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20 Oct 2007 Penelope Cruz vs Natalie Portman

Page history last edited by Archer844 15 years, 1 month ago

Posted by simguy on 10/20/2007, 9:26 am.

 

Before: Gellar in Cruz camp to help guide Pene past Natalie - Sarah's influence evident in prefight when Cruz refers to Natalie as a "scrawny leetle hag," whom Pene intends to "embarrass" rather than simply beat. Portman keeping a cool head - she knows Cruz has been trying to roughen things up following her defeat to Geri Halliwell. "Penelope's opening up a pandora's box that she'd be better off keeping closed," says Portman at the podium. "She's got tremendous skills, good height and fitness for the class - but she's got the heart of a piece of celery, and that's not gonna cut it. I'm going to feature to Pene's midsection, break her down and coax a little quit out of her - it's really as simple as that. Once she's breathing hard and feeling a little cranky, I'm gonna roll her up, bust her up, and I hope to stop her late." Cruz in black bra style bikini, gold ring connection at jug; top knot ponytail long down her back; small black work out gloves. Natalie in purple bandeau bikini, slick low ponytail; small black work out gloves.

 

During R1: Right down to business. Pene edging close behind a pert double jab: short, 3 inch left uppercut; short clouting hook - Pene crouching as she gets off tidy, right hand at cheek. Nat also crouching, electing to slip Pene's jab rather than contest it outside - letting Cruz get close, then engaging in a phone booth. Portman in relaxed crouch - right under her chin, left at her tummy - releasing on that slick, biting BSE hook, body and head. Pleasing PIK! PAK! PEK! of small gloves on taut frames - skidding, scuffing contact mixed in with the odd gouging body shot as girls work toe-to-toe. Bell: Pene pushes Natalie's shoulders with a snarl: Cruz making every effort to be aggressive tonight.

 

R2: Same again: close-quarters, tidy-nipping action - tall girl crouching-in with shorter girl and licking away snappy. Both women scoring healthy to body: Natalie with that vicious, swiping, Sugar-Ray Leonard hook, turning her torso-right with the shot; Pene dipping the left shoulder and digging up with her hook, getting a little lank on it. Ref barking warnings to Cruz: she's occasionally riding the left hand behind Natalie's head; little bit of elbow-nudging to chest and face; deliberate stepping onto Nat's left foot. At one point - Cruz' thumb squirts into Natalie's left eye: seems accidental, but ref pushes Cruz back and reads her the riot act as Natalie's given a moment to blink it out.

 

R3: Cruz electing to close behind her jab and work Natalie up close: it's classic Gellar strategy. First minute - determined, repeat, dip-n'-dig hooks rip at Natalie's sternum, buckling her knees: PORTMAN TAKES A KNEE! Natalie gasping, tummy-shook: Cruz lifts mitts, bellows, struts prettily as Gellar stands ringside, clapping wildly. Portman up at 8, but wincing: Cruz quickly on top with a spritzing jab, squares away to work Natalie proper at ropes. Portman covering up earmuff, crouching forward: Cruz snarls, swabs away to kidney, earning more warnings from ref. Stern beating for Natalie as Cruz has her way - Pene very rough, pushing Portman, digging both hands to midsection, lathering away up top. Natalie rides it out, but she's lumping up, scowling, and that thumbed-left eye's closing fast.

 

R4: Enough's enough: early action sees Natalie rip that quick hook to tummy, then double it up to hook Pene's jaw - CRUZ SCOOTS TO HER REAR! Natalie glaring down as she stomps past: Pene sitting up pretty, legs outstretched, hands behind her as she shakes her head in confusion. Snivelling 8, Cruz: Natalie cold-blooded as she edges in behind her jab, puts head and left shoulder into Pene's chest to stack, and gets to work downstairs. Good, methodical, purposeful rib, tummy and jug harvest: Natalie in close, crowding, bumping, controlling, then just moving her hands in compact little snatching strikes. Pene grunting, whimpering, looking harried - she's reaching around Natalie's arms and head, looking to clinch and tie up from the ropes.

