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15 April 2015 Manuela Arcuri vs Jourdan Dunn

Page history last edited by Vassago 8 years, 10 months ago

 

BBU SPRING GRUDGE SESSIONS VOL. 4

 

(Independent vs Beever's Babes)

 

Posted by Vassago on April 15, 2015, 10:14 am

 


BEFORE: Jourdan Dunn looks to establish herself among the absolute top of the welterweight division; however both her wins over Rosie Whiteman and Daisy Lowe were regarded as too straight-forward by BBU TV's Denise van Outen and the English exotic model targets a more experienced rival in Manuela Arcuri who was surprisingly axed from the Latin Union back in January despite posting 11 wins in 14 fights to regain the support of the media.

Arcuri fought only twice last year but still defeated Michelle Ryan - who's now making her name in the SSB Welterweight Revival project - and losing to Doutzen Kroes is by no means a woeful result, the Dutch lingerie model has emerged as the lighweight title contended following her win over Sayuki Matsumoto and one would have thought Manuela is the Unioners' top big girl. But then she was axed to shock the community wholesale... she has to resurrect her career any which way now and accepting a challenge from such a highly touted fighter like Dunn doesn't seem to be the best options available however the unmanaged girls can't choose much and mostly agree to any offer there is on the table. Arcuri is no exception from this tough rule...

Manuela Arcuri wears a pink bikini set and silver gloves. Dark brown hair in loose waves. Jourdan Dunn wears a black bikini top, golden knickers and golden gloves. Black hair tied in a high ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the welterweight division.

Round 1:
Arcuri tries to execute the big punch early on and stalks the youngster in confident fashion but fails to slice through the guard and settles into menacing swings as Dunn doesn't charge at her either contrary to her previous two fights. Still, the veteran Italian rues her chances as she gets clinched down the stretch and spiked on the ribs with Jourdan looking more aggressive in the second half of the round. Both women wrestle around the ring briefly before Jourdan stuns her foe with a big uppercut on the jaw and keeps Arcuri at bay thereafter ducking underneath sluggish overhand approach. Arcuri tries to land more punches in the closing seconds but gets whacked across the mouth in response and circles back in visible dismay.

Round 2:
More aggressive leaps from Arcuri to start the second round but she only grazes the flesh and eats overhand reply as Jourdan throws less punches but secures superior precision and starts to rock the Italian on her feet through the minute mark. Couple of heavy hooks crash into the older brunette's temples and force her backwards but Dunn refuses to chase her down and settles into hassling mode trying to make Manuela look sluggish and overwhelmed at best. Single hand approach doesn't bring Arcuri any good and she starts to feel the heat again as Dunn switches her targets and harpoons around the elbows to punish the ribcage. Manuela stops the rout by landing a fortunate uppercut on the jaw but Jourdan doesn't even blink in hesitation and rips into the Italian's body afterwards; a few worrying yelps indicate Arcuri's troubles and she has to clinch the younger model in order to prevent further punishment.

Round 3:
Perhaps Manuela expected another Doutzen Kroes-like beatdown but Dunn doesn't enforce the brute force just yet and is happy to tease the Italian into an useless pursuit early in the third, another sluggish display from Arcuri who just doesn't have the speed in her legs to outlast the fast moving opponent and falls into a barrage of punches in the second minute when she wobbles too far forward in a failed attempt to put some weight behind her shots... Jourdan works the body assault and roots the older brunette to the spot before slicing her mitts apart and crunching a double combo on the chin to slump Arcuri woozy... Manuela gasps for air and still throws a hook in reply but gets belted across the rack and bends forward even further almost laying herself into a piercing uppercut that bounces off her jaw again... DOWN GOES THE ITALIAN... Jourdan unloads a haymaker punch in effortless fashion but that was a horrible piece of defending by the experienced brunette... Manuela crashes down on her back and takes her time before getting up; she beats the count at seven but falls into immediate follow up as Dunn resumes her aggressive display and thumps more leather against the ribcage. Arcuri is pounded back to the ropes and covers up in desperate earmuff however Dunn keeps punishing the midsection instead and leaves her in all sorts of bother at the bell.

Round 4:
Jourdan keeps it strictly business and doesn't get carried away by the knockdown whereas Manuela suddenly looks very hittable and perhaps that's one of the main reasons she was dumped by the Latin Union despite only three losses in 14 fights. She's too slow to avoid further punishment and gets pounded side to side early in the fourth with Dunn slicing the guard apart and making repeated connection with the face that quickly develops a considerable bruising on both cheeks... Arcuri pretty much wobbles and stumbles herself against the ropes down the stretch and fails to mount any response, settles into weak single hand efforts which mostly crash off the forearms and trigger more venomous reply from the younger model. Jourdan keeps ripping into the Italian's breadbasket in the second half of the round having done enough damage to the lumped up face and sinks a hapless veteran on her knees in pillar-to-post beating galore... Manuela wraps her arms around the ropes in order to stay upright after the bell and looks in terrible shape, on the verge of total collapse.

Round 5:
Some people expected Arcuri to quit on her stool but she rises up for the fifth against the odds only to eat a crunching hook on the temple seconds into the round followed by a piercing uppercut on the jaw that shatters both the guard into pieces as well as the jawbone... Oooomphhh!!! The noise of Manuela's numb flesh crashing onto the canvas is heard everywhere around Cardiff and the proud Italian is truly knocked out of her senses clean by the new welterweight prodigy! KO5 Jourdan Dunn!!!

AFTER: That was a heavy knock out from the 25 year old model who keeps leaving people impressed with her performance. Even Denise van Outen must eat some humble pie now as she rated Manuela Arcuri as the one who could really expose Jourdan's flaws and below par punching strenght but the finish to this fight actually indicated otherwise. You rarely see Manuela getting mauled into unconsciousness like that and the one person who could compete with that display, Doutzen Kroes, is poised for a lightweight title fight in the upcoming days. Is Dunn that good - or possibly even better - as well? There's every sign she can enjoy the best start to a BBU career since Malika Menard and that should really give the welterweights a new opportunity to shine like a proverbial diamond in the sky!

Final result: Jourdan Dunn def. Manuela Arcuri KO5. 

 

 

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