Iman Vellani vs Yasmeen Fletcher (both debuting)
Jul 8, 2022 0:44:43 GMT -6
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Iman Vellani:
VS
Yasmeen Fletcher:
Tale of the Tape:
Iman Vellani:
Age: 19
Height: 5'6
W/L: debut
Vs
Yasmeen Fletcher:
Age: 19
Height: 5'4
W/L: debut
(Free Agent vs Free Agent)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
Intro:
We kick off tonights action with an interesting clash here in Melbourne's Docklands Stadium, the new Marvel hit series "Ms. Marvel" has certainly gotten people talking, well two of its stars are about to test each others skills out in the ring as Iman Vellani and Yasmeen "Meena" Fletcher fight in a catchweight contest.
For those who haven't seen the show (don't worry no spoilers here!), Iman plays Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, while Yasmeen plays her best friend Nakia on the show, reports saying that they have become pretty close, so why you ask are they going to try to knock each other out, FCBA reporter Alicia Atout got word from both the night before the fight, allowed a quick word with them at the gala held at a nearby luxury hotel to the stadium where the fighters were staying, Iman in a red dress was all smiles as her agent led her to where Alicia was, giving the interviewer a handshake with a nod, taking a drink of her glass of cola as Alicia smiles looking at the glass, maybe happy for once knowing her interviewee won't be flying off the handle with the help of a drink or two at these events.
Asked about the fight and how it come about, Iman answers "simple to be fair, you can thank Brie Larson" laughing as Alicia looks at her a little puzzled, till Brie comes over wearing a black figure hugging dress, alongside her is Yasmeen in a white dress as Alicia looks a little sheepish, especially after the last time she did an interview where both opponents came face to face, ending up trading blows.
Instead both Yasmeen and Iman smile as they rush to hug each other, Alicia breathing a sigh of relief, Brie tells her "you can blame me for these two coming down here to fight, the producers of the show wanted me to meet them both as they were filming Ms. Marvel, let's say both are bundles of energy with lots of questions" laughing as both Iman and Yasmeen look lost in a world of their own, chatting about how gorgeous the other looks in her dress, giggling about being star struck about the other stars fighting on the same card.
After shaking her head with a grin, Brie continues "as we spoke both asked about boxing, I'll admit I was a little taken aback, these two look sweet but trust me you put gloves on them and they become demons, I got permission at the end of their shoot if I could take them to a nearby gym, thought let's see if they are bluffing, didn't even put them in the ring, just found a matted area, loaned some boxing twelve ounce gloves and said you have three minutes, show me what you got" over comes Iman to the right of Brie, Yasmeen to her left as they are keen to hear her story about them.
"I said go and boy did they, both got put down but got back up, it wasn't pretty for purists let's say, neither had a proper lesson, Iman here got a bloody nose as Yasmeen had a fat lip, I thought they would try to go all MMA it was that intense, I called time and expected rushing in to yank them apart, imagine the look on my face when they hugged laughing, hell I was glad we rented a private room or people might have wondered about these two lunatics" Iman and Yasmeen look at each other with cheeky grins.
Yasmeen replying "we weren't that bad, I just wanted to knock out Iman so you'd come train me, I am sure she wouldn't mine that" sticking her tongue out at Iman, who feigns being upset as she gives her friend a middle finger salute, then both laugh wildly as Brie rolls her eyes.
Brie steps back and let's both square up for the cameras, hands on hips as they grin but there is a little more hardness to their stare now they are close, Brie telling Alicia "for all the fans worried this will be a tickle fight, trust me they haven't trained together, I have helped both out when I have had time and even sparred a few rounds, they are vastly better then when I first saw them, I asked for them to fight each other because for all that friendliness, they are both winners and only one can be the better fighter" both rookies nodding before they give each other one long embrace, as if to say "I love you but I won't be holding back" as they separate, going in different directions to most likely annoy some of the other fighters on the card with their excitable personalities.
Fight night, given a seat near the judges is Brie, getting to watch her two protégés battle it out, a big smile on her face though judging by the deep breath she took before it, she is nervous for them, clearly taking her role as a mentor very personally as all she can do is watch.
