BEFORE: Matched pair of cool, cerebral blondes...bookies have it even-up, but Mitchell doesn't see it that way. "Rohm would be a sparring partner at Bad Robot," Mitchell reports. "She doesn't have the skill level or overall quality we tend to look for in a front-line fighter. We'd develop her, but there's younger and better if you're looking at bringing along a prospect. Really - I feel this fight is a foregone conclusion, Quality wins."

Rohm with a different take on the match up. "If you look at our daytime records, you'll see we were pretty close," Lis reports. "How Mitchell looks at me and sees 'sparring partner' is beyond me. She's strong, but I don't see anything special about her. Why don't we do the fight, then see who handled whom?"

Rohm in white bikini top, twist-tie bottoms in shades-of-blue splash print. white gloves; hair down. Mitchell in black bikini; black gloves; ponytail with bangs framing face.

During R1: Rohm bobbing and weaving early, then she edges in close to work the Mitchell breadbasket. Thumping, short rights and lefts pummel Mitchell's paunch: she covers up a-grunting, hands at temples. Rohm working up torso, hooking Mitchell's tits; smiting her a chopping right upside the head: Mitchell stumbles to her right, eyes wide. Mitchell looking to engage: right uppercut takes Rohm heavily in her sternum: she takes it well, answers a short right hand to chin, then trades compact hooks as Mitchell attempts to bang back. HAMMER AND TONGS! Blondes toe-to-toe - each crouching, hands at temples, then erupting, trying to catch the other in between her shots. Rohm getting the better of it - claiming steadily against Mitchell's voluptuous waist and jugs: Bad Robot beauty starts to loosen through the middle minute. Right hand upside the head weakens Mitchell's knees - she slides to her right along ropes, blinking in wonder, looking shabby. Rohm pressing the attack: her nose is bloodied, but she's alert, vigorous - stepping-to her foe and sustaining pressure. Thumping right/left takes Mitchell to paunch; hook smudges her jugs; tight left uppercut picks her up, sits her woozy in ropes. Chopping right hand swivels Mitchell's head; left uppercut snaps Mitchell's back, punches the mouthpiece off her teeth. Mitchell in swoon, staring, hands up but too limp to defend her: Rohm's pounding away! Lis strong to the bell, elbows in, bouncing a steady beat of lefts and rights off Mitchell's biceps, pecs, jugs and ribs as 'Lost' vixen slumps stunned in strands.

R2: Mitchell woozy at the open: she tries a pushy right uppercut, eats a chopping right hand to face that drives her backward. Ropes: Mitchell swooning again, dukes at temples, butt-in-ropes; Rohm moving in close, bringing her feet with her - she's very compact, well-balanced. Slugging out of the crouch, Rohm's bobbing on the spot, hooking Mitchell's body and jaw, mixing things up with a sporty right uppercut in between Mitchell's mitts. BEAT DOWN! Mitchell's sullen lack of response sees her absorb more and more punishment: at the half way point, she's destitute, shuddering under the thump of Rohm's mitts at her flanks. Weepy Mitchell sinks to her right knee, blinking back tears: Rohm gazing down icy-eyed, estimating the fight left in her girl. Mitchell takes 8 - tells ref she's ok, but she's clearly body-rocked: Rohm quickly back on the midsection with a shoving, palm-down right hand under the left breast. Bitter follow-up hooks dig at Mitchell's paunch and in behind right elbow: Rohm just pumping in close, keeping it compact and tuff. Mitchell groaning - reaching to tie up: she's a helpless beauty, beaten breathless, getting battered. Rohm's bobbing crouches and tight elbow positioning keeps her hands free - she sustains punishment on Mitchell, just putting mitts on meat until ref steps in. Thudding TKO2 - Lis Rohm!

After: Rare smile from Rohm in the aftermath: she knows she's posted one of her best performance against well regarded Mitchell. Liz Mitchell snivelling, trying to hold herself together: heartbreaking result sees her simply punched into submission by a so-called 'sparring partner'. "It definitely motivated me," Rohm says of Mitchell's pre-fight sniping. "It's something I'm sensitive to, because I know a lot of people do think that about me, so it's a perception I'm anxious to change. I just looked at Elizabeth's tummy and hips and figured she was a little soft. Nothing fancy: just got in there close, worked hard, and good things happened!" Eva Larue - reporting for Soap Fighter Digest - calls Rohm's triumph a "B+ effort from a C+ fighter". Former daytime beauties just not cutting each other any slack these days!