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Post by realview on Mar 20, 2022 9:46:32 GMT
Real View intro:Hello ladies and gentlemen, this week started with our annual Saint Patrick's day brawl, while the BBU PPV for this month was announced, on the 30th there will be five titles on the line in what is a real bumper card of bouts, we'll preview several of the big fights from that card too. 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 week we will be focusing on the following stories: *St Patrick's Day Brawl* *BBU welterweight title fight preview* *BBU bantamweight title fight preview* And *BBU flyweight title fight preview* Keep watch on the BBU boards for more action, news, polls and trash talk, we hope you enjoy these posts and our doing great.
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Post by realview on Mar 20, 2022 9:47:55 GMT
Part 1: St Patrick's Day brawl
Every year the BBU proudly celebrates with our Irish cousins, this year took place in Dublin's Bow Lane Pub with the legend Una Healy hosting the fight, Laura Whitmore and Nadia Forde decided to take the free drinks on offer for battling bare knuckle for national pride, we heard the weigh ins took place in a back room as this was a catchweight fight.
This was an especially meaningful fight for Nadia as she took part in last years event, losing to Maura Higgins in a nasty war that saw both women power the other back against the back, over tables, nearly grappling on the beer soaked floor for dominance, the reason reportedly Maura didn't defend her title this year was because she has her eyes on the bantamweight title in the BBU, not wanting to risk earning a shot at a later date by breaking a knuckle or maybe her nose.
To say it was a rough start for Laura is an understatement, Nadia came hard out the gates, backing up the blonde to a wall, later in the opening round putting down Whitmore with a thudding whack of her head against the bar, Laura beat the count at eight to ensure the crowd weren't disappointed by an early end to proceedings.
Things didn't improve right away as Laura just couldn't get out of her own way, swinging wildly as she was losing her temper, blood running down her left cheek from a cut under her left eye, Nadia must have thought it was like shooting fish in a barrel how easily she was touching up Laura, even putting her down again in the third.
But never write off an Irish girls toughness, Laura came firing back as Nadia maybe saw the finish line in her eyes too early, putting down the brunette after busting her nose open, it was like watching the old prize fights in an archive brought to life, both bloody warrior landing thudding shots, Nadia up wanting to repay Laura, both drinking between rounds, even Una got some tossed over her dress.
Good things have to come to an end, a headbutt attempt by Laura led to her taking an uppercut on her chin, another cut was opened on her face before she was sent down for the count, Laura gave her all, Nadia simply superior on the night.
Afterwards drinks flowed as you'd expect, challenges were made with Una wanting to fist fight Maura for the top Irish crown, Nadia wanting a piece of Vogue Williams, who might be deterred when you see how red Nadia's knuckles were and the blood both women spilled to win, though the camaraderie between former enemies is always on show after these fights, well when Laura left the ladies toilets after patching herself up.
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Post by realview on Mar 20, 2022 9:49:07 GMT
Part 2: BBU welterweight title fight preview
When the next pay per view was announced the main event looks a juicy clash, the BBU welterweight title will headline with Toni Garrn hoping to be the second member of the Black Eagle Boxing stable to win a world title, alongside her stablemate Sophia Thomalla, who we will discuss later in the show, across the ring will be the champion making her first defence, Karen Gillan has captured the fans hearts over the years, can she take the pressure to keep the belt she has worked over a decade to hold?
Going into the fight Toni has seemed very confident when speaking to the press in her country, with quotes like "Karen hasn't dealt with a fighter as good as me in the BBU yet" showing she isn't lacking confidence, while her record isn't remarkable at eleven wins in eighteen fights, she has kept a hard schedule throughout her career as no challenge seems to faze her.
In the ring Toni has the height to scare a lot of fighters, drilling her punches through opponent's guards like a sniper when she is on form, she could pose a problem for Karen with that height as the champion loves to box around the ring, Karen could be picked off at range if she isn't careful against a smart fighter like Garrn.
