Before: “I’m tougher than Candice, and I’ve won many more fights. I’ve said it before: the line starts BEHIND me, not in front.” Rachel may be feeling some challenges to her post-Garner Alpha status at Foxfire. Swanepoel, on the other side feels that challenging Adriana is her right! “It’s the Victoria’s Secret Body Saddle! Adriana’s the past, and I’m the future! This is between the two of us, and anyone else is intruding.”

White backless baby-doll tank w/sunset palmtrees motif on the front for Candice, black high-waisted bottoms, black gloves. Black bikini with black gloves for Rachel.

R1: Candice cautiously stalking forward, fists curled atop her breasts; Rachel has her dukes around her cheeks, elbows in, stepping clockwise, committing on stiff left jab on approach. Swanepoel gets in on the act, pawing her jab to Rachel's breasts or tummy, leaning in to kiss right hands off the chin or guard. Candice extending on shots, showing good power when she lands. Rachel electing to block and leg-away, making reads, sacrificing points to Candice's lanky aggression.

R2: Sloppy slugging as leggy beauties walk each other down, Rachel ties up one or the other of Candice's arms, and girls lap away with free mitts until ref's break. Swanny doing a lot of damage with a rubber-hose right hand whenever Nichols ties up Candice's left. Supermodel strapping actress to midsection; clubbing her upside the head, slap-chopping Rachel's proud jugs in tight. Nichols plowing back in turn, but she seems grumpier, generally giving ground...when one sleek backside hits ropes, it's almost always Rachel's.

R3: Another minute of super-model slop as Candice works Rachel over at ropes. Nichols eventually tying up head-and-left arm, snuggling for ref's breaks. Second minute: Rachel gets her legs going...wide stance; right hand breast-high as she's spearing jabs up off the hip; clockwise pivots keeping Candice from engaging. Swanepoel out on the end of poke, Nichols able to line her girl up, lean in strong and BELT that chin some drifting right hands. Candice's sinewy legs hold her up, but she takes a number of crashing blasts. Down the stretch, she's whipsawing badly on her hips, careening out of control into ropes! Rachel hungry for Swanepoel, lashing long-armed right/left/right on the flanks, then lapping thick left uppercut to breasts. Slap-chop right makes sure of those jugs, followed by swat-across hook. Swanepoel's nerves all a-tingle as Nichols hammers her into stupor at bell. Bell: Rachel chesting up, letting dazed blonde hear all about it...ref moves in to separate.

R4: Fight takes on an increasingly harder edge. Both girls stepping with firm jabs, spearing them to belly, then launching into sizzling rights, bending down on follow through, then trying to uncoil into the comeback hook. Punches glide over sweat-slicked backs as girls duck and writhe with good torso movement - punches graze chins as supple defenders lean away with just-in-time dodges. Both women raking offending breasts with those delayed hooks - hearts hardening, eyes glaring as both girls partake of jug this round.

R5: Rachel steps up, posts the most glaringly one-sided round of the fight thus far. Stern jabbing confounding Candice, denying her the high ground. Swanepoel defending in good order at the ropes, hands up, eyes alert – Nichols occupying the guard with jabs, then swinging those sidearm rights hard to ribs, back up top with quick hooks to jaw, doubling the hook down to right hip in behind the elbow. Rachel squirming her way inside on occasion, palming Candice’s biceps back, then getting after those covergirl jugs - tight shoulder-shrugging scrubbage. Swanepoel slumping into the ropes trying to tie up head and arm on her opponent - Nichols keeping her hands free, punching through the clinches to soften up her blonde's taut midsection. Bell to bell dominance puts a big smile on former champ’s face.

R6: Candice gliding left, feathering jabs, then stepping right, jabbing Rachel’s forehead and sliding home a right hand on the jaw that puts Nichols wobbly butt. Swanepoel grinning, bouncing left and right, freezing her prey with movement, darting in with a lead left uppercut on the chin, then dancing 'round the right flank as Rachel soaks up the potshot. Nichols shakes it off, locates Swanepoel with the jab, starts drifting her right hands up the middle – Candice climbs down off her bicycle with right hands of her own and frothy two-way walloping erupts down the stretch. Girls intent on leaning into heartless right hands, then leaning away to pull whippy hooks across opposing chest or chin - dangerous trade at the bell. Girls chest up and get into it nose to nose - ref spreads 'em out - Swanepoel takes another close round.

Rd 7: Candice strong up the middle: right hands to the body, lapping hooks on the right flank, but Rachel's tight defense confounding the blonde. Elbows in, bending and rolling with punches, blocking on her arms, moving her head, Nichols takes the sting out of Swanepoel’s aggression. Rachel timing a superb jab in between Candice's swings, tap-tap-tapping away, raising an ugly welt under the blonde's left eye and midway through, slides a sneaky right to chin, mops up with a jerking left uppercut and SWANEPOEL'S LEGS GIVE WAY! Candice hurt, reaching to clinch up high, sliding down Rachel’s front to puddle down on the canvas! KO7 and Rachel Nichols will challenge Adriana Lima for Mistress of the Body Saddle.

After: Attendants raising Candice up to her knee, buckling the Body Saddle in place. Rachel getting comfortable, shimmying a little as she puts her knees into the rests and leans forward into a jockey-position. Nichols shouts "Giddyup!" banging her hips into Swanepoel to urge her forward. Sleek blonde legs tense under the weight as Candice breaks into a shaky canter around the ring. Swanepoel eventually ridden to ground, rolling to her right side, trembling with exhaustion. Rachel smooths her sweat-slicked hair behind her ears s she looks down, fascinated with the sight of a used up victim of her first Body Saddling.