(Thanks to FightFan for this repost)

Posted by Simguy on 11/11/2000, 11:13 am

Before: Bleeth the big underdog, but confident veteran not about to concede anything: "Lucy's a great fighter, no question about it, but my fans know that if I'm in shape, I can lick any woman in the house. That amature crap she pulls won't get it done against me - I'm too experienced for that and I really think I can take advantage of the holes in her style." Liu pretending to nap during Bleeth's pre-fight comments, has heard this kind of plucky optimism before. Lucy in black leather push up bikini, tight ponytail, Yasmine in gold lamme bikini, wet curls.

During R1: Yasmine stepping it up from the get go, nails Lu repeatedly as Lucy tries to jump in with her right hand - short, beautifully timed punches from Bleeth short circuiting Liu's attack. Yasmine transitioning beautifully, following up successful counter strikes with firm body shots, getting good smack off the Asian's toned midriff. Bit of a wake up call for Lucy as she drops the first.

R2: Right, shutout Lucy Liu. Liu wheeling outside, hands at her side, slashing in and scoring, then jumping past the startled Bleeth in a series of gliding hit and run attacks. All single power shots from Liu as she lets her legs do the work - amature crap looks pretty good this round as Bleeth can't keep up.

R3: Yasmine covering up tight, giving Liu the body and trying to drop the chopping right as Liu rushes past. Lucy getting nicked on occasion but still clearly in control, dragging her fists from her knees up into the exposed gut, turning her girl and snaking back from Bleeth punches with an exagerrated torso lean. Easy round for Liu as Yasmine looks very defensive.

R4: Liu more flat footed now, leaning forward to tempt Yasmine with her available face, but bobbing well below the waistline has Bleeth swishing at air. Liu starting to dial in with the left uppercut, bringing it from the canvas to stuff heavily into Yasmine's gut or shave her chin as Bleeth starts to break down. Midway through, Liu leaps up into a left uppercut that misses, but springs back the other way with a slinging overhand right that splatters heavily across Yasmine's face. Bleeth staggering the length of the ring to hit the ropes - Liu following up to dart in and out, flicking the left in behind Yasmine's elbow while looking for more right hands at the bell.

R5: Another shutout Lucy Liu - Bleeth looking punchy - overreacting to Liu's twitching feints, and getting harmed by Lucy's heavy leather to the body and head. Liu right in front of Yasmine, but writhing up and down, coming out of her crouch with shattering lefts and rights on the square jaw of the opponent - Yas looks ready to go. A leaping left uppercut in the final minute lifts Bleeth onto her toes and sends her sprawling, fall broken once again by the ropes and Liu pours it on. Lucy swaying in and out, helping herself to the breadbasket with low slung left hands, and catspawing Bleeth's face with quick right hands piles up another shutout, busts open Yasmine's left eye with constant abuse.

R6: Liu brazen, standing in front of Bleeth, hands down, leaning away from every Yasmine offering and countering with straight arm licks from either side to ring Bleeth up in a dazzling display of timing and power. Bleeth cuffed from one foot to the other, settles on just driving straight right hands to the body, at least touching Liu rather than giving up another shutout. Liu taunting, lifting her mitts at the bell.

R7: Liu still trusting her reflexes, hands down - yasmine with her gloves at her temples, reaches in with straight right hands to bounce glove off body with increasing frequency. Liu ignoring the work, dipping to her left or right, slinging punches from all angles, but the Asian is definitely slowing. Down the stretch, Bleeth is able to body up, get her left hand in on the act, and Yasmine closes out the round working Liu over about the hips with clubbing lefts and rights as Liu covers up. Bleeth winning her first round since the first.

R8: Liu unconcerned, dancing away, freewheeling and posing - Yasmine all business as she cuts down the ring, spears straight right hands to the body and slowly works her way into position for left hooks. By the midway point, Bleeth is back where she wants to be, on top of Liu, stoving in the Asian's sides with snapping lefts and rights. Liu reaching around the waist to clinch, breathing through her mouth, looks a little winded after 8.

R9: Bleeth seeing a glimmer of hope, bounces off her stool and goes right at Liu this round. Lucy able to cuff Bleeth about the ears as she falls off to the left or right, turning Yasmine early, but Bleeth keeps coming and soon has her forehead on Lucy's once again. Busy, busy body work, thudding one two threes bouncing off Asian belly - Liu starting to grimace and hold on for breaks. By the final minute, Bleeth is walking Lucy down, cracking her about the head the temples and body - fists always snapping back to Yasmine's guard position as she looks SHARP late.

R10: Liu no longer insolent, hurriedly bounding around the perimeter of the ring - she's running the clock. Yasmine stepping with her, jabbing to cut off the right and moving Liu brilliantly into a straight right hand and LUCY GOES DOWN! Liu scooting to her backside at the ropes looks stunned, gets up as blood trickles from the corner of her mouth. Bleeth piles on and Lucy is forced into the corner for a toe to toe slugfest. Liu grimly planting her feet, swaying back into the ropes, giving Bleeth that lead shoulder to shoot at, then swaying forward to counter Yasmine hard upside the head. Bleeth with her weight forward, keeping everything short, crisp - she's missing a lot, but she's catching Liu on ever 3rd or 4th shot in even, bitter trade. At the bell, girls still slugging away - ref pulls Yasmine back and settles the combatants down. After a long delay, cards are tallied and it's NOT A DRAW! UD10 Yasmine Bleeth as Liu stares stunned into the crowd, mouth agape in disbelief as Bleeth leaps for joy.

After: Astounding come back for Bleeth after getting whitewashed in the first half - fight proves bantams take a better punch than flys as Bleeth shook off plenty of bombs through 5. "I want to thank Nia Peeples," blubbers a teary eyed Bleeth in the ring afterwards, "We worked SO hard on that body attack in the gym and I knew if I could just stay in the fight that we could break Lucy down." Liu visibly rattled by the decision, losing back to back for the first time in years, and dropping a duke that most felt she should have won - maybe the only time in Lucy's career that she's let an underdog get the better of her. Peeples in the audience smiling smugly and clapping, happy to see Lucy wandering shellshocked, alone, in the ring as Bleeth is feted.

Sim Guy

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