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29 March 2015 Amelle Berrabah vs Inna

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BBU SPRING SESSIONS FROM WEMBLEY ARENA

Posted by Vassago on March 29, 2015, 9:02 am

BEFORE: While Geri Halliwell throws shades on Cheryl Cole on twitter, the woman who beat her last time out Amelle Berrabah is ready to send more shockwaves through BBU and promises to punch Inna all the way back to Romania in most brutal fashion possible tonight! The former Sugababes singer - by the way, all the UK girl bands Little Mix aside seem to cease operations or take some kind of pregnancy pause these days - has bounced back from coming third best in the Mr. Marcus Invitational last March and scored the win of her career against Halliwell in the summer but still can't quite topple Jade Ewen's stock and some pundits say she's no better than Heidi Range either which really makes the Aldershot singer mad since she was the true leader of the band once Keisha Buchanan was shown the proverbial door.

Indeed Charlie Webster is mighty curious whether there's some winning mojo from the Halliwell clash left in Amelle and she's been handed a slippery test of character against the Romanian dance music star who's split her four BBU bouts to date but looks like a real deal and far from joining the Diana Vickers & Frankie Sandford-like craddle of everyone's favorite punchbags. If Amelle underestimates her then the Wembley Arena might witness even a bigger surprise than Jenny Frost winning a fight.

Amelle Berrabah wears a neon blue corset top, black knickers and matching black gloves. Dark brown hair in loose curls. Inna wears a black bikini with pink & white trim and pink gloves. Raven-black hair tied in a ponytail on top of her head. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Round 1:
Amelle rarely gives her opponents any kind of respite and she bulldozes Inna in the opening minute with a flurry of jabs that pierce the high guard and smack the black ponytail around the Romanian's neck to make her seek early avoidance rather than outright response. That only fuels the English girl's determination and she swings around the temples to score a solid connection and whip Inna on the back foot. All Berrabah down the stretch, she just buries a lacklustre opponent under a barrage of leather and pounds both cheeks in hectic fashion to reel Inna onto the ropes in the final minute simply soaking up punishment and unable to break the rout. Amelle scowls in her efforts and rocks the Romanian back & forth on her feet before driving a delightful uppercut on the chin to shut her eyes and leave all wobbly butt at the bell.

Round 2:
Berrabah races clear into more facial punishment and roughs up Inna's cheeks with accurate jabbing to send the ponytail rocking again. The Romanian tries to stick with the onslaught and sends a series of jabs on the body but struggles to make facial connection and bounces off the guard in hapless effort while opening a hole under the elbow which Amelle brutally exposes with a rash of harpoons to bend Inna forward at half-way mark of the round... another uppercut pierces the mitts and snaps the head back; Inna's knees look really soft already but Amelle shows her no respect whatsoever and pummels her way through on the cheeks again, clips the nose and sends the Romanian trembling onto the turnbuckle with eyes closed and arms dropped dangerously low to each side... another clubbing hook nails her on the nose before the English singer whips a right handed piledriver on the brow ridge AND SENDS INNA CRASHING ON HER SIDE... that's a wicked combo from Amelle who screams out in delight even though her foe scampers back upright at six and nods back to the referee in confident fashion... she bounces off the ropes and springs into Berrabah's path but this time the Sugababes starlet skims off the guard and bumps into the Romanian's chest, that's a soli clash with neither girl yielding an inch and Inna cracks a right hook on the eye to snap Berrabah's head back before cleaning out her breadbasket in a heated effort to salvage any sort of pride. Amelle tries to respond but swings wide over the head and gets wrestled back to the corner as Inna prevents a total disaster and manages to hol her own against the odds.

