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13 May 2012 Emmy Rossum vs Manuela Arcuri

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Emmy Rossum 01.jpgManuela Arcuri 01.jpg

 

 

BBU SPRING PPV

 

(TECH UNLIMITED EUROPE VS LATIN UNION)

 

Posted by Vassago on May 13, 2012, 11:07 pm

 

The lightweights enter the stage next and it's perhaps a little surprise to see the welter-based Manuela Arcuri (Latin Union) going down a division to have a shot at the title in case of defeating Tech Europe's Emmy Rossum. But the buxom Italian explains her decision to Denise van Outen in the pre-fight interview:

"We have a plan at Latin Union. Take all the belts possible, Lea Seydoux covers the flyweight and as for the big girls, Elena Santarelli takes the welter and I'm going down to light to avoid an internal conflict. Elena's heavier than me so it was resonable for me to move down to lightweight for title purposes. I'll be back to welter whenever possible, but first I need to take out this Rossum girl who looks pretty soft to me. I'll have little trouble with knocking her out!".

 

Meanwhile Emmy Rossum is being thrown into the shark pool at the start of ber BBU career. She lost to the highly-touted Sayuki Matsumoto on her debut and things don't get any easier with Arcuri as her next opponent. Tech Europe management is not afraid to face the hardest task possible, will it work out for them tonight?

Emmy Rossum wearing a black bikini with white polka dots and red gloves. Manuela Arcuri wearing a silver bikini with fancy black schemes and black gloves.

Round 1:
Arcuri wastes little time stepping up to her rival; jabs with confidence, tests her resistance early. Rossum forced to cover up, not doing much early other than avoiding the Italian's high-tempo charge. Manuela with a hook from the left, all the way around the gloves, head-snapping experience for the American. Rossum on a merry-dance around the ring, repeatedly bullied back and forth. Arcuri single-strikes her on the flesh, looks for an opening, but Rossum wary of the threat, ducks and weaves, fails to close in, but still gets laced a couple of times in the chest as Manuela finds some variety. No real fireworks on hand, but Arcuri seemingly hasn't kicked into high gear just yet. Late in the round, Emmy throws some response, grazes the Italian's breasts, but misses a jab to the face and Manuela bursts out laughing instead. She fakes a counter to the tummy and has Rossum backing against the ropes in a hurry, but the bell sounds shortly afterwards.

Round 2:
Manuela with more confident jabbing early on, closes the distance quickly and whacks the American with a crisp left hook to the head. Emmy winces, but goes low and works on the Italian's jugs with a quick left/right combo. Arcuri somewhat surprised, tries some hooks from the top, but misses. Rossum laces her in the ribcage and goes for the uppercut to the chin! No good! Italian weaves around that one and clinches, pushes the Tech girl soon afterwards though and ticks her off with a right hook to the eye. Emmy's rocked by that one, covers up again and Arcuri's on the moves. She pummels the American to the ropes with a solid combo to the midsection and throws wild hooks to the head. Rossum struggles to embrace this onslaught, ducks and weaves on her feet, but Manuela keeps firing away. Cross-hook briefly opens the guard, but a left jab grazes the ear as Emmy just manages to lean to the side. Right hook to the chest, straight between the forearms sinks the American on the ropes as Arcuri throws more shots from the top moments later. She sets up the visibly shaken foe with more cross-hooks but Emmy is saved by the bell just in time as Manuela was set to enter the lethal zone in a matter of seconds.

Round 3:
Emmy's confused during the interval, whatever her game-plan, it's not working one bit and it's a similar story in the third. Arcuri closes the distance at will, jabs to the ribcage, throws hooks to the head, has the American pinned along the ropes and unable to break the momentum. Rossum leaps back & forth in avoidance but eats more leather as Arcuri shows little intentions of slowing down. More combos to the midsection soften the American up, Emmy seeks some response, whacks a couple of chaotic hooks to the head, the buxom Italian has that covered and counters with a gutwrencher from the right. Rossum sinks on the ropes again; Manuela snaps her head again with more jabs up high. Left hook to the temple and Emmy bends forward, moaning in pain. She tries to clinch but gets checked with an uppercut to the breasts. Wobbly legs-time and Manuela finally decks her with another hook around the guard that only gets stopped by the temple. DOWN GOES ROSSUM on all fours, staring at the canvas in disbelief as Arcuri slowly walks away with delight. Ref starts the count but Emmy's too game to quit just there. Up on her feet at seven and ready for more action. Manuela piles on with more jabs to the face, but the American jumps to the side, avoids more punishment and retreats to center of the ring much to the Italian's disgust. Arcuri looks for a better chance and fails to pounce again, well aware of her dominance so far. "It's only a matter of time before she goes down again!" - angry shout from Manuela shortly after the bell.