First out through the curtain comes the Pakistan born, Canada residing Iman with her coach, she gets a rousing cheer as she begins her walk down the aisle to the ring, she goes with a Ms. Marvel inspired look as she has a blue sports bra with red trim, matching trunks with "hope" written on her waistband, red boots, red gloves with blue thumbs as her hair is in a ponytail, she steps into the ring taking a breath, she bounces on her toes as she looks to the ceiling, showing some nerves as this is a massive night for her.
Here comes her opponent as Yasmeen walks down the aisle, her coach is at her right side as the American fighter nods to the crowd, looking nervous herself as she wears a white sports bra with black trim, matching trunks with "Meena" in black on her waistband, white shoes, black gloves, her hair is also in a ponytail, she climbs into the ring, looking at the canvas as she throws a few punches, maybe both not wanting to look at each other to make this part not seem real, that they have to beat up someone they have become close to.
The referee orders them to the center for the final instructions, as their eyes meet there's a feel of electricity between them, like a switch has been turned on as they look deeply serious, Iman staring down hard at Yasmeen, who shows no fear of her opponent, they touch gloves with a nod, then jog back to their corners, bouncing on their toes with eyes firmly locked as the bell rings, starting 10 rounds of 114lbs catchweight action.
Round 1:
A few tentative feints to start as they circle, then both come in with a straight that lands to each others face, stepping back staring hard at their opponent, both showing good hand speed as they exchange combos, dancing on their toes moving in and out of range as it's an energetic start to the fight.
After the opening minute Iman steps back when Yasmeen swings in a left cross, drilling in a double jab back into the face of the smaller fighter, Iman soon follows up with a right cross that catches Yasmeen across her cheek, making her back off as Iman comes after her, giving Fletcher a straight to the chest to make her hiss.
Yasmeen being forced to box near the ropes, not as much coming from her as Vellani looks to have the confidence to be more open, again striking the American in her chest before rifling a straight into her face, forcing Yasmeen to the ropes where she clinches up, they break apart when told by the referee without incident, final ten seconds they go toe to toe to a loud roar from the crowd, the bell soon rings with both turning on their heels to their corners, solid start for Iman but Yasmeen showing she isn't intimidated by her taller friend.
Round 2:
Opening up more now they are trading two to three punches at a time before moving, Yasmeen starting to dip down more to pepper the body of Iman, who lands a couple of punches around her ears when she does close the distance, back apart near the end of the first minute, crowd cheering both these rookies on as the energy of the fighters seems infectious to the crowd.
Again they trade more flurries, if any criticism so far probably need to tighten their guards as cheeks are already marked up, Iman lands a nice left cross/straight combo to push back Yasmeen a step, following with a double jab as things look to be falling into place similar to the first round for Vellani, forcing Fletcher back towards the ropes.
But a right hook misses from Iman as Yasmeen crouches under it, landing a counter overhand left to the cheek of Iman, Yasmeen starts to drive her back with body shots, testing the abs of Ms. Marvel, who tries to wrestle her around, ending in a clinch with both releasing each other when the referee orders break, bell rings moments later with the crowd applauding these two youngsters, certainly a big A+ for effort, Brie all smiles at ringside as she watches standing up now.
Round 3:
Lacing each other again with a three punch flurry in their exchanges, heads getting knocked back as they back in effort, groan when getting hit, Yasmeen ducks under a left cross, slamming in a counter right hook to the body and landing a not so quite flush uppercut with her left to the chin of Iman, whose forced now to give up the center of the ring.
Yasmeen now controlling the action with some impressive combos, especially the ones aimed at the body of Iman, causing her friend to grit her mouthpiece and need to land a rifling jab to keep her from overwhelming her on the inside, Iman dancing side to side near the ropes trying to keep Yasmeen from pinning her down.
Less then forty five seconds to go, Iman manages to catch Yasmeen with a double jab to her nose as the American is too open, a right hook then turns her head as Iman fights her way back to the middle of the ring, they nearly clash heads as they both step in to swing a right hook, final fifteen seconds sees them touch foreheads as they bang away at each others bodies, at the bell they break cleanly again, keeping this fight competitive but trying not to jeopardise their friendship, both can't help smiling for a moment as the crowd whistles and cheers them both, sweat coating both of them as they are setting a high pace.
