Sarah Harding vs Hannah Ware
(12-17, 10 KO vs 3-0, 3 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: "Sure enough, I'm not getting any younger but I can still beat up overrated hoes like Hannah Ware!", Sarah Harding sounds pretty confident when talking to BBU TV's Anna Woolhouse ahead of tonight's clash hosted by the Lioness Cub HQ - the KO Club in Barnet. 

Sarah's boxing career has produced mixed results but she owns the experience factor over the undefeated Ware who comes into this fight with a 3-0 record allthough she hasn't tasted any action since August 2017 when she knocked out the mediocre Roxanne McKee. She eyes a swift upset of the Lioness blonde though and vows to mount a late-blooming run at the bantamweight title which Anna Woolhouse dismisses as "improbable" in her preview.

Sarah Harding wears a red one-piece swimsuit & black gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a custom ponytail. Hannah Ware wears a black one-piece swimsuit & silver gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a braid. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Sarah thrives on the local support and begins to stack punches against the brunette's guard early on which leads Hannah into a hectic response that fails to make the desired impression. Sarah's record is mediocre at best but she's simply been too erratic in execution during all these years and she knows how to run a fight from the front. She bangs through Hannah's guard and snaps her head back before a quick fire switch on the guts drops the younger opponent back. Hannah tries to swing it from the back foot but bounces off the forearms and struggles to avoid getting trapped on the ropes when the charging blonde thumps her on the boobs to close out the drive. Ware locks her in a lenghty clinch thereafter but needs more genuine ideas to stop the former Girl Aloud from cleaning out shop here next.

Round 2:
Another aggressive run from Harding allows her to outwork the brunette in close range and Hannah soon finds herself in retreat mode once the singer cracks up more hooks over the top. They all land flush on target and drop Hannah into quiet spasms but there's more coming from Sarah who wades into the other girl's breadbasket and pounds her butt-in-ropes come the half-way mark of the round. Hannah gets a little desperate herself and finds a brief respite while punching Harding on the ribcage before a scything left cross bellows her over the ropes and leaves exposed downstairs. Harding whacks her on the liver area to inflict more pain but fails to put her away as she tries to knock her head off instead of blasting the exposed midriff. Ugh! Hannah runs away from the corner when the blonde gasses out and allthough the crowd loves it, the Lioness coach Mel B. is upset over the missed opportunity.

Round 3:
Finally some positive response from Hannah who dances around the singer's leather burst and counters her with a hooking double that tags each temple and drops the older woman backwards. Sarah tries to immediately swing back only to find thin air and a brutal rush up her cleavage instead as Ware leans on her with a ruthless dose of uppercuts. She wobbles the singer onto her heels and slams a left cross on the chin which drops Sarah into spasms but it quickly gets worse as she pummels into her guts and backs her into the ropes. Harding refuses to clinch the brunette but the slugging exchange only fuels Hannah's recovery who finds all the rhythm she needs in those pesky uppercuts and SENDS THE BLONDE DOWN onto her knees deep into the final minute! Talk about silencing the KO Club here as Sarah gets floored waaaaay too easily here even for Anna Woolhouse in the booth! Bell saves the Lioness pride from immediate disaster but Mel B. is simply furious and slaps the fellow singer in the face during the break.

Round 4:
Sarah vows to regain control of this fight but becomes too erratic again and falls into a quick-fire assault that splits her mitts too easily for Ware not to take full advantage. She rips into the blonde's chest but also pierces the solar plexus and leaves the singer trembling once she outworks her in close range repeatedly... she barks several times upon a crisp impact which gives Harding's boobs a rough test before the blonde simply folds into spasms and gets battered into the corner come the two-minute mark. She tries to sling back over the top but loses all her groove when Hannah nails her on the nose and tears into her lips that are visibly swollen at the bell. Still, Hannah plugs her mitts into the fellow singer's chest before the bell stops the beating and Harding can barely stay upright as she stumbles to her corner to earn another pep talk from her trainer!

Round 5:
Hannah seeks more damage as she works around the blonde's swollen lips and snaps her head back & forth in the process. Sarah suddenly looks way too hittable and gets stuck on her heels while taking more abuse up the middle. She responds with some single shots but fails to throw Ware off her stance which only gets more aggressive as she seemingly tries to knock the singer's head off. Harding doesn't have the agility to stay clear of danger and eats a belting hook on the navel before the brunette plugs one shot on the boobs too many... Sarah wobbles forward with a whimper but Hannah gets to her again and DRILLS the solar plexus to SEND HER CRASHING DOWN ON HER KNEES!!! Sarah struggles to catch her breath anymore and bends her head against the canvas as the merciless count passes her by to silence the Barnet audience! KO5 Hannah Ware in come-from-behind fashion!!!

AFTER: Hannah places her foot on the fallen blonde's back and seeks out Dorota Rabczewska in the audience but the Polish champ didn't bother to watch the undercard so Mel B. receives the message instead: "Tell that blonde bimbo to book me a spot on her schedule. Because I'm ready to blow her away too! Why would you invite me here in first place?" "That's NONE of your business, bytch! I don't call these shots anyway!"

Hannah is enraged over the Scary Spice response and tries to smother the fallen Harding to let the frustration out but the hostile crowd reaction makes her think better off it once she rolls Sarah onto her back. The former Girl Aloud is left spread eagle with her eyes closed and needs the next three minutes simply to recover the oxygen supply back before she's forced to answer some serious questions regarding her future. Getting KO'd inside the stable building is bad enough for any Lioness and Sarah's record speaks anything but confidence going forward. She's a tough sell even as journeywoman now with bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts apparently drawing better TV ratings across the country!

Final result: Hannah Ware def. Sarah Harding KO5.