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8 January 2015 Jennifer Lawrence vs Bar Refaeli

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MISTRESS OF THE BODY SADDLE NIGHT # 2

Posted by OddManOut on January 8, 2015, 8:04 pm

Before: (By Ginny) Frustrating year for Bar, it’s hard to think of a fighter who’s looked better losing four straight since Christina Ricci lost 1 point decisions to Chabert, Simpson, Mack and Fishel back in ‘05-’06. Lawrence is a rising star while Bar is on the brink of being relegated to “gatekeeper” (or worse, “jobber”) status. It's a big fight for the Israeli who desperately wants to shed the “she's just a model” reputation and establish herself as a legit contender at lightweight.
Lawrence, coming off a boffo year that saw her crowned as the Hollywood Box Office Champion with two pictures pulling in something like a billion dollars in 2014. She's also already had one title fight (a loss to Strahovski) which is unusual for someone so young this early in their career. It could be a harbinger of greatness to come - “if the kid don't blow it like so many others have done” in the words of one guy who's “seen talented kids come and go” in a three-quarters of a century career as a manager, trainer, promoter and reporter of facts.
Rafaeli wearing the same bikini she wore in her last victory - against Marissa Miller nearly a year and a half ago - with messy wet, wild, wind blown hair, white gloves and bare feet. J-Law in her favorite baby blue two piece bikini, her blond hair in a messy ponytail held in place with a baby blue scrunchy, baby blue gloves and baby blue shoes.

During R1: Jennifer swinging from her hips, looping those long arms around Bar's head, engulfing Israeli beauty and stampeding her to ropes. Cheap hold-and-hit, almost like apartment action, pounding right hands to Refaeli's belly; right forearms across Bar's jugs. Refaeli grimacing, wrestling Lawrence aside and paying her back with similar sloppy walloping. Bar the more vocal, crying out, squealing, panting, but both fighters looking to wrap an arm around each other's head and steer her foe around. Ref issuing warnings throughout, duly ignored. Jennifer the more effective beauty in sloppy, scrambling action. Obviously a dumbed-down brawling gameplan has been put in to combat Refaeli's reach advantage, force her to play by Lawrence’s rules.

R2: Bar stepping deliberately, setting down behind the left jab, then slanting straight rights down into Jennifer’s sternum. Lawrence similarly flat-footed, stepping around her own thumping jab - looking to turn over that chin-busting hook. Steely-eyed stuff both ways - Refaeli separating herself late as she edges in close off the jab, fits short left uppercut to Lawrence’s chin, then beats Jennifer to a follow-up hook, sending the Academy’s new golden girl reeling on her heels at bell.

R3: Jennifer wants more blonde, but walks into a pulverizing one-two up the middle as Bar drops in the right hand off the jab. Lawrence wobbly butt, drapes herself around Refaeli’s shoulders as she finds herself in trouble for the first time. Bar bogged down, can't pile on for a finishing run until the ref’s break. By then Jennifer has her legs back and is very effective down the stretch. At the bell, it's Lawrence getting off with the crisp, heavy body shots Refaeli just leaning in to take as Jennifer manages to salvage a 10-9 from a round that should have cost her the fight.

R4: Jennifer steppin' up the pressure to Bar, trading-with; walking her down as older woman gives ground. Refaeli lumping up, looking concerned, fighting well in spots, testing Lawrence’s chin with short, muscular shots from either hand, JLaw just walking through the harm, doing damage, then looking to add on as Bar withdraws. Jennifer starting to land the hook to head or body, at will, and with authority.

R5: Bar jabbing Jennifer's chest on approach, trying to fit that chin for the perfect right hand - JLaw still just wading in and trying to land 2. Reafeli not backing off, they're fighting Lawrence's fight - toe to toe, chests swinging in syncopation with wide stroking haymakers and BAR GETS SHOCKED! Reafeli taking a walloping right along her jaw, freezes, then gets stroked a hook coming the other way which sends her pinwheeling to the canvas! Bar’s gloves up at her eyebrows, leaning forward trying to get off the ropes. Jennifer loots the breadbasket with romping left/rights - Refaeli's knees buckling, bending, then straightening as she refuses the second knockdown. Lawrence in a wide stance, gobbling up the middle - she's torn up Bar's gut, now she wants those jugs, taking them with ransacking lefts and rights. Jennifer tireless to the bell, feasting on Refaeli's melons, ribs. Bar just tilted forward, soaking it all up.

R6: Jennifer smelling blood in the water, continuing to come at Bar full-throttle, overwhelming Refaeli's defences with sheer enthusiasm. Fight stumbles to ropes - the girls in mutual writhing embraces. Lawrence pounding forearms to rack; shoving harm to body; getting her elbow up into Bar's face; drawing warnings throughout. Good hold-and-hit for Jennifer throughout: left arm in under Refaeli's right, pressing Bar to ropes and slamming away righty to gut. Refaeli sputtering, grimacing from the heft: she tries to snuggle-up, but Jennifer won't have it - repeatedly pushing Bar back down and pounding on her. Round finishes with Refaeli face-in-gloves, her left side to ropes as she's hunching forward, Lawrence with left arm riding across Bar's back, the right hand delivering brawny punches up and in.

