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8 October 2012 Claire Danes vs Rachel McAdams

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Posted by simguy on October 8, 2012, 4:25 pm

 

BEFORE: "I've got to bust her up," Claire says of Rachel, voice cold, eyes hard. "I can beat a lot of girls without really hurting them, but that's not an option with Rachel. She's a smart pressure fighter - you've got to discourage her, back her off, or she'll eat you up. Her face will tell the tale; if she's not puffy - maybe even cut - she's probably winning."

Rachel getting the message...she's hard-eyed at podium as well. "Obviously, HISC reinforcing bantam with Claire hasn't been lost on us: we know - better than most - what a threat this represents. She's winning in the ring; she just secured an Emmy...this is a woman who is building tremendous momentum, and she needs to be stopped. I'm the woman to answer Claire: she's knows it; HISC knows it, and I know it too!"

Claire in coton lavender yoga top with bra-style strappage; dark-purple boyleg snug bottoms; perky high-pony with bangs; small black gloves. Rachel in midnight-blue crushed velvet bra and panties; small pink gloves; auburn hair up with ringlets framing face.

During R1: Girls in wide stances; left shoulders pointing at each other; torso's crouching to either fighter's right as left hands paw, jab and trace circles in the air. Rache penetrating off stubby double-jabs - jamming the short right to Claire's left hip inside, then hooking to clean up. Claire working off her jab - sliding in slick straight rights up the middle - pivoting sharply-left at angles. Minute by minute, it's Rachel gradually imposing terms - penetrating more often - scrounging for hard-working, scouring scoring blows until Claire can disengage. Bell: Rachel hops away, then marches determined-butt back to her corner...looking like a girl who wants to win every single minute of a 10 round fight.

R2: Rachel crouching, doubling her jab, penetrating without paying any tolls, punching busy on the inside. Claire frowning, going defensive...she's slipping every punch thrown at her head, but Rachel's digging hooks to ribs, right hands to left hip, right hands to leftside lats. Danes circling - trying to drag the lead left foot and be positioned for counters, but Rachel's too much coming up the middle. Blonde girl harassed, pressured out of her stance, then pursued as she steps away to regroup...Rachel posts her second straight shutout, grinnin' dimply at bell.

R3: Claire jabs Rachel's face with renewed ferocity...McAdams finally taxed on her way in, then actively engaged as Danes fights-with, rather than slipping to the side. Ferocious two-way fighting erupts - women bumping pates and shoulders, ripping tidy uppercuts and hooks at close quarters. All even until late...Claire's hook clips chin clean; right uppercut clips chin twice in quick succession, startling Rachel, putting her on her heels. Outside, Claire's eyes narrow...she reaches the long jab out for three stiff strikes, scoring mouth, left eye, left eye just at bell.

R4: Rachel jabs her way in: Claire allows the penetration in order to set up a deadly hornet's nest inside. Furious action - Rachel pounding and scrounging to Claire's ribs; Danes ringing away on face and waist, then dipping to put a shoulder into Rachel's body, leaning in while pivoting around to turn McAdams. Claire gradually putting together savagely accurate licks - beginning the hard work of busting Rachel up as promised. McAdams staring, wobbly-butt down the stretch...she's getting turned-and-touched by a master at bell.

R5: Rachel feints - selling the left jab to body, bringing the right overhand instead and BLONDE GIRL DOWN! Gorgeously disguised sweeping right blows Claire to her buns...Danes up quick, but rattled...she takes a blinking 8, then dig in at apron, 'cause HERE COMES RACHEL! Foxfire girls leaping to collective feet, clapping and shouting...Rachel turns little bully - ramming top of her head into Claire's chest, chugging and pumping both fists to breadbasket. Danes grimacing, absorbing hellish abuse...she strains to reach in under Rachel's arms, wrestling McAdams into ropes, brawling with her. Claire rallying enough to offer stiff resistance over final minute - blunting Rachel's clean-up attempt, but it's a big 10-8 for the Auburn Avenger.

R6: War. It all bubbles up - Claire's invasion of bantamweight; the years of HISC/Foxfire antipathy - all of condenses into three minutes of mind-blowing toe-to-toe violence. Starts with Claire cracking Rache right/left across the chin, then pouring on hooks and crosses, driving a staring, helpless Rachel ropeside as crowd squeals in alarm. McAdams never braver - punches pounding off her face, momentarily shutting off power to her legs...she sways on the verge of knockout, slumping gobsmacked into ropes, staring into Claire's fists. Danes POURING the gloves to Rache - blonde girl tightening up stroke, putting her back into short, drifting lefts and rights - punching the mouthpiece off Rachel's teeth; cutting Rachel inside her mouth and at her hairline. RACHEL WON'T PUNK! As Danes' output falters, Rachel instinctively punches back off the ropes - finding the short, chopping left to jaw; burying the right up into Claire's breadbasket. Toe to toe brawling sees zombie Rachel back stunned Claire to midring - crowd roaring as one girl gets picked up tart, looking forlorn, then answering back like a champ moments later. Down the stretch, Rachel reefs a serious of withering hooks in behind Claire's right elbow, banging liver like a drum and BLONDE LEGS GIVE A SHIMMY! Claire sobbing in pain, backing away from vengeful Rachel...McAdams bores in, driving Claire to ropes, stationing on her chest and PUMPING TUMMY BOTH HANDS! Bell: Rachel on Claire, beating her mindlessly until ref pulls her off. Rachel cut and busted; Claire hugging her body, face pinched in agony...what a fight through 6.

