ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Aly Michalka. Were there other contenders? We don't know: Aly totally eclipsed any other names who might've come to mind. She's the CW Hegemon - a 5'8", chesty bantam who is destined to move up in the next year or so. Can she duplicate Missy P's success by flattening the bantam class en route to Lightweight? That is the question.

Runner up: Gemma Arterton. Breaking the back of the Zeta-Jones/Hurley junta that has ruled Britain with an iron fist for a decade HAS to be worth a mention.

FIGHT OF THE YEAR: Britney Spears vs Tiffany Amber Thiessen.
http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/29901550/26-August-2010-Britney-Spears-vs-Tiffani-Thiessen

Not a title bout, or even a big-ticket event, but Thiessen/Spears was a thing of buxom, bruising beauty that reminded us all of how amazing Britney Spears can be in a tummy to tummy slugfest.

Runner up: Leighton Meester vs Minka Kelly.
http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/31932276/15-October-2010-Minka-Kelly-vs-Leighton-Meester

Not satisfied with a draw, Minka pushed for a unique tennis-style first-consecutive-rounds format to settle things. After 16 grueling rounds, Meester succumbed, and Kelly proved that the World's Sexiest Woman was no cupcake. Jmac take notice come St. Paddy's Day: Little Minka looks cuddly and harmless...until you try to take her lunch money and wind up blocking punches!

Eva Larue vs Lis Rohm

http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/25500336/16-April-2010-Eva-Larue-vs-Elisabeth-Rohm

It would come down to a last minute knockdown by Larue to overtake Lis on the cards, and break her heart. As sexy and under-rated a match up as we saw all year.

Righetti/Regan.
http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/33073348/12-November-2010-Title-Ch-Amanda-Righetti-vs-Bridget-Regan

A slugfest for the ages which would finally depose boxing's most dominant champ in heartpounding fashion.

Bjorlin/Regan

http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/30984852/24-September-2010-Nadia-Bjorlin-vs-Bridget-Regan

Regan does it again - fighting a brutal, pulverizing big-woman contest against violent Nadia Bjorlin.

St. Paddy's Day Massacre.

http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/24696966/9-March-2010-St-Paddys-Day-Massacre

It's almost not even a boxing match, but it's certainly a fight, and what a brawl it truly was.

Charlize Theron vs Tricia Helfer

http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/33050316/3-November-2010-Tricia-Helfer-vs-Charlize-Theron

Talk about iconic: tall, cool Hitchcock-blondes - both used to having their way in all things. Sorceress vs Goddess; Tricia's elegance and class placed in the shade by Theron's Oscar. They fought as clever and hard a tactical fight as we saw all year, and the margin of Tricia's victory was as fine as a single strand of blonde hair. Motivated by the narrow loss, CT would dig down to deny Bridgett Moynihan in similar circumstances later in the year.

Allison Mack vs Dani Fishel

http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/31927029/8-October-2010-Dani-Fishel-vs-Allison-Mack-7

Hard to imagine a fight with bigger personal stakes for the fighters. It was a career best of 7; a best of 3 rematch between bitter, bitter same-class rivals. In the end, Fishel broke Mack's will in a fight so brutal and personal that one wonders how much either girl has left for the future.


FIGHTER OF THE YEAR - Amanda Righetti. She hammered her way to prominence in the Welterweight tournament, and never looked back. In a division that stubbornly resists the very idea of a single dominant figure, Amanda went 11-2, crushing the best big women in the game en route.

Runner up: Lacey Chabert. Yeah - Lacey Chabert. She got little credit for her '09 campaign, but consider this: going back to July of 09, Lacey was undefeated, going 6-0 before being outboxed by Sienna Miller in November of 2010. She was champion for much of that span, and was victorious in defences against Hayden, Sarah Carter, AND Claire Danes. Considering the competition, that's one of the best flyweight title reigns in history.

Yvonne Strahovski. StraHOTski went 7 and 2 and held the belts for a time, but most importantly, she solved the critical riddles of Jessica Biel and Erica Durance this year. It's largely because of Yvonne, than neither Jessica or Erica could be considered the year's best fighter.

MOST IMPROVED VIXEN - Beth Harnois. "Flimsy and undergunned": that was the assessment of HISC scouts when Harnois turned pro to little applause. To make matters worse, they were right! Look at her now - 6-1-1 in 2010...and not all of the six were gimmes.

Runner up: Mila Kunis. Once thought of as Rachel Bilson's bytch - few would make Billie a favourite over Mila now.

MOST IMPORTANT MOVIE STAR - Scarlett Johannson. Johannson came into her own this year, finally answering critics with convincing wins in high-stakes fights to take the summer away from a bevy of cinematic beauties. Also significant, Scarlett backed up her star status by putting down the always dangerous Sarah Carter in brutal fashion: movie stars have often capitulated under similar circumstances in the past. Plus - coppery curls and black leather seems to have solidified her fighting image.  

Posted by simguy on 12/10/2010, 6:27 pm