Round 3:
Amelle looks really annoyed after that missed opportunity in the final minute but falls short of the mark again as Inna ups her footwork rate and ducks away from close range assault before mounting a comeback over the top to smack some English face with solid jabbing. Berrabah's guard suddenly gets exposed and she has to revert into pounding Inna's guts to halt her charge, a brief clinch follows but it's the Romanian who breaks the stalemate and wrestles her foe back to the ropes where Amelle tries to bounce off but gets beaten for a clubbing hook on the eye and sinks on her knees with a loud whimper... Inna comes crashing down on her and spikes the nose a couple of times before landing a vicious hook to the solar plexus to make the Sugababes singer gasp for air and seek immediate clinch... that effort goes begging as Inna keeps her trapped on the ropes and punishes the body well enough to make Amelle stare down at her with eyes wide open at the bell... someone just can't accept the Romanian comeback!

Round 4:
More close range dispute ends in stalemate through the opening minute as both girls snap each other's head back to leave visible lumps but Amelle can't rock that black ponytail so effectively anymore and circles back finding the committed response a bit too dangerous for the time being... the pace of the fight finally slows down as Inna wipes the sweat off her face and pierces the fellow singer with a grim look, yet keeps hassling her and swinging around the head... Amelle in teasing mode thereafter, dances around on her toes and threatens a single hand approach but fails to mount any meaningful pressure and allows the younger brunette to catch her breath back and live through the knockdown period which seems like a bad idea... but that's perhaps why Berrabah isn't considered a Top 10 contender just yet, she clearly let Inna off the hook after just a sign of stubborness from the dance singer. That's awful tactics according to Charlie Webster!

Round 5:
Inna realizes she's enforced a slow down phase and annoys the Wembley Arena audience even further with half-hearted approach to make Amelle do all the chasing in the opening minute. Those efforts are fruitless though and just as Berrabah shrugs her head in visible anger, Inna leaps forward with a jabbing combo and shatters the guard on the spot, flicks a left hand on the nose and adds a piercing right on the eye to sink Amelle on her heels... The high guard goes up but Inna switches into gut pounding and pummels the cumbersome English vixen back to the ropes where she lashes out at the breadbasket and makes Amelle squeal in discomfort... all that knockdown mojo evaporates in numbers now as Inna clears out some English tummy before trying to mug raunchy jugs alas Berrabah finally has the Romanian covered and clinches her in blatant last-ditch fashion to see out the round. All too little too late though!

Round 6:
Inna has somehow clawed herself back into this fight and keeps annoying the English brunette by sending single punches from mid-range and forcing Amelle to make all the moves... someone's gonna lose her temper before too long and sure enough, Amelle's all scowling when she bumps into her rival's jugs but still eats a clubbing series on the chin and neither guard seems to provide much cover now as the black ponytail goes for a ride after a long break and it's a classic war of attrition unfolding with the crowd back on the feet to admire strict punishment... Inna's left cheeks is cut up in the proccess but she manages to bend Amelle to the side with a menacing series on the liver area.. still Berrabah avoids going down and cracks a left hook on the temple to finally render the Romanian woozy before adding a hooking combo on the eye to send her spinning back towards the turnbuckle just before the bell. Both girls need a solid breather after that exchange and don't even look at each other while staring down at the canvas and somehow trying to inject more air into their lungs.

Round 7:
There's a nasty gash on Inna's left cheek whereas Amelle looks a bit soft in the guts; both girls feel the heat of the battle and take their time in the seventh which meets full understanding from the otherwise demanding crowd as everyone expects one last hurrah especially from the Romanian singer who can't take the scorecards for granted after that early knockdown. It's a classic battery recharge round with little action to speak of apart from some obvious clinching where Inna still gut checks her foe and drills the ribcage in more committed fashion but not really enough to make a difference for the judges. Amelle gives the younger brunette a long stare after the bell and seems to be recovering faster of the two however Inna doesn't seem too bothered by that busted up cheek just yet either.

