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Taylor Swift versus Adrianne Palicki

Taylor Swift: 30 years old, 5’11”, 44-19 since 2009, Fates Boxing

Adrianne Palicki: 37 years old, 5’11”, 35-31 since 2008, Sceej Boxing

Before:

The press conference is buzzing as the next two girls walk in before their match in what easily could have been the main event if DiDonato didn’t have the title.

“I don’t care that she beat me before,” Taylor yells before she can even sit down at the table. “I’m going to beat her and even the score. She may be the ‘Chin-Checker’ but I’m the Queen.”

Palicki merely rolls her eyes, “We’ll see about that when you’re out cold.”

Swift jumps up and stares Palicki down, who merely rises up and stars Taylor in her eyes with neither girl backing down. They’re eventually separated, but one thing is for sure – they don’t like each other, and they’ll have a chance to settle their differences in the ring tonight.


Hannah gets back on the microphone to announce the second match. 

“This next fight is a rematch from 2018, when Adrianne Palicki took Taylor Swift down in eight rounds.” Davis announces, “But Swift has since changed management and Palicki has made a shift to welterweight, so plenty has changed since their last fight.” The crowd cheers as one of the biggest fights of the night is about to come on.

“First, from Toledo, Ohio. Boasting a record of 35 wins and 31 losses since 2008. She is two-time former lightweight champion and has also held the welterweight title. The Chin-Checker, Adrianne Palicki!”

Davis announces the actress and the stadium cheers wildly for Palicki as she steps out into the light. Adrianne is wearing a silver bikini with red gloves for the fight, her hair up in a bun. The actress is all business in the ring, waiting for her opponent to enter.

“And now for her opponent tonight. From Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.” Hannah gets back on the mic. “With 44 wins and 19 losses since 2009. She is a former lightweight champion and holds the record for most consecutive lightweight title defenses with nine successful defenses. The Alpha Blonde, the Queen of the FCBA and pop music, Taylor Swift!

The crowd roars again for Swift, but there are some fans chanting “Upton, Upton, Upton” or even “Emily, Emily, Emily,” referencing the blonde’s losses to Kate Upton and Emily DiDonato this year. Taylor’s chosen a royal purple sports bra and matching trunks with the same color gloves, her blonde hair tied up. She stares daggers at Palicki as she steps into the ring.

The ref quickly gets between the two, briefly gives final instructions, and after looking at their intense glares at each other, just calls for the bell.

Round 1:

Swift and Palicki quickly get out of their corners and they instantly start trading ranged blows, looking to use their jabs to do work early on. Taylor and Adrianne both land blows onto the other woman’s chin in the first minute, but neither can take advantage of it. Swift and Palicki start circling each other, keeping up with the ranged game despite the fact that neither is accustomed to fighting a girl as tall as themselves or having quite the same range. Palicki steps in, fakes left and goes right, splitting Swift’s guard, but the singer already has her counter ready. Taylor unloads a bullet of a right to Palicki’s left cheek, catching the older woman by surprise, then follows up with a left that skips off of Palicki’s guard and hits the older girl’s ear. The brunette holds her own and tags her blonde opponent back, but Taylor responds with a straight right that audibly skips off of Palicki’s cheek, but had the blonde connecting with it to her opponent’s chin, it may have been lights out. Adrianne backs off, not wanting to give Taylor an opportunity for another big punch, and she keeps her distance to the bell. The judges determine that Swift takes the opening frame, close.

Round 2:

The second round begins with both girls using their long legs to close in on each other and trading blows at range. Swift the first to land a solid blow, slipping a left past Palicki’s guard as the singer feint a right to bait Palicki before connecting with the left. Adrianne keeps her guard up as Taylor pops a quick right into the actress’ ribs and shifts left, but Adrianne shoots out a rocket of a right that connects with Swift’s chin and the singer’s legs go wobbly! The Chin-Checker still living up to her name still even as she enters her 13th year in the FCBA. Palicki hammers Swift a straight left and the blonde singer is in full retreat, giving up body as Adrianne shifts her focus to the blonde’s body and working her into the ropes. Adrianne nails two withering body blows on Taylor before the younger girl clinches and forces a break. Once the action resumes, Swift looking to play the ranged game while Palicki tries to move in and wear down Swift’s body, but the singer sticks Palicki with a right the two times the brunette starts to close distance. The bell rings and both girls go back to their corners, with Palicki taking the round, wide, thanks to getting Swift into the ropes early.

