others guts, Gemma having to watch Karlie get her right hand raised by the referee, Gemma shakes her head as she heads off, Karlie waving her off with a grin.
Heading off the beach, Gemma seems to be missing something, maybe as simple as confidence as physically she is still one of the fittest women in the FCBA, she has the skill set as proven by her title win in the past, so don't write off Gemma recovering, it's clearly going to be a hard journey to do so.
In the ring Karlie poses with Kelly next to her, arms in the air as she smiles, once she has finished with the cameras she leaves the ring, Karlie waving to the fans as it looks like a big weight has been taken off her shoulders.
VS
Karlie Kloss:
Tale of the Tape:
Gemma Atkinson:
Age: 36
Height: 5'9
22-36 (22KOs)
Former FCBA welterweight champion.
Vs
Karlie Kloss:
Age: 29
Height: 5'11
19-20 (19KOs)
First ever New Blood Tournament winner (2016)
(Beever's Babes vs The Fighting Academy)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout)
Intro:
This is the third fight between two women arguably not fulfilling their potential right now, considering the first time they fought was for the FCBA welterweight title, this time around Gemma Atkinson and Karlie Kloss meet on Copacabana Beach to settle whose the better fighter.
Form wise Gemma is trying to win after two straight losses, Karlie meanwhile is trying to break an even longer cold period, with six straight defeats since she defeated Robyn Lawley over a year ago, someone has to take a step forwards after this fight.
These two as stated fought first back in 2017 for the FCBA welterweight title, some argue this is when the wheels came of Kloss's rise as she was stopped in eight rounds, a year later Karlie would get revenge with a fifth round knockout of Atkinson.
In the build up to the fight, Gemma posted on her social media "I am done talking, it's time I make my statements in the ring, I belong back at the top #risetothetop" with a picture of her training for the fight to show how much this means to her.
Karlie wasn't too impressed as she replied on her social media "don't you always make these speeches every six months Gemma? Last I checked I knocked you out last we fought and I won't ever forget you robbing me of my title, so shut up or put up #badblood" posting her own photo.
Fighting time now, the ring has been set directly into the beach itself, bleachers surround the ring with the crowd excited about more beautiful women fighting, the ring side table along with the timekeepers table are on one side of the ring.
First onto the beach comes Gemma with her coach Denise Lewis, a light blue bikini with matching gloves for the soap star, she looks all business as she marches to the ring, getting inside it soon enough, where she shadow boxes to warm up as Denise doesn't say much beyond simply "bring home the win babe" that's all that matters tonight.
All eyes now turn to Karlie heading onto the beach, she is wearing a pink bikini with matching gloves, her coach Kelly Hu follows as Karlie gives the fans a quick wave, once she sets eyes on Gemma though there's a frosty stare between them, Karlie climbs through the ropes bouncing on her toes as she shakes her arms loose to be ready for this fight.
Brought to the middle of the ring by the referee for the final instructions, both fighters glare at their opponent, clearly no loved lost here as they slam their gloves into their opponent's set with a crack of leather, then jog back to their corners, ready to start 10 rounds of welterweight action.
Round 1:
Drilling in straight punches at range to start, moving around the center of the ring as they search for openings, Gemma is the one stepping in more early on, Karlie happy to circle working on the outside of her opponent's reach.
Sneaking inside with a straight to Karlie's chest, Gemma is able to swing in two short hooks up top, backing up the model to the outside part of the ring, before Gemma can get too settled on work on the inside, she is nudged back by Kloss, who moves away into space with Gemma hunting her down.
Good opening minute for Gemma is halted by a straight into her face, Karlie leaning out the way of a right cross to counter with a double jab square into the face of Atkinson, then landing a right cross as back goes the English lass, covering up as Karlie now steps forwards.
Karlie taking the center of the ring for herself, Gemma getting pegged to the face by straight punches, with the former champion able to land a few good punches herself, getting caught too cleanly as Karlie is finding openings through her guard.
At the bell it's a solid start for Kloss, who jogs back to her corner with a nod to Kelly, Gemma meanwhile doesn't look too worried yet, sitting on her stool chatting to Denise about things she needs to improve upon next round.
Round 2:
Starting off more quickly, Gemma is drilling in more punches around the cheeks of Karlie, who responds in kind, ducking under a jab to land a right to the body, Gemma then follows up with an overhand left to the jaw of the taller fighter to turn her head.
Muscling back Kloss to the ropes, Gemma is pounding around the body of the American, making Karlie grit her mouthpiece, till Karlie wraps her up in a clinch, Gemma pressing her head into the chin of her opponent to make this clinch uncomfortable, referee stepping in to split them apart.
Back comes Karlie when they resume, landing a good one-two combo through the guard of Atkinson, her follow up right hook though misses as Gemma dances back out the way, then counters with a right of her own into the chin of Kloss to knock her head back.
Final minute sees Gemma again back up Karlie, who is working hard to trade with Gemma, she is getting caught with some power punches though, not able to ward off the hard hitting Atkinson, forcing her to hold onto her till the bell rings, Gemma firing back hard this round to show she is here to win.
Round 3:
Again Gemma looks to start off on the front foot, getting caught with several good clean shots to her face as Karlie uses her reach, dancing more side to side to not be in the firing line of the actress, Denise yelling at Gemma to slow down her charges, pick her timing better.
The class of Atkinson shows as she feints with a jab, dipping under a counter right to land an overhand left to turn the head of Karlie, who finds herself kicking up sand as she is beaten back into a neutral corner, Gemma again switching to the body, looking to cut down the taller fighter.