Round 4:
Yasmeen looks to get back inside early but Iman sees it coming and drills in a crisp one-two combo to her forehead to force her back, Yasmeen responses with a jab into the chest of her opponent followed by a left cross as both are planting their feet a little more to generate power, each fighter looking to grab hold of the middle of the ring.
They end up clinched up, this time grappling a little more before they do split up on second order to break, Yasmeen lands a jab into the lips of her opponent, ducking a left hook to bang in two short right hooks to the body, slowly forcing Vellani to move back to the outside part of the ring as they trade short digging punches.
Final minute sees Iman give Yasmeen a little nudge with her left before landing a right hook across her face, there's a little swelling forming around the left eye of Fletcher as she takes another right cross around it, still Yasmeen tries to stick in as they clash heads accidentally trying to land a body shot, referee checks them and luckily no cuts, a fist bump to apologize before they slug it out in the remaining ten seconds to a rousing roar from the fans, bell rings to end another hard fought round, getting patched up as they sit and look at each other, a feint smile on their faces as they are enjoying this feeling, Brie looks fired up to fight someone herself way she is grinning with her fists clenched.
Round 5:
Back out they come with Yasmeen trying to be aggressive again but Iman is starting to time her coming in better, she lands a right cross again around the puffy eye of Yasmeen to make her wince, a double jab stops Iman pushing forwards as the smaller fighter shows she won't be bullied around if she can help it.
Second minute of the round, Yasmeen misses with a jab and eats a right hook to the ear, left hook to the jaw sends sweat flying as Yasmeen is forced back two steps, Iman's eyes light up as she steps in with an uppercut that rocks back her opponent to the ropes, YASMEEN TRYING TO FIGHT BACK BUT A CLUBBING LEFT HOOK TO THE JAW FORCES HER DOWN TO HER LEFT KNEE, LEFT GLOVE TOUCHING THE CANVAS AS IMAN STANDS TALL IN FRONT OF HER!
Jogging to the neutral corner, Iman can't help look at Brie, who is watching Yasmeen closely, 1...2...3... Yasmeen shakes her head as she leans back against the middle rope behind her, 4...5...6.. Watching the count as her supporters cheer her to get up, 7...8.. Pulling herself up with the top rope, Yasmeen nods to the referee she wants to fight on.
Stepping back together, Yasmeen wants to try to catch Iman with a right hook to even the score, missing though as Iman sees it coming, a counter uppercut instead rocks back Yasmeen's head, with the American being knocked back onto her heels, IMAN BEATING HER OPPONENT BACK INTO A NEUTRAL CORNER! TOWEL COMES IN FROM YASMEEN'S CORNER! THE REFEREE SEES IT AND STEPS IN TO STOP THE FIGHT!
Winner Iman Vellani TKO Round 5
After:
Iman raises her arms for a moment as she looks like a kid that Christmas has come early for, then seeing Yasmeen's left eye is basically welded shut she goes to her friend and checks on her, Yasmeen grins as she nods to her that she will be OK, though she needs Iman to help her back to her corner as the crowd applaud both fighters for this high energy start to this night of action.
Brie steps into the ring patting Iman on her back after Iman has helped Yasmeen onto her stool, Iman looks shocked that Brie is in the ring with them, Brie checking on them both as she looks like a proud mentor, both smiling as they look at her, Brie telling Yasmeen she will do great fighting other flyweights, while she tells Iman that she is going to be a star.
Iman's coach brings her stool over to Yasmeen's corner, both friends getting to sit near each other getting cleaned up, gloves off as Brie watches in awe that these two battered each other for five rounds, yet can act like nothing happened as they joke and chat away, Brie chuckles to herself as she shakes her head.
Once both are cleaned up they head to the center of the ring, Iman getting her left hand raised as Yasmeen applauds her, Brie then raises both their hands as the crowd whistles and cheers both, both blushing a little as they look at Brie before each other with a look of "OMG!" Not believing what is happening.
After the trio leave the ring together with the fighters coaches following them, Brie telling them they can both have a drink on her, though judging by their cheeky grins she might regret that, the fact is though that both have shown good potential tonight, with Brie helping both out maybe they can become all round great fighters in their divisions.
