Before: "Nadia's obsessed with Mandy," Veteran Kris assesses in prefight. "I've seen it before, and it's going to get Bjorlin blindsided by a fighter like me. I'm more mobile than Mandy, stronger - I've got 20 pounds of beef on Mandy, and skill she's only dreamed of possessing. I'm going to be the shock of Nadia's young life when we hook up. Gonna be a real eye-opener for the kid!"

Bjorlin non-plussed, eager to answer such charges. "The big difference between Mandy Moore and Kris, is that Moore's determined to win every fight she gets into, while Kristanna's fighting not to lose now," Nadia smiles, effortlessly striping Loken across her pride. "And that 20 pounds of extra 'beef' looks like 20 pounds of 'flab' to me: Loken's gotten soft since her T3 days - I can't wait to work that spare tire. Conditioning and confidence - that's what this game is about. Loken's given up on the first and she's had the second beaten out of her. Easy fight for me, boys, 'cause I got the two C's in spades!"

Nadia in gold bra style bikini; black gloves. Kris in royal blue bra style bikini with same-colour belted waist; white gloves.

During R1: Kris smooth about the ring - not as swift as she was in her T3 heyday, but still agile for a big woman. Loken: right hand at chest - left extended and low, rising up into a sterling jab at Nadia's guard. Bjorlin weaving side to side, gloves curled into her chin - she's pressurizing, but getting turned as Loken circles clockwise. Girls just getting acquainted - nobody hurt in a tactical first.

R2: Similar stuff: Loken relaxed, working behind her jab, steering Nadia in gentle clockwise circles. Bjorlin attempting to weave close and get off robusto - seeking Loken's suspect gut and ribs with batting whacks. All even till late: Nadia separates herself with a ringing right/left/right harsh against Loken's ribs, then reloading for a short, chopping right to chin as Kristanna's backpedalling. Blonde gob-smacked, staring from the punch: she hits ropes in a dazed, thighs a-trembling; bell sounds before Nadia can pounce-finish.

R3: Krissy's spooked: much more tentative Loken now - stepping away after jabbing, loping the perimeter. Bjorlin's penetrations met with brawny clinches now: Loken quick to tie up with her left hand in behind Nadia's right elbow/right hand in behind Nadia's head. Sloppy stop and go as ref issues breaks: tough for Nadia to get work done, but she's plowing through, landing loud to arms and flanks; tucking right hands to tummy in spots. Enough to outwork Loken for points.

R4: Nadia forward strong, but eating a steady diet of jabs: Krissy's stick stiff, strong, intelligent - starting to track Bjorlin's constant head movement. Right hands flowing from Kris as she turns on her hips, pouring in and down on Nadia: muscular, sliding punches starting to find the mark up top. Loken's sidestep-left also effective - frequently changing the rules on Nadia just as Bjorlin's getting ready to assault. Kris sometimes clinching, sometimes leaning into Bjorlin to push her off: Loken keeping it fresh, changing pace, showing true big-girl brawn. Midway through - Loken one-two pounds hard to Nadia's chin, loosening her knees: Bjorlin momentarily stunned, swaying on the spot in hurtin' earmuff...but there's no follow up. Kris content to bank the points, then run the clock - keeping hurting Nadia at bay with jabs to the bell. AND A LATE RIGHT HAND! Boos from the crowd as Kris clips Nadia cheap, hard across the mouth.

R5: Fierce fighting as Krissy's legs start to tire: she's standing flat footed more often, leaning into Nadia, making her take weight in the clinch. Loken warned for grabbing Nadia behind the head: Kris holding and hitting well in spots - clipping tidy right uppercuts, then cuddling up for breaks. Bjorlin responds with intelligent, hamfisted bombardment of big blonde's biceps - smashing away at Loken's arms when Krissy's covering up. Good denial-boxing from Kris; good long-term investments made by Bjorlin in steamy, stop-and-go action.

R6: Nadia pushing into Loken's clinches, walking Kris to ropes: Bjorlin working hard, fighting off a big woman's chest this round. Krissy grunting with the effort of restraining Nadia - constantly pulling Bjorlin's head down, or tieing up behind her elbows. Nadia just as busy wriggling her way free - pushing and bumping on Kris to fee up punching room. Bjorlin snapping off those vicious, sudden left/right hooks across Kristanna's jugs or ribs; ref issues warnings for Nadia's forearm-follow throughs. Nadia blocked up top, but she's comfortable ripping away at Kris underneath: good, solid work done to the waist and ribs, systematically breaking Loken down.

