Bianca Balti vs Belen Rodriguez
(2-2, 2 KO vs 4-0, 4 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Bianca Balti has recovered from the beating she took from Izabel Goulart last month only to fall into Belen Rodriguez's range in what appears to be a bragging rights contest between both Goulart & Rodriguez in first place: "Why don't they just fight it out already?", Bianca refuses to accept the sacrificial lamb buzz that's been trending on twitter lately however she really needs to up her game if she wants to become a solid gatekeeper around the league.

Meanwhile Belen just wants to keep plugging these hot babes into a swollen mess! She's racked up four wins so far and the word around Foro Italico is that she can indeed elevate herself into a title contention come the summer IF she beats both Balti & Goulart. In fact Girls Friday owner Harry Keegan has been spotted in the VIP lounge tonight and that's probably no coincidence given one of his girls currently holds the lightweight belt!

Bianca Balti wears a black satin lingerie set & yellow gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Belen Rodriguez wears a red & white striped bikini set with blue trim & red gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Bianca lands the initial punches as both girls settle for a head-hunting pursuit which is kinda predictable since both of them are power-oriented performers. The Italian even gets vocal when she snaps Belen's head back & forth but the Argentine brunette shakes off the experience and wobbles her opponent with a nasty cross that allows her to move Balti around during the subsequent response. Bianca still sticks plenty of juice into Belen's face but doesn't carry enough strenght to upset the fellow brunette and Belen ducks low to punish some tummy thereafter which sends Balti reeling onto the ropes come the final minute. Still, Belen fancies her chances over the top and beats Bianca for a late left hook on the eye that makes the Italian groan in pain right at the bell.

Round 2:
Bianca storms out of her stool and seeks more head-hunting connection but Belen stops her in her tracks with a powerful right hook on the nose before blasting a left hook on the liver area that wobbles the Italian onto her heels. Balti struggles to deliver the strikes while sagging on her heels while Rodriguez pummels her up the middle and tags the chin a couple of time to drop the fellow brunette into checkdown mode. Bianca throws plenty of single punches but gets outworked on the fly and backed butt-in-ropes where Belen plugs her around the elbows and keeps pinned back until she almost delivers a low blow on the groin. Ref shoves the Argentine back but Bianca remains trapped in the danger zone and eats more head-hunting leather before the bell saves her from further problems.

Round 3:
Belen keeps stalking the Italian upstairs and Bianca's almost too foolish for her own good as she tries to outslug the Argentine woman which doesn't end well at all... she gets whacked across the nose and bends to the side with a whimper which only allows Rodriguez to cash in with more hooks on the liver area as she pummels the Italian model onto the ropes again. Bianca really struggles to connect with her punches from behind the guard and gets rattled with more overhand response before Belen digs into her cleavage and makes her gurgle in visible discomfort. Belen gets a little vocal herself as she tears the Balti defense down and signs off with a belting hook on the liver THAT FORCES BIANCA TO TAKE A KNEE literally seconds before the bell. Ugh! The clock expires during a slowish count but there's only one woman smiling out there while Balti looks in all sorts of trouble now!

Round 4:
Bianca is literally too slow on her feet to avoid another head-hunting rush and gets clobbered from both flanks while sagging on jelly knees but Belen swiftly puts her away with another harpoon on the liver area that drops the Italian into whimper mode... Bianca tries to clinch her nemesis but gets bumped off in jug-to-jug contact before a scything hook on the jaw PUTS HER DOWN FOR THE COUNT!!! Ugh! That was a laser-fast shot from the Argentine woman who places her foot on Bianca's tummy once the ref quickly waves off the fight! KO4 Belen Rodriguez!!!

AFTER: Poor Bianca is left motionless on the canvas in spread eagle fashion and Belen rubs some Italian vocabulary into her before turning back to the fans who seem to approve her performance in high volume. BBU TV's Denise van Outen reckons she's ready to square off for the divisional straps outright if only Izabel Goulart would back off from the original challenge. And she won't do that so Belen has to clear one final hurdle on her way to face the lineal champion Alessandra Ambrosio. Girls Friday owner Harry Keegan has emerged back in the VIP suites and tells sideline reporter Georgie Thompson that Kelly Gale would like to stop the Belen hype train as well but that route has expired when the Swedish babe beat Goulart earlier this season already: "We don't want to sound too cute here but Alex has the unified FCBA title to defend too so we have to manage our schedule. And who knows, maybe Izabel knocks the hype right out of Belen herself so we wouldn't have to deal with her anymore?"

Final result: Belen Rodriguez def. Bianca Balti KO4.