Post by girlsfriday on Sept 11, 2017 8:32:13 GMT
Vs
(Written by Girls Friday/Results BBU)
(Girls Friday vs This is Glamour)
Intro:
Tonight's action in the Bilbao Arena, sees Spain's own Ivana Baquero return to her homeland to fight model Kelly Hall.
Ivana is 23 years old, stands at 5'3 and holds a record of 5 wins, 4 by knockout and 2 defeats in her career.
Kelly is 27 years old, stands at 5'4 and holds a record of 8 wins, 6 by knockout and only 1 defeat, that being to Jenna Louise Coleman.
Of course Ivana was excited to be back in Spain, doing press work for the BBU on her tour to sell the fight and the organization to the country.
Kelly wasn't particularly happy by the situation, she had been offered to come by the BBU for this fight, but she felt that she was being treated as a nobody.
During one of the rare interviews Kelly got, she claimed "this is bull, I fly out here after showing I am one of the best in the entire division back home and I am being ignored, Ivana will find out what happens when you turn your back on me"
The threat hadn't gone unnoticed by Ivana, who fired back in her own interview "oh Kelly certainly has my attention, we were both selected to come here because we are two of the best in the flyweight division, I have taken my role of getting fans hyped for this seriously, but I take pounding her more seriously now"
Fight night, Ivana comes out first, she wears a Spain shirt with her name on the back, getting her a loud roar of support as you can guess from the crowd.
Her corner crew of Lauren Berlingeri and Eva Carneiro look stunned by being in an arena with such a loud reception around them, this truly feels a big fight feel.
Ivana gets her top taken off by Lauren to reveal that she's wearing a red bikini top with a Spain badge on her left cup, red bottoms to go with yellow gloves.
She jogs up the steps and climbs into the ring quickly, waving to the fans as she does a lap of honour, the crowd hasn't gotten any quieter since she got out there, getting to her corner; Ivana warns up as she awaits her opponent.
As the noise turns to loud boos, Kelly has arrived wearing an England top with her name on her back, she simply brushes it off it seems as she struts down to the ring with Melinda Messenger behind her.
She ignores the crowd as best she can, her eyes solely on the ring and on her opponent in the ring, Melinda soon taking the top off to reveal a St. George's cross design bikini top, white bottoms and red gloves.
After she climbs into the ring, she glares for a moment at Ivana, both girls looking ready to charge the other, but hold themselves back for the real action to begin, Kelly is in her corner and begins shadow boxing.
Both girls are brought to the ring centre, they shake their arms and bounce on the spot to keep limber for the fight.
Getting a real good look at each other for the first time, they can't see an ounce of fat on the other, just two well oiled machines it seems.
Asked to touch gloves, both do as told and nod at each other, Ivana wishing Kelly good luck, her opponent not doing the same.
Both are soon back in their corners, raring to go as the referee checks his watch, at the hour he signals for the bell to begin 10 rounds of flyweight action.
Round 1:
Out come the fighters, both up on their toes with probing punches testing the others defences, Kelly looks happier to box off the backfoot, while Ivana is bobbing her head around, looking for an opening to strike.
Kelly misses with a right cross as she looks to get a little more aggressive, but it leaves an opening for Ivana; who comes inside and lands three punches up the centre to her face.
The English fighter has to nudge her back with a jab to create space, Hall looking annoyed with herself, especially with the crowd roaring their pleasure at that attack from their countrywoman.
Both girls exchange single punches over the guards and to the bodies of their opponent's, Kelly seems a little lax though with her own punches and movement, maybe the crowd are effecting her more then she wants to let on.
Ivana again slips under a right and comes in with an overhand right, that shoves Kelly onto her heels, leading to Ivana driving her back with a flurry of punches to the body.
Kelly slams a right up top as she gets to get Ivana off of her, both fighters trading in tight, which is clearly Ivana's favourite place to be judging by the small smile on her face, even as she's getting clipped to the top of her head.
The model manages to push Ivana away with her left, striking back late in the round with long range punches over the guard of Baquero.
The round ends not long after with Ivana waving to the crowd to make more noise, while Kelly looks pissed off by her antics.
It's worse when Kelly gets to her corner and Melinda is telling her "what the hell was that! You are better then this, go out there and kick her arse!"
While Ivana of course smiles in her corner as sweat is washed off her face, barely a mark on it after a successful opening round.
Round 2:
Kelly looks more keen for this, boxing more smartly as she jabs at the guard of her opponent, keeping Ivana back from charging through her.
Ivana looking slightly frustrated as she swings her punches at Kelly, finding air as she misses due to Kelly's impressive footwork.
Suddenly it's Kelly showing she is on top, cracking Ivana to the face with her right burrowing through the guard of the actress.
But Ivana parries a straight and steps in to land a scything right hook across the jugs of Kelly, pundits thinking it was more a spiteful punch then accidental.
It clearly annoyed Kelly as the girls start trading hard punches, slamming punches to the others cheeks as they start toe to toe.