R7: Claire wincing, face stricken - her legs aren't back; Rachel able to reach in under Danes' arms and bundle her to ropes. Leads to bruising shove and slug, Rachel to Claire...Danes underneath, rolling and bobbing in the pocket, trying to weave the pressure. Rachel wise to Claire's tricks - constantly shoving and stacking, then beating the body thick, strapping left/rights, THEN trying for face as Claire's absorbing shock. Brutal attrition effective...Claire soundly, methodically beaten as Rachel stays disciplined, stays busy atop a fading blonde.

R8: Claire won't give in. Getting back to stiff, slick jabs from the closed stance, Claire executes quick pivots-left, tucking chin behind that left shoulder and ducking under Rachel's receipts. Short, hammer-drop right hands from Claire pound at Rachel's face - scoring on that puffy left eye, keeping Rachel defensive. Bell: Rachel's face showing evidence of Claire's hardhearted intentions through 8.

R9: Rachel pressing behind her jab, but Claire getting her slip/counter/pivot routine honed to razor-sharp perfection. Claire's left jab pounding at Rachel's left eye, mercilessly closing it. Claire's short left hooks biting Rachel to chin, allowing Claire to pivot crisply-left. Claire's hesitation right hands waiting for Rachel's tired defensive bob, then drilling her...blonde girl frighteningly accurate picking apart her rival. Rachel's legs give way late, spilling her backward into ropes...she doesn't go down, but sitting in the ropes she's hurt and vulnerable to a DIGGING left uppercut thrust deep to sternum. Rachel sobbing out "GAH-H!" with the shot, face agonized as she drops to all fours...Claire backs off, nodding curtly in acknowledgment of the answer-knockdown.

R10: Claire and Rachel, hurting, exhausted, meet midring to punish one another. Grinding pates, mouths open, eyes half closed, they pant and dig at one another's torsos, mindlessly searching for quit. Short right uppercuts land clean to chins, always startling the groggy recipient; short, pumping hup-hup body shots sap already depleted legs and waning spirits. Bit by bit it's Rachel...Claire driven at last to ropes where she wearily ties up around Rachel's elbows, hanging on for dear life. McAdams grinding her blonde, writhing arms free, pumping and thrashing to the body...redhead on blonde down the stretch, wringing the points out of the round for Rachel. Comes back a draw...to the momentary devastation of both fighters.

Both women counseled by concerned corners to walk away, but Claire won't hear of it, telling Eliza to assume command of the corner so trainer can't stop the fight. Rachel tells her trainer: "It's Claire. We have to stop her." They'll fight for overtime.

R11: Claire works Rachel's cuts, beats jabs into that closed left eye...cruelty rewarded as Rachel rarely penetrates, suffering out on the end of Claire's jab as Danes pockets a breezy 11th.

R12: Claire working her magic early - pivoting clockwise around her jab, patiently busting Rachel up. McAdams wakes up at the minute mark, slugs her way in via overhand rights/rising lefts...she stampedes Claire to ropes and it's an all-in groggy slugfest from there. Danes cute off the ropes, fitting Rachel for uppercuts, dipping side to side for chop-across lefts or rights in tight. Rachel battered, but stubborn, fighting on autopilot, just trying to bash at Claire's tummy and ribs for the win. Down the stretch, Claire dips torso-left, chopping a viciously tight right across Rachel's mouth...redhead legs give a shimmy...all she can do is hang on to Claire to avoid going down. Danes bawling in triumph, just accepting the clinch and the warm weight of Rachel around her...punch wins the round, and the fight for Claire Danes UD12.

After: Foxfire bench sombre - Danielle Harris blinking away tears, Hayden staring; Laura with fingers pressing on her mouth in contemplation...Rachel pouring every last drop of her reserves into a Claire-busting effort, only to come up heartbreakingly short in overtime. Claire openly weeping for one of the few times in her entire career - she's very nearly used up herself in one of the best fights of her career. "I'm hurting, but happy," Claire admits in postfight. "I handed Foxfire a crippling defeat tonight; I used up the best of Rachel - maybe even ruined her, and I positioned myself, I think, for a run at the bantam title soon. This was a gigantic fight for me. I broke Rachel McAdams tonight...obviously I'm going to treasure this moment for the rest of my life!"

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