VS
Yasmeen Fletcher:
Tale of the Tape:
Iman Vellani:
Age: 19
Height: 5'6
W/L: debut
Vs
Yasmeen Fletcher:
Age: 19
Height: 5'4
W/L: debut
(Free Agent vs Free Agent)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
Intro:
We kick off tonights action with an interesting clash here in Melbourne's Docklands Stadium, the new Marvel hit series "Ms. Marvel" has certainly gotten people talking, well two of its stars are about to test each others skills out in the ring as Iman Vellani and Yasmeen "Meena" Fletcher fight in a catchweight contest.
For those who haven't seen the show (don't worry no spoilers here!), Iman plays Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, while Yasmeen plays her best friend Nakia on the show, reports saying that they have become pretty close, so why you ask are they going to try to knock each other out, FCBA reporter Alicia Atout got word from both the night before the fight, allowed a quick word with them at the gala held at a nearby luxury hotel to the stadium where the fighters were staying, Iman in a red dress was all smiles as her agent led her to where Alicia was, giving the interviewer a handshake with a nod, taking a drink of her glass of cola as Alicia smiles looking at the glass, maybe happy for once knowing her interviewee won't be flying off the handle with the help of a drink or two at these events.
Asked about the fight and how it come about, Iman answers "simple to be fair, you can thank Brie Larson" laughing as Alicia looks at her a little puzzled, till Brie comes over wearing a black figure hugging dress, alongside her is Yasmeen in a white dress as Alicia looks a little sheepish, especially after the last time she did an interview where both opponents came face to face, ending up trading blows.
Instead both Yasmeen and Iman smile as they rush to hug each other, Alicia breathing a sigh of relief, Brie tells her "you can blame me for these two coming down here to fight, the producers of the show wanted me to meet them both as they were filming Ms. Marvel, let's say both are bundles of energy with lots of questions" laughing as both Iman and Yasmeen look lost in a world of their own, chatting about how gorgeous the other looks in her dress, giggling about being star struck about the other stars fighting on the same card.
After shaking her head with a grin, Brie continues "as we spoke both asked about boxing, I'll admit I was a little taken aback, these two look sweet but trust me you put gloves on them and they become demons, I got permission at the end of their shoot if I could take them to a nearby gym, thought let's see if they are bluffing, didn't even put them in the ring, just found a matted area, loaned some boxing twelve ounce gloves and said you have three minutes, show me what you got" over comes Iman to the right of Brie, Yasmeen to her left as they are keen to hear her story about them.
"I said go and boy did they, both got put down but got back up, it wasn't pretty for purists let's say, neither had a proper lesson, Iman here got a bloody nose as Yasmeen had a fat lip, I thought they would try to go all MMA it was that intense, I called time and expected rushing in to yank them apart, imagine the look on my face when they hugged laughing, hell I was glad we rented a private room or people might have wondered about these two lunatics" Iman and Yasmeen look at each other with cheeky grins.
Yasmeen replying "we weren't that bad, I just wanted to knock out Iman so you'd come train me, I am sure she wouldn't mine that" sticking her tongue out at Iman, who feigns being upset as she gives her friend a middle finger salute, then both laugh wildly as Brie rolls her eyes.
Brie steps back and let's both square up for the cameras, hands on hips as they grin but there is a little more hardness to their stare now they are close, Brie telling Alicia "for all the fans worried this will be a tickle fight, trust me they haven't trained together, I have helped both out when I have had time and even sparred a few rounds, they are vastly better then when I first saw them, I asked for them to fight each other because for all that friendliness, they are both winners and only one can be the better fighter" both rookies nodding before they give each other one long embrace, as if to say "I love you but I won't be holding back" as they separate, going in different directions to most likely annoy some of the other fighters on the card with their excitable personalities.
Fight night, given a seat near the judges is Brie, getting to watch her two protégés battle it out, a big smile on her face though judging by the deep breath she took before it, she is nervous for them, clearly taking her role as a mentor very personally as all she can do is watch.
