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Post by realview on Jun 11, 2017 7:14:57 GMT
Michelle Joy Phelps: Hey guys, Tom is on holiday so you get my company for the next two weeks and wow what news was announced last night, the BBU PPV will be in Cardiff and if you want the full card, go view the card in the announcements section of the board.
But we start with the one bout from this week, Laetitia Casta made her comeback last year, she looked to win her first bout since that comeback against the equally stunning Lily Aldridge.
Then we begin our preview of our PPV bouts with the BBU bantamweight title bout, the unbeaten Fleur East takes on the champion Lea Seydoux, who will be the champion in 15 days time?
Then we look at the now former BBU flyweight champion Jenna Louise Coleman taking on one of her biggest enemies in the BBU in Ivana Baquero, this was the fight of last year voted by you, so can it live up to the hype in the rematch?
Last but not least, we will be looking at Emilia Clarke fighting newcomer Amber Marshall, the BBU sees Lookout Atlantic boxing and Foxfire Atlantic seemingly heading towards fighting a war again.
It should be said that the other main event of the PPV will be Gal Gadot defending her lightweight title against Nadia Forde, we did a preview piece two weeks ago so felt there was no reason to redo the piece.
We have also heard that a card will be taking place next week from Birmingham's Barclay's Arena, so keep watch for that.
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Post by realview on Jun 11, 2017 7:15:23 GMT
Part 1: Laetitia Casta vs Lily Aldridge Two of the worlds most beautiful women laced up the gloves to fight it out earlier in the week as models Laetitia Casta and Lily Aldridge fought.
Laetitia is 39 now and has had a wonderful career, she's won 7 titles, 5 FCBA lightweight titles, 1 FCBA welterweight title and being the Queen of the Ice Hotel once that's seen her amass a record of 69 wins, 47 knockouts, 59 losses and 4 draws in her career.
Lily on the other hand is 31 years old and came into this fight undefeated with 2 wins by knockout, so that tells you the difference in experience between these two, gulf might be an understatement.
But Laetitia had seemingly retired in 2012, only making her comeback last year in a losing effort to former wrestler Natalie Eva Marie, so betting was more even then you'd expect.
When the fight started; Lily looked the quicker as expected, but she was put under pressure by Laetitia, making the younger fighter make mistakes and punish her.
Laetitia clearly knowing that she needs to win early as her stamina mustn't be in the same class as it once was, she pushed back Lily repeatedly for the first three rounds.
By the fourth round, Lily started to find her range, pushing back Laetitia to boos from the French crowd, the speed of the American started to finally overwhelm her opponent and Casta never recovered her momentum.
In the Seventh round it was clear Laetitia was in trouble, she was breathing hard and Lily punished her with a barrage of punches till the French fighter went down to her knees.
As she got back up to beat the count at 8, Laetitia was beaten back to the ropes and the referee saved the crowd seeing their hero down on the ground in a heap.
Lily showed her class by hugging Laetitia, this was a perfect fight for her as Casta gave her a beating early on but that lack of stamina gave her the opening to win.
I know my friend from BBU TV Anna Woolhouse believes these new generation of models could be the ones leading the heavier divisions in the future, I'd argue that they already do when the last 3 lightweight champions off my head either were models in their pasts (Gal Gadot) and two current models (Doutzen Kroes and Malika Menard)
Lily is after a big money fight with Keeley Hazell, that's one that I look forward too, especially as Keeley could be the first BBU JMDD champion by the time the showdown finally happens.
While Laetitia needs more work if she really wants this comeback to be a success, it would be depressing to see her career disappear down the drain with a bad run, I am pulling for her to get back into the win column at least before she retires.
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Post by realview on Jun 11, 2017 7:16:21 GMT
Part 2: Fleur East vs Lea Seydoux The first title defence for Lea Seydoux will see her fighting the undefeated Fleur East in a fight where all eyes should be on as this is going to be a barnstormer.
Fleur is 29 years old, 5'6 and is a singer and fitness model, her unbeaten run has seen her go 6 and 0 and has knocked out everyone she's been in the ring with, taking her an average of 4 rounds to win her fights.
Lea is 31 years old, 5'6 and an actress, she's won 18 wins, 17 by knockout and 10 defeats, this is her first ever title reign and she's a top 10 fighter in the FCBA and our P4P rankings.
Both have knockout power so this could be a short but very energetic fight between the two as I see Fleur trying to make this a brawl.
In my humble opinion, Lea has got to be the big favourite, she has boxed the bigger stars in girls like Megan Fox, Olivia Munn and Nina Dobrev and is on a 6 fight win streak in both organizations.
While Fleur has beaten good fighters like Kym Marsh, Nicola Roberts and just beat fellow at the time undefeated fighter Harumi Nemoto.
