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24 November 2015 Berenice Marlohe vs Emily Blunt

Page history last edited by Vassago 8 years, 3 months ago

 

BBU "ROAD TO RECOVERY" PPV

(from O2 Arena, London)

 

(BBU Independent vs Rampant Fighting)

 

Posted by Vassago on November 24, 2015, 1:37 pm

 


BEFORE: Emily Blunt is back in the UK after losing her FCBA Rampant management through inactivity. It's tough for a seasoned veteran to settle for such a career-stalling move but any ring action is required if one wants to break the free agency curse especially in a loaded 130 lbs division. The US market is filled with local indie girls and it doesn't neccessarily need to seek a British one even though Beevers' very own Michelle Keegan has claimed the JMD title last month to fully establish the crossover contingent as a valid threat for any kind of silverware.

Georgie Thompson reports that Natalie Dormer has rejected a similar move, in fact she's never been around the BBU before, but to make sure Blunt doesn't steal all the headlines without even breaking sweat, she's paired against a fellow free agent Berenice Marlohe who - despite losing five in a row - is still labelled in the press as the toughest Bond girl available. The 'Skyfall' days are over though and the French beauty simply must deliver here tonight if she wants to avoid the terrible skid that would leave her seeking fights against the likes of Jenny Frost or knocking on PageThrees' door for tawdry beach action purpose.

Berenice Marlohe wears a navy blue bikini, white knickers and red gloves. Dark brown hair loose, curled at the bottom. Emily Blunt wears a white bikini and golden gloves. Sleek shoulder lenght hair dyed black. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Marlohe shows no respect to the experienced opponent and looks to blast through the high guard seconds into the fight and while she rocks Blunt's head repeatedly, she gets whacked on the body as the fellow actress channels some aggression as well and renders this bout into a speedy slugfest nobody in the O2 Arena anticipated. The flyweight-like bash continues until Emily scores the biggest punch of the lot and smacks Berenice's lips before wobbling her with a quick switch on the liver area. Marlohe tries to stand tall and doesn't want to circle back, instead she hoofs a couple of heavy jabs on the chin but then gets blasted on the temple and only then scampers back to the ropes conceding defeat in the feisty exchange. Blunt pounces on the chase and has the French actress on her toes ducking further action for a while however the pursuit is just too hot to handle for Marlohe who gets nailed over the top and sags on the ropes in the dying seconds with Blunt working the facial drill and leaving her foe with some early cuts on the otherwise pretty face.

Round 2:
Berenice got a small taste of things to come in the opening round and it quickly gets worse as Emily's all over her in another head hunting gear which shatters the guard all too easily and dumps her onto the ropes after she almost tripped over her own feet in a hectic escape. You don't mess around with someone looking to regain the FCBA trust and Blunt hammers straight up the alley to connect with Marlohe's chin and sends her into a tailspin much sooner than even Georgie Thompson in the booth anticipated. Emily traps the puzzled opponent on the ropes and intends to smash the high guard to pieces leaving Berenice with little choice but to clinch her however the wrestling and shoving proves equally lacklustre and when Blunt harpoons the liver area, all of Marlohe's resistance evaporates and she basically allows the English brunette to clean out the breadbasket before handing her more misery on the jaw with a late uppercut rally that sends the former Bond girl trembling back to her corner at the bell.

Round 3:
Blunt powers ahead with another quick series upstairs; she easily matches Marlohe's footwork - not that the French brunette was a rushing demon before anyway - and stalks her around the ring for so long it becomes too exhausting to embrace which immediately leads into bursting combo on the lips that sags an aching Berenice on her knees. Emily riffles through the mitts and smacks her head sideways, adds another uppercut on the chin and when the guard collapses alltogether she finishes her drive with a ruthless half-uppercut on the nose that SENDS THE FRENCH ACTRESS DOWN ON HER KNEES... It's brutally effective from the English veteran but give credit to the former Bond girl who refuses to go away like that and beats the count at eight nodding frantically to the referee... Emily has that cheeky smile on her face and she realizes she can advertise her skills for a little longer here; she abandons the immediate rushing plans and hangs back at will to see what Marlohe does. The French rally barely grazes the flesh though and that's some impressive bendiness on display, Blunt goes rope-a-dope in the dying seconds without actually even getting hit properly as Marlohe leans her weight too far forward and fails to execute the punches before getting turned on the ropes when Blunt just slips underneath her wide and very predictable jabs. Easy as you like, Ms Blunt!

Round 4:
Emily hangs back at the start of the fourth almost trying to enforce a statement ouf her rival but Berenice struggles to slice through the guard and after a brief clinching struggle in the middle of the ring we're back to normal and that's to witness Marlohe's head snapping back vividly under the close range barrage. The yelps are back on too and Emily methodically roughs up her opponent's face to the point Berenice is dumped on the ropes covered up in deep earmuff again but that's just too painful to watch now as Blunt shatters the caved in brunette and blasts a left/right cross on the nose to shut her eyes and drive home with a quick uppercut. Marlohe's shoved butt-in-ropes deep and fails to mount any sort of a comeback but Emily decides to prolongue the tortures and rips into her midriff instead. Cue in the punchbag mode... Marlohe's clearly overwhelmed here and struggles to even land a single punch from behind the guard as Emily stuffs more leather in the breadbasket and half-spins the lacklustre French girl around the ropes late on.... she lets her off the hook briefly but when Berenice tries to jump to the side she nails her with a flying hook on the brow ridge and leaves her leaning on the ropes with eyes closed looking utterly spend. Surely, this can't go on like that forever?

Round 5:
Marlohe's fighting spirit is gone, she's been knocked around the ropes for the full twelve minutes thus far and she simply has enough... Blunt notices she's got her rival to the point of almost throwing the towel at her so she bursts with a speedy rush to finally put this one-sided affair away... a left/right cross dissects the French guard as expected while the head hunting follow up dumps Marlohe on her heels on the spot moments later. Before the French brunette can think of an escape route, Blunt just bursts into her solar plexus and leaves her breathless; another follow up on the chin just makes the fat lady sing... Berenice groans out her last salute AND COLLAPSES ON ALL FOURS where she stays all the way through the count... KO5 Emily Blunt!!!

AFTER: The main question before Emily's recovery bout was how long will it take for her to regain the mojo that earned her the US Rampant contract in first place? Some doubters expected to see the 32 year old struggling all the way through the fight but she simply showed the difference between a quality competitor and a promising gatekeeper.

Marlohe's only chance to score the upset was to jump on the English foe from the opening bell and enforce the brawling skills however once it became clear that Emily's fully focused on her return and shows no signs of sitting out the last several months on the sidelines, it was a one-way traffic affair that left the French brunette chasing shadows and serving as the proverbial punchbag. A very attractive punchbag but a defeat like that still diminishes a lot of those gatekeeper skills Berenice was known for. She's 0 for 6 in her last outings and that's simply as bad as it looks regardless of her overall profile.

Meanwhile Blunt's future still hangs up in the air. Don't expect to see her back in SSB before the new year and the latest rumour links her to the upcoming ACB visit to Cardiff Arena in the early days of December. After missing out on any sort of action in the last twelve months, it's very easy to understand why Blunt's willing to accept pretty much any offer there is on the table. Watch this space!

Final result: Emily Blunt def. Berenice Marlohe KO5. 

 

 

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