Nicole Scherzinger vs Eliza Dushku
(Lioness Club of America vs Medallion Boxing)
(24-20, 18 KO vs 97-48-6, 60 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Nicole Scherzinger's FCBA careers appears to be at the crossroads right now but boxing on the beach remains the favorite dish of the Hawaiian native who still rates a famous win over Laura Vandervoort on these very same Waimea Bay sands as her biggest success since switching over from Lookout! Boxing three and a half years ago. The only problem is that Nicole has won just once in the last two seasons and trying to break a winless streak against a member of Tractorpull's Hall of Fame is a very bold idea indeed - even when the fight takes place in your home state!

Eliza Dushku is that Hall of Famer in question, she last browsed the loose yellowish surface almost twelve months ago when she got stopped by Nina Dobrev who then became her Medallion stablemate just few days later. There's no danger of Dushku losing her management in case of a defeat tonight but several pundits wonder what's exactly the plan for the multiple FCBA champion going forward, a quick look at her record suggests she might well target reaching 100 wins in her elusive career, she's currently three short of that incredible benchmark!

Nicole Scherzinger wears an all white bikini set matching well with her tanned skin and black gloves. Long raven-black hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Eliza Dushku wears a black bikini set with white trim and yellow gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a custom ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
The home crowd favorite leaps into immediate action and tries to dominate the close range assault but Eliza shows some quick feet and dekes around Nicole's aerial attacks before driving up her gut with a well-measured hooking combo. Ugh! Nicole gets stuck in the loose surface early and fails to match the Hall of Famer's intensity which leads into an extended period of Dushku simply digging her yellow mitts into the tanned midsection of the Hawaiian queen. That wasn't in the script at all and Nicole gets pounded into ropes where she struggles to respond from behind the guard and caves in when the younger brunette ups the tempo of her attacks to run away with the numbers. Hall of Fame statement much?

Round 2:
Nicole beats the charging opponent for a quick overhand punch and adds another one of the windpipe - that somehow gets through between Dushku's guard - and cleans out the close range action as the younger brunette tries to catch her breath. Nicole makes the most of that fortunate situation and jabs with high intensity while flirting with the odd strike on the temples. Eliza's forced on the back foot and trips over a hole in the sand which allows the Hawaiian native to reel her into the ropes where she keeps pounding her to the body. That's the tactics that Nina Dobrev executed to perfection when stopping Dushku last year and it's obvious Nicky has been watching some tapes here. Still, Eliza lands some crisp single punches to prevent a true Hawaiian whitewash in this round.

Round 3:
Another quick tangle in the center of the ring results in both women airing it out but Scherzinger finds that stinger on the eye and snaps Dushku's head back repeatedly afterwards. Ugh! The Hall of Famer gets outworked in close range and must yield real estate but almost rolls her ankle in a hectic retreat and gets CAUGHT with a vicious hook on the right eye that dumps her on the ropes just past the one minute mark. That will look pretty bad in the morning! Eliza's eye begins to swell quickly and as she caves in in the corner, Nicole lashes it out and splits those yellow mitts to connect with the cheeks. Dushku can't tame the barrage and gets clobbered in the corner as the local brunette rolls back the Vandervoort tape and remains in command until another vicious combo on the eye adds to the swelling AND FORCES ELIZA TO TAKE A KNEE!!! Oh yes, we're in the familiar homecoming territory now! Dushku delays the count as much as possible but looks fresh at eight again. Nicky tries to further explore the swelling around the eye but becomes a little too predictable and gets blocked off whereas Dushku finally locks that much-needed clinch to see out the clock. However that was a dismal round for the Medallion's Hall of Famer!

Round 4:
Pretty much everyone around the Waimea Bay thinks it's a matter of time before their heroine sends Eliza packing... but you shouldn't underestimate the Hall of Famer in pursuit of a milestone success... thanks to some nifty footwork Dushku avoids the anticipated leather rush and as she scampers back & forth across the sand, Nicole gets a little careless and wobbles forward only grazing the Albanian flesh... and Eliza SMOKES her with a right hook on the jaw before leaping into a counter-striking galore... Scherzinger charges in at her regardless AND GETS WHACKED on the lips with a drilling shot before another one sends her mouthpiece flying out!!! What in the world??? NICKY IS DOWN... the homecoming queen gets wrenched on her back and the yellow dust is settling down slowly... Booyah!!! Eliza almost plants her foot on the fallen brunette's chest but quickly gathers her thoughts and struts back to her corner while the ref searches for Nicky's gumshield which apparently is on it's way to Cook Islands... but she got smoked into jelly mode here, folks!!! All the hope for a Vandervoort repeat is GONE!!! KO4 Eliza Dushku in powerful fashion!!!

AFTER: Disaster has struck in the Waimea Valley but perhaps it shows the current state of affairs for the Hawaiian's most popular fighter. The winless streak is still on! That's six in a row for the crowd favorite who's only defeated the lacklustre Lisa Maffia since her epic beach war triumph over Laura Vandervoort. Some pundits said that this would be Nicky's high water-mark performance and based on the results that followed, they were correct. Of there there are no easy outs on Nicole's schedule courtesy of LCA's trademark high-end match-making, all Top 10-20 operators but at this stage of her career, she could really use some of the journeywomen she used to beat up at the Asylum...

As the local surfers try to revive the Scherzinger deadmeat, Eliza looks around the landscape and leaves the ring almost unnoticed. After such a high-profile comeback into what seemed to be a lost contest, she deserves a drink or two while the crowd awaits the arrival of the Mystery Blonde in the evening's Main Event. However one shouldn't overlook the fact that Duskhu still has some fuel left in that Hall of Fame tank and is just TWO wins away from reaching the century milestone!

Final result: Eliza Dushku def. Nicole Scherzinger KO4.