(Words O & E / Results: Lookout!)
Before: It’s not lost on Briana how times change: “Back in ’09, it was me knocking on the door. Now I’m the one people are trying to get over. It’s not what I thought it would be like”
Hayley on the other hand, can be forgiven for not having a sense of history: “It’s just like when Sarah and Claire did it. We’re going to keep going straight for them and before anybody realizes it, I’ll have the belts!”
Hayley coming out in her regular purple bandeau and white gloves. Briana in red jog bra and pink bottoms, pink gloves
R1: Exactly as advertised, brawny battlers trading thump as they close, bulling into each other, bumping off, repeating. Neither girl too concerned about her chin, both swinging away righty, looking to come-back with a looping left, brawling their way off balance, then jumping back in. Crashing give and take spills to the ropes where girls hunker down mouth on shoulder and shorten up, morphing into compact in-fighting that sees both girls pack tummy and jug with stuffing leather in between ref’s breaks. Non-stop sloppy, albeit entertaining, slugging leans a little Hayley’s way as Briana has trouble standing her ground in the wrap against thrust generated by Texican hips, leaving herself open to the straight right off the bump.
R2: Sturdy girls swinging lusty, staggering around with over-swings, piling into each other and muscling their opponent strong to the ropes. Haley found a serviceable right to the face last round, Briana takes it away with a rigid forward guard, then rams her forearms into the youngster to drive her ropeside. Chugging lefts and rights have Orrantia wincing, reaching up high on Evigan to tie her up. Briana with her right cheek on Haley’s right shoulder, hands just pumping away mindlessly to the offending belly at the bell. Ref tugs ‘em apart: heaving racks, flashing eyes--girls bringing out the beast in one another.
R3: Back to back rounds for Briana, hotly contested by Haley this round. Grinding work midring - pace alternating from furious criss-cross straight hands on approach to a more methodical bump n' slug as they crunch together. Orrantia getting a nice, nice hook in under Evigan's right elbow, but California girl responding with vigor - picking Texan's chin up with tidy right uppercuts, wedging into the flanks behind either elbow. Briana coming forward for the most part as Haley gives up bitterly contested canvas.
R4: Hayley brawls back, leaning into bludgeoning right crosses - great clocking blows on the chin - Briana's head and torso thrown to the left, lips pursed in a walloped 'o' as she soaks up the shots. Right hand howitzers soften Evigan up, moving her back, Orrantia scooting in close to harm the body with that chugging two-mitt attack. Gloves stuffing into trembling, still winter-white midsection, buffing up those ribs and constantly mashing melons, following through with plenty of forearm as she brings the fight to Briana all round long. Heaving chests, glaring eyes at the bell - furious four rounds of trench warfare has both vixens mouth breathing, quivering near exhaustion.
R5: Haley jabs Briana's mouth, bending at the waist, misses a right hand over top. Evigan jabs jug, then jabs face, spoiling Orrantia's right hand. leans into HER right hand punching Texan's head back with authority. Haley backing up: Brian hopping forward, keeping dukes up - again she locates with the jug-jab, dropping a straight right hand over top to punch her prey sideways. Orrantia scampering to ropes a little rocked: she shows earmuff, bending forward behind her mitts. Evigan touching her jab to Haley's guard - just tapping contact, then a BIG right uppercut! Bri muscling it in tight - weight on right foot as she picks up chin, ORRANTIA'S SHOOK! Still in her earmuff, not answering back: Evigan reloads, leans in, carrying the right hand thick and flat to Haley's tummy: AND SHE’S DOWN! Orrantia immediately dropping to all fours, sobbing with body-throb and it's OVER! Haley can't beat the count - that's KO5 Briana Evigan!
After: Briana channeling Brittany Snow after her own first loss, making a "Number 1" with her index finger and putting it inches from Hayley's nose, following her face as Texan tries to avoid it, finally forcing Orrantia to get pushy and defensive. "Kids keep trying to come in at the top," a flushed and happy Briana says in postfight. "I gave her a big NUH-UH! I knew I was too tuff for her. She needs to dial way back and work her way up.”
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