Sep 8, 2017 at 4:16am

FIGHT NITE LIVE: RIO RUMBLE

(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

(Free Agent vs Free Agent)

Intro:
The next fight tonight sees two of the biggest free agents do battle for the first time, Allison Scagliotti and Emily Bett Rickards fight it out in the Rio Arena.
Allison is 26 years old, stands 5'5 and holds a record of 8 wins, 6 by knockout and only 3 defeats in her career.
While Emily is also 26 years old and also stands at 5'5, her record though is 4 wins, 3 by knockout and only 2 defeats.
Both fighters are very evenly matched physically and the are both just outside the top 25 in the famous BWO rankings.
Meeting at the press conference, they each look confident, but no real malice between the two as they stand with hands on hips with smirks.
Then shaking hands, they head to their tables to begin the event properly, with Allison beginning to speak first, saying "other then a bit hair pulling, this is the first time I've laced the gloves up this year, way too long" smiling as she says that bit.
"I respect Emily, she's fought some real quality opposition as I have so I know we have both been through the school of hard knocks and we both want a new stable to really make a push" adds the California girl.
"But I won't be playing in that ring, the first chance I get to take her head off her shoulders, let's say someone better having a pitchers glove to catch it as I'm going for it" grinning as she pictures that.
Emily just smirks in reply, before saying "as Allison says; we both know the stakes are high, I mean a win will move us into that top 25, it may also get us noticed by a stable, but most importantly; it will answer the question of who is better, her or me"
The beautiful Canadian adding "as has been said, I've fought top names all my career, Allison continues that trend, I aim to also show that I am the best free agent in the world by putting her down to her knees in front of me, nothing personal, just business"
Allison just nodding, before the girls come face to face one more time for final photos, no smiles, both have their game face on as they raise their fists and stare each other down, before leaving the stage on separate sides.
Fight night, out comes Allison first with her coach at her side, she's wearing a orange bikini and white gloves, her brunette hair tied up into a ponytail.
She is smiling to her fans, she loves a good scrap and this should be one hell of a fight for her to sink her teeth into, climbing into the ring and jogging to her corner with her eyes on the entrance ramp.
Now out comes Emily Bett Rickards, she has her coach behind her as she is wearing a red bikini and matching gloves, her blonde mane is put into a ponytail.
She is throwing punches on the way to the ring, trying to get psyched up for this fight, knowing it is an important fight for her career.
Climbing into the ring, she gives her fans a quick wave, but jogs over to her corner and both fighters warming up, before being brought to the ring centre.
The girls go nose to nose, the tension between the girls feels to be growing the more they see each other as not someone to respect, but to crush under their heels and move on to bigger things.
Asked to touch gloves, the girls nod and respectfully touch gloves, before jogging back to their corners, once there; the referee signals for the bell to start 10 rounds of flyweight action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters, both showing respect to the other in the early going, up on their toes, testing each others defences with sly smiles on their faces.
Both seem to have a similar idea of coming on the front foot, leading to a quick fire exchange, both snapping the others head back with straight punches.
Before they separate and circle with the single punches, cagey affair between the two as they know how dangerous the other is from tapes they've watched.
Emily tries to step inside, this time with a hard right aimed at the head of Allison, who bobs her head out of the way and counters with a right of her own to the cheek of the blonde.
Suddenly Allison sees her opening, striking through the guard of Emily before the Canadian can fully get it up, knocking the head of her opponent back.
She adds a quick fire three punches to the body of Rickards as she looks to end this early, the blonde though steps back and to the side as Allison sails past with a straight punch.
As Scagliotti turns, Rickards catches her with a left cross and head down slams her own two body shots in to force a loud grunt out the lips of the American.
Head down, they both get in tight and work the other over with shots to their sides, the smile from earlier is totally gone as they are fully down to business.
Late in the round, the girls separate to try to find a way to control the other, Emily getting her right punch parried and eats a right to her ribs and a left cross that turns her head just as the bell rings.
Both fighters nod at each other, before jogging to their corners, their coaches going through the game plan, but the fighters know that this might come down to one punch to end this as they sense how similar they are.
Round 2:
Again the girls come out up on their toes, circling with jabs being the early primary weapon, each needing to measure the other up before they let loose the bigger punches.
They catch each other to the body with their jab, then as Allison thinks she has Emily measured up, she swings a right that goes sailing over her opponent's head.
