Demi Lovato vs Selena Gomez
(Lookout! Boxing vs Lioness Club of America)
(16-9, 13 KO vs 18-11, 15 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: We're ready to kick off the Lookout! Boxing vs Lioness Club of America stable war and the first bout features one of the most ballyhooed fighters lately, Demetria Devonne Lovato. The sultry brunette from New Mexico has racked up eight consecutive wins since switching over from Foxfire Boxing in August of last year until Jessica Nigri finally stopped that run of success in the JMD championship battle last month. However Lovato began another winning streak already - at the expense of Hall of Famer Britney Spears - and her tonight's intended victim is a familiar frenemy Selena Gomez.

This isn't the Disney channel anymore and both girls who were once close associates chase their own boxing dreams now; this is the designated Flyweight Beta clash however both Demi and Selena hope to unseat Vanessa Hudgens and Jessica Lowndes respectively from their seemingly unchallenged positions at the top of the pecking order. It's a desperately difficult task for both these youngsters but ESPN's Erin Andrews is convinced a match-up like that would headline any casual boxing card around the country and only a high-profile nature of a genuine stable war justifies it being a mere gate-opener.

Demi Lovato wears a white X-shaped bikini top, black knickers and black gloves. Shoulder-lenght black hair straight. Selena Gomez wears a turquoise bikini set and white gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a custom ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Round 1:
Both girls blast out of their corners and waste little time in finding heavy connection upstairs, due to Selena's longer reach that opening battle favors the Lioness faithful who smacks a couple of nasty hooks on each temple and forces Demi to drop her aggressive approach. However Demi fails to escape the Latin heat and gets picked off repeatedly from point-blank range as Selena channels her mean attitude very quickly and probably catches the Lookout entourage off guard. Gomez has been accused of being a slow starter before but she keeps plugging crisp punches into Lovato's face for remainder of the round and wobbles the smaller brunette back to the ropes where she signs off her dominant performance with a vicious hook on the navel right at the bell.

Round 2:
Demi scowls in anger during the break as she got clearly upstaged in the opener but things only get worse for her as Selena keeps beating her for the overhand punch and carves early bruises into that otherwise pretty face. The head hunting assault breaks Demi's resilience come the minute mark and drops her onto her heels before Gomey swiftly applies the uppercut pressure and snaps Lovato's head back & forth in a mean-spirited manner. Selena groans in her efforts to blow the fellow brunette away while Demi's guard collapses in the middle of that flurry of punches and a left hook on the ear eventually becomes too much to handle SENDING LOVATO CRASHING DOWN ON HER KNEES just shy of the two minute mark! Ugh! The Lookout crew didn't see that coming and Michelle Trachtenberg looks particulary upset as Demi sits down on her heels and checks if her jaw is still doing alright! That was Lowndes-like push from Gomey who punches the air in delight and screams out at the fallen opponent. Demi makes it back onto her feet at seven but gets pounded onto the ropes thereafter and spends the final minute behind a desperate cover with Gomez picking her off again - she fails to land another punishing series though and looks a little upset as Demi escapes a looming disaster.

Round 3:
Lovato tries to bide her time in mid-distance and it's clear that knockdown rattled her confidence big time. Selena chases her all over the ring but can only match the smaller brunette's footwork and settles into single-hand assault that keeps Demi on the back foot but not exactly breaks her fighting spirit. The lack of added punishment remains a concern for Erin Andrews; it's no longer the Demetria of old who kept blowing hot & cold and Gomez must be careful not to let her off the hook too much! The sheer numbers favor the Texas native but she fails to trap a fast moving Lovato in the corner this time and skims off the high guard far too often to widen the mental gap between the two delicious vixens. Demi forfeits the whitewash script but her eyes keep glaring at the taller brunette in utmost disdain and she tells manager Elisha Cuthbert during the break: "I'm still gonna knock her the hell out! Don't worry about the scorecards!"

