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Post by realview on Jul 2, 2017 7:40:07 GMT
Tom Hilton: Hello ladies and gentlemen, well this week certainly has seen some shocks in the BBU, last months PPV was packed full of great fights, so of course that is the focus of this weeks Real View.
So let us start with the BBU lightweight title fight, Gal Gadot came to Cardiff with the goal of defending her title against the undefeated Nadia Forde, which fighter took home the gold?
Next up will be discussing the bantamweight title fight between champion Lea Seydoux and her challenger Fleur East.
Then it's on to another super fight as Jenna Louise Coleman and Ivana Baquero stepped back into the ring to try and batter each other into submission, the latest fight in a growing rivalry between the two.
Last but certainly not least, Malika Menard and Sara Sampaio, two of the most beautiful women in the BBU and the world, laced up the gloves to bash each other in to show they belong in the lightweight title hunt.
On a quick note to do with the PPV, Dannii Minogue showed why she is a fear flyweight, even in her forties, Doda crushed Tina Hobley in a brawl for the ages, Hears vs Hagler type war.
The PPV also saw Diana Korkunova continue her run of impressing me and fans by beating Georgie May Foote, while Emilia Clarke beat rookie Amber Marshall, maybe furthering the charge to war between the Lookout Atlantic stable and the Foxfire Atlantic stable.
Hopefully news on the next PPV will head to our offices soon, this month could be the biggest PPV yet for big name fights!
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Post by realview on Jul 2, 2017 7:41:03 GMT
Part 1: Gal Gadot vs Nadia Forde, BBU lightweight title fight Well this was the fight that garnered a lot of interest, when you are in the highest grossing film of the year so far, you tend to get noticed.
The stunning transformation of Gal from a model to an actress has coincided with her success in the celebrity boxing world, the BBU lightweight champion going into this fight had people buzzing to see her make her first defence.
Picking the undefeated Nadia Forde was a bold move, Nadia showing that she has power in her fists with stunning knockouts of her opponents, leading some to argue that she was the favourite.
The build up to the fight saw lots about Gal's movie, I don't know if the BBU bosses would be excited that their brand wasn't being talked about, but she is Wonder Woman after all.
We heard Nadia wasn't happy by the way the media was dealing with the fight, feeling like she was being shunned for Gal.
That led to the fight where the tension was thick between these two women, both wanting to settle their differences and claim the title for themselves.
Nadia took the early advantage, clearly catching Gal off guard as the aggressive Forde went straight for the champion, begging questions if Gal had watched video on her opponent or was too busy with interviews.
The first two rounds were good rounds for Nadia, pressing Gal back around the ring, not letting her box her way out of trouble.
But by round 3, Gal started to get a foothold in the fight, smartly using her slight height and reach advantage to get around Nadia safely.
Nadia begun to make mistakes, fighting a girl who could hit as hard as she could may have begun to rattle her as she didn't look as comfortable as she has in most fights.
She rattled in the 5th round, forcing a fearsome exchange between the two, the crowd chanting for both fighters as they slugged it out.
But round 6 saw the end with knockout of the year so far, an awesome uppercut caught Nadia flush on her chin and out like a light went the challenger.
Gal of course celebrating wildly, when you knock an opponent as brutality as she did, you have to give her the up most credit, all those doubts about her being a worth champion must start to disappear.
She had a few words with Nadia and Nadia's best friend in the BBU Kelly Gale that certainly were not friendly, before Gal went off to celebrate again.
Challengers wise, Gal has a heap to choose from, girls like Elisabetta Gregoraci come to mind, Indira Wei's, Petra Nemcova and many more.
While Nadia shouldn't be too disheartened, she has work to do to round off her game, she has impressed me before, I hope this defeat doesn't crush her spirit.
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Post by realview on Jul 2, 2017 7:41:38 GMT
Part 2: Lea Seydoux vs Fleur East, BBU bantamweight title fight The bantamweight title fight was an interesting one, on one side you had one of the best bantamweight fighters in the world who finally won the championship a few months ago in Lea Seydoux.
In the opposite corner was the undefeated and seemingly unstoppable Fleur East, who with dominant performance and a spectacular win over Nicola Roberts earned her this fight, it was seen as hard to judge who'd come out with the title once the dust settled.
The build up saw both show respect to each other, but they also exchanged some harsh words as the title drove their competitive urges on to get into each others faces and make sure they came out on top.