Round 8:
Amelle jumps into a jabbing frenzy and clubs Inna's face in ultra aggressive fashion but exposes the liver area one more time and the Romanian blasts a counter where it hurts the most managing to avoid losing her balance beforehand... Berrabah winces in sudden pain and drops her jabbing assault, instantly goes for a low cover and Inna absolutely creams her with a left handed uppercut on the jaw, follows it up with a right hand on the ear and that combo RAGDOLLS BERRABAH TO HER KNEES on the spot... so much for that knockdown advantage now and Inna really caught the English brunette clean after softening up her liver area to textbook perfection... Amelle takes her time in getting up and only beats the count at eight but that was a calculated effort while Inna bunny hops around her and just can't wait to resume the punishment... Right hand over right hand after the command and Amelle tears Inna's left cheek into a bleeding mess while eating a faceful of leather herself and wobbling back to middle of the ring... Inna seeks immediate pursuit but almost slips on her own blood as the canvas is marked by fresh stains and only now she realizes she's gonna need some medical attention after this one is over while Berrabah is happy enough to circle back to opposite corner and see out the round without further action. It's really too close to call now!

Round 9:
Inna's left cheek was patched up during the interval and Charlie Webster thinks she's lucky the injury wasn't inflicted earlier so that Amelle could work on that to force a doctor stoppage but it's not all good for the Sugababes' singer either who's tank is running close to empty again as she settles into mid-range assault rather than stick it into the Romanian's face like in the opening phase of this bout. On the other hand Inna looks more lively of the two despite looking worse to wear due to that wounded cheek and outnumbers her rival in punches thrown however there's lack of energy supply here as well and the strenght and precision just isn't good enough to punish Berrabah into more misery. Both girls are really tired and wrestle around the ring for most of the second half of the round; Inna looks happy to make it one knockdown each and Amelle equally relieved she wasn't send down packing alltogether. There's nothing left to give here and the crowd applauds sheer heart and determination showed by both vixens with the action dwindling down head over fist now.

Round 10:
Nobody wants to risk one last charge and even though the scorecards suggest a coin-flipping decider, both singers just trade single punches and are mostly stuck on their feet like the canvas is covered in five inches of mud at best. Amelle looks more desperate to open the wound on Inna's cheek and keeps working the right hand but gets clipped around the elbows and circles back again just staring at the damaged face of her opponent; if she could blast the fellow brunette right off the ring she'd have done it with sheer mental approach but the body refuses to co-operate... likewise Inna... the proud dance singer seeks one last hook on the liver but just can't find the hole anymore and sends wayward leather up high to little avail... it's two dead tired flyweights vixens almost taking a nosedive in the last few seconds and they lock themselves in one final clinch as to make sure they don't collapse from pure exhaustion in the end... DING... DING... DING... we will go to the scorecards to settle this gruesome combat!

After a lenghty delay we go go the scorecards... and we have a SPLIT DECISION...

Judge Vinny Jones (Wales) scores the bout 97-96 for Inna...

Judge Max George (England) scores the bout 97-96 for Amelle Berrabah...

Judge Joey Barton (England) scores the bout 97-95 for your winner through split decision... AMELLE BERRABAH!!!

AFTER: Inna just slumps on her knees upon hearing the verdict while Amelle collapses on the canvas and starts pounding it in pure relief... she preserves the winning streak and remains in Top 10 contention but she was pushed ultra close by the very stubborn and durable Romanian singer... Inna still can't accept the verdict and stares at her feet with a hollow look in her eyes until Amelle climbs back to her feet and offers her a warm hug... "Better luck next time!", she says to the bemused Romanian and allthough both girls promised to wreck each other before the fight, there's a great deal of mutual respect afterwards especially from Amelle who's rarely been so sympathetic to her opponents following a victory.

However this fight was a real coin-flipper and one of the most evenly contested in BBU TV coverage history despite the lack of strenght and high-tempo action in the last two rounds to make it a real classic for the ages... These two are due a rematch according to Charlie Webster and who knows, perhaps Inna will invite Amelle back on the continent to at least win the crowd support because the Wembley Arena gives the Sugababes singer a clearly louder cheer when both vixens head back to the locker room. Inna still can't accept that tough loss and screams out in her native language all the way through her walk off and one doesn't have to understand Roman to realize it's explicit content coming from her mouth... You win some and you lose some, right?

Final result: Amelle Berrabah def. Inna - Split Decision.