Post by Lookout! Boxing on Nov 25, 2016 at 4:21pm

Hilary Rhoda versus Kristanna Loken

(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
(Girls Friday vs Free Agent)

Intro:
Two welterweights do battle here as Hilary Rhoda defends her undefeated streak against Kristanna Loken on PPV. Hilary comes into the this fight with a record of 2 wins, both by knockout against top 50 ranked opponents in the division.

Kristanna is vastly more experienced with 66 fights under her belt, 36 wins with 21 by knockout and 28 losses with 2 draws. She lost her Ultimate Fighter stable management though several months
ago as new starlets Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss took over her slot in the group, so she is finding her feet again somewhat as a free agent. At the press conference, shaking hands to show respect to each other before going to their seats, Hilary is giving the chance to speak first.

She starts by joking "if Tess Valmore is here, I hope she got my Sports illustrated and my Victoria secret works I sent her since she doesn't use Google and seems confused who I am everytime she speaks about me"

Some journalists snicker at that as some in the room seem to have an unflattering opinion of the Tractorpull journalist.

Continuing her joking manner, she smiles at Loken and asks her "would you class yourself as bottom of the barrel? Just so I know if I am bottom feeding again supposedly"

Kristanna thankfully knows what Hilary is getting at or that could have started the fight now if she hadn't.

"OK let's be serious, Kristanna has had more fights then I have had hot dinners and her record shows you that she is no joke in the ring, I hope I can show that I belong in the ring with girls of this quality
on a regular basis" says Hilary as she sits down and Kristanna nods her thanks for the kind words.

Now it's Kristanna's turn to speak, she says "it's nice what Hilary said, I think people forget I am a multiple time champion in two different weights, I dominated the welterweights and the defunct middleweights with an iron fist" Looking at the journalists hard "I am still a top fighter and while
Hilary has shown kindness, I know that once the gloves are on, it's dog eat dog as they say and I am the biggest bytch in the yard, so sorry Hilary but I am knocking you clean out!" Hilary looks hard at her future opponent but nods as the seriousness of the fight seems to really hit her now after all her joking.

The two fighters are asked to stand face to face, each gives the other a hard stare before shaking hands once again and leaving the stage.

Fight night, out comes Hilary first with Lauren Berlingeri by her side and Eva Carneiro as her cutwoman for this fight. Hilary is wearing a red sports bra, red trunks with G.F on the left leg in golden letters and has red gloves and shoes to complete her look.

Quickly she walks down to the ring and waves to each side of the ring to a loud cheer from her supporters, which gives her a wide smile. Now Kristanna comes out with a smile for her fans and blows kisses to them before she heads down to the ring with her new coach for this fight. Loken is wearing all navy blue attire as she struts down to the ring look as hot as ever to some wolf whistles, which she takes in her stride.

Climbing into the ring, she waves to the crowd to another loud cheer before going to the ring centre with Hilary and the referee. Each fighter is staring bullets at the other as the referee finishes his last minute instructions up and asks for a touch of gloves. Both respectfully touches gloves and Hilary wishes Kristanna "good luck babe" to which Loken replies "you're the one who needs it" making Hilary glare at her in her own response. As each returns to their corners, they get their gumshields in and the referee signals for the bell to begin 10 rounds of welterweight boxing action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters, neither has any advantage on the other height wise, so the early exchanges are close as they work with the jab, snapping onto the guard or getting some success to the face. Kristanna shows her experience by judging the range better of the two in the early going and comes forward with a good jab and then goes down to the body with a good right hook to the body. Showing respect to that show, Hilary nods but quickly tries to get her revenge with a straight that just pierces air as Loken gets her head out the way in time and lands her own straight when she gets her own chance. Hilary slow starting as Kristanna is keeping out of her punches and jabbing away to frustrate the younger woman. Halfway through the round and Rhoda finally gets some meaningful strikes in with a hard jab to the body of Loken, before she goes upstairs with a hard right hook to shake her opponent up. Kristanna slams back at Hilary with a good straight and left jab but she doesn't retreat quick enough and Rhoda knocks her towards the ropes. Pounding away at each other, Loken looks to be getting hurt the worst in this heated exchange, forcing the blonde to grab on for a clinch. The referee gets the two apart and orders them to fight, which they seem up for but Kristanna is back to working on the outside to keep herself at a safe distance. Late in the round, Loken connects with another good quick thrown jab and straight to impress the judges and keep Hilary back. The bell rings with Kristanna nodding to her coach, who is smiling and gives her some praise before talking tactics for the next round. Hilary on the other hand isn't in a good mood as Lauren tries to keep her spirits up and tells her to work her way forward then get at her.

