UNIFIED LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE 

Posted by Simguy on 2/12/2005.

Before: Intriguing contest between two well-traveled brunettes - neither girl's had an easy road with Allen's misfortunes along the way rivalling the champ's hard times - hard to pick a sentimental favourite.

"I'm definitely concerned," Jenny O'Dell confides to BLONDE! magazine. "When I fought Krista, there was an urgency and hunger to her punching I haven't seen in her since Baywatch. If that Allen shows up, sure I'm worried - and so is Charisma. You'd be a fool not to respect Krista coming in." Allen upbeat, assertive at the dais - she too invokes the Baywatch days as a sign of things to come.

"This fight reminds me of the time Daisy Fuentes guest starred on Baywatch," Allen reminisces. "She was pretty imposing, nobody wanted to mix it up with her but I just stepped to her and gave her a beating. You look at Charisma and she seems solid, but she has no defence against my legs. That slip and counter routine won't work on me, and I don't think Carpenter has a plan B. It's going to be a long, heartbreaking night for her."

Champ herself is reserved, taking the highroad despite constant Allen baiting. "Krista's a threat," admits Charisma, "and she's the only girl in the division as hungry as I am. And her legs ARE the key - I'm going to do my best to take them away from her and we'll see if SHE has a plan B."

Allen in white bikini, Charisma in navy battle bikini (see Aristide reference).

During R1: Allen up off her stool gets PANCAKE-TACKLED INTO HER CORNER! Carpenter charging the mound early, crossing up expectations with a ploughing lead assault - she starts the fight POUNDING away. Right hands - vicious, clubbing, short - find Allen's chin over and over in the opening seconds - Allen sagging, hands at her chest, staring - SHE'S HURT! Carpenter driving in with her left shoulder, pressing up on Kris, turning on right hand chin music, now coming back with jolting short lefts on the jaw - Allen busted in the chops, eyes glassy, torso lolling - she slides to her right along the ropes, but gets corralled, stacked up as Carpenter stays on her girl's chest. CC to the body, crowding in with her head and gloves to smear Allen, then plugging her gut - poor Krista's arms draped uselessly across Carpenter's back, trying to tie up around the elbows. Champ just stepping with, keeping it on - rich, thick, pulverizing lefts and rights fitted into ribs and tummy and KRISTA GOES DOWN! Tears welling up as trembling Allen is bludgeoned to all fours - she rallies, beats the count swooning - ON COMES CHARISMA! Carpenter jabbing stubby, straightening Krista, pulling a gutwrenching right hard across the waist, double-pumping the short left uppercut to brush Krista back. Allen out on her feet when CARPENTER GOES JUG! CC nuzzling in close, then shoulder-shrugging away to helpless, world-class puppy - OH she's POUNDING that rack as Allen can only pout open-mouthed and drowsy at the bell. Crowd roaring - Carpenter stomping back to her corner - Allen wafting to her stool a shellshocked, jacked-up victim - trainer dousing her, slapping her face, trying to bring gorgeous challenger around during the break.

R2: Carpenter strong to midring again - cold-eyed as she steps in jabbing to Krista's chest, looking to lead once again. Allen wincing away, gunshy - she's pointing her left shoulder while pivot-turning to her left, trying to get her legs back under her. Midway through, Allen with a deft pivot around a shooting Carpenter right - Charisma exposed as Kris comes back with a sidearm right clean on the teeth. Carpenter rung up, momentarily shook - Allen lifts lefts and rights off her thighs to go right/left/right on the face and DRIVE CARPENTER ROPESIDE! CC's face slackened, eyes staring - Krista snarling as she hops in with a short right hand to the chest, twisting to bite a left hard across Carpenter's chin - champ's legs locking up as chin gets tested! Krista maintaining some punching room, jabbing to reset, lifting lefts and rights off her hips to belt away head and shoulders on Carpenter - Charisma getting tagged, but starting to organize - she's slipping side to side, right hand stacked on her left chest and tummy height. Down the stretch, Charisma's got Kris missing and CARPENTER'S SCORING! CC dipping right, fitting hooks in under Allen's right arm - dipping left to pull a clouting right upside Allen's jaw and KRISTA'S LEGS BUCKLE! Challenger harmed, stunned - CC reaches under Allen's arms to body up and twist her to ropes, neatly reversing positions and CARPENTER UNLOADS! CC putting short, straight-pounding lefts and rights together, just tapping away at Allen's woozy guard, knocking at the gloves and face, then RIPPING hook to liver to draw a breathy moan of agony from challenger at the bell. CC chest heaving, chesting up on Allen and making her feel the weight - challenger whining, shoving off as tempers flare through 2.