Round 3:

Adrianne immediately starts jabbing at Taylor as the two girls circle each other and the Chin Checker strikes early, faking a straight to the head with her left before sliding close and hammering Swift’s chest with a right. Taylor drops back, guard up as Adrianne advances, dips to her left, and splits Swift’s guard with a right that skips off of the singer’s face and past her ear. Palicki’s lunged in and she realizes her vulnerable position just a second too late and Swift slams a right of her own at Palicki, and she gets all of the brunette’s face with that blow, snapping Palicki’s head snaps back. Taylor shifts to her right and digs a left into Adrianne’s ribs, forcing the Chin Checker back to a distance. The blonde and brunette circle each other, trading shots from range until Palicki lands a left that knocks Swift back in the waning seconds of the round. The bell rings and Palicki takes another round, but this time, close.

Round 4:

The fourth starts with Swift getting out of her corner more aggressively than the previous two rounds and has shifted her focus to Palicki’s body, working two quick ribshots into the actress’ body. Adrianne fires back with a left that clips Swift in the chin, but the blonde singer didn’t get to the top of the lightweight division without being able to take a shot and Taylor fires two quick blows into Adrianne’s face and the older woman instinctively wraps her arms around Swift, forcing a break. Out of the break, Swift chases Palicki around the ring, jabbing out and looking to corner the brunette, but Adrianne’s counterpunching effectively, never letting Swift cleanly hit her without a response that forces Taylor to back off. Swift getting frustrated as she can’t get into a consistent rhythm of hitting and charges at Palicki and the two collide in the ropes as they’re wrapped up at the bell. They stare each other down briefly before separating themselves. Swift takes the round on points, wide, and gets back into the fight.

Round 5:

The halfway round begins with Swift looking to keep up the aggression as she steps toward Palicki and shoots out a right-left combo that splits the actress’ guard on the second blow. Taylor moves in and goes back to body with a right, driving the air out of Adrianne’s lungs. Swift winds up a left and swings at Palicki’s head but it sails wide as Palicki buries a right into Swift’s chin, knocking the blonde backwards. Adrianne advances, efficiently covering the distance between herself and Taylor and feints a body shot only to go high and catch Taylor in the nose, drawing a small trickle of blood. Swift drops back, her guard protecting her face and nose as Palicki steps up again and gets her head snapped backwards by a big straight from Taylor. Blonde girl gets in a glancing blow to Palicki’s body before the older fighter collects herself and gets Taylor in the ribs again. Both girls trade jabs as a stalemate ensues to the bell, and when all is said and done, the judges deem the round to be a tie.

Round 6:

The fight enters its back half as the toll of the previous five rounds becomes apparent as the two fighters take more time as they get out to the center of the ring. Swift again comes out swinging, flanking Palicki after sticking her with a quick left. The Chin Checker shifts left to stop Taylor’s maneuver and catches the blonde with a right jab to the chin and Swift’s long legs give a shimmy! Swift involuntarily steps back on wobbly legs and Palicki hammers a left through the singer’s guard and follows up with two rights that connect squarely with Taylor’s chin and down goes Swift! Swift shaking her head as the referee counts over her. Palicki watches closely from the corner as Taylor makes her way back up at a count of eight, slightly unsteady on her feet, but good enough to continue. Adrianne goes back after Taylor, looking to get around the blonde’s guard and working her body, but Taylor pops two good blows into Adrianne’s ribs, showing that while she may have been knocked down, she still has plenty of fight left. Adrianne tries to press for an advantage, slinging rights and lefts from range, but Taylor weathers the storm to the bell thanks to her guard. Unsurprisingly, Palicki wins the round on points, wide, thanks to her knockdown.