First out through the curtain comes the Pakistan born, Canada residing Iman with her coach, she gets a rousing cheer as she begins her walk down the aisle to the ring, she goes with a Ms. Marvel inspired look as she has a blue sports bra with red trim, matching trunks with "hope" written on her waistband, red boots, red gloves with blue thumbs as her hair is in a ponytail, she steps into the ring taking a breath, she bounces on her toes as she looks to the ceiling, showing some nerves as this is a massive night for her.
Here comes her opponent as Yasmeen walks down the aisle, her coach is at her right side as the American fighter nods to the crowd, looking nervous herself as she wears a white sports bra with black trim, matching trunks with "Meena" in black on her waistband, white shoes, black gloves, her hair is also in a ponytail, she climbs into the ring, looking at the canvas as she throws a few punches, maybe both not wanting to look at each other to make this part not seem real, that they have to beat up someone they have become close to.
The referee orders them to the center for the final instructions, as their eyes meet there's a feel of electricity between them, like a switch has been turned on as they look deeply serious, Iman staring down hard at Yasmeen, who shows no fear of her opponent, they touch gloves with a nod, then jog back to their corners, bouncing on their toes with eyes firmly locked as the bell rings, starting 10 rounds of 114lbs catchweight action.
Round 1:
A few tentative feints to start as they circle, then both come in with a straight that lands to each others face, stepping back staring hard at their opponent, both showing good hand speed as they exchange combos, dancing on their toes moving in and out of range as it's an energetic start to the fight.
After the opening minute Iman steps back when Yasmeen swings in a left cross, drilling in a double jab back into the face of the smaller fighter, Iman soon follows up with a right cross that catches Yasmeen across her cheek, making her back off as Iman comes after her, giving Fletcher a straight to the chest to make her hiss.
Yasmeen being forced to box near the ropes, not as much coming from her as Vellani looks to have the confidence to be more open, again striking the American in her chest before rifling a straight into her face, forcing Yasmeen to the ropes where she clinches up, they break apart when told by the referee without incident, final ten seconds they go toe to toe to a loud roar from the crowd, the bell soon rings with both turning on their heels to their corners, solid start for Iman but Yasmeen showing she isn't intimidated by her taller friend.
Round 2:
Opening up more now they are trading two to three punches at a time before moving, Yasmeen starting to dip down more to pepper the body of Iman, who lands a couple of punches around her ears when she does close the distance, back apart near the end of the first minute, crowd cheering both these rookies on as the energy of the fighters seems infectious to the crowd.
Again they trade more flurries, if any criticism so far probably need to tighten their guards as cheeks are already marked up, Iman lands a nice left cross/straight combo to push back Yasmeen a step, following with a double jab as things look to be falling into place similar to the first round for Vellani, forcing Fletcher back towards the ropes.
But a right hook misses from Iman as Yasmeen crouches under it, landing a counter overhand left to the cheek of Iman, Yasmeen starts to drive her back with body shots, testing the abs of Ms. Marvel, who tries to wrestle her around, ending in a clinch with both releasing each other when the referee orders break, bell rings moments later with the crowd applauding these two youngsters, certainly a big A+ for effort, Brie all smiles at ringside as she watches standing up now.
Round 3:
Lacing each other again with a three punch flurry in their exchanges, heads getting knocked back as they back in effort, groan when getting hit, Yasmeen ducks under a left cross, slamming in a counter right hook to the body and landing a not so quite flush uppercut with her left to the chin of Iman, whose forced now to give up the center of the ring.
Yasmeen now controlling the action with some impressive combos, especially the ones aimed at the body of Iman, causing her friend to grit her mouthpiece and need to land a rifling jab to keep her from overwhelming her on the inside, Iman dancing side to side near the ropes trying to keep Yasmeen from pinning her down.
Less then forty five seconds to go, Iman manages to catch Yasmeen with a double jab to her nose as the American is too open, a right hook then turns her head as Iman fights her way back to the middle of the ring, they nearly clash heads as they both step in to swing a right hook, final fifteen seconds sees them touch foreheads as they bang away at each others bodies, at the bell they break cleanly again, keeping this fight competitive but trying not to jeopardise their friendship, both can't help smiling for a moment as the crowd whistles and cheers them both, sweat coating both of them as they are setting a high pace.
