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26 October 2001 Gena Lee Nolin vs Sela Ward

Page history last edited by Archer844 14 years, 5 months ago

Posted by Simguy on 10/26/2001, 9:40 pm.

 

 

Before: Leave it to Gena Lee - always on the lookout for the weak, the hurting, the vulnerable - Sela loser of her last two by startling KO, but too proud to turn down a challenge - it's classic Nolin trap-baiting at it's hard-hearted best. Ward the kind of veteran fighter that can give Nolin some trouble, but Sela not garnering much support in days leading up - pictures of Ward flat on her back still too fresh for most to give her any chance of upset. Sela in red one piece tank suit, Gena in black jockey cotton two piece.

 

During R1: Ward sticking and moving early, but Gena walks her down, starts banging right hands over the jab and at the midway point, Ward gets shocked to the chin and jerked sideways to the ropes via hard Nolin cross. Gena bodying up to work out of the wrap, crushing Sela up against the ropes, plugging tough right hands hard to the body for points.

 

R2: Gena wild, Ward showing some decent lateral and upperbody movement makes the blonde miss, getting under that big right hand and coming back with zesty left hooks to the rib cage and jaw. Nolin soaks it all up and keeps on coming - by the final minute she's backed Ward to the ropes and lands a shattering right high on the head to put Sela wobbly butt. Ward forced to hang on at the bell - girls separate and Gena gives Ward a little crotch tap, drawing a howl of protest as the blonde turns to strut back to her corner.

 

R3: Sela fighting mad, but focussed, starts picking Gena apart with good mix of leads and counters. Jab sets the table - putting Nolin off balance. Ward victimizing Nolin's sweeping right, slipping in and underneath it, then coming back up with the biting hook on the jaw - funky-footing Nolin on occasion with the sweet timing of the blows. At the bell, Sela makes like she's relaxing to walk away, then digs a hurtful right hand to Gena's trunks, folding the blonde up with a wail. Warnings all around - ref not taking any crap with some very stern finger waggles to both women.

 

R4: Gena's got a left hand too - she misses a right, but wheels on a hook to beat Sela to her own left - Ward's legs give a shake and she's hurt. Sela falling in, clinching up, slowing the blonde down, but Gena's the stronger girl, muscling the brunette into the ropes. Body on body action favours Nolin as she wraps her left up under Ward's right arm, jamming away in tight with crude right hands to body and jawline. Ward wilting at the bell - the pace is fast, punches hard, and she's feeling her age through 4.

 

R5: Gena's been hurting Sela all night long and comes out winging, backing Ward up all around the ring. Midway through, Sela stepping back, rolling with punches, suddenly stands her ground, walks Nolin into a beautiful sharp right cross, puts the hook on top, and turns into another right hand to get the big blonde backpedalling. Gena wide eyed in shock as Ward takes it to her - lusty lefts and rights, Ward pushing off with her shoulder as she bumps and punches her way in - Gena's back hits the ropes as she stares in disbelief. Final minute disasterous for the blonde as Ward grits her teeth and goes for it. Brutal digging hooks at the trunk line set up scorching rights on the teeth - Gena busting up and draping on the ropes as Ward hammers away, falling in to body Gena back in between haymakers. Girls get to punching simultaneously in the dying seconds, Ward beating Gena to a crashing series of lefts and rights on the jaw and NOLIN GOES DOWN! Ward backs away chest heaving - Gena on all fours - big blonde is saved by the bell and helped to her corner as Sela flops down on her stool.

 

R6: Gena cut in the mouth and doesn't like it one bit. She shakes off the punishment and walks Sela down under monster wide lefts and rights, wrapping punches around herself when she misses, cracking Sela's sides with baseball bat impact when she connects. Ward faltering in retreat - Gena's just hitting too hard and the brunette can't stand her ground. Final minute - Sela knows she's lost the round, gets on her bicycle and spends some precious energy wheeling and dodging to the bell.

 

R7: Sela's sold the running act to Gena - blonde wades in reckless and brunette picks her up sweet. Ward stopping, walking Gena into a gorgeous short right hand on the button, following through with her shoulder into Nolin's stomach and toppling the dazed blonde to her backside as the crowd goes wild. Nolin hopelessly hurt, Ward takes a deep breath as Gena takes her 8, and the beating is on. All along the ropes, corner to corner - an icily determined Sela Ward steps with a devastated Gena Lee Nolin and batters her senseless with sharp, sharp punching. Ward so crisp, bringing her fists back in tight to her body on follow through, punching hard to Nolin's suspect gut, then clouting that open mouth as Gena sags forward off the ropes. Nolin beaten unrecognizable, but the big blonde just won't go down. Gena weaving on the spot at the bell, out on her feet - Sela slugging mindlessly - brunette is completely shot after spending up ALL her money in an effort to get Nolin out of there.

 

R8: Ward steps in to hook with Nolin, but the brunette has nothing left and the blonde comes out of the exchange happy as Ward's legs buckle. Gena slowing the fight down, wrestling Sela and pushing her off balance, slugging heavy right hands to the pit of the stomach or slamming short lefts (ie: elbows) in on the jaw as Ward falls apart. Sela effective at tying up or rolling with punches, but she's got no offense left. At the bell - Ward is sobbing for breath - Nolin hurting, but still dangerous, stomps back to her corner.

 

R9: Sela reaching her jab in, then looking to clinch - Nolin sensing the weakness walks her girl back, finally muscling Ward to the ropes at the end of the first minute. Mindless brawling exchanges evolve as Gena lays over on her right side, bending to her left to pull the right hand into Sela's side, bending back to the right to pull the left into Ward's jaw. Sela starting to stare blankly as the punching shreds her defence, puts her on one foot or the other as she soaks up bombs - it's heartrending stuff for Ward fans. Nolin too big, too brawny, too determined - she presses and pushes, clobbering away with lefts and rights and finally, WARD GOES DOWN! Sela spilling to her side at the ropes, rolling to her back and blinking pathetically - Gena Lee pushing the hair out of her eyes as she glares down - its KO9 Gena Lee Nolin.

 

After: Ward goes out on her shield again, but this time does some damage, as well as taking an horrific sustained beating over 9 long rounds. This was a grueling, savage fight - both girls down, both girls hurt repeatedly in a back and forth war of attrition. Ward's legs started to feel the pace in the fifth and she tried valiantly to end it, giving Gena one of the worst rounds of her career. In the end however, too much blonde to deal with - Nolin just gutting it out and banging away until Ward could take no more. Friends and training partners urge Sela to take rest - these beatings can't be doing those aging legs any good.

 

Thanks to Apollo for this repost.

 

Archer 10/21/09

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