But Karen herself is a very smart operator in the ring, helped by her close bond with her coach Ana Beatriz Barros, it's been said they could be the best fighter/coach pairing in celebrity boxing right now, Ana has helped craft Karen's boxing skills into a more silky smooth boxer, also Karen's fitness has improved coinciding with her roles in her more action orientated movies over the last few years, she could very well be the most physical all round fittest welterweight right now.
Karen will need all her fitness and ring savvy to keep the belt, the biggest question is how she does under the lights with this renewed pressure, remember Karen had been touted as a future world champion over a decade ago, she couldn't handle the expectations then, this is a new aspect of being a fighter for her to deal with, could those old insecurities show themselves or has Karen become truly mentally tough to block all that out? This is going to be an intriguing battle played out on multiple fronts.
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Post by realview on Mar 20, 2022 9:50:22 GMT
Part 3: BBU bantamweight title fight preview
Vicky Pattison will get her chance at glory on the 30th March, she takes on BBU bantamweight champion Sophia Thomalla in what is shaping up to be a cracking fight between two women who clearly don't care for the other, the past few months they have been trading insults, soon the talking will be over and the fists will fly.
Going into the fight Vicky has won three out of her last five, defeating Doda in her last BBU fight to show she is ready for this test, Vicky is one of the strongest willed fighters it seems in the BBU, having come back from several set backs in her career to reach this world title fight, this is her chance to show the world where she ranks.
The champion can really be best described as a fighting machine, the former kick boxing amateur has blitzed the celebrity boxing ranks since her debut, winning all her ten fights and looking impressive in all her fights, especially her last two over the former champion Charlotte Church and her first challenger the at the time undefeated Maisie Smith.
That's what makes this an intriguing fight, Vicky is going in as the underdog in this fight, which isn't a tag she is afraid to have, if she hurts Sophia can the German beauty show her mettle to overcome like Vicky has in the past or will Sophia simply bulldoze Pattison out the way when all is said and done?
So far no one has been able to push Sophia to that edge of defeat, some have gotten close but not close enough to really scare her, Vicky will have her hands full to do it, maybe all the nastiness in the build up could play into Vicky's hands if she can knock Sophia off her game, I am really buzzing to find out which of these two tough fighters emerges on top.
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Post by realview on Mar 20, 2022 9:51:28 GMT
Final Part: BBU flyweight title fight preview
The final BBU world title fight on the card sees an interesting clash as number one contenders Holly Hagan fights BBU flyweight champion Ivana Baquero for the belt, will the reinvention of Holly Hagan finish with the belt or will the Cinderella story end with Ivana smashing the glass slipper and keeping the title?
How we got to this fight started on last months PPV, Holly Hagan battled her friend (maybe former friend now) Marnie Simpson for the number one contenders status, it was a heck of a battle between the Geordie Shore duo, Holly knocked out Marnie to earn her shot at the world title.
What makes Holly's story to this point interesting is how she has rebuilt herself physically, two years ago Holly was focused on JMD fighting as the champion of that division, she was bulky and used raw power to bully even some larger opponent's to rule the roost, then when she lost that championship, Holly decided to change herself and her goals, cutting down her weight so she was fitter, Holly got back into the flyweight division where she made her debut and lost, since this change she has not lost in her last five fights.
What she is facing though is one of the best pound for pound fighters in the BBU right now, Ivana has made a statement on where she stands among her peers the past twelve months, beating former champion and bitter rival Jenna Louise Coleman, winning the title off Ewelina Lisowska, beating former champion and multiple award winner Diana Korkunova, she has been racking up impressive win after win with her relentless pressure style.
Both are highly motivated I can tell you from how they have spoken in interviews, Holly to show the world the new her is an elite fighter, Ivana to continue proving that she is the best period, both can brawl, they can box, so this will be a hell of a battle of wills, only one will emerge holding the title above their head.
That's all we have time for folks, thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to read these posts, we hope you enjoyed them, we will be back next Sunday morning for the next edition of the Real View.
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