Round 4:
Yasmeen looks to get back inside early but Iman sees it coming and drills in a crisp one-two combo to her forehead to force her back, Yasmeen responses with a jab into the chest of her opponent followed by a left cross as both are planting their feet a little more to generate power, each fighter looking to grab hold of the middle of the ring.
They end up clinched up, this time grappling a little more before they do split up on second order to break, Yasmeen lands a jab into the lips of her opponent, ducking a left hook to bang in two short right hooks to the body, slowly forcing Vellani to move back to the outside part of the ring as they trade short digging punches.
Final minute sees Iman give Yasmeen a little nudge with her left before landing a right hook across her face, there's a little swelling forming around the left eye of Fletcher as she takes another right cross around it, still Yasmeen tries to stick in as they clash heads accidentally trying to land a body shot, referee checks them and luckily no cuts, a fist bump to apologize before they slug it out in the remaining ten seconds to a rousing roar from the fans, bell rings to end another hard fought round, getting patched up as they sit and look at each other, a feint smile on their faces as they are enjoying this feeling, Brie looks fired up to fight someone herself way she is grinning with her fists clenched.
Round 5:
Back out they come with Yasmeen trying to be aggressive again but Iman is starting to time her coming in better, she lands a right cross again around the puffy eye of Yasmeen to make her wince, a double jab stops Iman pushing forwards as the smaller fighter shows she won't be bullied around if she can help it.
Second minute of the round, Yasmeen misses with a jab and eats a right hook to the ear, left hook to the jaw sends sweat flying as Yasmeen is forced back two steps, Iman's eyes light up as she steps in with an uppercut that rocks back her opponent to the ropes, YASMEEN TRYING TO FIGHT BACK BUT A CLUBBING LEFT HOOK TO THE JAW FORCES HER DOWN TO HER LEFT KNEE, LEFT GLOVE TOUCHING THE CANVAS AS IMAN STANDS TALL IN FRONT OF HER!
Jogging to the neutral corner, Iman can't help look at Brie, who is watching Yasmeen closely, 1...2...3... Yasmeen shakes her head as she leans back against the middle rope behind her, 4...5...6.. Watching the count as her supporters cheer her to get up, 7...8.. Pulling herself up with the top rope, Yasmeen nods to the referee she wants to fight on.
Stepping back together, Yasmeen wants to try to catch Iman with a right hook to even the score, missing though as Iman sees it coming, a counter uppercut instead rocks back Yasmeen's head, with the American being knocked back onto her heels, IMAN BEATING HER OPPONENT BACK INTO A NEUTRAL CORNER! TOWEL COMES IN FROM YASMEEN'S CORNER! THE REFEREE SEES IT AND STEPS IN TO STOP THE FIGHT!
Winner Iman Vellani TKO Round 5
After:
Iman raises her arms for a moment as she looks like a kid that Christmas has come early for, then seeing Yasmeen's left eye is basically welded shut she goes to her friend and checks on her, Yasmeen grins as she nods to her that she will be OK, though she needs Iman to help her back to her corner as the crowd applaud both fighters for this high energy start to this night of action.
Brie steps into the ring patting Iman on her back after Iman has helped Yasmeen onto her stool, Iman looks shocked that Brie is in the ring with them, Brie checking on them both as she looks like a proud mentor, both smiling as they look at her, Brie telling Yasmeen she will do great fighting other flyweights, while she tells Iman that she is going to be a star.
Iman's coach brings her stool over to Yasmeen's corner, both friends getting to sit near each other getting cleaned up, gloves off as Brie watches in awe that these two battered each other for five rounds, yet can act like nothing happened as they joke and chat away, Brie chuckles to herself as she shakes her head.
Once both are cleaned up they head to the center of the ring, Iman getting her left hand raised as Yasmeen applauds her, Brie then raises both their hands as the crowd whistles and cheers both, both blushing a little as they look at Brie before each other with a look of "OMG!" Not believing what is happening.
After the trio leave the ring together with the fighters coaches following them, Brie telling them they can both have a drink on her, though judging by their cheeky grins she might regret that, the fact is though that both have shown good potential tonight, with Brie helping both out maybe they can become all round great fighters in their divisions.