Posted by Simguy on 3/7/2008, 7:10 am.

Before: Hard feelings prevail—Angie brought Tricia to heel last year and has been milking her blonde-busting body attack ever since. “Blondes can’t take it to the body,” Angie says cheerfully. “Tricia’s not the only one. From Charlize on down to Sarah Carter. I can’t name a single one of them that will stand up to determined attacks downstairs. Nothing’s changed between me and Trish: “I’m going to get after, outwork her, harass and hurt her—she’s tailor-made for me!” Helfer non-plussed—she’s been a good sport since being stopped by Angie, but brunette’s gloating’s wearing a little thin. “I have to shut this girl up,” resolute Tricia says at the podium. “I’m sick and tired of hearing about how she used me up—there’s no way I’m willing to concede anything to Angie. I’ll solve Harmon in this fight—that’s a promise. It’s time to roll stick-girl up and put there back in her place!”

Harmon in silver bikini, white gloves. Tricia in metallic baby blue bikini, white gloves.

During R1: Harmon energetic at the open—pinging jabs, scuffing right hands, ratcheting hooks. None of it especially hard but it’s pesky and constant—keeping Tricia on the defensive. Helfer scowling early—bending at the waist, rolling her torso, rolling most of Harmon’s work, but blonde falling off the pace as brunette piles up touches. Angie scoring to svelte Helfer flanks—batting and lathering away as Helfer slinks to ropes. Trish face-in gloves, rolling her torso, slinging the odd counter-hook onto Angie’s chin, but clearly outworked in a brisk brunette first.

R2: Same again—Harmon with that rigid, herky-jerk delivery coming forward—jabbing at Tricia’s chest, scraping and scouring her rights and lefts up top, then beating at her ribs with batting action. Helfer curling, pivoting, looking for separation: she’s fitting Angie for the odd clipping counter-right to chin, or sweeping buggy-whip sidearm right to body—but there’s not enough of it. Harmon wading through, staying busy, touching her blonder for more nuisance points in the second.

R3: Same again—Harmon active, engaging Tricia all around the ring, scraping and chipping away on her blonde. Angie with a nice palm-down right hand shoved straight to sternum, backing Tricia up with a grimace: it’s Harmon’s hardest punching so far, starting to rattle Helfer’s cage. Tricia fighting off the ropes in spots—emerging from her supple face-in-gloves look to swat counters, Helfer dipping to her left and licking a heavy left hook to Angie’s body—but for every one such wallop, Angie’s banking 6 or 7 nuisance pokes. Harmon smiling at the bell, dark eyes dancing as she takes her third straight from Trish.

R4: Helfer reaching in to push while stepping back—trying to stem the tide and create a little distance. Angie chugging through it—ratcheting lefts and rights skidding off blonde pate, gloves and shoulders as helfer is driven to ropes. Angie squaring away, going to the flanks with pesky pressure—swlender arms shivering as she bats at her sleek blonde. Helfer grunting, rolling her torso with face-in-gloves—and she rolls out of the crouch, licking a left uppercut to Angie’s available chin, then hooks the mouthpiece right off Angie’s teeth. HARMON’S STUNNED! Two-beat wallop bas brunette swaying on the spot: Tricia with a rangy, lariat right clubs Angie behind the head, punching brunette into ropes as blonde reverses position. Tricia seething, lips back off her teeth—she jabs at Angie’s mouth once, twice; clips the tidy right uppercut off the right foot and ANGIE TIFFENS! Harmon clipped clean—reeling on the spot for a moment then crashing face-first to mat. IT’S OVER! KO4 in thunderclap fashion—Tricia Helfer.

After: Helfer bellowing, pounding her chest—emotional victory for the blonde sees her leave one of her most bitter rivals in rags on the canvas. Redemptive victory takes a huge monkey off Tricia’s back: she’s visibly engrossed by the sight of Angie being rolled gently to her back and brought around—Helfer taking a moment to savour her rival’s helplessness. “It feels great,” Tricia relates in postfight. “I’ve been kind of under Angie’s thumb for a while now, and to knock her out is huge for me, I think I might have turned the corner against her with this fight—it definitely felt like me putting my foot down and saying ‘enough’s enough’—you know?”

Reposted by Archer 4/29/10.