The opening round showed that Fleur was nervous, Lea feeding off it to start quickly and make the challenger look silly.
That changed in the second as Fleur shook herself out of her nervousness and fought as we had seen her in the 6 fights she'd won before this fight, she powered Lea back around the ring and the champion found out she really was in a fight.
Fleur would keep some form of control for the next 3 rounds, really going for it as she wanted the title that badly, the problem was Lea was making her miss.
After a hard 5th round for her where Lea started to punish East in the later part of the round, she never got a chance to recover.
In round 6, Fleur tried to buy her time, but Lea showed her speed which makes her fearsome in the ring, that speed and skill is what made her a champion, Fleur was starting to get a lesson why Lea was the champ.
To her credit, in round 7 after being put down in the prior round, Fleur came out swinging, looking to batter Lea, the problem was she was too slow, that gave Seydoux the opening she needed and she was the one to batter Fleur with four vicious punches that knocked her out clean and kept the title in France.
After the fight, we saw a show of solidarity by the Beever's Babe's girls around Fleur, Denise first helping her up with Lea showing compassion for her beaten opponent to check on her, but quickly celebrating her own win after she got a nod to say Fleur would be.
Girls like Rachel Riley helped Fleur to the back in a nice moment, though of course they'd have preferred the BBU bantamweight title to be coming with them to make the moment a happy one, not a sad moment.
While Lea's fans and stablemates in the crowd chanted her name in an awesome sight, I have to admit seeing that gave me goosebumps as she seems to be quickly gaining a legacy and this was only her first defence, this era of Seydoux could be a historic one if she keeps focused.
It'll be interesting to see where she goes next, does she head to the old guard like Clara Morgane, Jessica Schwarz and Alesha Dixon.
Or will she turn to fighters like Doda, Maybe Jennifer Metcalfe, who've never won the title but people would say should have a reign in their careers, maybe even Una Healy might get a rematch!
While Fleur certainly didn't disgrace herself here, it was a hard lesson but one that was likely to hit her sooner or later even if she had won.
She has plenty of time in her career to get another title fight, I bank my money that the next time she gets that shot, she will be able to win as I think this will drive her on to bigger and better things in the ring.
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Post by realview on Jul 2, 2017 7:42:44 GMT
Part 3: Jenna Louise Coleman vs Ivana Baquero The BBU has seen some real vicious rivalries, Alesha Dixon vs Jessica Schwarz has made a come back in the past few months after being such a long hateful war, but these two are sharping up to be the most brutal, hateful rivalry in the history of the BBU!
To think the stories are that this feud started as Jenna Louise Coleman was skyping Maisie Williams to congratulate her on signing with the Girls Friday stable and as Ivana got involved, the two young actresses took an instant dislike to the newcomer.
That led to their first fight, in fact it led to a stable war between Lookout Atlantic and the Girls Friday stable as these two argued, dared the other to fight in gyms, the others houses, anywhere they could fight, the stables being sick at the time of this agreed to the war.
After nearly 10 rounds, the then BBU flyweight champion and well on her way to breaking records Jenna, would knockout the debuting Ivana, who was so close to the upset of the decade in many peoples eyes.
The fire between these two women didn't dampen, they fought in gyms, nightclub toilets and even a sauna! As they seem attracted to each other to destroy each other.
So the rematch was set, both fighters spitting their best insults out in the final few days, then catfighting on stage at the last press event for the PPV, so much is the hate that they can't be anywhere near each other for two seconds without brawling.
The fight itself saw Jenna start off quickly, taking the first round with her skills in full flow, maybe Ivana was going to be overawed by a focused Coleman.
But Ivana's aggression caught Jenna out, maybe showing that first round wasn't as telling as first thought, Jenna got pounded badly around the ring in round 2.
That beating shockingly lasted till the 5th round, where Jenna showed her future hall of fame qualities, her toughness kept her in the fight, her composure allowed her to fight back as she made the overanxious Ivana miss then paid her back.
Round 6 saw both have success, you could lean towards Jenna taking the round as she ended it much stronger and questions about Ivana were being raised again, would history repeat itself.
Ivana fought with some dubious looking punches in the 7th, they looked low to me, the referee only warning her, maybe a point should have been taken off as the referee seemed reluctant to police this grudge fight to it's fullest.
The 8th saw the best round of the fight, Coleman punishing Baquero for those low blows, but the end of the round saw Ivana pull it back, beating Jenna in the ropes in stunning fashion.
