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Post by realview on Jun 30, 2019 4:09:02 GMT
Hello ladies and gentlemen, the latest BBU PPV has taken place which was as usual an excellent card, I recommend before you read our posts that you go read the PPV bouts, we of course will be spoiling the fights.
This is what we will be discussing this week: *Cheryl Cole vs Zara Holland* *Gal Gadot vs Emily Blunt* *Katie McGrath vs Nicola Roberts* And *Una Healy vs Olympia Valance*
We hope you enjoy today's show, thank you to everyone taking the time to read these posts.
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Post by realview on Jun 30, 2019 4:10:39 GMT
Part 1: Cheryl Cole vs Zara Holland This was the main event of our latest PPV, the former BBU flyweight champion Cheryl Cole was looking to take the taste of losing her title to Diana Korkunova by defeating another rival she has found in the past few months in Zara Holland.
Who since her debut has been something to behold, Zara had only lost the one fight coming into this one, a win could put her right into the new champs eye line you would feel.
This grudge fight had the seeds planted several months ago, Zara made her feelings known that she wanted a title shot, Cheryl as always told Zara that she'd regret it if they did fight.
This was the time for both to prove it and I'll admit when that bell rung; I thought Cheryl was making a mistake, she fought toe to toe with the powerful blonde, Zara won the opening exchanges and worse, used a few low shots that the referee should have warned her about.
But Cheryl showed her steel will, coming back at Zara to show off her skills in the next few rounds, catching Zara with a nasty right across her nose to bloody it.
It didn't look great for Holland when she went down in the fourth thanks to an uppercut, I don't think it would be arrogant of me to assume I wasn't the only one who though the end was nigh, even as Zara got up at eight to continue.
Zara showed her grit though; coming back hard at Cheryl, ending up busting her nose as it became a sight from a slasher film, blood covered the lower half of both beautiful women's faces to make it a stunning sight for us in the crowd.
The turn around was complete in the sixth when Zara put down Cheryl, the referee could have stepped in after a liver shot seemed to take the fight out of Cole, an uppercut badly rocked her and follow up punches knocked the former champion clean out for the count.
This is of course a massive win for Zara, who now has to be in the top three challengers, if not possibly the number one defacto challenger by defeating the former champion.
Cheryl on the other hand will be having more questions thrown at her, is she slipping down the rankings quickly to some due to age?
I'm not going to jump on that band wagon yet, Cheryl does need to find something though as three defeats in a row isn't a good look for any fighter, even if all those losses are to top contenders.
This didn't have a title attached to it but I have to say it was a great main event, two women who legitimately hate each other battering the other into a bloody mess, I hope these two can go at it again.
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Post by realview on Jun 30, 2019 4:14:05 GMT
Part 2: Gal Gadot vs Emily Blunt This was seen by some to be the big money fight of the PPV, two of Hollywood's biggest female stars returning to the BBU to fight each other.
Unlike most fights on the card; this was a respectful one as neither seemed to have any hate to the other, they both saw this simply as business from speaking to them in the build up.
Now that doesn't mean that they didn't go hard, after starting off probing the others defences, Emily showed she still has skills even after a lay off as she worked with stick and move tactics, putting Gal on the back foot.
Gal of course with her toned physique was trying to unload her power early on, but Emily's defence was too good in the opening two rounds was the former model turned Wonder Woman actress.
Once Gal was able to unload that power though Emily had real problems, she couldn't keep Gadot off for long as she was kept near the ropes.
Emily did her best in the exchanges but Gal finished things in the fifth with a brutal knockout that had to have been a wake up call to the lightweight division that the former champion was coming for her title.
Both women did show ring rust but it was still a good fight for them, Emily could still give some people headaches if she makes this return to the BBU work in terms of getting regular fights.
Meanwhile Gal might have a bad record on paper, but part of that was when she was built more for stamina, now she has the raw power to go with it, again if she can get back to back fights on a constant basis, then she could very well be in the title hunt once more.
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Post by realview on Jun 30, 2019 4:16:40 GMT
Part 3: Katie McGrath vs Nicola Roberts This was a defacto number one contenders fight, the Lioness management had let it be known that if Katie could defeat Nicola, then she would be in line for the next shot at the BBU bantamweight champion Doda.
Standing in her way was the always impressive in my eyes Nicola Roberts, who while she sadly hasn't reached the top, she isn't someone to turn your nose up and think you will have an easy win by any stretch.
So this was going to be a real workout for the Supergirl Lena Luthor, anything less then her best and the title shot would disappear into thin air.
At the bell it was Nicola who started off the faster of the two, showing off her impressive jab as she stung the face of Katie, her footwork giving the brunette problems.
The third round was when Nicola finally got her rhythm going, landing her own stiff jab before she found her opening to the inside to land her power hooks.
I don't know if Nicola herself decided it or if it was Mel B working her corner, but Nicola suddenly decided to go to work on Katie's breasts with hard punches across them.
The plan didn't work though as Katie kept coming forwards, leading to Nicola taking a heavy barrage that shook her badly as she went down, Nicola's legs were gone when she tried to get up, leading to her tumbling down each time.
This was a very impressive win for McGrath, who should be getting the next BBU bantamweight title shot now, I do wonder if the JMD style Nicola threw at her was for scouting for Doda, it seemed a strange tactical change from the Lioness team, I wonder what they learned.
Sadly for Nicola she showed her big weakness in the ring, that lack of power is the thing stopping her from that elite level, she has plenty of other tools just not a one punch knockout or ability to bully opponents.
It will be interesting to see how Doda reacts to this, she has been by far the best bantamweight in my eyes for a while, Katie though is catching up rapidly.
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Post by realview on Jun 30, 2019 4:18:53 GMT
Final part: Una Healy vs Olympia Valance While Katie McGrath is the one definitely getting the title shot, here are two women who want to be in that title hunt, each on a different path it can be argued towards it.
Una is of course the two time BBU bantamweight champion, in the running for greatest BBU fighter ever it has to be said, since losing the title to Lea Seydoux though it has been a hard journey for Healy as she seeks to return to the summit of the mountain.
Olympia on the other hand went into this fight undefeated in nine fights, in her last fight she defeated the at the time undefeated Lacey Turner in a war.
So Olympia had the momentum coming into this fight, question was would that be enough to overcome a legend like Una?
It was a back and forth clash; Olympia come out the gates quickly to take the opening round, she has the extra reach and nice footwork.
But Una wouldn't let her get too much space, calling upon her experience to read when to strike, getting in close with precision punches to the body of the Aussie.
It looked like Una was getting the better of things, but she got caught out, a gash opened above her left eye in the sixth round.
That was something that turned the fight as Una tried to protect it by attacking in close to Olympia, ending up being put down for the count though with a vicious right on the button.
Afterwards Olympia called out Doda, well she has to have gotten some of the champs attention, sadly for her she isn't at the front of the queue, does she risk another high profile fight to keep herself in fighting shape or waits to see if she will get a shot?
For Una this is another bitter defeat; the thing is though is that she is competitive, we have seen legends overstay their welcome in the ring and be simply crushed, Una is giving people great fights, so it shouldn't be seen as a major worry yet.
That's all we have time for this week; thank you for reading these posts, we will be back next Sunday for the next edition of the Real View.
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