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Post by realview on May 28, 2017 9:19:04 GMT
Tom Hilton: Hello ladies and gentlemen, well the BBU has seen 4 fights this week, we have also had reports of an oil wrestling bout between two of Geordie Shore's TV show.
So this will be a busy show, let's get started with the stunning city of Rustenburg in South Africa, the main event of a two fight saw Jenna Petersen take on tough Aussie fighter Rachael Taylor, could Jenna continue her rise up the BBU lightweight division or would Rachael stop her in her tracks.
The next part of our show will stay in South Africa, the debut of Natasha Bernard as she takes on Laury Thilleman, the French girl Laury looking to get back on the winners circle but Natasha of course wanting to get her career off to a perfect start.
Thirdly we head to Macau China for a big model fight, Ming Xi looking to get her first win in her home country as the BBU made history by stepping into China for the first time, but Rachel "Rocky" Barnes was the girl standing across the ring, who would get their hand raised.
The final part of the show sees the return of barn boxing, Fiona Wade and Adele Silva wanted to settle their differences with humiliation on the cards for the loser.
On other news, the BBU PPV is only 24 hours away, finally the showdown between Cheryl Cole and Jenna Louise Coleman will take place with the flyweight title on the line.
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Post by realview on May 28, 2017 9:19:54 GMT
Part 1: Jenna Pietersen vs Rachael Taylor Well the BBU certainly was on a world tour this week with three different countries, three different continents, we start in South Africa with Jenna Petersen hoping to continue her win streak in the BBU.
Her opponent Rachael Taylor hasn't a great record by any stretch, but she is a tough competitor and is always looking to stay on the front foot when she steps into that ring.
The fight started as you'd expect, both wanting to lay down a marker to show the other that they were not good enough for the job.
Rachael was the one who got off to a great start, the cleaner punches pushed Jenna back to of course the unhappiness of the crowd, who were hoping for their fighter to take the win.
That lasted for 2 rounds before Jenna's motor seemed to get out of neutral and she started to knock Rachael back, though she made a rookie mistake by not building on her success and gave Rachael a chance to get back into the fight.
Which the Aussie fighter took with both arms as she pressed Jenna back again to give some of the locals a sweat, though it is hot there could be why.
Jenna finally found her opening in round 5, digging away to the body of the blonde, allowed her to wear down her opponent.
By round 6 the horse had bolted for Rachael, she had the fight in her hands and instead after getting smacked with several clean hooks that knocked her head around like it was on a swivel, down went Rachael like a sack of potatoes.
Jenna got to celebrate with her fans and I have to give big props to the Bondi Babes coach Lauren Eagle, giving a hug to her to show respect on a great win, before helping her girl out of the ring.
The biggest moment of the night was when Double A management came out and did what we've been expecting for the past few months and signed Jenna to a contract.
It was a super moment, we send our best wishes to Jenna and Double A, hopefully this is the start of a beautiful partnership.
Though just a friendly warning to Jenna, you've got to learn to get out the blocks quickly or the bigger fish will eat you up, I like the kid as she has real talent but that is something she can only overcome herself as it's a mental part of the game.
On Rachael, hopefully we get to see more of her, though she is looking to be heading for jobber city unless she maybe takes a confidence boosting fight.
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Post by realview on May 28, 2017 9:21:20 GMT
Part 2: Natasha Barnard vs Laury Thilleman On the same South Africa card, we got to see the debut of a stunning model, Natasha Barnard for those who don't know is South African and has modelled for Sports Illustrated and has graced the covers of FHM before.
In her way was Laury Thilleman, a girl we think highly of but has been stuck in a major rut the past two years that she clearly hoped the change of scenery would help.
The stage was set, so how well would the rookie do? Well unlike her compatriot in the fight before, Natasha was straight into the face of Laury, boxing nicely behind the jab.
Round 2 wasn't any better for Laury, she looked sluggish, clearly she hadn't trained as hard as she should for this fight as Natasha was starting to really grow in confident, finding clear gaps in the French girls defence and punishing the veteran as if she were the rookie.
The next round got worse for Laury, she tried to pressure Natasha, all that led to was her getting smacked to the body and as she slumped, her jaw was nearly taken off with a right hook.
Soon Laury was down, looking in real trouble as she needed the ropes to get up, part of me was begging the referee to stop the fight, somehow she was allowed to continue.
Then Laury's corner team let her out for round 4, she tried her best to fight back, but she was clearly shaken, Natasha just beating her around the head till she finally put her opponent to sleep for the night.
Honestly the league should be worried, Natasha had as impressive as a debut as I've seen in a while, not a single round could be said could go to Laury.
You could argue that maybe preparation behind the scenes at the Foxfire Atlantic gym with Laury might have had something to do with it.
I don't really buy it as Foxfire is a top stable on either side of the Atlantic, so you have to sadly for me look at Laury, whose still a young woman with I believe hidden potential to be something.
But I have to say it as I see it, Laury might be mentally shot to be a factor now, she didn't seem to have any real drive to do much now in the ring, hopefully I'm wrong.
Not to take anything away from Natasha though because to be clear, that performance would have scared a lot of top fighters in the lightweight division.
We will be following her closely to see what becomes of her career, we'd normally say start with jobbers and build up but gatekeeper's like Jenny Frost and Natalie Mendoza may want to watch their backs.
