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Post by Vassago on Feb 1, 2017 22:27:25 GMT
BBU arrives at the 1960 Olympic venue of PalaLottomatica to contest an International Meeting featuring three Italian members of the UK-based organization. Your BBU TV reporter on-site is Georgie Thompson.
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Post by Vassago on Feb 1, 2017 22:29:26 GMT
BEFORE: Liz McClarnon's BBU career never really took off despite a rare win over current champion Una Healy along the way and things only got worse when she was axed from Girls Friday a little over a year ago. To maintain her nose-diving stock the Merseyside singer is forced to accept undercard status on international duty and BBU TV's Georgie Thompson thinks of her as pure "go-to" journeywoman with zero chance of recovery. The same can't be said of Martina Stella who enters tonight's contest as a genuine rookie but has reportedly dominated the Italian celebrity boxing scene in the bantamweight class. The blonde actress has featured on the gossip pages as one of several past girlfriends of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi but vows to make her name all by herself in BBU now. Given the calliber of the opposition, she's destined to make a loud entrance to the UK-based boxing organization. Liz McClarnon wears a red bikini set and white gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Martina Stella wears a navy blue bikini top, white knickers and red gloves. Long blonde hair straight. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division. Round 1: Liz wants to prove she's still got some gas left in that tank of hers and takes advantage of Martina's hesitant approach which is understandable considering her rookie status. The singer drives her shots up the middle and tries to catch the fellow blonde on the chin however the lack of core strenght is rather visible and despite her best efforts, Liz is simply unable to shake the Italian off her comfort zone. The partisan crowd urges Martina into more aggressive action but the actress prefers to see the English attack out in mid distance and soaks up minimal damage as McClarnon wastes a golden opportunity to dent the Italian hopes straight away. She gets blocked with a stubborn high guard in the final minute before getting wrestled back to the ropes for a good measure. Round 2: More of the same in the second, Martina just allows Liz to keep working her thing but the effects are barely making the locals sweat. The English tourist gets a little annoyed after a while when she realizes that Stella simply toys with her to some extent and scowls in anger when another looping combo bounces off the high guard. Martina affords herself a smile when she notices the singer losing her temper and finally deploys a steady offensive drive that immediately freezes the Merseyside blonde in the center of the ring. Stella ignores the desperate earmuff and digs her gloves into the singer's ribcage before breaking through on the chin and pounding the really hapless looking Liz back to the ropes. The bell saves the tourist from serious trouble but there's a long way to go in this one yet! Round 3: Martina drops her sluggish attitude for good here in the third and gallops into the older blonde's midsection which quickly sends Liz into a desperate defense. She tries to loop single hand assault and somehow catch the local favorite with a lucky haymaker but the ammount of pressure Stella puts on her takes it's toll sooner rather than later and backs the former Atomic Kitten firmly into the ropes come the second minute. McClarnon gets vocal again as she tries to punch herself out of trouble but a quick left/right hooking drive sinks her on soft knees before a vicious left hook tears a patch under her eye. Ugh! Liz just sinks in the corner after that one and has no answer to Stella ripping through her guts for the remainder of the round. Round 4: Liz is slow to get up and looks a little misty in the eyes; Martina pounces on her very quickly and resumes the midsection assault which wobbles the hapless singer forward and opens a hole upstairs in the proccess. Stells ROCKS the aching rival with a crisp uppercut on the chin and then cleans out the exposed tummy as McClarnon's arms collapse by her side and offer no protection anymore. Another hook swiftly wrenches Liz's head to the side before a right hand piledriver finds the nose and shuts the older blonde's eyes for good... DOWN GOES McCLARNON!!! The embattled Merseyside girl finds the canvas as the legs simply give way and Georgie Thompson becomes very sarcastic in the booth: "Everyone saw this coming ever since Lizzie walked into that ring!" The count is rather slow and the slick-haired