R3: Carpenter attacking lead again, stomping into position with a stiff jab, getting to Allen's chest, backing the challenger up. Kris upright, dukes up, elbows in as she leans back against the ropes - she's giving away her entire midriff, ribs, lats to Charisma's busy fists. CC weaving side to side, moving her head and punching smoothly out of the motion - hungry fists sampling Allen's statuesque goodness, patiently beating her down. Kris mouthbreathing, not answering back - she didn't expect forward pressure, doesn't look well-prepared for it. Crunching rib assault has Allen stooping, wilting late - Carpenter straightening, getting short, jolting uppercuts and hooks - tidy clipping punches swatting at Allen's chin and temples and KRISTA TAKES A KNEE! Allen blubbering, punching the canvas in disappointment - Carpenter looking down haughtily, nodding in satisfaction as she hops away to let ref count.

R4: Krista jabbing effectively for the first time - finally repelling the Carpenter pressure - Charisma abandons the attempt to get to Allen's chest, fading to ropes, luring Krista in instead. Tentative, tactical stuff in stark contrast to the wild punching opening rounds - Allen concentrating, standing outside - she steps in low to jab at Carpenter's belly, pivoting and exiting off to the right, circling back and diving in jab-to-belly again. CC relaxed, swatting at belly-stick with a protective right hand, rolling Krista's occasional rights with the left shoulder, bending and slipping side to side in attempt to tempt Allen into recklessness. Kris doesn't bite: takes her fist points as both fighters settle down.

R5: Similar stuff - Carpenter setting up at the ropes and giving Allen liquid upperbody movement - Kris basically getting the tummy-jab but nothing else as she's reluctant to square away and commit.

R6: Carpenter on the ropes, doing her thing. Allen edging in a little close, going more flat-footed - she's mixing up a tapping jab upstairs with a thrusting jab to the body, starting to bother CC with the tummy touch. Allen shows a sudden right, getting Carpenter to commit defensively - Krista up with the shearing left uppercut gets ALL of Carpenter's chin! CHARISMA'S HURT! Crowd squealing to it's feet as CC goes ragged, draping stunned against the ropes and ALLEN POUNDS AWAY! Krista baring her teeth, pulling rights and lefts off her hips to jam punches to Carpenter's face, finally settling on a series of pulverizing right hands to PUT CARPENTER DOWN! CC on all fours, mouth wide open, gasping - Allen LANDS CHEAP! Fitting a sumptuous right hand up underneath from the side, drawing a woozy sob of complaint from champ as ref tackles challenger away. Swooning 8 CC - ON COMES KRISTA! Allen stomping in, feinting, pawing the left up top then really shoving it down into Carpenter's body, pivoting right to get an angle for the hook off CC's left shoulder, pounding away between Carpenter's mitts. Charisma's legs locked up, butt in the ropes - she's swaying side to side, but too slow, too hurt - Allen able to track her with both fists with frightening accuracy. Krista on her toes, fighting off either Carpenter shoulder, putting tidy punches together - Allen with her elbows in, snapping her fists off Carpenter's face, tits and ribs, just taking all she wants of a tired champion. CC goes the route on guts alone, arms crossed, elbows out to ward off punches as Allen rings up a devastating shutout. Break: Allen's corner going wild, vigorously massaging her legs, telling her "You got this bytch!" CC's corner calm, just pouring water on the champ, getting her to focus.

