Tale of the Tape:
Marloes Horst:
Age: 32
Height: 5'8 ½
1-1 (1KO)
Vs
Brandi Bondoc:
Age: 29
Height: 5'9
0-2

(Free Agent vs Free Agent)

(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

Intro:
Second bout of tonight sees a Dutch vs American model clash here in Antwerp's Lotto Arena, Marloes looks to come back from a loss to Hailey Clauson in her last fight to get back on track, could the winless Brandi shock her?

Before the contest BBU TV's Anna Woolhouse went into the fighters locker rooms, Marloes sat on a bench wearing a black hoodie with yoga pants as she looks all smiles, waving the interviewer in so they can talk.

When asked for thoughts about this fight, the Dutch stunner replies "Brandi is just a tune up for me, stepping up to Hailey wasn't my smartest decision; not yet anyway, this is more of a good level to learn from, get a few rounds under my belt before the bigger fights come my way". Marloes stretching her arms for a moment.

Anna then questions what big fights Maroles wants, the answer is simple " I want to be the best Dutch fighter around, I'm not a big welterweight so it isn't hard for me to fight the big two right now in the BBU, first I want Robin Holzken, I'd love that to be my next fight, then with a little more work I want Doutzen Kroes, she has long held the torch for models from our country but I want to rip it off her, show I'm the best" says Horst as she confidently grins, Anna thanks her for her time before she leaves.

Heading into the locker room of Brandi, Anna sees her shadow boxing in a black sports bra and yoga pants, throwing a few kicks to get her whole body warmed up, when Brandi sees Anna she bounces on her toes as she talks to the interviewer.

"Hey Anna, OK I guess I want to keep this short and sweet for my fans, I know I've disappointed so far results wise, tonight I am fully focused on turning my career around, Marloes isn't in the class of a Clauson or a (Amber) Rose, I will beat her tonight" says Brandi as she lifts her fists up to the camera, showing she means business as Anna apologizes for taking up her time, making Brandi laugh as she tells her not to worry about it.

Fight night with Marloes out through the curtain first, she is wearing a white bikini with matching gloves, her hair is tied into a ponytail as she jogs to the ring, smiling as she looks at the fans cheering her.

Getting into the ring, Horst raises both arms in the air as she stares out the ring in her corner, turning around to face the center when she is ready to begin her warm up routine, coach telling her not to take Brandi too lightly tonight.

With the American now out to a loud cheer of her own, Brandi wearing a dark and light blue side stripped bikini, baby blue gloves, while her hair is also in a ponytail, she waves to the fans as she looks relaxed for someone hoping this will be third time lucky in the ring.

Stepping into the ring, Brandi mounts the bottom ropes of her corner to raise her arms, taking in whistles and cheers as she looks stunning, getting back down to the canvas, she lightly taps her cheeks with her gloves to get herself psyched up for this.

Brought to the center by the referee, the girls look each other over and don't look too impressed by what they see, the touch of gloves seems respectful enough before they return to their corners, the referee gets the nods they are ready, bell ringing to start 10 rounds of welterweight action.

Round 1:
At the bell both women nod to each other before the probing punches come in, Brandi looking the more mobile as she steps more side to side, Marloes trying to land a straight that misses as she steps in, getting clipped across her cheek by a right cross.

After the early exchanges the bigger punches start to come as Marloes looks to close the gap, both drilling in punches square to the others face, with the Dutch beauty landing a left cross/straight to knock back the American to her heels.

But as Marloes wants to put the pressure of Brandi, she misses with a right cross as Bondoc leans out the way, giving Horst a nudge back to the chest as she moves away from the ropes, the brunette lands a counter left as she sidesteps Marloes.

Who is looking a little annoyed she can't pin down Brandi, Marloes getting caught with hard shots to her cheeks, Brandi has shown to lack the one punch knockout of other welterweights but as she is showing now, her hand speed and footwork is impressive for someone with no wins in two fights.

When the round ends it's Brandi who can take pride in how she did, Marloes being told to pick her punches better, a hard look from Marloes across the ring shows she isn't listening that intently it seems.

Round 2:
Wanting to lay a marker on Brandi early on in the round, Horst is stepping in with straights that miss as Brandi is reading her attempts, leading to one miss leaving the blonde open to a counter right to her face then a left handed uppercut into her chin to knock her backwards.

Suddenly Bondoc is letting her fists go as Horst finds herself being driven into a corner, Marloes covers up as Brandi is throwing anyway she can, the American smelling blood in the water, forcing Marloes into a clinch as the crowd cheer the underdog on.

When they resume after being pulled apart, Brandi is now the one on the front foot as Marloes looks a little shell shocked by what is happening, the blonde is covering up more moving around the ring as the brunette hunts her down.

A left slams into Marloes abs, before an uppercut lands through the guard of Horst to knock her head back, more punches land square into her face as the crowd smell an upset, Marloes clinching up again with a thin trickle of blood running from her left nostril.

At the bell it is a shocking shutout for Brandi, who sits on her stool looking all business after what is the best round of her career, Marloes has her nose worked on as her coach yells at her to keep her head, she replies that she is sorry.

Round 3:
Stepping out their corners with eyes firmly locker behind their gloves, Marloes looks a little less sure then she did when she climbed into the ring at the start of this fight, Brandi the one pushing forwards more as she digs in two punches to the body, just missing with an overhand right as Marloes steps out the way in time.