Round 7:

Worried faces in the Fates corner as they tend to Taylor Swift while the Sceej corner is just telling the Chin Checker to keep it up and Swift won’t be able to get up. Swift looks to keep away from the actress from Ohio but the blonde singer’s laboring in her steps and just can’t keep away from Palicki as the actress buries leather into Taylor’s midriff and knocks the blonde back, bent slightly forward, rear sticking out. Palicki takes the opportunity to pop a right through Swift’s guard and into her nose, drawing more blood than before and snapping Swift’s head backwards. The Fates corner is screaming at Taylor to wrap Adrianne up as the Ohio girl drives Swift into the ropes, absolutely thumping her body as the singer struggles to wrap her arms around Palicki and hold on for dear life, but she eventually does. The ref separates the two fighters and Palicki goes right back after Swift again, looking to finish the former champ. Palicki feints high and takes a right straight to the jaw. Taylor gets in a body blow before the two both back off, neither girl wanting to overstay and invite a devastating blow before the end of the round. The bell rings and while the Sceej corner was hoping for Adrianne to finish Taylor off, she nevertheless wore down the blonde even more, winning the round on points, wide.

Round 8:

The Chin Checker steps out of the Sceej corner, a fire in her eyes as she stares down an exasperated Swift as both women step towards each other. From the get go, it’s clear that Taylor’s fading as she only looks to counter Adrianne’s blows, backpedaling as Adrianne seems unstoppable from the previous two rounds. Palicki dips right and sticks Swift with a left, snapping Taylor’s head back and forcing the blonde to give up ground. Adrianne pursues her, a look of excitement in her eyes as she is on the verge of coming back with a statement win after losing the welterweight title. Palicki feints right, skips a left off of Swift’s cheek and Taylor responds with a right hook that crashes gets all of Adrianne’s jaw and now it’s Palicki who wobbles on her legs! Adrianne head is open as her arms flare out instinctively and Taylor snaps back the actress’ head with a straight left. Palicki gets her guard up to cover her head, but she gives up her body as Swift pounds lefts and rights into her torso, bruising a tattoo up her ribs. Adrianne’s guard droops and Taylor hammers another right home, and this time Palicki just wraps Swift up, trying to hold the blonde until the bell, which mercifully comes. Adrianne unwraps her arms, her face red as she’s breathing heavily. Both girls are drenched in sweat at the end of the eighth, but Taylor Swift has to be feeling like she’s in the better spot going into the final two rounds after turning the tide and winning the eighth by points, wide.

Round 9:

Swift seeming to get her second wind as she gets out of her corner with a new spring in her step and wastes no time in going after Palicki. Taylor uses her long legs to quickly close the distance with Adrianne and feints high, drawing the actress’ guard high, then plunges a right into Palicki’s midriff, punching the air out of her lungs. The air rushes past Palicki’s teeth as she reels from the singer’s blow, and the Ohio native drops back and plants her feet before throwing out a counter, which crashes into Taylor’s guard, then follows up with a punch to the ribs, but Swift is unfazed. Swift shifts right and sticks a right jab right into Palicki’s chin and Palicki again is wobbly! Taylor drives a right into Adrianne’s body as the actress retreats, covering her head again as she gives up her body for the second time in two rounds and Taylor pounds a right into Adrianne’s solar plexus, nearly bending Palicki over. Swift straightens out the actress with a left as her guard breaks down and then connects with a right hook that sends Palicki to the canvas! Adrianne’s groaning on the canvas, clutching her body, but still tries to get up. She gets to all fours at six, pushes her upper body up – and crashes right back down and can’t beat the count. Your winner by KO9, Taylor Swift!

After:

Taylor pounds her chest after the victory and poses on the ringpost, showing off her long legs and toned body to the crowd. The blonde singer smiles as she raises her arms, then leaves the ring without checking in on Palicki, let alone glancing at the fallen actress, who’s still dazed after being helped onto a stool.

Swift goes over to Davis with a fiery look in her eyes.

“Taylor, talk about that fight,” Davis notices Swift’s look and lets her go.

“Adrianne beat me once, she wasn’t going to beat me twice.” Swift starts, “She may be tough, she may have won the lightweight title twice and the welterweight title. But she can’t hang with me. Because I’m taking names and knocking girls out. That’s what happens when you go up against the most dominant lightweight champ in FCBA history and the Alpha Blonde of the FCBA. I don’t care who you are or what your record is, I’ll remind you who I am all the same.”

Swift stops and Davis has a look of surprise in her eyes, “So, what’s next? Or maybe the better question is, who’s next?”

Taylor looks right at the camera, “Whoever wants to get put to sleep. Including those girls Tess Valmore thinks I’ll get put to sleep by – it didn’t happen tonight.”

With that, the blonde singer heads to the back, clearly ready for whatever fights she may have in her future.