The beautiful blonde steps in and strikes with a left cross to turn Allison's head, then two more body shots that force another loud grunt from the brunette.
Allison managing to land several punches back as the girls exchange, but she finds herself on the back foot as Emily shows off her aggressive side.
Emily parries a left from Allison, digging her own left to the ribs of her opponent, she adds a right up top to force Scagliotti behind her guard.
Grinning; Emily sends a flurry of punches towards the face of Allison, most of the punches landing on her forearms, some get through and strike her on her lips.
Allison ducks under a left cross though and nearly cracks Emily under her chin with her head as she digs two punches to each side of her body.
The blonde cracks Allison with an uppercut, that doesn't land cleanly, but has enough behind it to knock the American back and separate the girls for the moment.
The round heads to a close with both girls taking more risks now, Emily feinting with her left, the real right cross smacking into the cheek of Allison to put her on the back foot.
The bell ringing with Emily looking impressive that round, smiling as she heads to her corner, while Allison shakes her head on her way.
Both girls cheeks starting to get that pink hue, their coaches working to get them ready and telling them both to up the tempo slightly.
Round 3:
The pace does seem to go up a notch, both throwing more then one punch now as they circle, Emily trying to time her attack as she bobs her head out the way of a straight and catches Allison with a right cross.
Pumping her fists into the body of Allison, pressing her back towards the ropes, her fans cheering her on; she gets caught up top with a right and left cross to her cheeks.
The girls slugging it out on the inside, slamming punches to the others cheek, the crowd roaring the girls on as they both grunt loudly with each strike that lands.
Allison starts to dig uppercuts into the guard and some break through to the chin of the blonde, knocking her back onto her heels.
The American snaps her head back with a double jab and a right cross, Emily forced to cover up as she gets knocked onto the ropes.
Emily trying to fire back, both girls going toe to toe, Allison landing the clearer punches as Rickards can't load up on her punches.
Clinching up with Allison, Emily looks upset as she wanted to keep pounding Allison like the last round, but finds herself on the receiving end this round.
Separated by the referee, Emily gets into space and plants her feet as Allison comes forwards, both girls slamming punches across the others faces as time ticks away in the round, the bell rings soon enough with the girls staring hard at the other.
Their respect for the other is starting to take a backseat for them wanting to win so badly, they head back to their corners with their cheeks starting to look puffy.
Round 4:
Allison looking to build off the last round, she catches Emily off guard as she sends a flurry of punches towards her head, the Canadian is forced to cover up and retreat.
The Warehouse 13 star lands a right to the abs of Emily and a left cross up top to open up the blonde, allowing her to catch her to the chin.
Emily knocked towards a corner and if not for her footwork allowing her to move to the side and out the way of the charging Allison, she would be in real danger.
As it is, she catches Allison with a straight punch as she turns around and steps inside to land to the body with three punches to force the brunette back several steps.
Back at each other they go with several punches on the inside, before Allison nudges her back with a left cross to the top of her opponent's head.
Allison again starts knocking Emily backwards across the ring, the blonde forced to cover up and accept the punishment on her gloves and arms for the most part, some punches though find their way through to strike her on her lips.
Emily tries to step to the side and out the way of the charging Allison, but she gets clipped around her guard with a right cross and takes two pounding shots to her ribs.
The Arrow star is pressed back onto the ropes, as Allison goes to work, pinning her guard up top with her left jab, then following up with her right in the rib cage, some hitting jug as Rickards can be heard groaning and gasping under the attack.
Late in the round, she swats the left out of her face and lands a left hook up top, startling Allison as she thought she had her under control.
Emily managing to fight her way off the ropes in the dying seconds of the round with her fists pumping into the face of Allison, whose turn it is now to groan out in pain.
The bell ringing with both looking deadly serious on their way back to their corners, both their coaches work on cleaning their faces up, the fighters are looking a mess and while Allison looks to have a slight lead, Emily is still raring to go.
Round 5:
This time Emily makes sure that she isn't caught cold, moving out quickly to stop being crowded back by Allison, the girls slinging jabs over the top of the others guard.
Allison lands a straight punch to her opponent's face, but she misses with a follow up left as Emily ducks under and slams an overhand left to the side of the brunettes face.
Scagliotti tries to land a left cross but again Emily steps out the way in time, then Rickards counters with a double jab to the chin of her opponent.
