(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
(Girls Friday vs Mirage Boxing)
Intro: Two British stars do battle on American soil tonight, with Agents Of Shield star Elizabeth Henstridge fighting Hollywood star Keira Knightley. Elizabeth is 30 years old, stands at 5'4 and holds a record of 12 wins, all by knockout and only 2 defeats. While Keira is 32 years old, stands at 5'7, her record stands at 17 wins, 10 by knockout, 25 defeats and 2 draws.
Both fighters met at the press conference and shook hands, though Keira looked like a hawk eyeing it's prey as she looked the smaller Elizabeth up and down, her fellow Brit just smiling nervously. They went to their tables to start the press event properly, with Elizabeth ready to speak first, she started by saying "another month, another big fight" with a wide smile on her stunning face. "Keira of course has been one of the girls I've looked up to when it comes to acting, so to get to trade punches in the ring with her is a dream come true" she adds with a nod over to Keira to show her respect. She finishes with "of course though I want to win this fight badly, now I have been training for a year roughly to get into this sport, I have to learn to not be sentimental, I need to go in and finish the job if it presents itself" Keira simply nods at Elizabeth, turning her head back to the sea of journalists to say "it's nice to hear respect for what I do, I have worked hard to break into the business, now I have achieved things others are scratching and clawing to take off me, it's just good to say someone wanting to be next to me level wise" She quickly adds "but I am not one for simply letting girls get up to my level without a fight, once we are in that ring Elizabeth, it will be two people fighting as if our lives depend on it, if you show me a moment of weakness, I will punch you down to that canvas and beat you until you either admit defeat or are knocked out cold at my feet" If she wanted to scare Elizabeth, well it looks to work as the Sheffield lass gulps and stares with a stunned look, Keira smirking as she stares hard at her. Then Elizabeth seems to shake herself out of her stupor, maybe seeing Keira smirk has her riled up as she steps out of her chair before Keira is finished. Keira seeing this kicks her heels off in case she has read Elizabeth wrong, with Henstridge doing the same, the sea of journalists tense up as they didn't expect a fight between these two. Nose to nose they go as they meet at the centre of the stage, Elizabeth telling Keira "I respect you so much, but I am not afraid of you, I will give you my all" Keira seems to calm down off defcon 1, she smiles and replies "I know you are not afraid, this is business babe, so don't take it personal when I beat you stupid" The Londoner steps back and is the first to put her hand out this time, Elizabeth looks surprised that Keira is showing respect to her, she nods before accepting the handshake, then both head off the stage to prepare for the contest.
Fight night, Elizabeth arrives first, she's wearing a grey bikini top with tight grey yoga pants and gloves, she has Lauren Berlingeri and Eva Carneiro by her side. Heading to the ring, she's her jovial self as usual, waving to her young fans and smiling widely as she could jump into the crowd to hug every member of the audience. She of course doesn't do that, climbing into the ring, she bows to each side of the ring to the crowd, before jogging to her corner to begin warming up with Lauren drilling her through her gameplan. Out comes Keira, she has Jennifer Lopez by her side, smiling as she bounces on her toes at the top of the entrance way, then begins her march to the ring. She is wearing a white bikini top with a small red rose on the left cup, tight white yoga pants and matching gloves, her blonde hair is up in a ponytail. Climbing into the ring, she grins as the crowd give her a loud cheer, wolfwhistles mixed in as the super sexy star seems to everyone's attention in the room. Soon both girls are brought to the ring centre, shaking their arms to keep them loose, their eyes locked in a tense stare down. Asked to touch gloves, the girls respectfully tap then together with a nod from both, once they are back in their corners, the referee signals for the bell to begin 10 rounds of flyweight action.
