STUDIO 110 TITLE

Originally posted by Simguy on Tuesday, 11-Jan-2000 21:07:35

Before: Lucy definitely one of the young guns on Nia’s hit list. “I’ve got to her,” says Peeples, “if I want to be the best petite out there. At least she’ll fight ne, which is more than I can say for most of the punks in my division.” Peeples has done well against the grinders in her class, but Liu’s unorthodox acrobatics have doused more than one contender’s fire, and she has a habit of sucking the hype out of an event. Just ask Saraj Michelle Gellar,

Lucy in black push up, red high cut bottoms, slick ponytail—Nia in black sportsbra, red bikini bottoms, fightin’ pigtails.

During R1: Lucy lays into Nia with a blistering start, rattling the challenger out of the gates with a booming lead right from the hip, jumping past Nia on the follow through to clip her with come along hooks, then reversing direction to crack the hapless brunette with a right on the teeth. Peeples taking flush, and going jiggly, keeps her feet while desperately crouching, looking to slip Liu’s heat. Lucy happy to continue slashing in from way long distance, dragging wide booming shots onto Nia as Peeples looks stunned for most of the round. Down the stretch, however, Peeples begins to find the range with those pulverizing little jabs, and manages to clock Lucy leaning away with a straight right on the jaw, Liu takes a seat, and looks rocky, failing to rise on her first try, Shakily up at 8, Liu is savaged to the trunk line as Nia grimly digs in with curling lefts and rights at the bell.

R2: Lucy not fully recovered, and she lays in with Nia as Peeples slowly gets the upperhand this round. Pushing against each other, Nia is the stronger, and her bashing fists take a fearful toll on Liu’s belly and ribs. Stepping left, Peeples rings Liu up with a gorgeous left to the belly, left uppercut combo, nearly dropping Liu to her knees. Lucy reeling around the ring, wobbles her way out of the round as Nia chases, scores with lunging potshots.

R3: All Lucy Liu as she roars back. She takes Nia on the inside, and matches quick as the girls trade furiously to the ribs and head with short strokes, as the girls pull out, Liu smacks Nia with repeated wide lefts and rights on the jaw, and midway through the round, Peeples goes glassy eyed, stumbling backward as Lou steps with her, bringing shots up from her knees, Lucy chases Nia to the ropes, and begins to clout her with wide lefts and rights, holding the off hand on Peeples face just long enough to screen the incoming blow, Peeples hurting, gets cold glare from Liu after the bell.

R4: Nia looking a little swollen about the face, fearlessly wades in, laying waste to the belly and sides of Lucy’s rib cage. Mileage piling up on Liu’s legs as she can’t get out of there, and Nia able to jerk lefts to the sternum, rights to Liu’s shiny back and kidney in meanspirited close quarters action.

R5: Liu busts Nia up this round with another leaping left uppercut from the knees, and consolidates by attacking the hurting Peeples from her right side, al most from behind. Nia getting swatted from weird angles, stumbles to the ropes, and looks to bob, lips punches, but Liu slashing in and out too fast. Lucy feinting jabs, stuffing in lead rights from the hip, bending low, then coming back up with the crashing uppercut, beats Nia from the hips to the head with thudding single shots. Peeples grimacing at the bell, looking shopworn as Liu raises her mitts en route to her corner.

R6: Lucy trading dangerously with Nia center ring, but getting the better of it ass she bends crazily back on her swivel-hips, makes Nia come up short, and makes her pay with wide counter shots from either hand. Peeples getting dazzled by Liu’s uncanny knack of simultaneous punching, and she can’t get at Liu’s midsection this round. Lucy getting her legs back, starts to distance herself from her foe in this round.

R7: Renewed vitality from Peeples as she mows Lucy down with crunching hooks in behind the elbow, slowing Liu considerably, and this a battle of attrition. Nia getting off with tricky lead rights from the shoulder, often able to pull the trigger 2 or 3 times as Liu’s head snaps back, Lucy still trying to slip punches, but getting nailed more often, as Nia starts to pour it on to the body lat.

R8: Nia cutting off the ring, hounds Liu to a neutral corner in the first minute, bounchi8ng her fists off the top of Liu’s head, her shoulders and ribcage as Lucy bobs and weaves. Lucy spinning out of danger in the middle minute, moves right, clipping the left hook under Nia’s chin, then dropping the right hand suddenly as she reverses field. Down the stretch, Peeples putting punches together, bashes liu into defensive shell, getting off and stepping to the right as Lucy wilts.

R9: All Nia as she starts out boxing, pounding the ruinous jab up the middle, working her combinations off it early, As the round progresses, Nia begins landing a right round punch low to Lucy’s left side—Lucy cringing and protecting her ribs to that side as Nia’s eyes light up. Final minute—feinting the right of the body, Nia turns on the left hook, caving in Lucy’s jaw, and leaving her skidding helplessly along the ropes. Nia stepping with the battered Asian, uses her shoulder and forearms inside to press Liu back, bashing out tremendous punishment with both fists to Lucy’s midsection. Liu groaning in a daze at the bell as Nia digs in a late right uppercut t the sternum.

R10: Lucy’s legs shot, and Nia bodies up to put the whipping on, hooking off the jab, and jerking out those sneaky lead rights to buff Lucy’s face. Midway through the round, Liu dips low and inside, then explodes up with the right uppercut, bashing Nia’s mouthpiece straight into the air as Peeples goes wobbly butt. Nia desperately hurt, and equally shabby Liu looks to finish, pounding a mean left hook to the breasts, and a chopping right hand on the eye to force Peeples to the ropes, Liu slugging straight away, putting mitts on meat, Peeples soaking it up as she slowly folds forward, getting raked to the jaw and tummy. Bell sounds as Liu continues to turn into lefts and rights, and is finally restrained by the ref. Decision comes back unanimous for the winner: Nia Peeples.

After: Liu in shock, eyes swollen to slits as she wanders numb around the ring. Nia crying with joy, releases the stored up tension from long weeks leading up to the super fight. Peeples vaults to pre-eminence over Liu’s shattered pride, and is a hot commodity on the talk show circuit for weeks thereafter. Close, hard fought decision, but Nia doing the damage inside squeezes it out.

Reposted by Archer 7/5/09.