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30 January 2015 Elodie Frege vs Grace Park

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OFFICIAL SSB PPV

Posted by Lookout! Boxing on January 30, 2015, 8:49 pm

Elodie Frege vs. Grace Park
(Words: Front Street / Results: Lookout!)

BEFORE:

Things are plenty civil pre-fight. Frege showing plenty of class as usual. "Grace, obviously, is a former champion," she repeats over and over again. "And she deserves respect. But. Alba and Pressly are former champions, too, and I showed what I could do against them."

Park also has good things to say about Elodie. "I didn't need those wins over Pressly and Alba to show me how dangerous this girl is. I watched her fight Britney. If she can give Brit trouble, she can give any bantam in the world trouble. So, I expect trouble. But, I also know how to DEAL with trouble."

ROUND ONE:

The two fighters have styles that make for an interesting fight. Park likes to use all that length and her superb conditioning to create a deadly combination of accurate, ranged punches and a high work rate. Frege is a slick boxer, but she has another weapon in the arsenal, one she showed against Spears for the first time...an ability to play the French version of Ms. Spears herself by working in the pocket. She doesn't always do it, but when she believes it's the best way forward, she's not afraid to commit to it. And, rather than attempt to walk through the mine field that IS attempting to negotiate Park's range, Elodie commits. She's on the ropes almost from the opening bell, allowing Grace to get off, but blocking and dodging a lot of the shell and responding with good, crisp counters in combination. Park scores plenty, because, despite how much shot goes awry, there's plenty more to hit the target. But Elodie scores more, throwing less but landing with superb efficiency. At the bell, it's been a good action-packed round, but Frege has taken it and the 10-9 lead.

ROUND TWO:

Elodie right back to the pocket, but Park showing her veteran wiles, adjusting ever so subtly in the second. She's still getting off plenty of punches, but she's actually slowing down a bit, flurry, stop. Flurry, stop. The idea is to limit Frege's counters and it's effective. Park puts together a short combination, then prepares for the return fire, giving Elodie fewer targets to shoot at. Frege, though, is nothing if not accurate. This is a girl who's taken a lot of lumps in the FCBA, but never given up and never stopped working to perfect her craft. She can keyhole punches as well as just about any bantam in the world, and she shows just how good she is at it in the second. It's cat-and-mouse stuff instead of high-volume stuff like the first, but it's good two-way stuff nonetheless. In the end, it's close, but Park gets the better of things and evens the fight at 19.

ROUND THREE:

Frege back to the pocket and Grace begins the siege again. Park again more deliberate, taking her time, picking her spots. Frege can play this game, too, however, and what develops is a chess match that looks like a game of peekaboo. Both women feint, move the head and shoulders, move the hands and feet, the goal being to get the other woman to commit and create and opening that leather can be poured through. Park's quickness and length give her an advantage at this type of thing, but Frege plays it at nothing short of a Grand Master level. She's not one or two moves ahead, but three or four. If Park is Spassky, Frege is Fischer. And, in the history of this planet, there's never been a better player than Fischer. Again, Park does her share of scoring, but, like in the first round, Frege scores more, and has a 29-28 lead at the end of three.

ROUND FOUR:

More chess to start things off, with Frege again showing slickness even Park can't match. As the round goes on, Grace decides to stop playing the Frenchwoman's game. She ups the work rate and begins to suppress her rival with volume of fire. But, Elodie is so smooooth. Everything flows from something else. It's pretty to watch, as pretty as the French beauty herself. Grace scores, and she doesn't allow much time or room for response. But Elodie makes the most of EVERY opportunity and she gets leather through EVERY hole. And she gets those punches HOME with that practiced accuracy. It's close throughout, with neither woman ever gaining much of an advantage, but, again, when the bell rings, Frege's grabbed the round and she's extended her lead to 39-37.

ROUND FIVE:

Elodie right back to the pocket and Park begins the siege again, this time with another slight adjustment. Angles. Instead of coming straight on and looking to break Elodie down, Grace angles up, staying slightly off center, making it harder for Frege to counter. She slips side to side, moving the feet, all while keeping up the heavy fire. And Frege shows she can handle that, too. She still finds openings for counters, still gets points back when Grace scores. It's, again, chess played out with gloves, though nobody gets smacked in the face in chess. And both ladies get smacked in the face plenty over the course of round five. Again, the results are close. This time, it's Park. And the scorecards read 48-47 at the halfway point.

ROUND SIX:

Angles. It's all about angles. For both fighters now. Park wants to stay off center as she works to break Frege's pocket down, and Elodie is OK with that. She can still find keyholes to counter, and, when she does, she can and does hit them. As a counter-puncher, the French beauty is simply as sound as it comes. But, when a fighter sends as much leather your way as Grace Park does, well. Something's bound to get through. And, in the sixth, something does. Something big. It's a blistering right cross following a left jab and it shakes Elodie's knees. The Frenchwoman wobbles, but stays on her feet. But the dynamic of the fight changes immediately. With her rival hurt and covering up. Park lets the fists fly. Frege ships a ton of leather as Grace brutalizes her on the ropes. But, ship it she does. Despite Park's best efforts, Elodie's legs won't go and she's able to counter just enough to keep the referee at bay. It's a long 90 seconds for Frege, but, when the last of those slips into history, she's still standing. And still in the fight, which is even at 57.

ROUND SEVEN:

Grace on a mission. Finish this thing now. Elodie, however, is not cooperating. Frege is right back to the pocket and seems to have shaken the cobwebs. She's moving and countering well again, making Park pay for any over aggression with stinging responses. Park's brief romp gives way to the two-way stuff we've been seeing since the beginning of the fight. But, just as it appears things are about to settle into the familiar pattern, BOOM! Park lands another blistering right. Frege wobbles, covers up, and is sent slumping to the canvas by a barrage of leather. No one punch is responsible, but the sum of the leather simply overwhelms Elodie's legs. Frege slides down the ropes and ends up in a sitting position, head down, chin on her chest. She loops an arm around the ropes at the count of seven and tries to pull herself to her feet, but the legs won't cooperate. The count passes the French beauty by, still seated along the ropes, making the winner by KO7, Grace Park!

AFTER:

More mutual respect in the post-fight. Park goes to the Latin Union corner to check on Frege. There's a tap of gloves, and then some kind words from Park on the mic. "Like I said, she's trouble. She makes everything difficult in there. She's so slick defensively that you have to work hard to get anything home. You can't get frustrated and sloppy, because she'll make you pay. You've got to stay patient and take advantage of every opportunity you get. And, if you can get her out of there, you'd better get it done, because going to the cards against her is a risky proposition. I want to get another shot at those belts this year, and, to do that I needed to get this result. So, I got her out of there. Because, like I said pre-fight, I know how to deal with trouble."