Jill Halfpenny vs Kelly Reilly
(Marti's Maulers vs BBU Independent)
(0-1 vs 2-10, 2 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: A couple of cougars have set up an "In Private" battle looking for an otherwise rare victory. Jill Halfpenny has settled as the Marti's Maulers head trainer in recent months but she vows to improve on her one-sided punchdown loss to Tina Hobley back in 2017. However Kelly Reilly believes she can rearrange the brunette's face tonight and finally rise above the punchbag reputation that doesn't match her movie career whatsoever. 

BBU TV's Georgie Thompson claims Jaime Murray would be happy to fight Jill sooner rather than later regardless if she beats Kelly or not but let's focus on tonight's contest first!

Jill Halfpenny wears a pink sports bra, grey hotpants & brown gloves. Shoulder-lenght dark brown hair straight. Kelly Reilly wears a silver crop top, black hotpants & red gloves. Long carrot red hair tied in a custom ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Kelly is the more agile of the two cougars in the early stages but she bounces off Jill's high guard too often and gets clipped by a quick chin shot before too long as the brunette leans onto her and snaps her head back proving she's flexed those elbows as the Maulers' trainer after all. She glues the redhead to the spot and piles more jabbing misery into that pretty face which bends Kelly sideways and makes her gurgle in discomfort once Jill pounds her onto the ropes. More quick slaps dissect the redhead's guard but she clinches Halfpenny into a stalemate and shoves her away before the ref can separate them. Jill barks in anger but still beats the younger foe with another jabbing drive and keeps Reilly buried on the ropes for remainder of the round.

Round 2:
Jill shows more aggression and pounds the redhead straight up the middle but Kelly withstands the jabbing test this time and loops a meaningful response over the top that tags the brunette's nose. Jill refuses to back off and taunts Kelly to "hit it harder" which the other woman does! Kelly bends the brunette into a wobbly retreat when she scythes a left hook across her mouth and pings her with a hooking double on each temple. Jill slumps into spasms but can't raise her arms fast enough and gets belted on the chin before Reilly whacks her on the nose with a drilling follow up. Ugh! Halfpenny slides to the side and barely avoids going down as the redhead rips a left cross on the eye and sends the Gateshead woman aching onto the ropes. She tries to add a late combo to really put Halfpenny on notice but swings over he head and gets clinched into safety instead.

Round 3:
Both cougars dish out the jabbing juice early in the third but those single punches don't carry a lot of power until Jill skims off the top of Kelly's forehead and wobbles into a nasty uppercut on the jaw. Ugh! She slumps forward as Kelly belts her in the guts and pours a sudden jug muggin' response to leave the brunette scowling in pain. "Oh, what don't U just shut up!", Kelly fires an ANGRY left hook into Jill's nose and bursts her nostrils into a seeping disaster as Halfpenny shouts in pain even louder than before and has the redhead blowing her with a right cross on the wounded area again! DOWN GOES JILL!!! The Gateshead actress crashes onto her knees looking oh-so vunerable but that blood spillage really caught her by surprise! She appears to be shaken up mentally more than physically according to Georgie Thompson but she beats the count at seven and wants to swing right back at the redhead foe! She cuts thin air as Reilly navigates the panic storm and nails the brunette with a late combo on both temples before another crushing hook sags Jill into more spasms right at the bell.

Round 4:
All kinds of chaos in the Maulers' corner during the break but Jill gets up and wants to punch some leather into Kelly's face... only to stumble at the first hurdle as it's the younger woman who piles all the facial juice and destroys Halfpenny's high guard. Uh-oh! Jill just drops her gloves and remains glued to the spot as Reilly works her over and makes sure the nostrils begin to leak blood again just before the one-minute mark. Jill loses all the fighting spirit and turns to the side as she doesn't want her face rearranged like that but Kelly still blows her with a wild hook into the left ear and Jill slides onto the ropes with eyes closed as the ref is slow to react... he wants to pull the redhead away but she lands the KO haymaker first and DROPS HALFPENNY DEADMEAT with a brutal left hook on the exposed jaw!!! It is ovaaaahhhh!!! KO4 Kelly Reilly!!!

AFTER: Jill gets dropped face-down at Kelly's feet and even the ref couldn't save her from an almighty knockout demise here. Georgie Thompson begins to wonder whether that Jaime Murray challenge will meet a response anytime soon but maybe Kelly would like to have a rematch with the raven-haired foe who knocked her out back in 2016 instead? Kelly refuses to answer that question for the time being as she prefers to browse all the blood she spilled from Jill's nose tonight as even the referee's shirt is covered with red stains. That was an impressive blowout for someone with mere two wins in twelve fights to date however cougar boxing might well extend Reilly's hitherto dismal career to finally match her somewhat late-blooming Hollywood success.

Final result: Kelly Reilly def. Jill Halfpenny KO4.