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Post by realview on Mar 24, 2019 8:37:56 GMT
Tom Hilton: Hello ladies and gentlemen, more awesome fights took place over the past week, alongside the announcement for the next BBU PPV.
This is the action we will be focusing on: *BBU bantamweight title fight preview* *Laura Whitmore vs Una Healy* *Alesha Dixon vs Elodie Frege* And *Samia Ghadie vs Maria Ozawa*
As always I hope you enjoy our opinions, we also hope you have seen all this past weeks action as we of course will be spoiling some of it.
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Post by realview on Mar 24, 2019 8:38:52 GMT
Part 1: BBU bantamweight title preview Since the PPV has been announced the biggest story coming out of it is that the bantamweight champion Doda (Dorota Rabczewska) will be making her first defence of the title against actress Shona McGraty.
This should be a hard hitting test for both women, they have one hundred percent knockout records and have been called some of the biggest punchers in the division by past opposition.
So let's go through the background to this fight; Doda dethroned Helen Flanagan back on Boxing day to finally fulfil her destiny as she put it, going from possibly the greatest BBU fighter to have never won a title to the true elite of the organization.
Meanwhile Shona had to go through a number one contenders fight in February, defeating Helen George in a bitterly fought affair, ending with her knocking the blonde out with a brutal right.
These two fighters even before it became official have been dancing around each other verbally sparring, Doda hasn't exactly been very respectful of the talents of her challenger, who in turn has vowed to batter Doda when they do step into the ring.
Physically Doda comes into the fight three and a half inches taller then her opponent, Shona has youth on her side as she is eight years younger.
Expect Doda to rely more on her boxing in the early going, trying to sap the confidence from Shona before she'll start shelling out her artillery like hooks to finish things.
While the flip side of the coin will see Shona go for the body early, head down as she'll want to get to the inside, bullying the champion to show her she means business.
This is going to be a great fight I feel between these two, both have points to prove; sadly for Shona fans I think she has hit Doda at the wrong time, the Polish princess as she dubs herself is in peak form, looking unreal in demolishing opposition.
Plus I think experience will play a big factor; Doda has had the tougher opposition through her career, has good and bad experiences to call upon in title fights, while also showing to know all the tricks to win a fight.
Shona has never had a test like Doda yet, the thing in Shona's favour is what all fight fans love, she has a punchers chance, if she unloads one of her brutal haymakers on the champ, well let's just say Doda might want to get a new jaw if Shona can land with one of those punches, how many chances she gets to do it though is the question.
I'd be daft not to bring up the out layer in this; Alesha Dixon has been making noises she wants Doda, will Doda possibly take her eyes off this fight to think about that or will it have no baring at all?
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Post by realview on Mar 24, 2019 8:39:39 GMT
Part 2: Laura Whitmore vs Una Healy This fight was the BBU's way of celebrating St Patrick's day as we do yearly, both proud Irish women wanted to do themselves proud on this special day for themselves, unlike in the FCBA though no one got topless and drunk during the fight.
If you'd have made this fight two years ago it would have been a foregone conclusion, the bookers would have stopped taking bets on Una to win this one in a rout.
Two years is a long time though; during it Laura has improved beyond her jobber ways I had her pegged for after a dire start to her career.
While Una has lost the BBU bantamweight title, she seems to have lost that invincibility as she has lost several fights since then to show losing her title wasn't simply a bad night at the office.
That led to Laura bragging that she felt Una was done as a fighter, some jabs thrown in about her being done as a woman too we hear over Una's romantic issues didn't help matters.
The opening two rounds showed how intense this was going to be, both had success as Una worked the inside to push Laura back, who looked great on the outside with slick footwork.
In the third a right onto the nose of Healy put her down on her backside, she looked as stunned as most of the crowd, beating the count but having to hold off an attack from Whitmore straight away.
Laura would then take control of the action, she didn't show a one punch knockout though as it was more volume of punches that kept Una to the outside.
Till Round six when Una surprised her opponent with a nasty piledriver shot on the jaw, a follow up right to the temple sent Laura to her back.
