Posted by Simnguy, Saturday, 05-Feb-2000 11:25:17

(Thanks to FightFan for this repost )


Before: Ryan looking for a soft touch after her dose of Tia, comes up with the positively cushy Phillips. Bobbei a decent pug, but the bar set so high for her that she never had a chance to meet expectations and is often used as a stepping stone by women just like Jeri. Ryan in white push up, blue bikini bottoms, Bobbie in black push up, purple bikini bottoms.

During R1: Jeri establishing the jab, looks comfortable against Bobbie until the midway point when a stalking Phillips gets over with a few jarring right cross blasts that temporarily have Ryan's eyes glassing over. Jeri recovers behind the jab and keeps her distance down the stretch, but Bobbie's power shots enough to earn the draw.

R2: Bobbie's seen something and she uses it, catching Ryan clean with full bodied right hands on the jaw that have Ryan wobbly butt from the opening moments. Jeri with a pleading look, squares up with gloves at her lips, and Bobbie drops the back foot to get extra power as she lets her hands go. Phillips driving in with right hands, then rocking back to land the left hook on Jeri's face has the blonde reeling in a bell to bell beating that sees Ryan stumble back to her corner already puffing up.

R3: Bobbie bouncing out to meet her hurting foe, pours it on, somehow landing a big, wide right hand over and over on Ryan's jaw until the blonde goes slack and rubbery legged. Midway through the round, Bobbie walking Jeri down, using the left palm on Ryan's shoulder to turn her into hammering rights to the face or breasts - Ryan's form abandoning her as she just starts to take. Phillips mauling Ryan on the ropes, leans side to side to land gorgeous slugging lefts and rights at the bell. Bobbie all smiles, hops back to her corner leaving Ryan stunned and hurting on the ropes.

R4: Fight is beginning to unravel on Jeri as Bobbie walks through the jab, pounding right hands over top Ryan's left to once again reduce Jeri to a staggering ruin early in a round. All Phillips the rest of the way as she hefts her heavy hands into Jeri's midriff and chin, muscling the blonde into the corners and ropes, and putting leather on meat to the bell. Once again a happy Bobbie P flounces back to her corner while an increasingly shopworn Ryan staggers back to hers.

R5: Jeri snaps out of it, looking puffy and battered, but still in command of her faculties. Going back to basics, Ryan shows Bobbie the jab, lateral movement, and the fight gets easy as the blonde steers the overanxious brunette around the ring this round.

R6: Jeri mixes in those Louis right hands this round, turning into the sharp crossing blow and banging Bobbie's head back hard. Phillips crossing her arms, covers up as Jeri wades in, stuffing the left hook hard into the midriff, and turning her torso into those withering right hands on the cheekbone. Bobbie wilting, spends much of the round in the corners as Ryan stalks, then applies beat down pressure until Phillips' desperate clinch.

R7: Jeri now stabbing that jab, steering Bobbie around the ring, puffing up that beautiful face as Phillips begins to tire. All Ryan to the final minute when Bobbie uncorks that overhand right once again to bash Ryan sideways. Jeri hurt, folds to the ropes, and Bobbie plows away, slugging with lefts and rights to Jeri's breasts and chin to leave her groggy at the bell. Late power earns the draw in what had been a solid Ryan round.

R8: All Ryan as the jab is now breaking Phillips down and scoring with head snapping ease. Ryan spearing the right to the body, has Bobbie grimacing, but Phillips continues to plow forward, clinching and tying up Ryan to relieve pressure.

R9: Jeri starting methodically again, sticks Bobbie's eye shut this round with pounding jabs, but midway through, Phillips with those desperate right hands finds paydirt once again. Ryan soaking up bombs on the chin, and she goes wobbly hurt, almost out on her feet as Phillips bends into one haymaker after another. Bobbie walking Jeri to the ropes, working in close, rolls her shoulders into right uppercuts to the jugs while palming her left on Jeri's shoulder. Ryan soaking up the jug-mugging in a daze, pouts at the bell, wandering to the wrong corner as Bobbie pumps her fist tennis player style after another good round.

R10: its close, and both girls hold nothing back in a bid to sway the judges. Hammer and long action as the girls trade right hands on the chin, each getting hurt, but refusing to submit. Fighting in a tight circle, the girls clout and club away with brutal chopping blows, Ryan going to the body more than Phillips, and Bobbie begins to fade in the final minute, crumpling forward from hooks to her ribs. Exhausted, Jeri lays in with Bobbie, stepping back, and twisting into a short right uppercut inside to the brunette's mouth. Phillips goes wobbly butt, plunging forward as Jeri walks her into hurt, and Ryan spins to the right, allowing Bobbie to stagger face first to the ropes. Seconds left in the round, Ryan squares up, ripping the right to Bobbie's cheek, the left to her liver - AND PHILLIPS IS HURT! Bobbie's hands push out from her chest, but Ryan slugs past the weak guard, fists pounding away as the brunette goes limp. AND THE REF STEPS IN!!! Jeri Ryan is pushed back as Bobbie sputters into tears - TKO10 Jeri Ryan.

After: Tougher than expected brawl brings out the right stuff in Ryan, who after a slow start was behind going into the final round. Badly lumped up herself, a weary Jeri Ryan stated in post fight "I knew I'd catch her eventually, but she fought a great fight. She's tough, but at the end of the day, she couldn't take what I had, and I took all of hers." Maybe true, but Ryan desperately hurt in nearly every round looked vulnerable and came oh so close to being stopped herself in this surprising slugfest.


Sim Guy