R7: Krista muscular on the attack, jabbing Carpenter to ropes and hunting chin with crisp right hands. CC bending, slipping Allen's right, relaxed, poised on the ropes: Carpenter getting good cooperation as Krista extends on powershots, leaving openings. Midway through, Carpenter slips in and to her left under an Allen right, comes out of the crouch a clanging left hook and PUTS KRISTA ON HER HEELS! Kris goes from dominant puncher to dazed stumblebum - CC immediately sidesteps and guides Allen to ropes, reversing positions. Carpenter keeping her guard at her cheeks, leans in tough with her head to bump Kris upright and gets after that midsection. Thick strapping blows across waist, behind elbows spreads creeping paralysis throughout Krista's frame - she's buckling forward, offering up her chin and jugs to Carpenter's tidy, tasty clip-uppercuts. CC with a ringing three punch combo at the bell - two left uppercuts on the chin and a thumping punctuation hook in the liver has Allen grooooaaanning.

R8: Krista sucks it up, responds. Allen jabbing Charisma to ropes, but tightening up stroke, doubling up on left hands to confound CC's slipping rhythm. Right hand short and choppy now, quickly retracted - Allen taking no chances. Left hand snapping to Carpenter's waist, licking harm in behind the right elbow elbow, draining the champ's tank. Shoulder-shrugging left uppercuts partake of Charisma's jugs as she leans forward - Kris keeping weight on the front foot, jerking the punches up with a short, thumping delivery. Allen making good use of feints, twitching Carpenter out of position, then startling her with drifting right hands off the hip - Allen scoring cleanly, consistently bell to bell on Carpenter this round. Break: both girls busted up, lumpy with punishment, well worn downstairs - championship rounds will decide it.

R9: CC strong to midring, jabbing to Krista's chest, then backing off to lure Allen to ropes. Carpenter dipping side to side, slipping under Allen's shots, answering back to the ribs - brilliant display simply takes Krista apart as withering body-counters buckle Krista in the knees. Midway through, CC bending into a smashing right hand - Allen caught flush, her own right hand sailing - she's hurt and Carpenter bundles her up. CC reversing positions, putting Allen on the ropes, then getting after her - just a thick, pulverizing beat down to Allen's mouthwatering tits, achy ribs, worn-out waist. Carpenter leaning in rough enough with her head to draw warnings, ripping to the body, straightening up into uppercuts - her mitts bouncing off Krista's flanks with tangy spank. Allen swooning, sleepy - she droops forward, eyelashes fluttering, not answering as Carpenter shrugs short, clouting lefts over and over to those defenceless jugs at the bell. CC chests up, breath hot on Krista's lips, forcing eye contact: poor Allen used up, needs the ref to enforce a break.

R10: Hard, exhausted punching midring, girls taking turns turning into walloping single shots. Carpenter bending to her left to pull in the right hand, laying over on her left hip on follow through; Allen back with a rising right, riding into Carpenter with the right shoulder; CC dropping her right foot back, pulling an oily left across Krista's chops. Tired, slogging back and forth staggers and reels around the ring for two minutes - KO punches dulled by fatigue, smashing wet into shoulder, chest or tummy, clouting jaw for good head-swivel but neither beauty going down. Final minute - Carpenter finally gets a little give from Krista, leaning in close to hook Allen's midsection and buckling her forward: Allen no longer answering as CC puts short right uppercuts to chest and chin, thick strapping hooks to hip, driving Kris ropeside. Fight finishes up with Carpenter fighting off Krista's chest, piling on to the bell. Standing side by side, well-worn beauties tense for the decision: comes back UD10 for the winner and STILL champion - Charisma Carpenter.

After: Krista devastated, breaking down into great wracking sobs, covering her face with her hands - Carpenter can't help but be moved, giving her battered challenger a consoling hug. Carpenter badly mauled, exhausted herself, but thrilled to have gotten through a rugged first defence.

"I trained for a tough fight," says Charisma, "but that was RIDICULOUS! I wanted to fight off her chest, especially early, because I needed to take her legs out of this fight. It was critical to hurt her and put miles on her in those first few rounds, and I did that, but she was SO tough! I went from thinking I had blasted her all but out to hauling myself up off the canvas and wondering if I had enough time to get back in it! Krista's so heartbroken now, but she has nothing to be ashamed of. Nobody could have fought me any harder. Krista Allen is a champion in my books and I'm just glad to have gotten past her."