Round 2:
Hilary starts walking Kristanna down as the two are exchanging punches but Loken is in retreat from Rhoda it seems in the early going. Kristanna is doing well to fire back in this position before Hilary times her charge forward beautifully and slams a hard straight to the nose of Loken to knock her back. As the blonde is unbalanced, Hilary slams two hooks to the body of Kristanna to knock her towards the ropes and when Loken feels the ropes on her back, she wraps up her opponent in another clinch.
Kristanna looks slightly relieved to have gotten a break from being hit, the referee orders the two apart, Loken shoves Rhoda back and moves off the ropes quickly, using her veteran instinct to get back
into her comfort zone. The blonde now in the middle of this round, is coming in fast to connect with her own punches before she just manages to get out with only taking one punch in reply. Hilary is looking sick of this style of fight and is making some rookie mistakes again by lunging forward and getting picked off by her vastly more experienced opponents punches. Lauren in Hilary's corner is shouting for her to slow down and work her way in again, that seems to snap her back into the right frame of mind as Rhoda dances out the next few punches of a more confident Loken. Then she slams a straight once again to that nose of Kristanna and blood is starting to run from her nostrils, Loken is retreating quickly as Hilary hunts her down late in the round. Kristanna needs a coach to get her back to focusing but her new coaches words are falling on deaf ears late in the round as Hilary pierces her to the stomach with a hard body shot. The bell rings as she is knocked to the ropes and while both have some swelling forming on their face, the scarlet running from Loken's nose is the difference this round. Both return to their corners and Loken's coach is trying to get her to listen to him as already the issues seem to be beginning between the two. While Hilary looks happy but Lauren is telling her to keep focused as she knows that Kristanna can hurt her if she gets cocky.

Round 3:
Kristanna comes out quicker this time as she catches Hilary somewhat cold and works around her with her jab, with the brunette not being able to do anything with her in the first few moments. Hilary tries to rush Loken but is finding some sniper like shots coming through her guard to eat away at her face to annoy her more then really hurt her. A good body shot seems to hurt Kristanna though and she quickly steps back to work once again as she tries her best to keep the pace at her tempo but Hilary is keeping on top of her to make her have to go up a gear. Up to now Loken is the one on top as those well trained fists keep marking up Rhoda's face, a straight and right hook shakes up Hilary to prove she can hurt her. But Hilary isn't afraid to keep going forward when she can and as the round goes on, she starts to make headway as she forces Kristanna into more brawling style exchanges. The blonde does keep managing to escape and pays back Hilary for her nose with a hard shot to open a cut on the brunettes nose. Hilary backs away a step and Kristanna's eyes light up as she moves forward to finish her off but she doesn't notice that Rhoda is playing possum. When she gets in close range, Hilary cracks her with a right hook that shakes up the legs of Loken late in the round. Hilary shoves Kristanna to the ropes with a hard left to the body then followed by a right hook once again and Loken looks hurt. The bell rings as the referee was watching closely, evidently worried for Kristanna who gets a hard stare from Hilary, while Loken herself feels fresh blood coming from her nostrils. Both fighters return to their corners with Kristanna looking good in that round up until around the last minute, where she got caught. Hilary is so amped that Lauren has to remind her to sit on her stool as the brunette looks ready to spring out of her corner.

Round 4:
Hilary is much the faster to get into the face of Kristanna, who fires out her jab to defend herself but is swarmed by her opponent. An uppercut to the rattled blonde puts her down to her back with a stunned look on her face as she stares up at the lights. Hilary rushes to a neutral corner but she looks ready to get back at Loken already, while the girl is being counted out. The referee reaches 8 as a wobbly Kristanna stands up to beat the count, the referee checks her and let's her continue. But her legs don't look to be fully back under her and she is stunned by a hard straight that knocks her back towards the ropes with spaghetti legs. Hilary lands two hooks to the side of the head of Loken who slumps into the ropes and nearly falls through them as the referee dives in to stop the fight, waving it off as he covers up Kristanna from more punishment.

Winner: Hilary Rhoda TKO Round 4

After:
Hilary quickly checks on Kristanna, who has blood coming from a small cut under her left eye from that last right hook. The blonde nods but is clearly stuck leaning on the ropes for support, Hilary helps her to her corner by letting her drap an arm around her for support. Kristanna thanks Hilary before the doctor checks her over to find no lasting damage thankfully, just was badly stunned. After getting their gloves taken off, both girls come to the ring centre for the final announcement and Hilary gets her hand raised to a loud cheer.

The fighters embrace afterwards and Kristanna tells Hilary "you showed me you're the real deal babe, I knew you had power but I was seeing stars at the end.”

Hilary smiles as she replies " you caught me with some shots as well, my nose is going to be sore for a week"

Laughing together, Kristanna gets serious before let's Hilary have her moment, she tells Hilary "for the record though, once I sort my training out and start winning again, I want you again babe because I don't like losing"

Hilary squares up to Kristanna and replies "when you find your feet again then I will happily fight you anywhere babe"

Both step back and shake hands before Hilary adds "I can't wait till you win again" and both girls smile, before Kristanna leaves the ring.

Hilary tells a back stage interviewer "that went better than expected, I honestly thought it would go the distance but I guess I hit harder than I knew"

She adds "I have two girls in my mind at this moment in time now to fight, one is a knockout artist like me as I think us big girls need to fight it out and show who has the chin to take these punches"

Looking serious "then I have plans for a big money fight on PPV, maybe a top 20 fighter and if I win that, I expect some respect in this league as the rankings don't lie"