Nina Dobrev vs Nicola Peltz

Nina Dobrev vs Nicola Peltz
(Lioness Club of America vs FCBA Independent)
(55-29-1, 44 KO vs 0-5)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: This fight is a crowd-pleaser more than a ranking-changer. A blowout on paper but Nicola Peltz turns enough heads to be considered a ticket selling machine on both sides of the Atlantic - now that she is set to become David Beckham's daughter-in-law. Whatever! Nina Dobrev just wants to blow her away but even LCA coach Eva Mendes calls this match-up a "stay busy" contest. The stable is still reeling from Selena Gomez's upset loss to Olivia Munn which cost the Latina a shot at the bantamweight straps and it seems like the Lioness hunt for an easy prey is very much on this month. Nicola was simply picked as the designated punchbag.

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

Round 1:
Nina is slow to get moving and finds herself blocking the blonde's punches with her face! Ugh! Nicola comes in hot with nothing to lose attitude and throws everything at the former champion in the early going. She manages to pluck quick leather up the middle and pings the brunette downstairs to avoid a swift overhand response. Dobrev is stopped in her tracks and eats a brutal shot to the solar plexus that sends her reeling onto the ropes thereafter. Uh-oh! Nicola lets it rip again and bangs a hard left hook on the eye before working upstairs to bury the brunette behind a desperate earmuff. Didn't see that coming! Nicola gets vocal as she tries to land more crisp punches on target but keeps bouncing off Dobrev's forearms. Still, she takes the opening round wide!

Round 2:
Enough with the blonde party as Nina slams a left/right combo into Nicola's face and cranks up the jabbing volume to outwork the younger woman down the stretch. Nicola tries to hang on but those quick hits crash into her face with fearsome velocity and she has to bail out of the exchange which only allows the Canadian foe to chase her around the area thereafter. Nicola's footwork isn't up to the task and she gets bundled back to the ropes where Dobrev manhandles her to the body in payback fashion. Nina rips several harpoons into the exposed midriff and shakes off the clinching stalemate before blasting a vicious double on the jaw late on. Peltz slumps on soft knees and soaks up additional jabbing series down the middle with Nina taking things extremely serious after that poor opener. So we're even at 19.

Round 3:
Nicola fires back over the top and accepts the slugging scenario despite Nina threatening to blow her away in such heads up display. Even BLONDE! Magazine doesn't trust Peltz's punching resistance but Dobrev lets her off the proverbial hook missing with her early connections. Nicola follows through with some chest pumps and gets vocal after a clash of heads drops the Canadian foe backwards. Nina swings from the back foot but bounces off the top of the blonde's forehead and fails to shake off a chaotic rally downstairs with Peltz flirting with the old groin shot until she gets clinched into a stalemate. Both girls clash heads again and this time it looked intentional from Nicola who bangs another combo on the mouth and wobbles Dobrev on the turnbuckle which leaves the crowd in very cheerful mood come the bell.

Round 4:
Nina cracks an early double up the middle before working to the blonde's body however Nicola tries to stay in the slugging lane regardless. Nina bumps her off in jug-to-jug contact and then rips an uppercut cross that shatters Nicola's jaw and wobbles her on the heels upon impact. Nina turns it from the hip and bangs another brutal uppercut before an overhand heave tears a gash under the blonde's eye and DROPS HER FOR THE COUNT amid a wild ovation from the audience. Uh-oh! Nicola seems affected by the wound around her eye and makes somewhat lethargic recovery at eight still looking a bit hollow overall. She nods back to the ref but Nina quickly blows her back onto the ropes and racks up more punches up the chimney with Peltz's head snapping frantically oll over the place. She drops her arms and bellows out into a painful disarray while Dobrev really wants to turn her lights out.... but the ref steps in and prevents further damage as Nicola can no longer defend herself. TKO4 Nina Dobrev!!!

AFTER: Maybe a more accomplished fighter would have been given the benefit of the doubut but the swelling around the eye alone prevents Nicola from pleading her case and she's lucky not to suffer a bigger injury here. She gave it her all alright but just doesn't have the skillset to push a former champion like Nina into a genuine war of attrition at this stage of her career. The ticket sales apparently warrant the match-making and there are some big smiles in the LCA corner as well so let's move onto the next PPV fight, shall we?

Official Result: Nina Dobrev def. Nicola Peltz TKO4.