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Post by realview on Aug 26, 2018 8:10:55 GMT
Tom Hilton:Hello ladies and gentlemen; this week has certain seen some big stars do battle, with Scotland and Germany seeing some great action. But with the BBU PPV on next Wednesday, we will be starting this weeks show previewing the lightweight title fight, with Dua Lipa challenging the champ Alessandra Ambrosio. Then we will discuss the fight between Mollie King and Jade Thirlwall, both are desperate for a title shot at BBU flyweight champion Cheryl Cole, a win over the other definitely moves them closer. Third on the show, we talk about the action between Sandy Moelling and Inna, with both beauties looking to get back on the winning trail. Lastly on today's show, Una Healy made her return to the ring after losing her last two fights, she fought fellow former BBU bantamweight champion Erica Cerra, who came out on top of that tough clash? Just a reminder; the BBU PPV is this Wednesday, with the girls heading to the beach to get a bit of sun and beating up rivals.
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Post by realview on Aug 26, 2018 8:11:30 GMT
Part 1: BBU lightweight title bout preview This is one of those bouts that is hard to call which way it is going to go, the classic young pretender trying to take down the champion is probably best way to describe this upcoming fight.
The challenger Dua comes into this fight unbeaten after 7 bouts, while yes her first 3 wins were against opponents any top fighter should sweep aside, she has beaten Monika Pietrasinska, Georgia Selpa and Cara Delevigne just in the past few months to add some good scalps to her résumé.
Standing in her way though is a champion looking to tie the record for most BBU lightweight title defences with Lisa Maffia at 5.
Alessandra has in a short space of time done a hell of a lot, since debuting in 2016, she has beaten Gal Gadot twice, Kelly Brook and is currently tied in wins with her FCBA title counterpart Yvonne Strahovski.
So from an experience stand point; Alessandra should walk this one with ease right? Well except physically you'd maybe have to go with Dua, who at recently turned 23 is 14 years younger then her opponent.
The last time Alessandra fought a girl of roughly that age difference was Sophie Turner earlier this year, ironically for the BBU lightweight title too, Alessandra just about won but it was by far her toughest defence so far as she just knocked out Sophie in round 9.
So it comes down to two factors, if the fight goes long you have to pull for Dua to pull off the upset and finish what has been a special run to start her career off.
If Alessandra can take control of the fight early though, she has the power to finish the job off and the run of Alessandra turns into a historic one.
Plenty of stories will come out of this fight and while the odds are slightly in the champs favour, Dua certainly has a chance to deliver a shock to the BBU system.
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Post by realview on Aug 26, 2018 8:12:06 GMT
Part 2: Mollie King vs Jade Thirlwall This was a rematch of a fight from 2015; at that time Mollie was finding her feet in the ring, while Jade had been on a great opening run of her career that saw her demolish our current BBU flyweight champion Cheryl Cole.
That fight saw Mollie taste the canvas after 8 rounds, in a fight that has to be said was in her control till Jade came to life and knocked her out in brutal style.
Both of these women are high up I'd say in most peoples flyweight rankings, with Jade not long ago getting a title shot at Cheryl, the best way to describe this fight would be it is of the level of Whyte vs Parker for what this fight meant, the winner might get another title shot and the loser would be shoved down and have a long road back.
The fight itself was certainly full of drama, Jade started like a house on fire, she put Mollie on her knees in the opening round, the crowd were as stunned as I was.
Mollie did get up; with Jade showing that the win she had over the former Saturday's star had clearly given her a big confidence boost coming into this fight.
But Mollie did find her feet, getting her jab working and able to counter the overexcited Jade, till a jab opened up Jade to an uppercut that sent Jade tumbling to the canvas in just the 3rd round!
Back and forth went the fight, both having some great rounds as they showed everyone how badly they wanted this win with their intensity and work rates being top notch.
Till in the 6th; Mollie opened a cut above the left eye of Jade, that spelt doom for the Little Mix star as Mollie used it for target practice, dodging Jade's punches and firing back with her own on that cut.
Round 7 saw Mollie finally get her revenge; catching Jade with several punches clean to the face, a right hook finished the job as down went Jade in a heap and she simply laid there on the canvas till the 10 count finished.
Mollie getting a massive win for her title aspirations, problem is though as I have said these past few weeks, the flyweight division is tightly packed together, lots of fighters have a claim to that shot.
But it has to be said that this has at least put the spotlight on her, so I'll be listening to who Cheryl picks as her next challenger.