It's Emily who is starting to finally take control of the action, countering the aggressive Allison and soon starts to press Scagliotti back.
But Allison parries a straight and comes inside to land two punches to the lips of Emily, the blonde groaning as her lip looks swollen.
Emily steps back and Allison slams another straight onto the gloves of her opponent, the girls circling and trading single punches to the others abs.
Allison this time thinks she has timed her attack better, parrying a jab and landing a right cross to the cheek of Emily and a left to her body to push her onto her heels.
Emily forced to retreat again, she sidesteps Allison as the brunette swings a big right at her head, the crowd wondering if that was an attempt at a knockout.
Instead it leaves her open to an uppercut and a left cross just before the bell rings to end the round, Allison shaking her head at Emily, shaking that didn't hurt, which usually is a hint that it did.
Both women heading to their corners, a sheen of sweat making them glisten in the light as their coaches wash them down and try to reduce the swelling on their faces as the fight passes the hallway mark.
Round 6:
Both fighters meet in the ring centre and start trading on the inside, before stepping back and circling each other with single punches.
They are looking to take the fight by the scruff of the neck, Allison snaps a jab into the lips of Emily and steps back in close to land three rights to the side of the blondes body.
Emily groaning and grimacing as she is being driven back, Allison working the body, hoping to take all the energy out of Emily then finish her off.
But she gets clipped round her ear with a right hook, that makes her stumble several steps to the side, Scagliotti needing to get her hands up before Emily smashes her up.
Stepping forwards, Emily lands a flurry of punches that snap off the guard of Allison, nearly smashing her gloves back into her face, before she changes her target to the body of the brunette.
Now it's Allison whose groaning and wincing, as Emily presses her back onto the ropes, both girls trading hard shots as the crowd roars both girls on.
Soon Allison clinches up with Emily, both girls trying to shove the other around, grunting with effort as they try to show they are stronger.
The referees separating the girls with Allison landing the first shot after they are told to fight, a right cross landing to the cheek of Emily with a follow up left knocking her opponent back a step.
But she walks into a straight punch, both fighters grimacing as they move back inside to trade as the round is coming to an end.
The bell ringing with both girls just about holding back, looking each other up and down to see how bad the other looks, seeing their cheeks are swelling up, reddened and Emily's lips are swollen.
They head back to their corners and continue to stare each other down on their stools, their coaches working hard, knowing it's pointless talking to them because everyone knows how tight this fight is.
Round 7:
Both girls bang their gloves together, psyching themselves up for getting back at each other, the girls have lost some of the spring in their step as they move around each other and throw long range punches.
Allison stepping inside to land a right to the ribs of Emily, getting a gasp from the blonde but Emily gets her guard up in time to block a left hook up top.
Then she fires back with a right hook across the cheek of Allison, she leans out the way of a left counter from the American and cracks her across the top of her head with a left.
Allison stumbles back several steps as her legs start to wobble, she tries to get her guard up, but Emily steps inside and lands a right and left across the face of the brunette.
Emily landing an uppercut to snap Allison's head and down goes Scagliotti to her back! Emily jogging to neutral corner and watches as the referee begins his count.
Allison is blinking hard, trying to shake her head as she slowly pushes herself onto her side, the count up to 5..6 she tries to push herself up but she slips and goes back down to her side, the count reaches 10 and the fight is over!

Winner: Emily Bett Rickards KO Round 7

After:
Emily winning a bruising encounter, looking understandably relieved as she leans back against the turnbuckles in the corner she is standing in and smiles.
She moves over to check on Allison, who is sitting up with help from the referee, both girls smiling as chat about the fight.
The crowd clapping both girls for the effort they showed, while their coaches come out to take their gloves off, with both girls checking the others bruised faces and joking about how they will remember each other next time they look in a mirror.
Both girls given a drink to rehydrate them, they look relieved to get it and are helped up by their coaches so they can head back to their corners to be patched up.
Soon they are back in the ring centre, with Emily getting her hand raised and she looks ready to burst, maybe holding it in to not rub defeat into Allison.
Who is applauding her opponent, showing her respect and after shaking her hand, Allison leaves the ring so Emily can have her moment in the sun.
Emily blowing kisses to the fans as she moves over to a corner, climbing the ropes, she raises her fists in the air as the crowd cheer her, before she steps away and out the ring to go celebrate in the back, remembering to buy Allison a drink if she catches her later.