Round 4:
Tech girl has literally nothing to lose even though it's still before half-distace and bravely comes forward, laces the Italian in the chest, works a determined sequence to the ribcage but crashes off the elbows and ducks away from Arcuri's counter hook. Manuela steps up herself, but is forced into some weaving as Emmy throws more jabs to the chest and a rare hook on the temple. All blocked though and Arcuri sends a reality check as she cross-hooks her way to Emmy's mouth, by setting her up with a quick combo. Left hook on the ribcage and Rossum sways on her feet, but doesn't back away. catches the Italian underneath the elbow and forces a loud wince for the first time. Right hook above the guard and Manuela gets cleaned in the eye! Furious response from the Italian. She pummels the American back to the ropes with vicious strikes to the body, Emmy over-protective up high, moans in pain, taking a series on the chest and covers up just as Manuela punches her from the top again. Ref steps in and shoves the Italian away. Apparently he didn't like that last one and called it illegal. Dubious call, but Rossum enjoys a much-needed respite. Arcuri's livid, talks Italian trash to the man in charge before we resume the action again. Emmy's dancing along the ropes, Manuela's right after her but misses a right hook and almost stumbles over herself as she went with a follow-up and Rossum ducked away in avoidance. Arcuri on the ropes, Rossum circles around the center of the ring, still focused and determined. Manuela's efforts were superior to date but Emmy survives another round in fairly good shape.

Round 5:
Rossum manages to catch a second breath after a rough opening and moves on the Italian early in the fifth, seemingly aware of the fight going into bad direction for her. Manuela's solid as a rock in center of the ring though, covers for a hooking combo to the head, drives forward with response, laces the American below the elbow and breaks her gloves apart with a mammoth right hook. Emmy's brave but careless, gets cleans in the mouth and takes an uppercut to the chin moments later. She wobbles back and gets laced in the jugs with another left hook. Arcuri was screaming with anger as she unloaded that one! DOWN GOES ROSSUM on all fours again!! One shot to many for the American and she stares at the canvas for the second time, but looks much worse to wear upong getting up at eight. Misty eyes there for Emmy! Manuela throws another death stare at her and checks with the ref. Rossum's jugs took some pounding already, but that wasn't good enough to send her packing just yet! Emmy nods her head vigorously and is good to go! Arcuri leaps up to her, throws another hook to the face, snapping the American's neck to the side. Rossum covers, drives low, head against the Italian's breasts. Low hook from Manuela goes nowhere. Ref steps in, shoves Emmy away. Arcuri immediately on the charge, jabbing shots to the midsection back the aching American against the ropes. Wild slaps from the Italian, rock the hapless Emmy back and forth but she refuses to go down. Ref looks on, no response from the American. Arcuri screaming like a mad woman, but whacks a hook against the elbows and just leans on her rival, frustrated to the extreme. Emmy backed against the corner post, forces a clinch as Manuela catches some break after another unsuccessful attempt of putting her away finally has taken a toll on her physical shape. Bell.

Round 6:
Manuela nurses a black eye during the interval, result of Emmy's right hook in the fourth, but other than that, she looks in much better shape than her rival. Rossum breaths heavily and one wonders how long can she hang on. Arcuri quickly on the move after the bell, works more jabs to the midsection and the American hits another dire period, she's too slow to avoid them and winces in pain as Manuela cuts through her guard with relative ease. Emmy tries to bide her time, jumps to the ropes, but gets ticked off with a left hook to the temple, it's all going terribly wrong for Rossum now, cross-hooking combo splits her mitts and a right jab squashes her mouth into a bloody mess! Arcuri rocks her with more jabs to the ribcage, half-uppercut literally shoves the American's gloves against her face and it's a relentless punishment unfolding in the ring now. Manuela opens from both wings, repeatedly whacks the aching Emmy in the head, Rossum stays on her feet, but wobbles heavily, leans back on the ropes, unable to post any resistance. Right hook from Arcuri bends her sideways on the ropes, Rossum sinks on her knees with the eyes closed as the ref steps in!!! Arcuri raises her arms in delight as poor Emmy has been battered out of her senses with that charge. TKO R6 Manuela Arcuri!!!

Post-fight:
Ref embraces the defeated American who struggles to understand what exactly happened just there. Rossum hang on as long as she could but had the plug pulled ouf of her in the sixth and crumbled under the Italian's barrage. Stats tell it's own story, Manuela Arcuri landed nearly half as much punches as Emmy and two/thirds more of clean ones. Dominant showing from the welter refugee allthough she needed quite a long time to finally put the American away.

Rossum showed a lot of courage despite taking a ton of punishment and her mental stranght seems as good as anyone's out there. She just couldn't match Arcuri's power and fell down in a vicious slugfest, something that perhaps doesn't suit her style that much. Most experts see Emmy as a technical speciallist but Manuela enforced her brawling skills tonight and was too comfortable in execution.

With the lightweight title being settled between two seemingly bantam crossovers in Poppy Montgomery and Phoebe Tonkin, Arcuri's chances of taking the belts look promising, but both the Aussies look equally strong mentally as Rossum and much more experienced on top of that. This combination could prove to be lethal to the Italian's title chances regardless of her impressive record so far. But the Latin Union has every right to be proud of their performance tonight as both their contenders Lea Seydoux and Manuela Arcuri have earned their right at the title glory during the next BBU PPV card making amends for Laura Pausini's loss back in March.

Final result: Manuela Arcuri def. Emmy Rossum TKO6.

 

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