(Written by Girls Friday/Results BBU)

(Fight Club UK vs Girls Friday)

Intro:
The main event of the evening sees Australian actress Natalie Mendoza take on Swedish model Kelly Gale in Birmingham's Barclay's Arena.
The 38 year old Natalie is 5'6 and holds a record of 3 wins, all by knockout and 8 defeats since her debut in 2012.
While her opponent Kelly is 22 years old, stands 5'9 1/2 and holds a record of 6 wins, 5 by knockout and 2 defeats since her debut last year.

Both girls meet at the press conference, Kelly and Natalie going nose to nose, Natalie bumping her body into Kelly's, who starts to smile and squares back up with her future opponent, tension filling the room as the smile on the Swedes face disappears as the girls scowl at each other.
Separated by their management, they head to their tables but still give each other a look over as they sit down, they confidently smile to themselves.
Natalie is the first to speak, starting by saying "I have heard all this hype speech before with girls I've fought, I mean I remember hearing how Az Royal was the next big thing; I beat her!"
She continues "Hall of Famer Jessica Schwarz, I took her 7 hard rounds, ones if she was honest were part of why she is not the woman she used to be, so Kelly Gale doesn't frighten me one bit"
Kelly through all this speech has been smiling, when she gets her chance to reply, she says "Natalie; I think I'm past the hype stage now, I have finally gotten a run of results under my belt and as Hailey Clauson got to understand, you don't corner me without getting your head tore off"
She adds "I feel in amazing shape thanks to my stables staff, even Harry has been giving me tips since I'm happy to listen to his old stories from his life as a coach in a Newcastle gym, gotta learn all the aspects of the fight game"
Before she finishes, she changes the subject to something personal to herself, she says "I want to shout out to Nadia Forde, as you know she is finally getting that title shot she deserves against Gal Gadot, I have offered Nadia my services as a sparing partner and hope my boxing sister, not real life one for those journalists Googling" laughing at that before finishing with "she's going to be the champion, I know it!"
Natalie shaking her head as both girls step up to each other for one final staredown, no words being exchanged, just flexing their arms to each other with smirks on their faces, before they leave the stage, clearly wanting the fight to speak for them now.

Fight night, Natalie comes out first in a red bikini that shows off her stunning body, smiling at the fans as she heads down to the ring with Katie Price by her side.
She looks focused as always while she walks down the entrance aisle, Katie unusually quiet as she knows not to disturb Natalie's train of thought.
Climbing into the ring, Natalie pumps her right glove to the crowd, allowing herself a small smile as she heads to her corner to get finish warming up.
Out comes Kelly with stable head coach Taryn Terrell by her side, she's wearing a maroon bikini that complements her tanned skin, she is wearing matching coloured gloves as well.
Jogging down to the ring with a grin on her face, she waves to the crowd as she goes, before she climbs into the ring and stares at Natalie, then heads to her own corner.
After a moment, the referee brings both girls to the ring centre, both do as asked and the staredown between them begins with Kelly leaning down her face to stare right into the eyes of the unblinking Natalie.
Asked to touch gloves, the girls swipe gloves and jog back to their corners, once the referee is happy with everything, he signals for the bell to be rung to begin 10 rounds of lightweight action.

