Before: Cabo San Lucas - here's how it all came together. George spots Beckinsale vacationing at the same 5 star - issues formal challenge because duh: beating Kate does wonders for Mel's profile. Problem: Becks doesn't fight non-sanctioned bouts. Solution: Becks calls her business manager - he calls FCBA corporate - sanctioning fee is paid by Becks, contracts faxed to hotel in Cabo: officials flown in for the gig and voila: it's an official FCBA fight on the books, without a formal promotion attached. Girls duke it out poolside in the hotel outdoor sparring ring - basically just a few lucky, well-heeled guests sipping mojitos in attendance. Kate in black tie-side string bikini, small black work out gloves; hair tawny and loose about her shoulders. Melissa in white bikini top, splash print bottoms (shades of blue); small white work out gloves; hair in loose tangly curls about her shoulders. Open air bout, hot white sun beating down - causing both girls to squint.

During R1: Similar approaches - both vixens like to close, get off in snappy, tight combination. Both range-in behind educated jabs: Kate's built a little sturdier and it shows up in the stiffness of her shots. Bright, brisk tic-tac-toe scored on opposing torsos - Kate generally prevailing in the exchanges, stepping Melissa back and walking her down.

R2: Kate ranging in with the jab, then coming up underneath a short, rising left uppercut to greet Melissa's solar plexus in close. Becks efficient, snappy at shoulder-to-shoulder distance - her mitts snacking on Melissa's tummy, tits, chin as George keeps dukes up, tilts in towards her foe. Mel grunting, grimacing: Katie digging up blonde ribcage more or less at well, moving George around the ring, bumping her shoulders and being tuff with her.

R3: Kate's dialed in, landing all her punches: she goes at Melissa hard to try for the stoppage. George rocked and shivered - hurt by the gutting left uppercuts to her sternum; chinchecked by chopping short rights and clipping hooks to chin. George spilling along ropes, staggering to corners, looking bleak and punished - but her legs prove stubborn. Kate able to batter Melissa with one muscular flurry after another - walking shaky-legged blonde down and attacking her systematically around the ring - but George sponges it up, makes it to the bell. 10-8 Becks without the knockdown, but she's breathing hard with the expense of it.

R4: Melissa more combative, trading short, jerking hooks to offending paunch downstairs and pushing with Kate inside. Becks shows versatility - easing to her back (right) foot to get the right uppercut, then sliding back a little more - dragging her front (left) foot - while swatting little check-hooks or running Melissa's mouth onto a chippy defensive jab. George hurt by a jarring, short Beckinsale right half way through - blonde stagger-stepping to her right - but again, Mel's legs firm, holding her upright as she covers up, tilts forward into Kate's storming body blows. Beckinsale baring her teeth as she digs to Mel's ribs this round: brunette hup-hup-hupping away down there, just can't get her girl to take a knee.

R5: Melissa's stubborness pays off: she's able to go over to offence as Kate takes a round off. Mel coming forward behind a stiff jab, eyes promising payback as she walks Becks down. Kate chased to ropes, covering up earmuff: blocking defence very good up top: Mel's mitts skidding off the guard, unable to penetrate. George adjusts like a pro, focusing on Katie's pale midriff/succulent ribs: good busting rights and lefts chupped in as Kate stands, soaks at ropes.

R6: Hot-tossing two-way - Beckinsale sensing Melissa firming, looking to break blonde will back down again. Fine, professional, shoulder to shoulder action - nobody too cute - nobody too wild or throwing crazy: this is measured, tidy stuff on the inside. Tart, tasty licks dished out to opposing ribcages and firm tummies - bright spanking small-mitt impact sounding out moist in humid conditions. Kate's better to the chin - connecting on short-shrugging uppercuts and turning over her hook tidy to clipaway at Melissa: George not scoring up top, but forcing Kate to work hard for every inch of canvas.

R7: Girls like the contact - just a little preliminary jabbing and circling before they edge in shoulder to shoulder, temple to temple to swap it up inside. Nice step-arounds employed by each - leaning forward while skirting the opponent's flank, pushing her behind either elbow to turn her. Mel diligently working uppercuts to chin, but unable to penetrate: it's the difference in the fight as Kate can move Melissa with good clout up top. Body trade is compact, controlled - both women scoring heavily - both torsos pinking up nicely on salty small mitt clip-clap.

R8: Smattering of applause as Melissa spends a minute pressurizing Kate into grudging retreat, the finally clips the short right uppercut through to chin, picking Kate up and loosening her knees. Becks with an immediate clinch, letting her buttocks settle, earning ref's break. Melissa quickly re-engaging behind the jab, knocking at Kate's brow and landing a firm right cross to mouth: Beckinsale's chased to ropes. Blonde pursuit: Mel pushing her head through Kate's mitts, giving Beck's expensive tummy what-for with both dukes chugging: Becknisale grunting, hunching forward in distress. Mel staying busy, pushing Kate to keep her ropebound, working her jugs after tanning the tummy: spicy blonde 8th puts a crooked grin on Mel's face as she's strutting back to corner.

R9,10: Kate steps out, gets classy behind her jab, bars the door to any more thoughts of a late George rally. Becks easily handling her blonde on the outside: Mel frowning, dukes up at temples as she tries to step close - she's rejected by spicy poke to tummy, tits and face. Kate circling to her left, sprucing Mel up with tart double and triple jabs - George not cutting off the ring, just keeps encroaching and getting picked apart. All though of a Melissa come-back stymied in the 10th when Kate walks George into a blistering right cross to chin: Mel badly hurt, weak in the knees - Kate content to circle and pump her jab rather than follow up and attempt a stoppage. Comes back UD10 Kate Beckinsale.

After: Nice little sunkissed effort by both beauties. Kate a little classier, a little sturdier, managed her foe very competently: Melissa plucky, pretty, and stubborn extended one of the best bantams in the game - giving a very competitive account for essentially no prize money.