Posted by Simguy on Tuesday, 18-July-2000 09:05:35

Before: Cynical matchmaking at it’s best—producer’s rationale/ “They were scrapping all the time on the set of ‘Popular’—the show benefits, the girls work out some differences-=-it’s a win-win!” Pope the more precocious talent, handing out impressive beat downs to hapless partners in camp, but should be an interesting style match up as Bibb clearly rangier, more mobile. Carly in black sports bra, red silk draw string pants, :Leslie in light blue sports bra, white silk draw string pants.

R1: Bibb on her toes., stepping left and right around advancing Pope, Leslie holding her hands at her hips, but she catches Carly coming in with a pretty right uppercut, just jerking the Punch off her hip and catching {Pope in the mouth. Leslie bouncing away, stops and pops again, lifting the right hand on the eye that has Pope wobbly butt. Carly showing good resolve walks though the punishment, curling lefts and rights to the taut torso of the blonde., but down the stretch—Bibb’s legs carry the points as she shows Pope the stick from outside.

R2: All Carly, showing her compact strength, muscling Bibb to the ropes and digging her forehead into the blonde’s upper chest. Leslie grimacing, obviously can’t fight inside, and she wrestles with Pope as the brunette works to pry Bibb’s arms away from her body/ Grinding shutout for Pope As she leans on her blonde, clubbing intermittent single shots to the ribs and chest in between pressing, grappling action. Pope licking her lips at the bell as Bibb looks distressed.

R3: All Leslie as she hops left and right, confusing Pope with the random motion, then jumps in with sudden jarring blows from the hip, just snapping her fist up from the elbow to rip Carly’s exotic face. Bibb executing flawless hit and run, touches Pope’s face as will and escapes as Carly stays hunched over. Arms crossed and not getting off.

R4: Leslie now starting to dictate. Using constant lateral movement early to get Pope circling the wagons, then potshotting from the outside, Leslie somehow effective with surprising lefts and rights from the waist, slapping away at Pope’s face and leaning, stepping away at the right time as Pope gets desperate. By the final round, Pope bleeding from the nose and lower lip misses a wild right overhand and stands wide open as Bibb slaps left, right, left. Right to the brunette’s shocked face, putting her down. Leslie all grins as she dances away—Pope sputtering in frustration as she is getting NAILED.

R5: Third shutout in a row for Bibb, who has Pope tentative, defensive. Circling her girl, touching her with the extended left, Bibb can stop and pop at will, slugging from her hips with snapping lefts and rights, then leaning her torso into ther sharp right uppercut that skids across Pope’s battered face—Leslie can;’t stop smiling. Pope’s legs are stiff, she’s reacting slowly to the punishment, and both eyes are swelling tragically as Bibb continues to stay busy.

R6: More even round as Pope gets on the board, Bibb laying in some to catch a breather, Still, Carly accepting the clinches, looks dazed, punished, happy to wait for the referee’s breaks rather than work in there. Leslie steals the round with some slapping combinations late. Cupping Pope’s head in her left, turning her shoulder into a clapping right on the jaw, then dragging her fists back the other way to slap the left hook across Pope’s eye.

R7: Leslie at play—touching the brunette with measuring lefts, often cupping or pulling her head forward with the left to rip the meanspirited right uppercut to the face, or clout wide to the jaw with right roundhouses. Pope numb, sponging up punishment—corner shouting for her to punch--it’s tragic stuff. Glossy 3 punch combinations off the uppercut have Pope’s knees buckling, but the brunette won’t go down. Bibb spinning out the final minute at long range, taunting and smiling, lifts her mitts at the bell as discouraged Pope sloughs back to her corner.

R8: Pope in bad shape, hands at her temples, still coming forward, but she is badly battered at this point.. Bibb sensing the moment, doesn’t waste punches, hands down, she stays outside, pawing with the left, stepping to the side, looking for the opening., Early in the round, Leslie misses the jerking uppercut, sways back as Pope overextends with a weak left, then sways back in with a chopping overhand right to the mouth and Pope wobbles to all fours. It’s over—Carly can’t get off her knees—Leslie pointing and laughing can’t believe her own dominance. KO8 Leslie Bibb.

After: Bibb laughing/crying in the aftermath of this vicious pounding of a hated rival, is overjoyed at the sight of a helpless Pope being sat down on her stool and looked over by ringside physicians. “I can’t believe it!” wails Leslie. “Look at Carly, just LOOK at her! I beat her to a pulp” Carly waiting for the punch that never came,  just let Bibb work and get bold—Leslie with some pretty stuff, but a more experienced foe could have exploited that lax defense.

Reposted by Archer 2/18/14.