(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

(Free Agent vs Free Agent)

Intro:
Tonights opening bout sees two former stablemates get it on, Azealia Banks and Fleur East both used to be part of the Beever's Babes stable, after being released this will be their first fight for both outside the stable.

Azealia is 28 years old; she stands 5'7, holding a record of 8 wins, all coming by way of knockout, with 2 defeats.

Fleur is 32 years old; she stands 5'6, holding a record of 7 wins, all coming by way of knockout, with only 1 defeat.

While both have impressive records, their careers have stalled somewhat in the ring, with neither fighting last year, in fact Azealia last fought back in 2017! So many pundits see ring rust as a factor.

There's intriguing spectators at ringside, on one side is Rita Ora with a few friends, while Olympia Valance is sitting with her manager Harry Keegan, seemingly both scouting these two women for rumoured fights in future.

Before all that the fighters are interviewed by Kate Abdo in their locker rooms, first she heads into Banks room to find her getting her hands wrapped.

Looking up at Kate, Azealia tells her "I'm not interested in saying much, all you need to know is tonight I prove two things, one the Beever's were wrong to cast me out, I don't give a sh*t if the other managers were scared to put me in the ring with their Barbie dolls, I'd have f***ed everyone up in this division" there's fire in her eyes as she speaks.

"Secondly to Fleur, me and her were always competing to be the best prospect in that stable, now neither of us has a manager to hold us back, she is going to regret accepting this fight as I'm gonna show her that she never has or will be in my league as a fighter, f**k that bytch" stern words from the American to her former stablemate.

With Kate getting waved out the room, the interviewer then heads to the East locker room to see her shadow boxing to get ready, she stops to talk to Kate.

"Hey Kate, it has been way too long for me to step into that ring, helps I am fighting the best mouthed bytch the BBU has seen to fire me up" says Fleur as she looks in a much more happier mood of the two fighters.

Asked how it was to train alongside Azealia, Fleur replies "look Azealia is a hard worker and when she has her head on, she is great to work out with, the problems come when she is bragging and trying to start something, if not for the fact I brushed most of her crap off I'd have smacked her long before tonight"

Smiling as she finishes "it's better getting paid right for being able to knock that bytch on her arse and see the look on her face" winking as Kate even grins at that thought, with Kate wishing her luck before leaving the room.

Fighting time; out comes Azealia with her coaches behind her, she is wearing a leather jacket as she swaggers down the aisle, arms out at her side as she looks like she thinks she owns the BBU arena.

Pulling the jacket off and handing it to a member of her corner team, Azealia gets her black gloves on, to go alongside her black sports bra, matching trunks and shoes, while her hair is tied back into a ponytail.

Getting inside the ring with a confident smirk, Azealia mounts the bottom ropes of her corner, raising her hands in the air as she enjoys some support from the crowd.

Out comes Fleur now to a louder cheer, she is all smiles as she jogs down the aisle with her corner team following her, bumping fists with a few people in the front row as she goes.

The English fighter is wearing a black sports bra with lime green trim, matching trunks and shoes, her gloves are black with a green snake head pattern on them, her hair is braided.

Stepping through the ropes into the ring, Fleur poses with her arms flexed before blowing kisses to the crowd, soon enough settling into a warm up routine as the crowd looks excited to see this clash.

Coming to the ring center, Azealia is her usual brash self, making threats to the silent Fleur, whose letting her steely gaze do all the talking for her.

Told to touch gloves, they slam them together with no sign of any friendliness from the days together in the Beever's stable, instead more focused on returning to their corners, ready to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.

Round 1:
Both women come out trading stiff single punches to start, circling each other at midrange, with Azealia the first make a move forwards with a right on the glove of her opponent, she lands a left hook though to the ribs of East.

After that it is Banks showing she wants to take the fight right to her former stablemate, taking the center of the ring, she is forcing heated exchanges, Fleur looking like wanted to feel her way into this fight is getting caught with the harder punches across her cheeks so far.

A minute has gone by, with Azealia getting hit with a left cross/straight combo to show her Fleur isn't going to simply be bulldozed, the English fighter moving more side to side on her toes as she looks to get some rhythm going.

But once she starts to get some, Azealia bullies her way to the inside with her left forearm, it isn't pretty, it does seem effective as she lands two hard rights into the chiselled abs of East.

Who takes those punches well, an overhand left though smacks her on her jaw to turn her head, Fleur covering up as she is driven onto the ropes.

Soon the round comes to an end with Azealia grinning at her foe, not looking the least bit worried about Fleur as she turns and whips her ponytail across her face, showing disrespect to a person she sparred with when she came to this country, a sign to how far the bad blood goes between these two.

Round 2:
Back out their corners they head, trading stiff jabs again as Fleur is looking more fired up, leading to both stepping inside to work when they go for straights at the same time.

In tight they work, with Azealia maybe regretting going into a body shots duel, Fleur's tight abs look to be taking them better then hers, causing Azealia to back off and basically admit defeat in that venture.

One Fleur doesn't let her forget as she taps her abs with her left, telling her "come on Azealia, you know I can take those all day" impressive considering Banks is one of the hardest hitters in the division.