 

R5: Both girls have had each other off their feet - they close no-nonsense, working shoulder to shoulder. Panting breaths, pained winces, narrowed eyes as the women take turns, each operating from the crouch, left shoulder angled in towards the other. Hooks strafe tummies and jaws - often with rapid double-up delivery. Right hands chop at cheeks - or more cruelly, in over opposing left hips. Pene's right uppercut a nasty, clipping little shot - pasting Natalie's face more than once. Portman's quickness with her left hand sees her penetrate Cruz blocking scheme almost at will.

 

R6: Similar close-quarters look: everything falls apart for Cruz this round. First minute - Natalie working that double hook tummy and head, tummy and head: she's got Pene woozy, breaking down, stumbling around - and CRUZ TAKES A KNEE! Pene's eyes shining with tears as she waits out the 8 count, straightening up stiff, wobbly butt as ref checks her at ropes. Second minute - Natalie pressing the attack on the apron, stalking Pene corner to corner as Cruz slinks along ropes. Portman jabbing, hooks off her jab to startle Cruz to chin; hooks the waist; nips the right uppercut tight; hooks face as Cruz is spilling to her right and PENE GOES DOWN! Pene on all fours parallel to ropes, panting and grimacing: Gellar nearby screams "GET UP!" as Nat stalks past fuming. Final minute: Natalie cleaning up on Pene at ropes: Cruz slumped against cables, hands up, elbows in, taking a one-sided pasting from rhythmic Portman.

 

R7: Cruz firms! Pene normally collapsing after a bad inning, stabilizes her front with a beautiful classic jab - denying Portman position inside. Good adjustment - Pene getting tall all of a sudden, stepping around her shorter foe: Portman forced to regroup, slip punches and be patient on the outside.

 

R8: Natalie timing Pene's jab, slipping it, jumping in with a hook: Cruz clattering back on her heels to ropes, covers up, crouches forward as Natalie re-establishes shoulder-to-shoulder distance. Portman on Cruz, scouring - lovely to watch her turn into that snappy hook - all body and hips and shoulder as she swipes Spanish tummy or chin. Cruz getting pasted - sitting in ropes, hands up, face puffy and sulky: Pene doing enough clinching and blatant holding now to draw warnings for it. During one clinch, Pene wrenches up on Natalie's elbow hard, lifting Nat onto her toes and winning a surprised yelp of pain from Portman. Ref breaks, shakes Pene by the arm and warns her about that too.

 

R9: Same again - Natalie hooking off the jab, gets Cruz almost stumbling backward top ropes, then Portman closes and sets up shoulder to shoulder. Pene still stubborn and competitive - she'll crouch in, hook-with, bump and jostle - but Natalie entrenched, can't be backed off. Good, snappy trade, but Portman's handspeed in combination decisive at this distance - she's getting the extra touches, beating a hollow-eyed, staring look of resignation onto Pene's face through 9.

 

R10: Pene firms! Cruz was competitive against Halliwell, and she's a fighter tonight as well - coming off her stool and finding Portman with jabs to renegotiate distance. Cruz stepping left - lips curled off her teeth as she spits out the poke: Portman parrying, ducking, slipping, can't penetrate. Outside, Penelope gives Natalie all sorts of trouble - pin-cushioning American until Portman can slip-and-pounce in with hooks or a counter right hand over top. Cruz boxes out the round - lands a nice late right to put the girls seething chest to chest after the bell: ref sorts 'em out for the decision. Comes back UD10, single point - Natalie Portman!

 

After: Wow - good, rough, business getting done from classy vixens at 110 - much more rugged contest than expected coming in. "I smelled Sarah on every oily move Pene pulled in that fight," Natalie growls in postfight: oh, that poor left eye of hers! "I know Pene thinks she needs to toughen up to compete over here - but Gellar's instructions were counterproductive. If Pene had boxed me all night, I don't know what I'd have done - I might have had to go for a stoppage late, who knows? Instead, she gave up her height to impose her will on me and it backfired. I was a little too quick for her inside, and I know I was hurting her to the body all night long. She better clean up her act: word gets around at 110, and when you're thumbing girls and elbowing and stuff, it's gonna catch up to you. Just like it has to Sarah!"

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