Karlie pushes Gemma off, slamming in a one-two to the face of the smaller fighter, getting out the corner as Karlie starts to open up again, some heated exchanges taking place around the ring as they want to earn their opponent's respect, cheeks starting to mark up as they box.
Near the final minute Gemma deflects a straight to bang in a straight to the chest of Kloss, opening up the bigger fighter to two hooks up top, Karlie covering up as she is bodied up to the ropes, Gemma trying to break her guard with uppercuts, then switches to banging in hooks to the body.
Round comes to a close with Gemma looking somewhat like her old self, powering forwards in this fight the last two rounds, thudding her gloves together as she looks keen to be back out, Karlie being giving a pep talk by Kelly.
Round 4:
Trying to keep the heat on Karlie, Gemma gets into her grill as things get scruffy, forearms being used as they try to shove each other back, then swing in short hooks, Gemma missing an uppercut as Karlie leans out the way just in time, a clubbing right slams into the ear of Atkinson to knock some sweat from her brow.
Backed up for the first time since the first round, Gemma has to cover up as Karlie opens up on her, a straight drills through the mitts of Gemma to snap back her head, forcing Atkinson to pull Karlie into a clinch as her back touches the ropes, forcing the referee to step in.
Once they resume the fighters both clash at the middle of the ring, cheeks taking brunt of the action as cross punches fly, Gemma shoves her left forearm into the chest of her opponent, landing a right hook to the body then a left up top as she shows she won't wilt so easily.
Karlie shows her grit as she is forced back towards a corner, landing a jab into the top of Gemma's head, she lands an uppercut to push back the Beever's Babe's fighter, Gemma needing to cover up as she finds herself pressed back into a neutral corner, bell rings soon with Karlie looking more happier understandably, Gemma tapping her own cheeks with her gloves annoyed at herself for giving Karlie hope.
Round 5:
Both women look confident as they resume, more punches being thrown as they try to knock each other back, a little swelling forms around the left eye of Karlie as a right cross slams across it, Karlie drilling in a double jab to the nose of Gemma to ward her off.
Karlie pushes back Gemma with a straight, pressing Gemma around the outside part of the ring, with the smaller blonde soaking up the pressure on her arms, several punches do land through though to knock back her head.
Nearing the half way point of the round, Karlie misses with a left cross as Gemma knocks it aside to land a counter right to the jaw, then lands a left hook to turn her opponent's head, driving back Kloss to the center of the ring as momentum swings again in this clash.
An overhand left catches Karlie to the side of her head, she lands a tame jab, with a straight knocking her to her heels, Gemma bullying her back onto the ropes as Kloss needs to grab onto Atkinson, both sweat soaked fighters try to wrestle the other to the ropes, making it hard for them to be broken apart.
Finally moments of the round sees them broken up, both standing to trade as the crowd is whistling and cheering both fighters on, at the bell they stare hard at their rival, storming back to their corners with the crowd on it's feet, so close to call this fight.
Round 6:
Pushing out their corners, stinging each others cheeks with straight punches, Gemma pulling the trigger a little too soon with a right hook that finds air, Karlie landing a straight into the top of Gemma's head to knock her back.
A left cross catches Gemma on her jaw, Karlie adds an uppercut that knocks back her opponent onto her heels, Gemma only grazing the cheek of Karlie with a left cross, A LEFT HOOK LANDS ONTO GEMMA'S TEMPLE TO WOBBLE HER, A RIGHT HOOK TAKES THE LEGS FROM GEMMA AS SHE FALLS ONTO HER KNEES, THEN DOWN TO ALL FOURS!
Gemma blinking as Karlie heads to the neutral corner taking a deep breath looking hopeful, 1...2...3... Trying to get up, Gemma slips as she looks badly rocked, 4...5...6.. Gemma falls to her left side, 7...8.. The mouthpiece hanging out her mouth as she looks defeated, 9...10 officially she is moments later!
Winner Karlie Kloss KO Round 6
After:
The relief washes over the face of Karlie, getting back on the winners podium after such a bad run, she raises her arms in the air as she looks down at Gemma, taking the lead in this little rivalry over the English lass, returning to her corner to be given a fist bump by a beaming Kelly.
On the other hand Gemma has rolled onto her back, covering her face with her right glove as she groans, Denise getting into the ring to check her over, seeing Gemma is coming around, a little dizzy it seems as she is helped to sit up.
Helped to her feet when she feels better, Gemma slowly heads to her corner with her head down, tonight was a great chance to recover her career but instead she is questioning herself it seems, Denise trying to help her see positives, right now she doesn't seem interested as she wipes a few tears away with her hands after her gloves are taken off.
In the Fighting Academy corner, Karlie tells Kelly "I am going to start winning more then just tonight, no longer am I being pushed around" getting a nod with a big smile in reply from Kelly, with this win she might have passed her stablemate Antje Utgaard in the internal rankings after being surpassed by the younger woman.
Both women come to the center of the ring, glaring at their rival as they still clearly hate each others guts, Gemma having to watch Karlie get her right hand raised by the referee, Gemma shakes her head as she heads off, Karlie waving her off with a grin.
Heading off the beach, Gemma seems to be missing something, maybe as simple as confidence as physically she is still one of the fittest women in the FCBA, she has the skill set as proven by her title win in the past, so don't write off Gemma recovering, it's clearly going to be a hard journey to do so.
In the ring Karlie poses with Kelly next to her, arms in the air as she smiles, once she has finished with the cameras she leaves the ring, Karlie waving to the fans as it looks like a big weight has been taken off her shoulders.