A left cross catches Brandi coming in, giving Horst a chance to strike back as her straight bangs into the top of her opponent's head to push her back a step, Marloes looks to loosen up after that little success.

Brandi maybe getting too open off her own success, while she is still landing some good combos, she is getting pegged back by hard flush punches into her angelic face, a one-two combo knocks her head back when she tries to throw a right hook.

Best punch of the round comes when Marloes lands a jab to the chin followed by an uppercut that sends Bondoc reeling back in the late part of the round, Brandi finding herself now driven to the ropes as the Horst power punching drills has now started to come in, Brandi getting pounded till she can clinch up.

Broken up at the bell, Brandi curses herself as she returns to her corner, her coach telling her to keep calm as one bad round doesn't stop her winning this fight, Marloes meanwhile bangs her gloves together as she is seen telling herself "that's more like it", her coach agreeing as they talk about the round.

Round 4:
Boxing around the middle of the ring as Marloes shows more a spark to get at Brandi, both women's straight shots landing through gaps in their opponent's guard, power punches just not quite landing flush.

After the opening forty seconds trying to find that big punch, Marloes feints to make Brandi take a step back, the Dutch fighter showing her class to step in with straight that catches Brandi flush onto her face to push her back a further two steps.

Crowding Brandi along the ropes, Marloes is throwing in more hooks to the body, making Brandi have to fight in tight, where it looks like Horst is much more enjoying this type of fight, bumping her left shoulder into the brunette to keep her on the ropes.

Holding onto Marloes to force the referee to break them up, Brandi enjoys room to breath again as she moves up on her toes, drilling in more jabs as she tries to keep the blonde on the outside, Marloes waving Brandi to bring it as they move around the ring trading stiff single punches.

The round comes to an end with Marloes sitting on her stool with a smile, knowing she has turned things around after such a bad start, Brandi on the other hand let's out a sigh, feeling like this is deju vu for her, she seems to be a fast starter but can't keep a lead.

Round 5:
Doubling up her jab as she looks to dictate the pace herself, Brandi lands a jab square onto the nose of her opponent to cause her nose to start running blood again, aiming for the nose now as her supporters are roaring her on.

Marloes though shows her toughness to step in after deflecting a jab, landing a left hook to the body followed by a straight into the chest of the brunette to push her back onto her heels, the older woman taking control of the center of the ring, herding Bondoc around near the ropes.

Things switch again as they reach the halfway point of the round, slipping a straight punch Brandi is able to land an uppercut to the body, followed by a left hook to the side of Horst's head to make her back off, with Brandi following to land another one-two square into her face.

Marloes covering up more as Brandi is picking her punches more, digging them into the abs of the Dutch model to cause her to grunt out as mostly clipping punches land around the top of Bondoc's head in return up until the bell rings to end the round.

It's a good round for Brandi to stop the bleeding of rounds going to her opponent, both women listening to their coaches intently as both sense they can win this, most thought Marloes would have an easier time then this.

Round 6:
Brandi looks to drill in more punches towards the nose of Marloes, becoming a little too predictable as Marloes moves her upper body more to dodge then counter with straight punches into the body of the brunette.

An overhand left smacks Brandi across her jaw to knock her back a step, the uppercut that follows hurts her! BRANDI BACKING UP AS MARLOES COMES FLYING IN WITH A STRAIGHT LANDING SQUARE INTO THE SHAKEN UP BONDOC TO SEND HER TO HER BACK!

Raising her arms into the air, Marloes jogs to the neutral corner looking relieved, 1...2...3.. Brandi looks up blinking as she looks glassy eyed, 4...5...6.. Turning to her right side, Brandi is trying to get up, 7....8... She doesn't seem to have the strength as she slips back to her back groaning, 9...10 that's all she wrote!

Winner Marloes Horst KO Round 6

After:
If Marloes wanted to shake her ring rust off then boy did she get a workout, Marloes smiles over to her corner as she shows her right fist as if to say "see what this can do" winking, her fans cheering loudly as they stand.

While over comes Brandi's coach to check on her, Brandi helped to sit up with her gloves taken off, that lack of one punch power seems to be the biggest issue holding her back, she rocked Marloes in the second round but couldn't find the killed punch to end it.

Helped to her feet by her coach, Brandi's supporters whistle and applaud her for a hell of an effort, the underdog nearly took the win tonight, Brandi can't help but smile as she pumps her right fist into the air to show she will be back for them.

Marloes meanwhile shakes her head watching this play out as she is the winner, let arguably it is Brandi whose won more hearts with her performance tonight, Marloes belly aches to her coach about it as they simple smirk at her in reply.

When both women are cleaned up they come to the center of the ring, Marloes stands with her left hand on her hip as her right gets raised, Brandi can only nod as she knows tonight she just didn't have enough to get the job done.

As Brandi leaves the ring even with another loss, it does seem like she is improving and maybe that first win isn't really that far off, she smiles as she walks up the aisle as her coach tells her that themselves, giving her hope for the future.

In the ring Marloes stares at the camera as she says "anytime you want it Robin, let's give our fans a fight to remember", arms out at her side as she speaks, the challenge laid down but is it too early for her to fight her fellow countrywoman?

Clearly Marloes doesn't think so as she leaves the ring with her coach, telling them that she can't wait to have at Robin, even if it means cutting a few pounds to fight at lightweight, she clearly has a path she is on as she moves forwards with momentum again.