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Post by realview on May 28, 2017 9:22:04 GMT
Part 3: Ming Xi vs Rachel Barnes The influx of top models in the BBU allows us to see two beautiful women go nose to nose and then battle it out for pride.
This also had the extra factor of being the first BBU bout held in China, which as everything now seems to be where you go now for big business, the fact Ming is from there helps as well.
The build up saw both girls sell our organization around the country, but they didn't forget to say how they planned on coming out on top due to their fitness and skills that all these new supermodels now have.
When the fight took place, these two gave each other one hell of a fight as the first round showed they both could hurt the other.
Ming with her long range punches set the pace till Rachel got onto the inside and begun to work the body of the bigger girl, a classic strategy as if you can't get a clean shot up top; then cut down the bigger girl to your size.
But Ming took control of the early rounds, that range and some slick footwork off of her had the crowd roaring in delight with Rachel only having so much success.
That lasted till the fourth, one that proved a much more even round as Rachel showed why she's called "Rocky" by accepting she'd have to take a few hits to score the ones needed to win.
Rachel started to change the tide of the fight, though Ming was still getting in some hard shots that looked like she'd get the win from.
But her fans didn't get the sweet moment they were looking for, instead they had to witness her look tired, all the body work was paying off and down went Ming to a stunned crowd in Round 6.
She got back up, there was only one girl who could end this and Rocky finished the fight with a beautiful body shot that would make the pros proud, putting the big girl down to her knees and out for the count.
After the fight, surprisingly Rachel helped up her fallen opponent, the two embracing after one hell of a war between them with the crowd giving them a round of applause, well only after it sunk in that Ming had lost, they were stunned at seeing her beaten at first.
Ming got a moment to thank the crowd but it was a bittersweet moment, she'd gotten to fight in front of friends and family, with her whole nation watching her and she had been defeated, so she wasn't exactly jumping for joy, but the crows reaction seemed to take some of the sting out of it.
Rachel looks to have a bright future, she's very athletic, doing Taekwando does that for a girl as a hobby, add that to her boxing training, diet and all round fitness, you have a girl with all the tools to be a top fighter.
The same for Ming, who while not as dedicated to fitness as Rachel, she's still in stunning shape and with more experience, you could be seeing two girls fighting for titles in future.
The big problem is that if this was even a few years ago, they'd probably have an easier time with actresses and singers who purely did boxing training and clocked off for the night for a few drinks.
While you still get those figures in the celebrity boxing world, you also have a lot of models who could be athletes the way they are built, more actresses doing fight training and being built like goddesses now, partly for their jobs and because they want to be the best.
We are living in a golden age of talent in my opinion in the BBU, not to be disrespectful to the old fighters who've retired who built this place, without them the BBU would be nothing, but these new girls have evolved the early vision of the BBU and some of the fights we can look forward too is just mind blowing now.
Back back to the girls quickly before you think I've forgotten them, well a certain beautiful model was impressed by the action but wants a crack at the girls, Jennifer Lamiraqui made her intentions known after the fight, we'll be seeing how that develops.
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Post by realview on May 28, 2017 9:22:42 GMT
Final Part: Adele Silva vs Fiona Wade barn boxingI can understand if people are not fans of gimmicks, there are some in celeb boxing that I'll never understand, but I give barn boxing a pass as it's more about the humiliation then where the fight starts. Last year Roxanne Pallett and Sammi Winward were the ones who created this event by being the first two to take part in a barn boxing bout with Roxanne winning. This time Adele Silva and Fiona Wade stepped into the barn to settle there differences, for those asking yes it is in a normal boxing ring What was the feud over, Adele had watched Fiona beat Tina O'Brien a month ago and dismissed both as nobodies, of course Fiona tool exception to this and soon the fight morphed into a barn boxing one. The early action showed why Adele was a BBU flyweight champion, moving around the smaller fighter and trying to keep things in her favour. But Fiona wouldn't stay back for long, she kept fighting gaps to exploit and slipping to the inside of Adele's reach to work the body and sneak punches onto her opponent's chin. Round 4 was the turning point, an uppercut caught Adele flush and rocked her enough that Fiona just beat her around the ring for what looked to be fun for Wade. By the time Round 5 had come around, Adele was I'm trouble straight away and Fiona finished her off with several thudding shots to her face. After the fight, Adele was helped up and cleaned up as you'd expect, hell even Fiona helped her with her gloves as you'd think what a nice moment. But it was only so she could get to humiliating Adele sooner, as proven by the way she dragged her out the ring and the barn and took her outside to where the pig pen was set up. I've been told you are supposed to throw your opponent over the gate into the pool of mud, Fiona took a different tact and stepped into the pen with Adele in her gasp. Then after a quick struggle, she tripped Adele down into the mud; pinned her down and rubbed mud into her face to finish the humiliation. Well that was interesting, Fiona looks like she could have a decent run in the BBU, though at 38 she won't have a long career, so she better make the most of it. Already there is some speculation of a barn boxing match between Roxanne and Fiona, though that will depend on if Roxanne decides to come back for a fight like that when she's been fighting in America lately. We are sure there are plenty of takers though who will want a piece of Fiona, maybe another co-star or actress as Nikki Sanderson could be an option. While Adele seems to be stuck in losers lane, in fact she seems to live there as it has been several years since she was a champion.
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