Posted by Simguy on 03/11/2005

Before: Dani risking that Asian jinx of hers: book on Fishel is she can't handle the mysteries of the East - but Grace Park isn't your typical Pac-Rim cutie. "She doesn't box," Dani says in prefight, "she doesn't use her height or try to finesse girls. From what I've seen, Grace is a pure pressure fighter, and that really excites me. She's a crowd-pleaser, a volume puncher and obviously that's going to make for a great fight with me."

Grace considering offers from the likes of Jennifer Espinosa, Jaime Pressly, Jennie Garth and others - why Dani at this juncture? "It's like the girl says - I'm a volume puncher and Fishel thinks she's all about pressure. You want to be the woman, you have to beat the woman: I want Dani humbled to establish my bona-fides, simple as that."

Fishel in navy bandeau bikini, large babyblue polkadots, white shoes, thick white socks rolled down for that ballistic look - Grace in green bandeau bikini, yellow vine print, black shoes, white socks, tight little battle braid.

During R1: Right uppercut Park, DANI GOES DOWN! Fishel right back up, straining against Ref's chest to rejoin the fray - he pushes her to ropes, counting out 8, settling her down. ACTION! Girls come together: Park with a clubbing right to the ear, Dani with a right to the ribs; Park left uppercut chin, Dani left hook jaw; Park digging right to beefy ribs, Dani biting hook liver. Fishel steadily backing Park up - she soon has Grace fighting for her life against the ropes. Dani pouring it on, her punches shutting Park down - blows belting off shoulders, chest as grimacing Grace crosses arms, soaks it up to the bell.

R2: OH THEY BANG AWAY! Girls squared away, Park the taller, tightening up on left/right swinging licks to Dani's ribs - Fishel shorter, more compact, pulling tidy lefts and rights inside Park's swings and bashing away chest, ribs and tummy. Too much heat: Grace disengages with a feral show of teeth, heaving chest - stepping to her right and poking out a don't-hurt-me jab to regroup. Again, Dani brawling for dominance, then marching forward: this is her fight. She finishes up punishing Grace against the ropes - Park can't punch back at the bell, arms crossed against the thudding barrage of Fishel body blows.

R3: OH THEY BANG AWAY! Stubborn Grace squaring up - again going to Dani's body with strapping lefts and rights, getting her hips and shoulders into a juicy swinging motion and landing with SPANK! Dani concussed, but refusing to budge and she's bashing right back: Tighter arc, side to side clubbing taking a steady toll of Gracey's jugs, ribs and waist. Park's knees buckle after 30 seconds of smash-mouth insanity, again she looks to disengage - tepid jab not enough to keep Fishel off her. Dani getting to Park's chest, bodying her to ropes, gets in there thick: head, shoulders, elbows mauling, bumping, grinding, all to open up patches of breadbasket or flank for bruising attrition. Park grimacing, almost drooping over top Dani as Fishel pounds away to middle - Grace seated in ropes, crossing arms against throbbing frame at the bell.

R4: Right uppercut Grace: DANI'S WOBBLY BUTT! Grace finally able to wade in and back Fishel up - stepping lefts and rights, short, clouting to the chin, Fishel unable to hold her canvas as Park batters her to ropes. Grace owning some moments - gnashing her teeth as she belts away to either flank, clubs wide across Dani's shiny lower back, digs up underneath in search of tits, chin. Fishel rides it out, starts slugging back late - furious exchanges down the stretch see her inch Park back, but Gracey able to meet Dani punch for punch and take the round.

R5: Right uppercut Grace: Dani shivering, but taking it better - Park's power starting to fade under the withering toe-to-toe accumulation. Grace baring teeth, squaring up and hoisting lefts and rights into Dani with rising, pump-action work - but Fishel's shrugging it off. Dani crouching in, slugging side to side, getting good bashing leather to the chest and ribcage - she's got Park humming from punishment. Grace steadily punched, bumped, and bodied to ropes once again - she desperately goes to a churning series of left and right uppercuts in an attempt to stave off pressure but Dani won't have it. Fishel palming, reaching under the arms, pressing Grace against ropes, then helping herself - shorter pug nestled in there snug beneath Gracey's chin, taking whatever she wants. Volume down just a touch as Dani sets her feet and really starts to find leverage on her hooks - turning her hips, looking over to the right as she lays in thick, hard, strap to midsection.

R6: Grace shopworn, eyes foggy, distant: she's breaking down. Easier for Fishel to wade in, easier to walk Grace to ropes - now just a job of work to pile on the punches. Dani settling into a steady, rhythmic Joe Frazier shove n' slug: bumping Grace with shoulders, palm-bunting her the right hand to set up hooks. Fishel crossing her arms and bobbing at the waist in front of Park - Dani smart, harder to hit than Grace who's basically slumped against the ropes and taking it. Fishel starting to clang away muscular to chin - great swinging hooks and short overhand rights have Grace staring at the bell.

R7: Park no longer competitive - she's waving punches at Dani, pushing the uppercuts to Fishel's body - Dani able to wade right into the chest and bull Grace to a comfy seat on the ropes. Systematic pound-down: lefts and rights hips, shoulders, chest and tum - Park droops, wilts and gives up her a chin as a result. Fishel bashing away without fear of repraisal, crossing arms, bobbing and bumping, rip-digging her hooks and staying on top of Grace: one girl just using another up at the ropes. Dying moments, Park's face distraught - she's not punching back, head starting to swivel and loll after every Fishel connect - ref's seen enough. Official calls a halt with seconds left, hugging a badly battered Grace Park to safety as grinning Dani lifts her mitts and struts away the TKO7 victrix.

After: Park showing her mettle, meeting Dani head-on - simply forcing Fishel to beat the fight out of her.

 "Used her up," Dani shrugs by way of explanation in post fight. "She's not hard to find - I didn't need to cut off the ring or anything like that so it was just a matter of outpunching her, which thankfully, I was able to do. Grace is a tough girl - she took a lot more than most tonight and she's got good pop - she would have overwhelmed a lot of other bantams tonight."

Versatility would have helped Park - no plan B and Dani was the owner of plan A - a little lateral movement along with the uppercuts would have worked wonders