Round 1: "Ding" out come both fighters to the ring centre, jabbing away at each others defences with Elizabeth looking the slightly more mobile, but Keira is landing the better punches due to her extra reach. Elizabeth slips past a straight to step inside to dig away to the ribs of Keira with rights, before she's nudges back with the left. Keira again gets her jab going to try to measure up Elizabeth, maybe her ring rust is taking effect as she has only fought once this year. She's missing with most of her punches as Elizabeth moves her upper body out the way, finding ways to the inside to work on the body of Knightley, clearly hoping to tire her out. Keira manages to land a right cross as she tries to back Elizabeth up, digging a straight punch to the top of Henstridge's head to knock her back a step as Knightley seems to be getting some rhythm going. But she misses again with a big right cross, Elizabeth ducking underneath before coming back up with an overhand right that knocks Keira's head to the side. This time it's Elizabeth knocking the bigger Keira back towards the ropes, landing to the body of her opponent to force a gasp from her fellow English fighter. Keira tries to fight back as the girls throw hard shots, Elizabeth though keeps working that body till the bell rings. Both girls give each other a quick nod, before they head back to their corners, Elizabeth's corner smiling as she sits down, Keira's face sums up her own corner crew as she looks annoyed. Round 2: Keira looking to regrouped after a bad first round, Elizabeth wanting to keep the pressure on her, both girls digging away at the others face. Elizabeth slips inside to land a hard right to the ribs of Keira, who winces and moves back behind her guard, the slightly younger girl trying to push her opponent back. But Keira nudges her back with her left arm to her jugs, then slips a right across the cheek of Elizabeth, whose head turns and now she is being knocked back towards the ropes, only her footwork allowed her to escape from being put onto them. Keira though looks to have got out of neutral gear, digging her punches to the top of Elizabeth's head, knocking the Sheffield lass back around the ring as she looks slightly stunned. Elizabeth manages to slip under a right to land another right to the abs of Keira, she takes a hard left to the top of her head that allows Keira to step back. Keira manages to land a right cross as Elizabeth tries to get her guard up in time, suddenly the action turning as the Londoner pumps her fists into the face of her opponent. Onto the ropes goes Elizabeth, with Keira pinning her behind her guard with her jab and slinging her right around the guard of the brunette. The bell rings soon enough with Keira looking much more happier with herself, jogging back to her corner and nodding to Jennifer. Elizabeth looking at Lauren slightly upset, but as she sits down; she thinks about it being early, still plenty work to do for both girls to win this. Round 3: Out come the fighters with sterner looks on their faces, again Keira is landing the better punches, Elizabeth not as used to this as she usually fights girls the same height or smaller. It leads to her getting frustration, missing with a right hook as Keira moves back out the way, getting hit with a straight punch between her eyes to knock her back. Elizabeth is forced to cover up as she is being beaten back onto the ropes, Keira pounding to the body of her opponent, trying to knock the air from Henstridge. Trying to fight back, Elizabeth misses with a left, Keira leaning back before firing back with a straight punch on the top of her opponent's head. The younger fighter has to weather the storm, taking the majority of punches on her arms, before managing to clinch up with Knightley. The referee separates the girls, Keira watches Eliza move off the ropes, when the order to fight is assumed; Keira continuing to keep the pressure on her opponent, with Elizabeth forced onto her back foot. Elizabeth starting to move her head more, making Keira miss as the round heads into it's final few seconds, Keira trying to work harder, starting to waste energy as she continues to miss. The bell rings with Keira looking annoyed surprisingly after being so successful that round, she knows that she wasted her chance to do real damage though as the round went on. Elizabeth looking relieved to have gotten off the ropes after being punished on them, she knows she can't keep being bullied around the ring forever. Round 4: Elizabeth continues to let Keira take charge at the start of the round, she seems to have tightened her guard up as her opponent snaps her punches onto it. Keira does land a few digging rights into the body of Elizabeth, enjoying hearing light groans from her fellow actress. Before she tries to step up the tempo again with a right hook that sails over her small opponents head, Elizabeth lands a hard right to the side of her body, then two lefts to the centre of her abs. Keira looking annoyed as she lands that right at the second time of trying and a left up top to