BEFORE: Highly anticipated showdown between two 21st century starlets: each anxious to separate from the other. "I think Odette's been over-achieving," Yvonne shrugs in prefight. "She's had a bit of a wave, but I don't think she's got real staying power. You look at our bodies, and I'm much stronger while being just as lithe...I think I'll just overwhelm her in the end." Yustman non-plussed at all the Strahovski-supremacy talk: Odette's just as confident. "I look at Yvonne's Winstead fights and I see weaknesses," Odette says brightly. "Strahovski's a great athlete - wouldn't want to play tennis against her or something - but fighting measures the whole woman...and Yvonne's about to come up just a wee bit short!" Odette in tight white cotton tank and panties; white gloves; dark hair long/straight/tucked behind ears. Yvonne in black bra and boy-leg panties; white gloves; hair in scruffy ponytail.
R1: Yvonne briskly about her brunette early: quick-jabbing for contact, then snapping off right uppercut/left hook/short right cross combos. Odette driven back...she's out of her stance, disorganized: midway through, Yvonne connects solidly with all 3 punches of her combo, buckling Odette's knees. Yustman reels wide-eyed to ropes, sets up peek-a-boo defence: Yvonne squares up, gets to lickin' those flanks some lashing right/lefts. Odette shivering on contact: not the start she was hoping for, as Yvonne romps bell to bell.
R2: More of the Yvonne Strahovski show: nice wide stance; very stiff, swift jab to freeze Odette, then blonde girls in with those tic-tac-toe combinations. Odette keeping hands up, but buffetted off her stance: with her legs disorganized, Yustman can't get off. Yvonne hounds Odette around ring - occasionally jamming the straight right into Yustman's lean midriff, setting up hooks-to-ear. Down the stretch, Yustman finally unpacking the jab, wheeling left in loping, rangy pivots. Odette pokes for range, buys herself a little breathing room late: Yvonne's round though.
R3: Odette firming. She's getting the jab out spicy now - doubling it on occasion with a lanky, slightly backhanded delivery. Licking right hands threaten Yvonne: Strahovski covering-and-ducking - she's avoiding Odette's power, but can't penetrate as a result. Yustman calming down, getting herself together: clockwise rotation sees brunette take command of the ring - dictating range/tempo to her rival.
R4: Yustman continues to shine: right (back) heel up off canvas; long, stiff jabs; clockwise pivots around grounded left heel. Yvonne frowning - moving her head, keeping dukes up: she's relatively safe outside, but clearly being denied here, frustrated by Odette. Yustman operating behind the jab - occasionally cranking the left hook to flank while executing her pivot-left: Odette's got it going her way through 4.
R5: Another difficult round for Yvonne: Odette outside, being all rangy-slick, touching Strahovski up. Yustman's jab a long, nasty affair - either scoring or keeping Yvonne defensive. Odette's slinging right hands well-scouted: she's not landing them, but they're setting up her dip-n'-lick lanky left hooks to ribcage. Yvonne gritting her teeth, trying to counter: just coming up short as Yustman judges her distance exquisitely for points.
R6: Tempo is Yvonne's friends: she attacks with vigour - jabbing body/head, hopping in close, working Odette with combinations. Yustman falling off the pace, stepping back from blonde heat: Yvonne able to step-with and keep punching - tagging Odette during the retreats. Strahovski mixing it up well - jabbing or shooting straights to the body on approach, then biting hard up top with either hand. Yustman rattled at points - sent reeling from a tart right hand off her forehead: she's clearly backpedaling through 6.
R7: Yvonne continues uptempo operations, confusing and hurting Odette. Right cross early on turns Yustman's chin, straightens her up, backs her up wide-eyed. Midway through, snappy blonde combination bounces out body/body/chin, once again buckling Odette's knees and forcing her to clinch. Yustman looking harried, concerned: Yvonne very aggressive here - constantly looking to push the pace and get after Odette.
R8: Odette spooked, backing up...she's purely defensive as Yvonne storms forward. Yustman running at points, engaging her long legs: Yvonne forced to stalk/cut off the ring, then mount her attacks. Odette punched into ropes, whereupon she clinches for breaks: Yustman cringing/grimacing in the embrace, clearly smarting in her body.
R9: Odette composes herself: when she gets the jab out first, she complicates things for Yvonne. Strahovski stepping out/circling whenever Odette's jabbing in good form...Yustman rotating left, keeping her distance. Penetrations are expensive for Yvonne: she's picked up via licking right uppercut off Odette's right foot, or stroked the check hook - Odette proving useful intercepting as she's leaning backward.
R10: Yvonne scuffed, but fresh: she renews her uptempo assault, proving very fit late in the fight. Jabs body-and-face spook Odette out of her stance: she's reluctant to engage whenever Yvonne gets first-touch. Strahovski cutting off the ring smartly, driving in to get off rangy: sinewy blonde able to tighten up stroke and snap off combos like a much shorter woman. Rapidity of movement and punching startling to Odette: she's frequently wrong-footed, then chased out of her stance, forcing her into awkward earmuff looks. Yvonne able to brace Odette's ribcage more than once as Yustman's standing upright, face-in-gloves: Strahovski lavish to the flanks, beating Odette into cringing stupor. Bell: instant beaming grin from Yvonne...she's a confident beauty going to the cards. Comes back slender one point duke - Yvonne Strahovski!
After: Strahovski edging Yustman out...but blonde saw a much greater margin of victory than judges. "1 point doesn't tell the whole story," says bright-eyed Yvonne. "I HURT this girl - repeatedly - I rocked her, backed her up: she never hurt me once. Oh, she's bendy-backed and slick - hard to finish a girl who's not ashamed to run - so I couldn't stop her - but make no mistake: I beat the hell out of Odette Yustman tonight - way more than one point's worth!"
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