Ivana though barrages into Kelly, it's not the technical fight people probably were expecting, as Baquero digs away at the abs of her opponent.
Kelly wrestling Ivana though onto the ropes, almost pushing Ivana down with her left and digging her punches to the sides of the Spanish fighter.
The crowd booing as the referee steps in to separate the girls, warning both to keep things clean, both nod and tap a glove in a form of apology, though the looks on their faces show they might not be sincere.
As the round heads into it's finally minute, Kelly boxing off the back foot, leading Ivana in and catching her to the top of the head.
The bell ringing with Kelly looking happier, not wanting to rile the crowd, so she keeps her celebration to a minimum, nodding with a grin on her face to Melinda.
While Ivana looks annoyed, sitting on her stool as Lauren tries to keep her focused, telling her "we both knew Kelly is a hell of a fighter, that's why we had you spar with Emily (Atack) and Maria (Ozawa) they both know her so well from their fights with her, so stick to the game plan"
Round 3:
The girls come out more evenly, Kelly digging her punches into the sides of the cheeks Ivana as the younger fighter tries to move her head, while Ivana manages to land her shots to the abs of Kelly.
Then as Kelly tries to land a straight punch, Ivana ducks under it; nearly leading to her tackling Kelly with her shoulder into her abs, before straightening back up and landing a right hook to turn Kelly's head.
Ivana piling forwards, forcing Kelly behind her guard with thudding punches smashing into the gloves and arms of Hall.
Kelly moving back and out the way of Ivana, digging a straight to the side of the Spanish fighters face and Hall starts to drive Ivana back with her own shots to the face of her opponent.
Ivana parries a right and steps in, leading to both girls going head to head, trying to bully each back, the actress again landing the better punches as she lands an uppercut, pushing Kelly back onto the back foot.
The crowd cheering Ivana more as she forces Kelly onto the ropes, digging away to the body of the model, forcing gasps from her.
But she leaves herself open and Kelly lands a double jab with a right cross up top to knock Ivana a step back and allows Hall off the ropes.
The round coming to an end with both girls trading more now in closer, Kelly keeps moving onto the back foot as Ivana swings a wide right as she tries to get to the inside.
The bell rings and if it weren't clear before, both girls know fully they are in for a real fight tonight, both heading back to their corners to be cleaned up.
Their coaches giving them advice as both fighters have a sheen to them from the sweat, their faces are starting to look marked up and Kelly's body looks to be too.
Round 4:
This time as the girls come out, Kelly is looking to take control of this fight, Ivana trying to plough her way forwards with rights and lefts aimed at the sides of Hall.
Who dodges out the way, digging her jab into the face of her opponent, a particularly hard right forces blood from the nostrils of the Spanish girl.
Kelly lands a right hook to force Ivana behind her guard, the older fighter digging at the gloves of her opponent, then swinging her punches around the guard into the cheeks of Baquero.
Who tries to fire back up the centre, Kelly dances back out the way, then she lands a straight punch to knock the head of Ivana back.
Before stepping in to land two right to the ribs of Ivana, pressing her back onto the ropes, Kelly pinning her back with her jab, then landing her right around the guard.
Ivana needing to clinch up to force the referee to step in, Kelly digging a few punches into her kidneys, after they are separated; she gets a staunch warning after the controversy in the Willerton vs Brommel fight, this referee doesn't want to be put up in front of the BBU committee.
As the girls are separated, Ivana manages to slip inside to dig away at the body of Kelly, who grimaces but nudges her away to allow her the room to land a right over the top of Ivana's head.
Kelly pressing Ivana onto her back foot again, the Spanish fighter is covering up and looking miserable as this is the last place she wants to be, the crowd tries to fire her up.
But Kelly looks strong and as the bell rings, she allows herself a "come on!" As she heads back to her corner, Melinda smiling at her as she washes her face and body down.
Ivana meanwhile has her nose worked on by Eva, her eyes full of anger as she wants to crush Kelly badly, banging her gloves together, Lauren trying to get her into the right mindset.
Round 5:
Ivana tries to come out the corner quickly to hunt down Kelly, digging her left into the abs of the English model, but she is getting hit on her nose.
A hard right catches her on the top of her head, Ivana being hit too easily as she's getting too reckless, her hands too low as Kelly digs away at her face with both fists.
Ivana is soon forced to tighten her guard, Kelly pounding away at the guard as she tries to open it up to get to that bloody nose.
As she struggles to get that way through, she changes her tactics and swings around the guard, landing to the ribs of the actress and her cheeks.
Ivana manages to land a double jab up to the lips of Kelly, but she's forced back behind her guard after a hard right cracks her on the side of her cheek.
The smaller fighters cheek starting to look puffy as Kelly forces her into a corner, the crowd going quiet as they watch their fighter getting pinned under a flurry of punches.
Ivana blocks most of them with her guard, when they do get through; she winces and soon her body starts getting pounded with short sharp punches.