While Jade shouldn't be too upset by this result, though judging by the build up and afters between the two, yeah I don't blame her being upset as she hates Mollie clearly.
But she gave a great performance and with a few easier fights to get momentum back, don't be shocked to see Jade back in the title matches next year.
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Post by realview on Aug 26, 2018 8:12:38 GMT
Part 3: Sandy Moelling vs Inna Neither of these have been setting the world alight lately, with Sandy I put that down to bad management from Gina Wild, who happens to be a bad coach too from what I have seen.
While Inna has had one hell of a tough run of opponents lately, that's the big issue of being a free agent sadly, that's one that makes me very respectful of free agents, doesn't mean I won't call them out for being terrible between the ropes though.
Both women have the skills it should be stated, at the moment though you can generously call them gatekeeper level fighters right now with their records.
While the fight was in Germany, it was the Romanian visitor Inna who took the early rounds, she looked the home fighter as she bullied Sandy back with her impressive work rate, with Sandy looking a little shell shocked by what was happening.
Round 3 saw Sandy go down to dismay from her fans and Gina, I thought at this point that Inna would be able to wrap this up and be home for tea.
But by round 5; Sandy seemed to find her way into the fight, belting liver shots in that had Inna groaning and gasping, which allowed her to stay in close and batter Inna with hooks.
Round 6 was where really took a turn; Inna came in too aggressive and paid the price, after a right bust her lips open, a sharp dig to the nose opened her up to a hook that put her down.
Inna did get up but was put down again in the 7th, one thing you can not doubt is the Romanians toughness, she beat the count once more, the referee had to step in as Inna was mostly just standing due to stubbornness, Sandy beat her up badly in the end.
I will give credit to Inna first, she showed her skills and toughness in this fight, no way she can be seen as a jobber but she needs to get wins under her belt soon or her confidence will be shot.
While Sandy deserves credit for her comeback, she used Inna's natural aggressiveness to get back into the fight and she finished it soundly in the end.
I give Sandy the credit, not so much Gina; who judging by the crowd reaction, they agree with me that the gameplan was all wrong from the start and from I saw it was Sandy herself who made the adjustments, so I won't be extending praise to her.
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Post by realview on Aug 26, 2018 8:13:16 GMT
Final part: Una Healy vs Erica Cerra Both these women are former BBU bantamweight champions, they haven't had a good time lately in their careers but they have the skills to still be dangerous to opponents up and down the division.
Una was on one of the best runs the bantamweight division has seen last year, till Lea Seydoux upset her and claimed the bantamweight title off her, then she lost to Vera Brezhneva in her last fight.
While Erica has mostly from what I've been told helping the younger members in her stable, with her career sadly on a bit of a downturn lately, so a win here would be massive in showing she is still a top fighter.
It has to be said that both were very respectful of the other in the build up, you don't see that often of course because people want to be the best over anyone trying to stop them, here both knew they were fighting a dangerous opponent.
The early action saw Erica show off her skills; she kept Una guessing where and when she was going to come on the attack.
Una looked frustrated as she couldn't land cleanly on Erica, finding herself taking a beating to her body and she must have been having doubts.
But she kept her head and Una started to get her shots to land more accurately, which got her rhythm going as she caught Erica with several power shots.
Round 4 saw Erica get hit with a vicious left hook that wobbled her, leading to follow up punches putting her down, she had to show her toughness to push herself up and beat the count.
But another left hook in round 5 finished off Erica, she tumbled to the canvas and couldn't beat the count, she didn't look like she knew where she was to be frank.
It will be interesting to see if Una can keep in the elite of the division, she isn't getting younger and there are plenty of hungry challengers looking to use her as a stepping stone to prove themselves, Una isn't the champ but still might be the most hunted woman on the BBU circuit.
Erica on the other hand needs to get a win under her belt soon, problem is that she seems part time at best now, she showed she still has a great boxing brain, she can't keep dipping a toe in the ring and going back to training her stablemates, if she wants one last big push, she needs to make it soon.
That's all we have time for folks, thank you to everyone who took the time to read these posts, hopefully we see you again for our next episode on Sunday.
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Post by Gina Wild on Aug 27, 2018 15:52:46 GMT
Hey, Tom! I've got your cigar! Seriously though, I guess there's nothing I can do to make you change your mind? Even the PageThrees get a better reviews than me! Grr... Bad press again? Who cares?
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