R7: Kris tries to get off a little more, but she's gunshy, backpedalling even as she's punching. Nadia smelling reluctance, pours on the intensity: she's still trying for chin with vicious intentions as Kris looks to clinch for safety. In the snuggles, Nadia's busy - pushing against Loken's body or arms, then ripping at her torso in combinations. Kristanna muscled to ropes, grimacing with the effort of hog-tying the wildcat on her chest. All Nadia - no big chin-checks, but she's landing loud and often downstairs, digging brutally at hips, ribs, paunch.

R8: Kris reviving her legs - flicking out that slick backhand jab, rotating left. Nadia turning, missing shots from too far out: Loken leaning in, catching Nadia some choice right hands across the chin, loosening Bjorlin's knees. Good round for Kris becomes a great one as Nadia can't close distance: Loken circling rangy, extending on long, smooth punches puts Nadia wobbly butt. Midway through - pair of flicking jabs at Nadia's nose spooks her upright: Loken able to step in with supple big-girl right uppercut, picking Nadia up HUGE - turning her groggy to her right. Bjorlin spilling sideways...Krissy leaning into her with follow up lefts and rights and NADIA GOES DOWN! Bjorlin chased to canvas near her own corner - battered to her knees all tremble-bodied: she's a ruined beauty, glassy-eyed as she fights her way on up! Swaying 8, Nadia Bjorlin: ON COMES KRIS! Loken swooping in, bracing Nadia with a jab in the chest before swinging a vicious right to paunch...but NADIA WON'T HAVE IT! Bjorlin all but out, but baring desperate fangs: she brawls drunkenly off the ropes, lowering her head and looping rights and lefts from her hips - spooking Kris backward. Loken's skittish heart betrays her - she doesn't want to take risks to get Nadia out of there - blonde content to wheel away, let her legs win the round.

R9: Bjorlin's conditioning pays off: badly rocked last round, she comes out all hard-eyed and grim determination. Loken clinching: Nadia's legs dig in, backside trembling with the effort of walking Kris to ropes. Nadia wriggling, struggling to work on Loken: Kris grunting, straining to hold Bjorlin in place. Nadia cramming away single-shot body blows, pressing her head and shoulder into Loken while wrenching limbs free from Krissy's grasp. Steady, relentless pressure - Bjorlin able to work just enough to keep the ref from issuing breaks...Loken starting to mouth breathe, fading under Nadia's persistence. Down the stretch, Nadia rips a sudden left hook to paunch, then doubles into a vicious left uppercut, splitting Loken's mitts. Kris chin-checked - she droops forward in earmuff, trying to crowd Nadia, then DROPS TO ALL FOURS! Bjorlin bellowing in triumph: she gets the knockdown back and proves why you need to follow up hard on hurt prey.

R10: Groggy wonders shuffle off stools: both girls drained by beefy exertions tonight. Nadia quickly trapping Loken to ropes, but succumbing to Kristanna's muscular grappling: Bjorlin starting to blow hard from pushing against one of her biggest foes, all night long. Slow, pawing action - Kris pulling Nadia forward behind her head and either elbow: Nadia slapping or plowing single shots at taunting blonde paunch or shiny blonde sides. Squirming tummy to tummy basically nullifies the punching until late: exhausted Kristanna can't hang on any longer, finally freeing Nadia up. Bjorlin salts away the round, punishing Kris with thumping rights and lefts to the waist/hips as Loken sits in ropes, stoops forward in earmuff. Nadia too sapped to get Kris out of there, but brunette mindlessly bludgeons out the points, and the fight. UD10 Nadia Bjorlin.

After: Telling stuff in this one. Loken a little under-conditioned, but still one of the best big-girl athletes in the game: she's still got enough shimmy-and-shine to survive a girl like Bjorlin. Nadia solving Kristanna's clinches with hard work and persistence - Bjorlin the aggressor all night long took the fight to Kris and refused to be bamboozled.

"Girls can tie me up all they want," a tired, but jubilant Nadia says in postfight. "It's not going to stop me wearing them out to the body. If I could have dropped her just a few seconds earlier in the 9th, I would have stopped her, but I ran out of time. She was a discouraged girl at that point, and I knew I had her beat."