ref probably wants to see more of Martina's skills here tonight! The Italian plays around with her gumshield but doesn't look all that concerned and actually bursts out laughing when her foe rises up from the dead at nine and a half. "U want more? Be my guest!" The final minute is like a ruthless execution and McClarnon's otherwise pretty face takes the worst of it... she gets whipped around and sags on the ropes with Martina laying into her like a drum... she adds further cuts under both eyes and literally batters Liz out of her senses as the arms drop numb just before the bell and the poor Merseyside tourist is left counting her lives when a mammoth left hook shatters her jaw! Ugh! That was downright brutal and the ref should have pulled the actress off her prey... Talk about The Italian Job here... Liz is unconscious even before she hits the deck right as the bell sounds and remains face down in the corner for minutes... even Georgie Thompson looks worried when the medics fail to revive her and call for extra help. KO4 Martina Stella in ultra dramatic fashion!!! AFTER: The Italian actress shrugs her shoulders and rebuffs Thompson's dirty style accusations: "I only did what I'm paid to do. You watched all the footage from my Venice Film Festival garden boxing the other day. She should have done the same! It's not my problem she can't frickin' box!" Well, so much for the Mediterranean hospitality then! But Liz should have really known better. Is she truly that desperate for cash to serve as Ms. Alpha Cannon Fodder? Even Georgie Thompson can't solve that riddle tonight but the evidence presented is overwhelming. Final result: Martina Stella def. Liz McClarnon KO4.
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Post by Vassago on Feb 1, 2017 22:30:42 GMT
BEFORE: Ilary Blasi was scheduled to make her BBU debut last year already but suffered a broken jaw in a sparring fight gone wrong versus Melissa Satta. Several insiders revealed that injury wasn't all that accidental as Satta really wanted to make a statement that day and simply roughed up the fellow showgirl on purpose. But there's nowhere to hide in the ring and Ilary has learned that valuable lesson the hard way. And now she attempts a comeback which effectively carries over the rookie status because BBU doesn't recognize the amateur/pro difference. Georgie Thompson who just witnessed the extremely brutal knockout that questioned Liz McClarnon's sanity begins to wonder if Blasi isn't made of the same wood as Elisabetta Gregoraci has emerged as the most powerful heavy-hitter last year when she racked up four undisputed victories: "She's better suited to face off versus the aforementioned Satta or Belen Rodriguez and not Mrs. Blasi based on that broken jaw nightmare. This could become even more gruesome than McClarnon's wicked demise!" Well, apparently bad blood runs frequently in the Italian showbiz since Ilary - wife of AS Roma's living legend Francesco Totti - doesn't seem to care one bit about Elisabetta's hard punching reputation. Both women exchange heated words during the introduction - Georgie just like Sean Connery in the gypsy camp doesn't need the subtitles to figure it out - and refuse to touch gloves. Ilary Blasi wears a crimson bikini set and yellow gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a loose bun at the back of her head. Elisabetta Gregoraci wears a turquoise bikini set and silver gloves. Long black hair straight. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division as Blasi comes in at 121 lbs on her BBU debut. Round 1: Elisabetta is three inches taller than her opponent and quickly establishes authority in the ring. She attacks the fellow showgirl in a ferocious manner throwing head hunting bombs left, right and center. Ilary ducks most of them but then gets wobbled by a shot that grazed the top of her forehead and has to yield real estate. Gregoraci's high-octane demeanour clearly overwhelms the blonde's defensive approach and come the second minute Blasi tries to stay out of harm's way while looping meaningless response over the top. She barely skims off the brunette's forearms before taking another big shot to the mouth that drops her back to the ropes. Elisabetta powers ahead thereafter but settles into drilling the blonde's midsection which slumps the younger woman even deeper on visibly shaken knees at the bell. Round 2: Ilary takes a deep breath before the second, if she thought Melissa Satta was a tough experience, she needs to adjust her pecking order ASAP according to Georgie in the booth. The reach difference makes it nearly impossible for the blonde showgirl to dominate the war of attrition that becomes evident from the early stages of the round and she doesn't