Round 4:
Both girls are slugging in close range early in the fourth, Demi has dropped her defensive stance and tries to get on with it having fallen back on points. Selena can't stretch her elbows properly after Demi almost catches her on the nose with not-so-accidental head-butt a couple of times but still digs plenty of juice into Lovato's ribcage and looks set to reel her backwards once again. However Demi digs her elbow into her solar plexus while they wrestle for supremacy and then nails her with a vicious hook on the ear! Gomez squeals in pain while losing grip and wobbles into a cracking uppercut on the jaw moments later which allows the Lookout brunette to pile more immediate pressure straight up the middle. Demi buries a lenghty uppercut series in Selena's cleavage and whips her on the heels before the clock expires and halts her impressive comeback. Selena looks a little hurt after that nasty drive but during a hectic discussion with head trainer Claudia Schiffer she vows to punish Lovato's jugs in similar fashion next!

Round 5:
It's like a JMD slugfest now as both girls drop the head hunting pursuit and try to render each other topless! This change of tactics favors Lovato's recovery plan and Erin Andrews thinks that Gomez should follow the early success path and just beat the smaller brunette up with repeated overhands. Well, that's not the case anymore and it proves lethal to Selena's hitherto dominance... Demi channels some of Vanessa Hudgens' finest JMD moments and RIPS through Selena's cleavage with mammoth uppercut drive that clips the Latin girl's chin a couple of times and bends her awkwardly on her heels.. Demi then SLAMS a right hook on the mouth which drops the guard right down so a left hook that follows meets no resistance and tears a nasty cut under Gomey's right eye but more importantly SENDS HER CRASHING DOWN FLAT ON HER BACK!!! Booyah! The Lookout comeback is on! Demetria gloats over the fallen brunette and has to be wrestled back to neutral corner which gives Selena that little extra time to recover but she looks shaken enough when she beats the count at seven! Lovato literally runs across the ring to complete the demo job and she snaps Gomey's ponytal back & forth when she digs her mitts upstairs with great precision; she reels an aching Lioness back onto the turnbuckle and harpoons her ribcage late on when Selena desperately tries to avoid more facial punishment! Bell saves the Lioness pride but Demi's right back in this one!

Round 6:
Selena's both shaken & stirred at the start of the sixth and Demi's all over her with brutal hooks that pierce through the otherwise toned midsection! It's obvious the Latin lioness needs extra time to recover from that vicious ordeal in the previous round but Lovato's too experienced not to take advantage of this opportunity. She peppers Selena's tummy long enough to drop her guard and a swift uppercut combo sends the aching fellow brunette into jelly mode. Another brutal left hook finds the ear before a classic piledriver nails the hapless Gomez on the nose AND SENDS HER CRASHING DOWN ON HER SIDE with eyes closed moments later! And that's a lights out performance right there! Selena is left motionless on the canvas so the ref waves off the count! Wicked KO6 Demi Lovato in come-from-behind fashion!!!

AFTER: Disaster for the Lioness crew! Such a promising start suggested that Selena will blast the doors off Demi but a crucial tactical mistake from the Latin brunette allowed the hitherto dominated Lovato to turn this fight into a bruising JMD brawl and neutralised all the advantage Gomez had build up to that point. Erin Andrews is particulary critical of Selena's approach, she had Lovato at her mercy picking her off in supreme mid-range fashion and simply lost her head when she should have blasted her to the orbit instead. This result might prove pivotal to the outcome of the stable war but Michelle Trachtenberg and Paris Hilton are more interested in Demi's potential rebound into the flyweight title contention. Jessica Nigri might have stopped her hot streak but a new one is very much on the cards again and Erin Andrews must admit Demetria looks like an improved fighter following the big money transfer from Foxfire Boxing last summer. Heck, her results make one or two fans forget about Nina Dobrev's shocking Lookout departure in the same trade window. Well, almost forget about it...

Final result: Demi Lovato def. Selena Gomez KO6.
Stable War: Lookout! Boxing 1, Lioness Club of America 0.