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20 February 2011 Gemma Arterton  vs Blake Lively

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Posted by simguy on 2/20/2011, 11:46 am

 

BEFORE: Tensions running high after Blake elects to slap Gemma's face at the first photo-shoot: natural consequence of the pressure when two rising starlets meet. "There's simply more 'fighting flesh' on my body than there is on hers," Gemma explains in prefight. "She's skimpy - I can't believe Theron lost to that, and I won't believe that I will. When we punch, she'll feel my power and it will discourage her. You'll see Blake backing down from me, and I expect her to quit on some level, before I actually shut her off." Lively no less confident in her prognostications. "I battered Theron; she bested Zeta Jones," Blake observes, "that sounds like Blake Lively 1, Gemma ARterton 0, to me. I've dropped the ball recently, and I know it, but I also know what I have to do to take the next step. I'm a blade, not a sledgehammer: if I express my identity in this fight, Gemma will be skewered!" Blake in white cashmere, fish-net shrug (long sleeves down both arms, crossing at the upperback, leaving the chest exposed) over white bikini with ring connections; white gloves; long blonde hair tangly/wild. Gemma in black bikini; black gloves; black hair in high ponytail with bangs framing face. Arterton not one to forget a face-slap: she refuses to touch gloves during ref's instructions.

During R1: Blake RIFLING the jab - left hand spanking hard against Gemma's face, sorting her out early. MIdway through, follow-on right crosses find Gemma's chin, striking it aside: Arterton stepping in fence-post holes, well and truly rocked. Lively reaching out the long left hand to claw hooks at Gemma's ribs, waist - batting touches coax Gemma to ropes where she forms ragged earmuff. Nice punch selection for Lively as she steps-to, fitting a rangy right uppercut to Gemma's mouth in between guarding mitts, then looping the left round behind Gemma's head to pull it down, preventing any counters. Ref issuing break: Long-limbed Lively able to jam an extra right hand over the man's shoulder onto Gemma's jaw to earn the fight's first warning.

R2: Gems gets herself in the fight - jabbing-with long Blake; weaving close to blonde ribcage, getting there with both hands in tight-arc pounding in the horizontal plane. Lively body-bashed, giving ground: blonde girl extending arms to push as she lopes back out of range. Down the stretch, Lively able to spear the left jab with authority - denying Arterton the shutout.

R3: Hard two-way fighting continues - Gemma pressurizing Blake around the ring. Blake visibly trying to stay in-stance, trying to fit straight punches through a key-hole up the middle - frequently bouncing both mitts prettily off Gemma's face. Good Arterton weaving head movement helping her to collapse distance, whereupon she deploys bashing tactics to ribs: brunette all about long blonde body in early going.

R4: Blake stitching punches, ever-mindful of distance...when Gemma penetrates now, we're seeing Lively tie up via neck clasp at the expense of ref's warning. Midway through, Blake sliding in long, scrubbing one-twos, scoring on face...builds into a slick sequence as follows: left/right/left up the middle; cuffing left hook; ringing right uppercut...lanky Blake putting rangy punches together to stagger Gemma. Arterton over to defence - showing hurtin' earmuff as her feet stumble/stamp around...Blake pounds at the prepared defences, perhaps making a mistake in not seeking the body here.

R5: Blake in wide stance, forward aspect: weight on left leg; right heel up off canvas - everything working off a rigid, spearing left jab. Minute mark - Blake threading left/right/lefts in between Gemma's mitts to spite Gemma's face...hesitation left uppercut seals the deal, putting Arterton wobbly butt. Blake immediately reloading as Gemma covers up earmuff: wide, shellacking right hands lash Arterton's ribs/waist - Blake stroking away sidearm, eyes pitiless. Arterton on the verge of being cleaned up, but she stiffens, engaging Blake in clobbering exchange at medium/close ranges: first sign of blonde sloppiness as a lot of Blake's punches wrap wide around Gemma's head/shoulders here. Lively recovers form late - getting back outside, working her jab: Gemma takes her cue to leg away, buying time to shake the cobwebs after another good Lively round.

R6: Gemma showing resilience - touched hard last round, she comes out aggressive, weaving her way in close, fighting off Blake's chest to good effect. Lively in close, basically tying up around the head or elbows, laying on Gemma: Arterton walking tall blonde to ropes, wrestling with her, making a deliberate bid to get in Blake's rack this round. Arterton slopping away on jug pretty consistently - falling in to tie up after pounding those puppies: Blake grimacing/gasping when smote, she's basically underneath Arterton bell to bell.

R7: Girls competing furiously for distance - Gemma wants in, Blake wants separation. Gemma eating jabs on approach - trying to weave Blake's sneaky straight right chaser; Lively suffering rib and waist punishment, employing illegal neck clasps to pull Gems' head down and spin her round. Hard fought stop-and-go action...down the stretch - Gemma steps in, ducks, launch hesitation left hook off her hip after slipping Lively's left/right: BOOMING hook jolts Lively to chin and BLONDE GIRL DOWN! Blake jolted to her buns - head whiplashing/jugs a-jostling as she scoots to a stop: Gemma with fierce eye contact as she exults at the sight.

R8: Blake tamed by the knockdown - still jabbing, but now stepping AWAY rather than in - just trying to fend Gemma off. Arterton weaving forward, slugging hard out of the crouch, constantly looking to close-and-bang. Lively clinching upon every brunette penetration, drawing constant warnings to stay off Gemma's neck. Blonde girl mouthbreathing, looking harassed and disheveled...Arterton walking through Blake's offerings now, pressing the attack to ribcage without mercy.

R9: Spirited comeback for Lively as blonde girl shows pride: she won't be rolled up tonight. Wide stance, forward aspect: drilling jabs, stiff straight right hands rejecting Gemma, face-punching her back outside. Lively fitting straight punches through a key hole up the middle, then dipping left shoulder and fitting Gemma for hesitation left uppercuts: Arterton not reading the delayed punch at all, taking it to chin and backing off all perplexed. Lively stepping Gemma down, extending dangerously on punches...Arterton getting tagged right hands as she's pulling away, leads to a bad case of brunette wobbly-butt late the round. Lively grimly stalking, loading up righty...she's dialed in, turning Gemma's chin aside almost at will in the last few seconds, bringing crowd to its feet.

R10: Gemma sucks it up, shakes off hurt, re-assumes an aggressive, attacking posture to weave her way in close and engage at preferential ranges. Lively forced to lope backwards and set traps: blonde girl doing her best to fit brunette for harm as Gemma storms forward. Nice moments for each, but Gemma generally fighting her way through, getting to chest and dominating time-of-possession: all that body work has Blake breathing hard, wincing in pain as Gemma slams away in the clinch. Final minute sees Arterton smear Blake along ropes - pushing and punching on her - getting after her rack with slap-chop right hands in close. Lively bending back over top rope under the onslaught, simply unable to get out from under. Comes back UD10 Gemma Arterton.

After: Arterton gains separation over a close status-rival, but Blake shows signs of development - illustrating some of the tools that could make her a consistent boxing threat down the road. "A lovely jab, she has," Arterton admits in postfight, puffy left eye/swollen lips providing exhibits A and B, "not quite the wild child I was expecting. I punished her ribcage to make her quit - and although she faltered at times - I don't believe I broke her will...she was punching hard right up to the end, and I really had to work to take this fight from her. Too bad she's such a little face-slapping witch - I could've respected her else."

 

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