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Post by realview on Feb 16, 2020 0:16:28 GMT
Real View intro:Hello ladies and gentlemen; this week saw a group of fights with several rookies making their BBU debut, while Catalina Otalvaro becomes a seemingly permanent fixture on this show. As ever we urge you to go look up the fights from this past week before reading these posts, we don't want you ruining the fights for yourself. This is what we will be discussing: *Catalina Otalvaro vs Nicola Roberts* *Jennette McCurdy vs Zara Holland* *Sacha Parkinson vs Maura Higgins* And *Raven Lyn vs Antonia Iacobescu* Remember to keep watch for more amazing action in the BBU over the next week.
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Post by realview on Feb 16, 2020 0:17:34 GMT
Part 1: Catalina Otalvaro vs Nicola Roberts Catalina is certainly quickly getting in fights, in roughly the past three weeks she has now had three fights, the first two were a major success, though would the always tough to beat Nicola be the one to upset the apple cart?
Nicola has always been a favourite at here at the Real View, she is tough and very skillful we have found since we first watched her nearly five years ago.
So this fight was going to be brutal power versus technique, the opening round was a prime example of that as Nicola got simply smoked in the slugfest exchange, Catalina though didn't pull the trigger as much because it seemed she believed she could end it at any moment.
It looked a big mistake as back came Nicola, using some great movement and pinpoint punching to upset the rhythm of the model, the next two rounds were one sided to the Lioness Club star.
That power difference was showed off again in the fourth, Nicola got caught out and punished with some wicked shots, her cheeks were reddened up compared to some marks on the abs of Catalina.
Who would go on to send Roberts down in the next two rounds, the knockdown in the sixth proving too much as a brutal combination finished off the fight for the redhead stunner.
Giving Catalina a perfect three wins and zero losses to her name, she has looked impressive in her wins, though the question becomes when does this spring become too much for her?
The pace and level of opposition she is taking on will sooner then later catch up with her, with her next opponent rumoured to be Vera Brezhnev, who can strike with the best of them for raw power.
Meanwhile what more can we say about Nicola that we haven't over the years? She is very talented from a skills perspective, that lack of a one punch knockout has really made her suffer, it has led to frankly less talented fighters beating her.
Though Nicola still has plenty of fight left in the tank, I believe when the time comes to hang up her gloves, if the Lioness Club stable decide to give her a coaching job, she will give the next generation of celebrity fighters the tools to be champions.
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Post by realview on Feb 16, 2020 0:19:19 GMT
Part 2: Jennette McCurdy vs Zara Holland This was the main event of a small PPV card this past week, it was certainly an interesting fight to follow in the build up with many seeing it as a coin toss who'd come out on top.
First in one corner you have Jennette, a woman that has tasted BBU success before, the FCBA was mainly her stomping ground though, with her winning an FCBA JMD title in her career.
In the opposite corner was Zara Holland, the first person to be stripped of the Miss GB title through her exploits on Love Island, she has marched through the flyweight division to get into title contention, some wondering if she just needed that marquee name to get it.
This was Zara's big chance then, of course Jennette wasn't interested in helping her opponent do that, wanting her own BBU return to be perfect, leading to friction in the build up between the two blonde stunners.
The opening round was a closely fought affair, you could maybe give it to Zara for how she finished it in the final thirty seconds, pinning Jennette to the ropes, that diminishes the work the American did prior to that though.
The second round was certainly Zara's, putting down her opponent with a sweet hook, Jennette was up at five, she looked surprised by the power she was up against.
Things turned around though in the third, Zara ate a left hook straight on her chin, she got up at eight but certainly there was a wobble to her step as they fought on.
The left hook of McCurdy didn't look like it could miss, she kept plugging it straight into the puffy looking cheek of the model, making all of us wonder when Holland was going to be toast.
But a mistake by Jennette in the sixth saw her flattened, she beat the count with a hurt look on her face, neither looked that giving up as they fought on like two stunning warriors should.