have the mobility neccessary to navigate Gregoraci's aggressive stance. What follows is a repeated facial assault that literally leaves Blasi with nowhere to go other than applying the suicidal tactics of slugging it out. And that's a bad idea considering the brunette's impressive stock. She digs into Ilary's cheeks from both flanks and one has to give the younger woman some credit for soaking up so much abuse it would have folded the likes of Liz McClarnon on the spot. The national pride is on the line here and Blasi refuses to give up the ghost without significant resistance even if she ends the second round all covered up in the corner with Elisabetta piercing her guts repeatedly one more time. Round 3: Georgie begins to wonder how long can Ilary hang on here, sometimes it only takes one punch to derail the fastest train but the blonde simply can't find the way out of the brunette's leather frenzy and wobbles into a desperate clinch after a short close range exchange to open the third. Elisabetta reverts into the familiar ribcage pounding however fails to expose the liver area and the ref has to separate the two vixens which Ilary finds unneccessary. She takes her eye off the brunette for a split second and pays a heavy price shortly afterwards when Gregoraci whacks her across the mouth and begins to crank up the facial pressure adding lumps to the blonde's pretty looks in the proccess. Ugh! Ilary slides back to the ropes - being unable to fend off the Calabrian heat and the crowd begins to jeer at the abuse in the ring for the first time tonight. This is a bad day for all ye AS Roma fans and Gregoraci only gets more vicious as she tears a nasty patch under the blonde's left eye in the dying seconds and stuns Blasi with a quick hook to the solar plexus right at the bell. Ilary shakes her head in visible pain and needs several seconds to recover her breath. The rookie is clearly struggling here against a vastly superior opponent but at least her jaw remains in one piece.... for the time being. Round 4: Elisabetta moves on to resume the facial reconstruction of her visibly aching opponent, poor Ilary can't move fast enough and her guard collapses by the wayside when the brunette rocks her with a double combo on the temples. Blasi almost faceplants at her feet but just manages to hold firm, however when she tries to adjust her feet, she takes her eyes off the silver mitts and doesn't even see another drilling hook that nails her on the mouth. She scowls in native language and trips over her own feet so that Elisabetta unloads a rarely seen tonight uppercut that seamlessly finds the vulnerable jaw. Mamma mia, ILARY IS HURT!!! She winces out her loudest and leans forward with eyes closed just as the brunette throttles her breasts and lifts them against the slumping chin! BLASI HALF-SPINS TO THE SIDE AND TUMBLES DOWN ON THE CANVAS with the crowd losing all hope for a Roman glory here tonight. One doesn't get back up from Gregoraci's leather frenzy and allthough Ilary tries to postpone the ineviteable, she can only lift herself on both elbows before collapsing face down again. Even the slowest of counts from the AS Roma fan referee won't save the blonde anymore. KO4 Elisabetta Gregoraci!!! AFTER: It's obvious Elisabetta needs a tougher opponent now if she seriously thinks of having a go at the BBU lightweight title later this year. Of course Ilary was ill-advised to accept the Calabrian test here tonight but one has to understand the national pride factor that comes ahead of common sense more often than not. But while the blonde showgirl should turn her attentions to usual second tier suspects like Berenice Marlohe or Micaela Schaefer, Georgie Thompson wonders if Gregoraci and Belen Rodriguez will actually avoid each other from now? Throw in Melissa Satta in the mix - who was signed by the Sirens as allegedly the top Mediterranean lightweight prospect - and we have a large group of contenders coming from the area. Most of their UK-based peers should become a little concerned going forward. Meanwhile Gregoraci seems to be fine with improving her strenght of schedule; she openly calls out Elisabetta Canalis - a former Latin Union FCBA crossover artist - who's destined to make a return to Europe sometime this season following her axe from the Ariane Brodier-run stable. This should be a true model/showgirl battle royale and Georgie Thompson wants to have a front seat for that one already. The official announcement pending, Belen Rodriguez shouldn't like that match-up one bit as she rants about it on twitter several minutes after the conclusion of the BBU TV coverage. Final result: Elisabetta Gregoraci def. Ilary Blasi KO4.
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