BEFORE: Alesha Dixon's troublesome FCBA career is over - at least according to official Beever's Babes sources - so the 38 year old veteran makes her BBU return in Cardiff tonight claiming she's still got unfinished business on this side of the Atlantic. This includes a prime-time showdown against Pippa Middleton who herself made a return to the ring back in October when she was stopped in six rounds by Tamara Ecclestone. Now, Dixon wants to have a piece of Ecclestone sooner rather than later as well but Middleton becomes her first choice and BBU TV's Kate Abdo looks forward to one gruesome contest here in the BBU headquarters.

Alesha vows to rearrange Pippa's face to roll back the years and perhaps gain enough attention to warrant another clash with arch-nemesis Jessica Schwarz next year however Middleton's downright annoyed over the Ecclestone experience and admits that Dixon remains a top scalp in the UK and she doesn't take her American foray as a complete disaster. Well, at least that's what she tells Kate Abdo during the pre-fight interview but one shouldn't take her words for granted. Alesha's confidence is very low and Pippa's past lightweight tenure makes it an awkward match-up all things considered!

Alesha Dixon wears a yellow bikini top, black knickers and yellow gloves. Long dark brown straight, tucked behind the ears. Pippa Middleton wears a green bikini set and black gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a custom ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division (Pippa weighs-in at 117 lbs to reject the Beevers' catchweight claims).

Round 1:
Both women tangle in the center of the ring and Pippa scores the early punches - picking off her rival with a heated jabbing galore which sends Alesha into a lenghty cover up mode. However the experienced singer storms back into a proper offensive gear when she catches the fellow brunette with a seemingly wayward hook that glances off Middleton's temple and wobbles her to the side. Dixon then adds a couple of low uppercuts that bounce off Pippa's jugs and stack her on the heels before another wild hook finds the temple again and drops her to the ropes. Alesha makes the most of the supreme position and hammers in solid jabs to the body which keeps the socialite lingering in tight coverage for remainder of the round.

Round 2:
Kate Abdo reckons Tamara Ecclestone can punch even harder than Alesha which doesn't bode well for Pippa but the younger brunette racks up several quick hooks to start the second while the singer begins on a slower note again and allows the socialite to dominate the production until she reverts into a somewhat desperate hooking effort that finally makes Middleton step back. Both women circle around each other for a while and when Alesha blinks first and tries to slam another hook on the fellow brunette's temple, Pippa's outright speed and agility actually comes to the fore and has the singer wobbling forward; the counter-attack whacks Alesha on both temples and Middleton riffles a triple hooking combo in quick succession to reel her opponent back to the ropes where a lenghty clinch enables Dixon to survive the tough ordeal.

Round 3:
Alesha's supposed to be more flexible on her feet but nothing suggests she can outmanouver the socialite and Pippa bides her time in mid distance at the start of the third which clearly annoys the veteran singer. However Dixon's closing efforts are flamed out by a hooking combo that rips into her mouth during the second minute and if only Middleton could put her foot on the gas pedal more efficiently, she would have wrecked havoc in the older woman's defense. Alas Dixon is allowed to step back and waste more time in a circling respite that slows the tempo of this fight right down; even Kate Abdo is intrigued what happens next here, after all both these hellcats are proven veterans and one shouldn't expect any looming surprises, right?

Round 4:
Pippa switches back & forth in her jabbing approach but lands several good shots from close range and keeps the singer visibly annoyed. Kate Abdo thinks Dixon looks for a haymaker punch already and doesn't want to waste much time in a fruitless slugging galore. However Pippa matches her moves toe for toe and stays in mid distance safety until deep into the second minute when Alesha finally blows her gasket and charges at the younger brunette in uptempo offense. She clatters into Pippa's torso and pummels her back to the ropes but just as the Cardiff audience expects a knockdown delivery, Middleton clinches her into desperate survival and hangs on until the bell despite Alesha brutally pounding her midsection.

Round 5:
That late rally took some steam out of Pippa's lungs and she looks visibly slower across the canvas in the fifth; Dixon uses this into her advantage and enforces the close range tangle to a great extent. She keeps pounding away at the socialite's body and fends off the blatant clinching efforts by wrenching her to the liver area. Pippa slumps against the singer's waist with eyes closed and begins to scowl in pain when the amount of punches tackling her body become outright impressive. Dixon also gets vocal as she barks into the fellow brunette's ear but keeps ripping her guts apart and reels back to the ropes on jelly knees. "U like that, cow?", she grins into Middleton's face at the bell and that was more like it from BBU's most experienced fighter not named Samia Ghadie! Kate Abdo must applaud the Beevers gal's performance and Pippa looks in considerable pain as she slumps on her stool hugging her ribcage.

Round 6:
Dixon keeps rolling as she takes more comfort from Pippa's dwindling strenght. Nothing like a good rally to the guts to make your opponent cringe in pain! The action in the sixth has the singer thumping more vicious shots into the socialite's flesh and poor Pippa can only respond by blasting the older brunette in the groin! Ugh! That's a VERY bad idea as Alesha yells out in a mix of pain and anger but before the ref can step in and lecture the culprit, the singer sticks her elbow in Middleton's breasts and slams her on the windpipe which immediately cripples the other woman. Alesha bumps her foe to the jugs one more time and Pippa can't keep her balance much so basically stumbles to the ropes where the Beevers veteran WHACKS her on the left eye and cuts her right above it! Oi, Pippa! The younger brunettes gulps in pain and drops her arms too low so Dixon has no problems with blasting her across the lips with a monster left/right combo that half-spins the targeted woman against the turnbuckle. The bell rings immediately afterwards but Alesha is not to be denied a mean payback and sinks the aching opponent with a left hook on the kidney that draws applause from the Cardiff audience! Ugh! It's Pippa who started it and Dixon laughs off the referee's pleas for a fair contest!

Round 7:
The fight fully channels the grudge spirit by now however the problem is that Pippa's not in the shape to make it competitive anymore. She gets caught up in a windmill turbo of Dixon's punches who dissects her high guard with a ruthless precision. The socialite gets rooted to the spot in the center of the ring underneath the aerial barrage and simply collapses in adversity - Tamara Ecclestone would be proud of that demo job according to Kate Abdo! Alesha hauls in one strike after another and opens another wound over Middleton's right eye before punishing her with one rare uppercut too many! Pippa's eyes bawl out into semi-conscious mode and she JACK-KNIFES TO HER KNEES in slo-mo fashion with Alesha just holding back the true killer punch that would have probably required a stretcher for the defeated woman! It's all over and the quick ten count confirms it moments later. KO7 Alesha Dixon!!!

AFTER: Yep, she's back and she's winning too! Like her or not, Alesha Dixon is anything but done in the BBU and one can only imagine several new girls that were absent from the league's roster during her 2011-2013 heyday should thrive in chasing a fighting date with the notorious Beevers veteran! Heck, perhaps even Kate Abdo would take a chance here? No? Well, that's your loss, honey!

Indeed, the BBU's most experienced performer is back and she lets everyone know about it! She brags about taking Tamara Ecclestone down next and she's taking cheap shots at Helen George and Dorota Rabczewska too! This ought to be a frequent headliner on the weekly Real View show and tonight's sell out crowd at the Cardiff HQ indicates there's still heavy demand for her services! Did anyone really expect anything different? Alesha has earner her elite spurs in the BBU and even the worst kind of run she endured over in America wouldn't have changed that overnight!

Final result: Alesha Dixon def. Pippa Middleton KO7.