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Posted by Simguy on 2/23/2001, 9:55 pm, (Thanks to Ginny for this repost)

Surprise rematch speaks to the true warrior nature of both girls - dangerous, dangerous fight for both women, yet both leap at the chance to get it on. Fight represents the rubber match - Liu cranking Pressly out at sub 110, Jaime returning the favour at bantam - pivotal bout takes place at bantam at Liu's insistence, "I don't want her to have any excuses" says Lucy. Double L in black push up, leopard print boy cut trunks, slick ponytail, Jaime in orange bandeau top, light blue bottoms. 

During R1: Liu stepping back, hands down, prompting Jaime forward and lighting the blonde up with exquisite left and right uppercuts from her thighs - Pressly getting counter punched to ribbons as Lucy times her perfectly. Midway through, crowd roars as Liu jumps into a sweet right uppercut to the chin, clacking Jaime's mouth shut and putting her wobbly butt - Liu gracefully spinning to her right avoids the receipt. Down the stretch, Liu bending at the waist, making Pressly miss over the top - Lucy straightens out of the crouch with a bang-bang left right on the chops - Pressly staggered again in a shutout statement round for the Asian.

R2: Pressly turns boxer - Liu stalker as the blonde bounces to her left, hands at her chest, keeping Liu outside. Lucy brazen, lunging in with sweeping uppercuts from her knees, but Jaime's lateral movement sets the brunette up for damage. Vicious counter hooks repeatedly swivel Liu's head as she misses and pays the price - Pressly dancing away, lets Liu come on and snaps that tight left hook over and over to the chin. At the bell, Liu is dazed - wandering to her corner as Pressly gets it all back.

R3: Round of the year candidate as the girls take turns answering gut checks. Liu starts it off, leaning in with her face, tempting Jaime to punch and bobbing beneath the swatting blows. Liu swaying back, then slashing in clocks a wide right hand to the jaw that sends Pressly sprawling to the ropes. Liu on follow up, jerking her fists into Jaime's sides, then leaning away, but midway through - Pressly turns the tables, missing the hook, but diving in on Liu's chin, catching the Asian overextended backwards. Liu getting tagged flush, nearly goes down, and LIU is hurt - Jaime taking over midring as Lucy covers up. Pressly lashing her arms up and down Lucy's sides, trying to beat down the guard - Liu staggering, looks like she's going down, then suddenly blasts a right hand into Pressly's crotch - doubling the blonde up and earning a reprieve as the ref gives Jaime time to recover. Down the stretch, it's Liu taking over once again as Pressly fades glassy eyed to the ropes - Liu just poking in the lead right hand to the stomach and jumping away at the bell.  R4: Liu the aggressor, a still shaky Jami P takes to her toes, bounding to her left. Liu jumping in with the lead uppercut once again gets caught up short and Jami CREAMS her with a short counter hook on the eye. Liu bending at the knee, badly hurt - Pressly jumping in with the lead right hand on the face, pivoting around Lucy and jumping back the other way with another pounding right and DOWN GOES LIU! Lucy twitching, hurting, can't get off her back and it's a sensational KO4 Jami Pressly!  After: Pressly busted up but beaming, takes her nemesis for a devastating walk of shame - Liu pounded to canvas, unable to go on - she accepts the treatment with a numb expression.  Sensational slugfest - power shots landing almost every minute of every round and once again it's Jami who's the last woman standing. Pressly making Liu come to her, setting up the shorter girl with deft footwork and landing crunching headshots - it's a blueprint bout on how to fight Lucy Liu.  Heartbreaking walk poetic justice in some books - nobody's humiliated more girls than Liu in this way.