So is Fleur though, with the fight becoming more about landing their hooks, turning heads as they move in closer to work, their corners not looking too happy as they seem to think both need to outbox the other to make the difference.

With thirty seconds to go of hard fought inside work, it's Fleur who adapts first, stepping back with a double jab to the lips of her rival, she lands a right hook to turn her head to the side.

Following up with three more clean punches to the face of Azealia, who has blood running from her lips as the round ends, she wipes some on her gloves as she checks, with Banks telling Fleur "oh you'll pay for that one you bytch" Fleur simply waving her to bring it on.

Round 3:
Fleur again starts off more on her toes of the two fighters, she at least looks to be trying to rely on her boxing skills, which are allowing her to bash Azealia with the cleaner jabs to those bloody lips.

When she tries to come inside though; Azealia slams a left across her face, followed by a straight into the top of her head to snap it back.

Momentum swings back to Banks, she fires in a jab/straight to the nose of Fleur, causing blood to trickle from her nostrils, East backed up towards a corner as Banks is looking in a vengeful mood.

Swinging punches towards the nose of Fleur, looking like she wants to break it, Fleur thankfully for her able to block most of the punches, taking a few around her cheeks, till she can clinch up with Azealia.

In the clinch Fleur doesn't get much respite as Azealia throws a few rabbit punches to the back of her head with her right, the referee needing to break them up and warn Azealia to cut that crap out.

When they resume fighting, Azealia lands a jab onto the lips of Fleur, she takes a right hook to the side of her head though, with Fleur showing Azealia she isn't going to be bullied around.

They plant their feet to slug it out in the final moments of the round, the crowd roar as blood and sweat flies off them, lost in the brutality as the bell rings and they keep swinging.

Coaches needing to help the referee drag them apart, with Azealia spitting at Fleur, the referee heading to both corners to warn both women to calm down or they'll throw the fight out.

Round 4:
Nodding at each other as if to say bring it on, they quickly get into another slugfest to kick off the round, this isn't a fight for the boxing purists, both women just wanting to fight as sweat and blood is sent flying into the air.

Cheeks on both fighters are beginning to swell up, Azealia breaks the deadlock by using her left forearm to nudge back Fleur, hammering her right twice into the cheek of East to make her cry out.

Back comes Fleur though as she craftily switches positions with Azealia by pulling her behind her head with her right, the American now finding herself with her back towards a corner.

Heads nearly clash as they swing in hooks to the ribs, grinding their foreheads, neither wants to give the other an inch as blood drips onto their boobs from lips and in Fleur's case her nose.

Azealia gets away from the corner after landing a right near the ear of her opponent, followed by a left uppercut to the chin of East, who is rocked back a step.

It looks like Fleur is in trouble as she eats a four punch straight combo to her face, she slams a right though across the chin of Azealia to rock her head around.

Both end up clinched together as the bell rings, trading insults as they grapple till the referee can split them up, this has the true feeling of a grudge match as they exchange threats before they bother returning to their corners to be cleaned up.

Round 5:
Maybe ring rust starting to show or the pace they've set is getting to them, it isn't as thunderous a start to this round, instead both looking to use the jab more to get their range for their big right hands.

The first mistake comes after forty seconds, Azealia misses with a right hook, a left cross slams above her right eye, Banks cries out as a cut opens up there.

Smelling blood in the water, Fleur pounds three punches square into the face of Azealia, who is being rocked back, adrenaline seems to be running through Fleur's veins as she shakes off Azealia's punches to hammer in her own.

At the middle of the round, an uppercut rocks Azealia onto the ropes, WHERE A RIGHT HOOK SMACKS ACROSS HER CHIN, BANK'S GUMSHIELD GOES FLYING OUT THE RING AS SHE TURNS AND FALLS TO HER BACK NEXT TO EAST! REFEREE KNEELS DOWN AND WAVES THE FIGHT OFF!

Winner Fleur East KO Round 5

After:
A contender for knockout of the year, Fleur wins this absolute war, something that makes her scream "f***ing come on bytch!" At Azealia, lost to her adrenaline as she still wants to fight!

Her coach needing to calm her down, Fleur looks tired when she relaxes, hugging her coach as she thanks them profusely for helping her train for this fight.

All the while the ringside doctor is checking on a bloody and battered Azealia, who wakes up but looks in La La land, a stretcher needed in the ring to help take her out so she can get more tests in the medical area in the back.

Fleur doesn't even acknowledge that Azealia is gone, she is too busy getting patched up herself, showing the battle scars to prove that she can survive a firefight and come out on top.

While the special guests at ringside scouting this fight look a little stunned by the ferocity of the fight, though they are applauding Fleur as she gets her hand raised by the referee.

The winner posing for the cameras, her arms flexed as she shows the impressive physique that helped her survive the bombs thrown by Azealia.

With Fleur leaving the ring and joking "god get me in that ice bath" to her coaches, all of them laughing as they head up the aisle, who will want to take on Fleur next, is it someone at ringside or in the back? Maybe people will be afraid to take her on after this fight.