start pushing Henstridge back several steps again. But she misses with a straight punch as Elizabeth surprises her using a shoulder roll, pushing the punch to the outside and opening her up to a right uppercut. Keira gets knocked back onto her heels, with Elizabeth coming in tight to work the body of Knightly, who groans out in pain. Again she gets shoved back by the bigger girl, but maybe Elizabeth is finding her own rhythm, moving her head out the way of Keira to make her miss and countering on the inside with straight and cross punches. Keira looks a little stunned by how well Elizabeth has recovered, but she continues to keep fighting hard, both land a stiff straight to the others lips at the bell. The crowd look hyped for these two, standing and cheering both on, the girls just head back to their corners, keeping fully focused on the other girl as their coaches work hard to get them ready as we head towards the half way point of the fight. Round 5: Keira looking to resume her control over this fight, is starting to miss more with her punches as Elizabeth shows off more impressive defensive skills. The crowd noticing this are pointing at Elizabeth with some wonder why she didn't do this earlier, Keira looking frustrated as she can only land glancing blows at best. Elizabeth ducks under a right and comes back with a hard right of her own to the body of Keira, who grimaces and her breathing is definitely becoming heavier. That ring rust seems to be really starting to effect Keira, Elizabeth keeps targeting the body when she does strike, while she continues to make Keira miss. The heavier sheen of sweat on Keira shows how hard she is working to try to get at her opponent, Elizabeth seems to have a magnet on her gloves though, finding gaps in Keira's defence to tag her on her body. Keira starting to slow down and it's Elizabeth whose growing stronger as she slips under a left cross to land a digging hard right to the centre of the Cockney girls body. Gasping; Keira looks hurt as Elizabeth sees that and pounds her back onto the ropes, Keira tries to clinch up with her but ends up getting a right across her cheek and another to her side. Keira now retreats, looking for time to recover as Elizabeth stalks her around the ring, both digging shots to the others faces as they move around the ring. Again though Elizabeth uses her shoulder to deflect a punch, before landing another right to the body of Knightley, who winces as she gets pushed onto her heels under a beating to her body. The bell rings with Keira looking like she could sigh in relief, standing with her gloves on top of her head as she tries to suck in as much air as she can. While Elizabeth nods at Lauren, who just says "good job" while Eva gets to work cleaning her up, trying to reduce the swelling from her cheeks. Round 6: Keira heads out her corner, looking much more defensive now, using her jab to shield her body by keeping Elizabeth back till she has recovered. Her hand speed is too slow though, allowing Elizabeth to slip under a jab and land a hard punch onto the liver area of Knightley, who groans loudly in pain and falls down to all fours! Elizabeth jogs to a neutral corner as Keira spits her gumshield out to try and catch her breath, she tries to push herself up, but a jolt a pain from her body stops her and the referee counts her out!
Winner: Elizabeth Henstridge KO Round 6
After: Elizabeth goes 10 and 0 this year so far in all organizations, she showed some more improvement tonight after a tough fight. Though as Keira sits up and Elizabeth jogs over to check on her, Keira's ring rust looked to have played a big part in tonight's result. The girls smile at each other as Keira rubs her body, sucking in air as Elizabeth pulls her gloves off to offer to help her up. Keira nodding to Elizabeth, admitting "god I think you knocked my liver into the front row, it's been a while since I got hit there badly" Elizabeth looking guilty as she apologizes to her former opponent. Laughing before coughing, Keira says "don't apologize silly, just let my coach fix me up OK?" Elizabeth looking side to side, not realising Jennifer is behind her. She let's a little yelp of surprise out as J-Lo pats her on the back, Elizabeth falling back from her knees to her backside, she blushes with embarrassment. Lauren steps in, winking to Jennifer as they share a smile, before they help their fighters up, leading them to their corners to clean them up. The fighters are brought to the ring centre, with Keira nodding as Elizabeth gets her hand raised to a loud cheer, both girls shake hands. Before Keira leaves the ring holding her stomach with Jennifer telling her "you'll get back in that gym on Monday and we'll fix this OK?" With Keira nodding with a small grin. Elizabeth bows to each side of the ring, pumping fists with her corner crew before leaving the ring, her mind running to what to do next, she's heard rumours in the gym that she might be getting a big BBU fight or one might come up here, so she'll be busy next month.
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