But that level isn't the same as Lea's, who also has the experience advantage, has great skills and technique and is a great all round fighter.
Fleur of course does have a chance of winning, she needs to pressure Lea early, not let her get into her groove and land that powerful right hook she carries to end the fight.
She also has stamina as proven by some of her latest fights that of course have went longer as her level of competition has went up.
It will be interesting to see how things pan out between these two as this is the fight that will show if Fleur has made it into the top table of bantamweight division.
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Post by realview on Jun 11, 2017 7:17:17 GMT
Part 3:Jenna Louise Coleman vs Ivana Baquero Well we were all wondering what Jenna Louise Coleman would do after she lost the BBU flyweight title last month to Cheryl Cole, she's jumped straight back into the ring to take on one of her biggest rivals in Ivana Baquero.
Jenna will come into this fight with a record of 40 wins, 37 by knockout, 6 defeats and 1 draw in a career that's seen her break the single organization win streak record with 19 straight wins, she's a former BBU flyweight champion as stated before and a former FCBA JMD champion.
While Ivana only holds a record of 4 wins, all by knockout and 2 defeats in her career, though she has fought Jenna before; on her debut as we'll speak about and beaten for ACB flyweight champion Emily Browning.
Stats wise, Jenna is 31 years old and 5'2, while Ivana is 23 today (happy birthday to her) and 5'3.
So why would a woman like Jenna pick Ivana for her first fight after losing her title? If your answer is for an easy win, well let's look at the first time they fought.
You guys voted it last years fight of the year with good reason when you see the fact that it went 10 grueling rounds with Jenna getting a last gasp knockout after looking on the edge of defeat.
That was Ivana's debut and this is her chance to prove she's learned from her mistake not to finish the first fight and beat her biggest rival.
Of course Jenna will be after probing she's still the girl to be classed as the best of Britain, though of course Cheryl Cole will rightly claim that title in her own mind, this is Jenna's chance to show her title defeat hasn't scarred her mentally like it has some past champions.
Added on top is that these two hate each other with every fibre of their being, ever since Ivana was signed into the BBU by the Girls Friday stable, these two have been at each others throats, in some cases literally trying to choke each other in fights outside of the ring.
This is not about titles, stables like last time they fought as these two started a stable war! This is about purely which one is the better woman and I am betting will humiliate the loser as Jenna got the honours last year.
Could this be the fight of this year, well it will be hard to repeat that feat with some of the classics already from this year, but maybe these two simply have the right ingredients to produce classic after classic.
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Post by realview on Jun 11, 2017 7:18:17 GMT
Final Part: Emilia Clarke vs Amber Marshall Who would have thought that when Amber Marshall debuted only two weeks ago, that she'd cause such a stir in the BBU!
For those who missed her debut, she fought Tatiana Maslany who was also fighting her BBU debut bout, she beat her in a good fight for two girls who'd never fought in the ring before, with Amber coming out on top with an impressive stoppage.
The big incident was after all the trash talking about fake cowgirls (Amber works on a TV show playing one) she got revenge by riding Tatiana around the ring, bare back to the delight of fans and her stablemates.
Of course Emilia, Jenna Louise Coleman and Gemma Merna were not pleased seeing their stablemate being humiliated and rushed out to stop it happening.
That led to a brawl between the FAB (Foxfire Atlantic Boxing) and the LAB (Lookout! Atlantic boxing) stables flyweight girls, which could be the start of a renewed stable war between two of the oldest stables in the BBU, all because of Amber!
So that has led to this fight for pride, a fight you could argue due to Amber's lack of fights normally making it an opening fight, is suddenly one of the fights we will be watching closely for news, as something is surely going to go down again between these stables.
Stats wise, Amber is 29 years old, 5'5 and holds a 1 and 0 record with that win being by knockout, her opponent Emilia is 30 years old, 5'2 and holds a record of 9 wins, 8 by knockout and 8 defeats.
So even though normally I'd say Emilia has a big advantage due to experience, she's a fighter who hasn't fully developed her potential as she should have and has fallen to girls with little experience in the past year (Maisie Williams)
It is far from a foregone conclusion and since Amber has the height advantage, she isn't outgunned physically either.
I'm going to stick my neck out and say this could be our upset of the year, ironically Emilia suffered that last year in many peoples opinion and if she does again I may seriously consider making an Emilia Clarke award for the upset of the year if it happens again.
But I have to be clear, Emilia will be the favourite no matter what I say, she has proven against some of the big names of the division that she can win the big fight, I just worry that mentally she overlooks the girls she should beat.
So while this may not win fight of the night for the quality, the result may bump it up into contention if I'm right.
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