R7: Bar outside, flat-footed, wide-stance, double-pumping her left jab, then welcoming Jennifer into clinch. Ref's break, Refaeli spreads Lawrence out with the jab, circles her, walks her into another clinch. Jennifer slowly poked into compliance, looking sullen and punished half way through when Bar dives in with a short righty on the chin instead of clinching, putting Lawrence wobbly-butt! Refaeli reaches under hurting Jennifer's arms, bodies her to ropes, pushes her down and THEN belts away on her, working head-and-shoulders, then body. Lawrence finishes the round rope-bound, belting away spiritedly, but can’t get off her back foot, taking the worst of it in two-trading with a resurgent Refaeli!

R8: Bar showing excellent ring generalship, slowly but surely imposing her will as Jennifer can’t get into a rhythm. Refaeli still working that punch and clutch to dictate the course of the round. She’s rocking Lawrence’s head back with the left jab, setting her up for heavy right hands to the chin or body, than tying her up before she can counter effectively. Many long stretches are spent forehead to forehead, arms entangled as they push each other about the ring. Both fighters working hard even when they’re close together, shrugging a right uppercut into jugs or at chin when they can manage it. Jennifer’s head is getting snapped backwards repeatedly as Bar proves the better in-fighter, visibly harmed by the punches. Final moments: ladies are in close again when Lawrence finally connects with a solid punch, landing a right uppercut of her own to the chin and sending Refaeli stutter-stepping backwards, she takes a right cross to the chin and then another and BAR GOES DOWN! She’s sprawled out majestically on her back, eyes shut as she tries to shake off the hurt - bell sounds to save her but all her hard work is wiped away as Jennifer steals the round out from under her 10-8.

R9: Bar groaning, clinching when Jennifer pumps tummy hup-hup. Lawrence bodying her prey into ropes, pushing her face, getting hips back for separation underneath, then plowing back into cringing beef. Refaeli sleepy, mouth open, cheek resting on Jennifer’s shoulder, punches reduced to pushing bumps against JLaw's tummy, or slapping swats across breasts in tight. Short, brawny right uppercuts from Lawrence in close pick her up groggy - pretty face stunned, eyes closed, eyebrows arched high...she swoons to her right, draping her head and arms on top ropes like a kid putting her head on her desk in school, showing her back to the ring! Jennifer hot to finish, steps to her left to a position off left flank left hand starts shoving up and in, up and in, working tummy as Bar’s stooped forward onto ropes. Nothing back from Refaeli, just grunting-and-sponging on the spot as Lawrence digs gut; BAR GOES DOWN! Total system failure, Refaeli ragdolls as her legs give way, spilling her to her back off ropes, hands up above head, face all clammy/pale as she mumbles in submission. KO9 in bruising fashion, Jennifer Lawrence!

After: (By Ginny) Lawrence leaning on the ropes watching dispassionately, face inexpressive, as Rafaeli rolls and writhes at her feet. When the countout ends, J-Law calmly steps over Bar's body and saunters to her corner where she's met with hi-fives by Janet Jones, Teri Hatcher and Jamie Lee Curtis. Head Trainer Natascha Ragosina gives Lawrence a slap on the back, tells her “well done little one” and leaves for the dressing room to finalize Theron's prep for her up-coming bout.
Later, facing the media, Lawrence is her usually, bubbly, cheerful, jocular, self. Joking and kidding with reporters as they're setting up. But when she speaks she's all business. “I apologize to my fans for taking so long ending the fight. I should have put her away in the fourth or fifth round tonight. She's slippery, I'll give her that, but she's still “just a model.” Her management needs to recognize what she is and let her play with her 'own kind' instead of feeding her to sharks like me,” she giggles immodestly.
Asked “who's next?” Lawrence pauses, then shrugs. “I've got people to research stuff like that for me,” she says. “They'll hand me a list of options and I'll pick one. Other than the top lightweights, there's plenty of fighters pretty close in talent in the #3 to...what...15, range? It'll probably be a matter of who's available rather than a tactical decision. These days, you win 3-4 in a row and you're gonna be in the hunt for a title fight sooner or later. Here's an idea, why don't you tell Helfer, Winstead and Durance to have their people call my people.”

Rafaeli looking broken and battered postfight, mumbles her way thru the grueling interview process - with the aid of an interpreter whose function appears to be to give Bar time to come up with an answer more than to translate. Rafaeli responds in acceptable English and doesn't need an interpreter to get her points across. “They think I can't fight because I'm a MODEL?” she asks in reply to the first question. “Model's can fight just fine. My problem, if I have a problem, is I'm just not getting enough work to develop. You can't fight 1-2 times a year and expect to be able to beat people with 4-5 fights a year. Over a few years, those rounds can make a huge difference. Look at how quickly Lawrence improved from when she broke in. I'm the place on the curve she was two years ago and I'm....uh, well, a little older.”