Fighting back; Ivana rips two uppercuts under the jugs of Kelly, Hall looking upset as she looks at the referee, thinking it wasn't they were not legal shots.
But he shakes his head and as Kelly doesn't defend herself, she takes a hard right hook to turn her face and takes three shots to her body before the bell rings to end the round.
Kelly looking unhappy, waving at the referee at this isn't JMD, he replies that the shots were to the body and to defend herself at all times.
Melinda has to try to calm her fighter down, sitting her down and telling her not to throw this fight down to stupid refereeing.
In the other corner, Ivana letting Eva work hard to patch up her nose and wash her down, Lauren telling her to step up a gear, she can't let Kelly run away with this.
Round 6:
Kelly looks to keep the pressure on Ivana, digging her left at the head of her opponent, she is looking sloppy as she is still fuming over what she still feels was a foul.
That means that Ivana is able to block the punches easier then before, then she slips inside to dig two punches to the body of Hall, before stepping back out the way of a counter right.
Ivana starting to get to the inside more, forcing Kelly to fight harder to keep Ivana from driving her back, leading to both slugging it out in tight.
Kelly managing to get Ivana to step back, she lands a straight to the top of her opponent's head, knocking it back and allowing her to land another two shots to her cheeks.
But as she looks to build off it, Kelly misses with a right hook and gets caught to her side with a right from Ivana.
The Spanish fighter nearly cracks Kelly in the chin with her head as she moves in hard to work the body of the English girl, a right to the ribs of Hall has her grimacing and gasping.
Kelly pushes Ivana back and lands a straight to the nose of her opponent, Ivana leans out the way of a follow up left cross though, leaving her open to a right to her body.
The bell rings soon after with both girls looking sore, Kelly looks to be breathing harder, maybe her lack of fights this year is starting to get to her, especially those body attacks from Ivana.
Both their coaches try to rouse them as the fight heads into it's final few rounds, both getting cleaned up ready for the next round.
Round 7:
Kelly still looks good when she's given room to work, landing to the top of her opponent's head, her legs though don't have the spring in them as before, allowing Ivana to get inside her reach.
The Spanish fighter parries a left and steps in to dig her own punches to the body of Kelly, who groans out in pain, Kelly landing a hard right up top to try to dislodge Ivana.
Both girls throwing hard shots in tight to try to get control of the bout, Ivana slips a right uppercut to the chin of Kelly, knocking her back onto her heels.
Kelly trying to cover up as Ivana rips into her body with rights and lefts, the model groans and is wincing as sweat flies off her body with each thudding shot.
She throws a straight punch that flies over the head of Ivana, who digs her right into the ribs to force a loud yelp from Hall.
The crowd standing, urging Ivana to finish Kelly off, Kelly showing she still has fight as she lands a right across the cheek of Baquero, who groans out in pain herself.
Kelly forcing Ivana back to the ring centre, busting the bottom lip of Baquero, the crowd looking worried again.
But Ivana catches Kelly with an overhand right just before the bell to turn her face, Kelly shaking her head as she tries to shake some cobwebs from her head.
Ivana on the other hand looks relaxed for the first time in a while, she has Eva patching her up as her face is bloodied.
Round 8:
Both girls come out to the ring centre, Kelly looking more aggressive, knowing that if this goes to a judges decision, she may lose this.
Ivana is starting to get inside more though, the body shots she's landing are looking like they are taking there toll on Kelly.
Who misses with an uppercut and takes a hard right to the centre of her body, Kelly's arms go down and she stumbles back holding her body.
Ivana steps in and lands another two body shots with her right that puts Kelly down to her knees! The referee quick to nudge Ivana back as she looks ready to swing again.
Kelly is gulping air back into her body, the referee counting her out as she stares up at him, she tries to get up but as she does stand, she stumbles back onto the ropes, holding her stomach, the referee waves the fight off as he rules Kelly can't defend herself!
Winner: Ivana Baquero TKO Round 8
After:
The crowd erupt as Ivana pumps her right fist into the air, she looks a mess but she's overcome a tough opponent in front of her home supporters.
Heading over to Kelly, the two are not best friends by any stretch, but Ivana checks on her opponent, getting a nod from Kelly to say she will be.
Ivana telling Kelly "you gave me one hell of a fight, you nearly had me a few times" which gets a small smile from Hall.
Who says "thank you" before Melinda helps her back to her corner and Ivana jogs back to her own corner to get patched up.
After both girls get cleaned up, they head to the ring centre, the referee lifts up Ivana's hand in the air as she is announced the winner, her name is chanted around the arena.
Kelly nods over at Ivana before she leaves the ring, Melinda giving her am ice pack to hold against her body, she thanks her as she winces at the touch, she'll be relieved to be in an ice bath soon.
Ivana meanwhile blows kisses to her fans, excited to have won once more, partly relieved as she has to admit that maybe if Kelly had more fights lately that she might not have won this fight.
She let's that doubt disappear as she gets hugged by her corner crew, laughing as she hugs them back, before they all leave the ring together to celebrate this win.