Posted by Simguy on 5/5/2006, 7:33 am.

Before: “It’s always bothered me that this kid went rounds with me the first time we tangled,” Eliza says by way of explanation in preflight. “Just never sat right, and ‘Liz was very smug after staggering away under her own power--like it was this big accomplishment, merely surviving Eliza Dushku. So--the time is right--I’m back to really do the job properly: Elisabeth Harnois won’t finish this fight.” Harnois plucky at  the podium--willowy blonde rendered hors de combat after a series of bad beatings in the wake of her stubborn performance against Dushku--blonde happy to be back in the ring and competing after an  extended absence. “Is it just me?” Liz warms up the crowd tongue in cheek, “or does Eliza look--I don’t know--old and haggard? Listen, I pushed myself way too hard after my debut,” Elisabeth recounts, “that’s not going to happen this time. I’m going to fight tough fights, beat good fighters, but I’m going to take time to consolidate. After I shock Eliza this time, I’m not going to jump in with Jennifer Connelly--I’m going to savour the win and rest my body before tackling the next obstacle.” Dushku in red leather bikini, low ponytail and sexy forelocks framing her face. Harnois in black bikini.

During R1: Spirited sharpshooting midring--Harnois snarling as she trusts an ambitious jab--jamming in on Eliza’s jaw even as Dushku’s spitting back hard poke. Both girls leaning into right hands, coming back hooks, then stepping out to regroup/shale off any damage. Eliza having a little trouble with her foe’s good length--Harnois able to beat Sheriff to right crosses, even backing Eliza up at time, touching her the extra jab when Dushku thinks she’s out of range. Dushku muscled out of the first round--Harnois favoring her foe with a hooded glare as girls pass en route to corners.

R2: Similar action--Dushku trying to carve out air superiority with her jab--Harnois’ range-finger not as educated, but it’s stiff and long--doing the job of disrupting the classier fighter. Elisabeth‘s right hand still beating Eliza’s to the mark--Dushku getting hit more than intene3de--Harnois able to come forward in spots, bouncing her mitts off skull and shoulders as Eliza scrambles for distance. Down the stretch, Elisabeth dropping a lusty right hand torques Dushku’s head hard to starboard over a lazy Eliza jab: Dushku hangs out over her feet, hands dropping, momentarily dazed and HARNOIS PASTES HER  A CLAPPING HOOK! Dushku just standing there, hands down, head swiveling from clouting Harnois hook--delayed follow up as Harnois late in realizing ELIZA’S ROCKED! Elisabeth able to set her feet, paste Eliza sweeping right-swiveling skull as crowd roars to its feet! Dushku somehow keeping her feet, stumbling straight back into ropes and finally lifting her mitts in a groggy don’t-hurt-me defense, Bell sounds before Harnois can pile on and attempt to get Eliza out of there--she’s pushed back by the ref as Dushku stares bleakly,

R#; Dushku brought around in her corner--she’s still shaky/blinky, but serviceable, getting back to basics. Eliza stepping lefrt,l showing her blonde lateral movement; doubling up a spitting jab to the face, then stabbing that jab in hard to the body. Dushku finding spots to edge inside Harnois’ jab, hooking the blonde hard behind that right elbow: cringe-and-wince from Elisabeth as she backs away from body work intended to wear her down. Dushku landing thick left jabs one at a time in the vanilla space between ‘Lizzie’s breasts--”CHUP!” step-to-the-left--”CHUP!” Harnois pouting, turning, soaking as she  lets Dushku off the hook.

R4: Harnois continuing to compete with snarling intensity--but her rhythm is very predictable--Eliza getting the timing of the ol’ one-two, and Harnois isn’t mixing things up to the body. Dushku penetrating successfully with her doubled-up jab, now scoring to the face rather than just frightening Harnois; stiff jab r the body still available and that hook to the ribs isn’t doing Elisabeth any good at all. Eliza punishing her foe’s creamy jugs with that chopping jab or the occasionally cuffing hook: Harnois’ eyes misting up with resentful tears as Dushku samples ingénue rack with impunity, Classy Dushku from angles, turning her blonde, scoring on her, going to her body--Sheriff breaking her girl down bit by bit through 4. Glazed look in Elisabeth’s eyes on her stool, heavy mouth breathing as corner works her torso with invigorating massage.

R5: Look at Harnois--confused, starting to slow--but still punching hard right hands at Eliza, still trying to win this thing, Dushku reading her foe much better now--slipping the jab/right hand, answering back thick, thumping hooks to body; turning and jabbing Harnois at will, combinations from Eliza in spots--Harnois with a bad habit of waiting her turn behind her guard, just letting Dushku get off: Eliza bouncing her mitts off Elisabeth in pretty 3s and 4s, stepping to the left before the receipts. Harnois grumpy to her stool, getting lumped up, cringing as trainer explores her battered ribcage during the break. Dushku sassy in her corner, chatty, ponytail tossing as she turns her head to address members of her crew she’s happy in her work through 5.

R6: Eliza up-tempo, festively knocking back Harnois’ noggin via the jab, bouncing ‘round her girl’s right flank: life is good. Elisabeth grimacing, turning--reactions slowing, punches tentative as Dushku has all the bases covered at this point. TART right/left to tummy off a set-up jab to forehead has Harnois groaning, but she  answers right bacl; Eliza with a gorgeous little half-step back fades her opponents right hand--Dushku steps back in with ba short, jolting right-to-mouth/hook-onna-temple and HARNOIS TUMBLES TO CANVAS! Elisabeth sprawling to her back, arms outstretched--Eliza struts away the KO6 victrix with a delicious little glance down at slumbering opponent.

During: Harnois brought  around in stages, gingerly taken to her corner and given salts: golden moment of opportunity passes ingénue by as Dushku shakes off disaster to batter her young foe. “I was stunned,” Elisa admits in post fight, recalling the near capsizing in the second. “I was reckless, just walking in, and she caught me a fluke shot. Kind of like Fishel--the way she closes her eyes and hopes for the best--but her, she labeled me and I needed to take a moment, But before BLONDE! Magazine makes that their cover-story, let’s not forget the final verdict: Elisabeth on her back, hurting, as promised!”

Reposted by Archer 5/24/11