Laura did beat the count; finding herself then under fire as Una looked to show her who the boss was, all the anger she probably had in the build up was unleashed on Whitmore.
But Una got too direct with her attacks; something that left her open to a vicious uppercut that put Una's lights out, Laura upsetting the odds to get the victory.
Question is though was this result down to Laura getting that much better, Una declining badly or a little of both?
I think it is both; Una definitely has went backwards, maybe due to confidence issues or a lack of hunger to win things, if it is the last one then that's a major issue for Una.
I can't take away the improvement from Laura, she has definitely gotten into a great run that has shown she can compete, though I still have doubts she can be a champion, as I always say though I look forwards to be proven wrong by her.
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Post by realview on Mar 24, 2019 8:40:24 GMT
Part 3: Alesha Dixon vs Elodie Frege We spoke about Alesha earlier to do around the bantamweight title, well she was busy herself in the past week taking on French superstar Elodie Frege, who sadly that hasn't really translated to the ring.
It has to be said neither woman has exactly lit the world on fire, they have been struggling to get wins against some of the hungry fighters coming up the rankings.
That lack of confidence from both showed as they started slowly, content to feel the other out with single shots as they moved all around the ring.
Alesha was the one to grab the bull by the horns, throwing some good crisp shots into the face of Elodie, marking her up as she stepped forwards more.
That woke up Elodie though; leading to a more enjoyable fight breaking out as both started to throw hands more, trading great shots on the inside, with the French fighter landing nasty looking body shots.
In the end though Alesha smashed Elodie to the nose in the sixth round, putting Elodie down for the count as we found out her nose was broken by the shot.
This was a good tune up for Alesha; who like her stablemate and fellow BBU hall of famer Lisa Maffia is trying to have one last run to the top, where Lisa failed can Alesha succeed?
While the Latin union stable made a statement backing Elodie, even wanting a rematch with Alesha in future, I honestly can't see Elodie doing much more in her career, she has major toughness though so good luck to her going forwards.
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Post by realview on Mar 24, 2019 8:41:21 GMT
Final Part: Samia Ghadie vs Maria Ozawa After Samia had defeated somebody, I can't even be bothered to remember who she beat last time, this time she stepped into the ring with a woman who can be a title contender but never has been pushed as she such.
Maria has shown the talent to rile opponents up with her speed and guile in the ring, only Kelly Hall and Zara Holland have really dealt with her.
The step up in level for Samia showed as she was put under wraps by Maria, who was in the face of the Hall of Famer, driving Ghadie around the ring with ease.
The first two rounds were easy for Maria; who looked to have the power advantage, Samia didn't have any answers to her, even ending up on her backside after a vicious right hook.
But the classic saying pride comes before a fall couldn't have fit more perfectly if it tried, Maria gloated Samia as they fought in the third, leaving herself open to a nasty right hook across her cheek.
The stunned Ozawa was beaten back by her opponent, with Ghadie coming back with a vengeance, one that led to Samia knocking out Maria with a barrage of punches.
This fight showed why Maria won't be a champion, she has all the tools physically and skills wise, that arrogance though is what led her down the guard path into defeat.
Samia meanwhile looked god awful in those opening rounds, it begs the question if these two fought again would she be able to do it twice or if Maria doesn't make the mistake she loses that time?
Of course Samia won't care; she'll be hoping to sneak into title contention against Cheryl Cole sooner or later for the bumper payday, though that might be a massacre if that ever took place.
That's all we sadly have time for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading our posts as we thank you for taking the time to do so, we'll be back next Sunday morning for the next episode.
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Post by Samia Ghadie on Mar 25, 2019 8:54:00 GMT
Damned right I'd massacre the Geordie slut!
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Post by Geordie Power on Mar 27, 2019 5:25:10 GMT
That figures, a random Manchester slut tries to distract me on championship night! Wait your turn, bytch or just book a date with a facial surgeon already! Grr.... This body is waaaaay too much for a #### like Samia!
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