Round 1:
Off they go, both start with probing punches, Kelly smartly using her height, no longer a rookie as she dances around her opponent, who blocks most of her early punches.
Natalie though is naturally aggressive, parrying a right and stepping forwards to force Kelly to fight in tight, the Aussie fighting on her terms and scoring some good body shots.
Soon Kelly nudges her back with her left and connects with a hard straight punch, she starts to back Natalie up behind her guard.
Till Natalie bobs her head out the way of another straight and springs forwards to land a hard right to the cheek of the Swede.
The big model being backed up by the smaller Natalie, who does pack a punch for being a small lightweight, Kelly covering up as Mendoza tries to go to the body.
A double jab slows down Natalie as Kelly sidesteps her and lands two more punches right to the top of her head.
Natalie though won't be deterred by her younger opponent, finding a way back inside again as it leads to the first real fiery exchange between the two.
The crowd roaring as the girls land some real hard shots that echo in the ring, Natalie landing an overhand right to knock Kelly back a step.
Late in the round, Kelly is covering up and quickly retreats as Natalie tries to keep the gap between them to a minimum, but Gale manages to land three shots through the open guard to the face of Mendoza.
The bell rings with neither girl looking too happy, though it wasn't a bad round for either as they both had moments.
Round 2:
Natalie tries to come out quickly, bobbing and weaving her head as Kelly tries to catch her with her long range straight punches.
Getting to the inside, Natalie lands two digging body shots in and nearly bangs her head into the jugs of Kelly as she's that desperate to push her back.
The youngster pushes her back though and soon the girls are going hammer and tongs, slinging bombs to each others heads and bodies.
Kelly lands the better shots as she clips Natalie across the top of her head, pressing her back now with several shots.
One catches Natalie right on her nose and blood starts to run from her nostrils, Natalie shows her toughness by keep coming forwards.
She parries a left and steps in to land a right hook to the ribs of Kelly, she adds another two body shots to back up the model.
But Kelly snaps a right between her gloves to separate Natalie from being so close to her, adding a left hook to back Natalie backwards.
Back and forth go the girls as they try to enforce their will on each other, Natalie ending the round strongly by shoving her way forwards, happily taking a punch to get inside and letting her fists bang away at Kelly's sides.
The bell rings with Natalie calmly walking back to her corner, Kelly looking annoyed that she couldn't keep her distance over Natalie.
Back in their corners, both get their faces cleaned up as already both are getting marked up, Kelly's body showing a little redness around her sides, a trickle of blood from Natalie's nose.
Round 3:
Again Natalie tries to move in close, Kelly though looks to be focused fully on her, catching Natalie between her gloves with several pounding straights.
Natalie tightening her guard as Kelly presses her back, starting to use her left to keep her behind her guard, then using her right to bang away at the side of her head.
Kelly knocking Natalie onto the ropes, Natalie fighting back as the fighters go toe to toe again, it's Kelly whose landing the cleaner punches and Natalie has to clinch up.
The referee separates the girls and Natalie moves off the ropes, trying to move her head but finding herself being caught by single punches through her guard again.
A right lands around her guard to her eye and Natalie gets knocked back a few steps as she shakes her head, before stepping back towards Kelly to try and force her back.
Another right cross up top lands on her left eye and Natalie starts covering up that eye even more, as the camera moves to look what's happening with that eye, already it is starting to show some swelling.
Natalie just can't get going this round as Kelly presses her around the ring, the actress is stuck behind her guard, a left catching her to her cheek and Kelly powers her back.
The bell rings with Natalie trying to keep calm, just turning to her corner and nodding to Katie as she nods she is going to get a shouting at, Katie doing that as she berates Natalie.
Kelly looks relaxed as she sits on her stool, Taryn praising her as she wipes her face down but tells her "finish the job, don't f*** around"
Round 4:
Kelly is quick to get out of her corner, slamming her punches into the head of Natalie, who is surprised at the speed of Gale's attack.
Natalie trying hard to fight back, both girls fighting in close but Natalie takes an uppercut that snaps her head back, she stumbles back several steps.
Kelly's eyes light up as she lands a barrage of punches to the face of Natalie, who lands on the ropes and as they hold her up, Kelly cracks her with a right hook.
Down goes Natalie! Landing on her side, she's groaning and blinking her eyes to clear her vision, the referee beginning his count as Kelly is back in a neutral corner.
The count is up to 5 as Natalie uses the ropes to pull herself up, beating the count at 8 as she turns and waves Kelly on, the crowd cheering her as Kelly nods at her in reply.
Allowed to continue, Natalie comes back at Kelly with a few good body shots, but another uppercut catches her and her knees turn to jelly and down to all fours goes Mendoza!
The referee begins counting again, but Natalie is too dazed to get up, she rolls to her back and holds her head as her eyes are shut, the count reaches 10 to end the fight!

Winner: Kelly Gale KO Round 4

After:
Another win for the young Swede, raising her arms up to the sky as she struts around the ring, Kelly winks at Taryn who jogs over to her and hugs her.
Natalie meanwhile is helped up by Katie Price, the beaten fighter looking upset that she's lost again, Natalie shaking her head as she looks over at an excited Kelly.
Both girls getting their gloves taken off in their corners and cleaned up, before they are brought to the ring centre to announce the result.
Kelly looking over at the still proud Natalie and shouting "so am I an over hyped girl or not now!" Which gets a scowl from Natalie.
Natalie replying "go f*** yourself!" As it looks like tensions will boil over again, instead maybe realising that she bit off more then she can chew, Natalie storms out the ring.
Of course Kelly gives her a send off, with two one finger salutes to a few laughs from the crowd and Taryn is smirking behind her.
After Natalie disappears into the back with Katie, Kelly climbs up a turnbuckle and shouts "I want the big girls! Bring me an FCBA girl!" As she smiles at the cheer from the fans.
Jumping down, Kelly leaves the ring to a cheer and a hug from Taryn, the girls thinking of how they are celebrating tonight.
Anna Woolhouse meanwhile wonders if Kelly is really ready to fight a big name girl, rumours of a crossover with the FCBA next month might be true.
On the subject of Natalie, she might need to cut back down to bantamweight as she looks outgunned at this weight due to the height difference, though the marks on Kelly's body shows the power Natalie still has even as she's leaving her prime.