In the end though that raw power of Zara was the difference, she sent Jennette down for the count in the seventh to the delight of her fans, a loud roar rung out when Zara was announced the winner of this brutal contest.
While Zara won; this fight showed holes in her game, that right hand is clearly so low that it is begging for the left hook to pound her face in, that's something that another hard hitter will exploit.
Meanwhile Jennette gave us a great fight, I think she will do great in the BBU going forwards, she has to cut out the mistakes herself though or she'll continue to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Post by realview on Feb 16, 2020 0:21:02 GMT
Part 3: Sacha Parkinson vs Maura Higgins It looks like the Love Island fighters are going to start flooding the BBU like the Geordie Shore ones did in the past, Maura the first since Zara Holland got her start here, how would Maura do in her debut.
She got into the ring with the former BBU bantamweight champion Sacha, who it has to be said though that at 27 she is still young, she hasn't been a focal point of the division in many years.
It was maybe on show early why Sacha hasn't had the success she once had, the first round was too easy for the rookie, Sacha's guard was split wide open so many times it was like it had Velcro between her gloves.
Back came Sacha in the second round to make it a fight, she used some of her experience to hold Maura to upset the rookie, drilling in more body shots too as she tried to wear down Higgins.
But the right ear of Sacha was shut by the start of the third, she was beaten back more by Maura, the work rate of Higgins looked impressive as she switched gears nicely.
The fourth saw the end of the fight, Sacha was getting caught across her chin too easily, getting put down first for a count of seven, before she got knocked out clean by a hook.
It was an impressive Maura debut, she looks to have the basics down, maybe been learning from her boyfriend and his famous boxing best friend Tommy Fury.
Though Sacha didn't really put her under real pressure, she looks a shell of the woman who won the BBU title all those years ago, it'll be interesting to see if she can ever find any form again.
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Post by realview on Feb 16, 2020 0:22:06 GMT
Final Part: Raven Lyn vs Antonia Iacobescu A fight between two less experienced fighters is always interesting to follow, this was the BBU debut of Raven compared to Antonia never having a fight at all before this contest.
Raven made her boxing debut in the FCBA against two elite fighters, Serinda Swan and Taylor Swift are not two people you'd like to see next to your name in your first two fights.
Funnily enough though as the opening round showed, sometimes it's not great having two rookies face off since they don't have much tap on each other, they tend to be tentative in finding out about each other.
The first two rounds were a slow affair, both showed off some good technique as they jabbed their way inside, Raven maybe just looking the better from that perspective.
Antonia though was the first to really get aggressive, opening up on the subdued Raven, who was hoping to counter punch the Romanian.
Raven started to show some fight in the fourth, coming back at Antonia to knock her back towards the ropes, her extra reach was something that maybe could have got her the win.
But she made a mistake that Antonia punished her, uppercuts smacked back the American, with her ending up down in the fifth.
Getting up she wanted to fight on in the sixth, Raven was clearly too hurt though as she got beaten down, when she went down to the canvas this time that was it for her as she was counted out.
It was an interesting fight for both fighters, Raven looked too subdued to be a threat to anyone, maybe having such a tough start has given her yips, she looked afraid to throw punches and when she started to, she was a little wild at times.
It is hard to gauge how good Antonia can be then, once she started to get aggressive she looked good on the inside, not so much when forced to stay on the outside.
That's all for this weeks show, thanks to everyone who took the time to read these posts, hopefully we will see you next Sunday morning for the next edition of the Real View.
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Post by Nicola Roberts on Feb 16, 2020 14:07:15 GMT
Okay, I know I'm not the hardest puncher in the world BUT I don't plan to become a coach just yet! There are still some lousy slags I need to take care of! I'll be back!!!
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Post by Lisa Maffia on Feb 17, 2020 10:42:18 GMT
Oh Roberts, you old hag How much I want my revenge for when you and you mates made me kiss your ass You up for it??
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