By round 10, the fighters gave their all, throwing everything to win, this time Jenna couldn't find the silver bullet to out down Ivana and the look on her face as the result came back that Ivana had won by judges decision was something to behold.
The aftermath was as fiery as you'd expect, Jenna getting taken down by Ivana and face sitting the former champion in one of the most disrespectful scenes you could ever see.
The hatred these two have for each other is probably never going away between these two, especially after that act.
But if it leads to more fights of the year contenders like this and the fight of the year they had last year, then let them keep fighting.
On this result, Ivana looks to be heading to a turning point in her career, she was building herself up before this fight with opponent's that respectfully were not of a top quality in the past few months after such a strong start.
Now though, she's beaten easily one of the top two fighters in the BBU, Cheryl Cole being the other one, so where does Ivana go next?
On Jenna, I am certainly not going to be leading the "she's finished brigade" this is a woman whose broken so many records in the BBU and will continue to be one of the best in this organization.
But she is also in limbo, does she take a break from the BBU, focus on the FCBA for a little while and return here or as I personal hope she does, fights through this slight downturn, reminds people who she is and gets into more fights of this quality and the one she had with Cheryl Cole, because that is what us fans should be hoping for.
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Post by realview on Jul 2, 2017 7:43:34 GMT
Final part: Malika Menard vs Sara Sampaio Well on a night that saw former champions return to the ring after losing their titles, former BBU lightweight champion Malika Menard fought up and coming fighter Sara Sampaio in what was a surprisingly heated fight.
Malika was an amazing champion, she beat Doutzen Kroes on her second try to win the title around a year ago in one of the fights of the year.
Then she would go on to beat Monika Pietrasinska and Jennifer Hawkins, before losing the title to Gal Gadot in a hard rematch for both.
But Sara Sampaio isn't a push over, only one defeat in her short career to Krystal Forscutt, who possibly should be a title challenger in her own right in future.
In the build up, Malika was very confident as usual, Sara taking offence as she felt disrespected by the former champion in their press conference.
That led to both getting right into each others face on fight night before the bell to show that they were not afraid of each other and try to win the psychology war.
Surprisingly in round 1, both fighters used JMDD tactics, I've heard that style is very personal but I never expected it off these two, maybe it was part of Malika not being fully focused as Sara surprised us with a good first round against the normally quick starter.
The jug busting action continued in a hotly fought round, both girls hammered each other for 3 whole minutes, Sara got her nose bloodied, Malika got her body beaten in a very even second.
By round 3 though, Malika seemed to have woken up as she outboxed Sara, who went into her shell, maybe that defeat against Krystal is still lingering even after winning her last fight.
But after a pep talk, Sara started to get back at Malika, the French fighter looked surprised again as she clearly though this was going to be a walk in the park, Sara proving to be at least equal to the former champ in the early rounds.
But in round 5, the action turned on it's hard again, this time Malika after being pushed back early in the round, found her precision punches at the perfect time, landing several uppercuts, Sara was hurt and rocking as most people would if caught by bombs like those, somehow she survived the round.
But in round 6, Malika landed 3 of the sweetest punches you will ever see, a perfect right and left crashed into the cheeks of the Portuguese stunner, then an uppercut switched off the power of Sampaio, down she went to her knees and then her face as she crumbled into a heap of a knocked out fighter.
Great win for Malika, though one that was far from perfection, making the walk of shame she subjected the woozy Sara to slightly uncalled for.
But after the way both girls went for each other, it may have been inevitable on both sides whether Sara wants to admit it or not that she would have done it too.
Though the looks on the Girls Friday stable members faces as they come out to help Sara told a story, rumours coming out of how close they were from rushing in and beating Malika, most likely kicking off a stable war, which by the actions of the Foxfires lately, they are after making a statement to the other stables, don't mess with us, but in a not family friendly way.
Malika probably needs one big win to be right back in the title picture, maybe Krystal Forscutt could be that girl to call upon to make a statement, though it's a big risk.
For Sara, it's back to the building process, she showed flashes of what she could be, the problem is that she's still in her career infancy, so slow and steady maybe what is needed, though the way she acts she doesn't seem the patience type, wanting the big fights now.
That's all we have time for this week, I hope you enjoyed this weeks episode and thank you to everyone who read this, we'll be back next Sunday as always.
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