Former champion Sacha, at 25, is having her first fight since being badly beaten by Leah Dizon back in November 2015, and she’s fighting the undefeated 27 year old Nadia, who will be an excellent test for her.



Nadia’s first in the ring, wearing a black bikini with green gloves and boots, and she’s in fantastic shape, although Sacha looks good in red bikini, gloves and boots.



Round 1



There’s very little time for thought as the girls start swapping punches straight away, Sacha landing some good jabs, but she’s getting taken backwards by some good stuff from Nadia, who’s clearly too quick for Sacha in this opening round, and she’s looking too strong as well, and she’s hurt the former champion already, her left hand a great tool to have in her box, and as she backs Sacha into the ropes, she unloads some good punches to her body, Sacha holding and clinching, but after the referee breaks and resets the girls, Nadia’s giving the blonde some heavy shots to her body and her face as she dominates her in this opening round, and that’s one of the best rounds seen from a girl in this division for a long time.



Round 2



Sacha looks battered around the face already, and Nadia seems to be getting stuck into her again, ripping punches into the blonde girl’s face, but Sacha comes back at the Irish girl, and lands a decent jab and hook combination of her own, enough in those punches to send Nadia into retreat, and things are starting to look for Sacha better as she keeps Nadia at range, not getting involved in trading big punches, and she’s really improving her chances by boxing clever, putting Nadia on the backfoot, and that’s giving her time and space to land some good punches of her own, making Nadia think about things there now.



Round 3



After showing her hand in round two, Sacha’s unable to keep things slow and sedate, with Nadia attacking her just by her own corner, and this is a quick start to the round with punches being thrown from both girls, and big punching Nadia’s drawing Sacha into a trade this time around, and she can see that she has Sacha hurt, the blonde stepping backwards, and she clinches again as the brunette gets in closer, but the referee quickly breaks the clinch, Sachha landing a couple of jabs, but Nadia land s lovely left hook, and floors her, Sacha sprawled on the canvas, but on her feet at 6, still a little unsteady though, and Nadia’s punishing her as soon as she gets up, Sacha bloodied and in trouble, gashed across her nose, and surely relieved to hear the bell.



Round 4



After being dropped to the floor in round three, it’s a tough start to round four for Sacha, as Nadia rips into her body, hitting her with banging hooks to her flanks and ribs, Sacha finding it tough to keep her guard up, as Nadia sends her backwards with some punishing punches to her face, that left hook really troubling the blonde, who’s holding again, breathing hard over Nadia’s shoulder, blood smeared from her split nose, and from the referee’s break, Nadia dominates her again, hurting her with cuffing punches, and Sacha needs to be more mobile because she can’t outpunch Nadia, just stay in there and tire the girl out.



Round 5



Nadia’s so much in control, she shows arrogance as she begins to showboat, keeping her gloves down low, letting Sacha come closer, avoids her attack, and lands her own punches, Nadia just toying with Sacha now, which is hard for the former champion to take, but she looks weary, and Nadia’s giving her another beating in this round, has her trapped against the ropes after hurting her with a left to her midsection, and one to the jaw, and that puts her down again, and Sacha doesn’t get back up this time, on her back and out.



Result: Nadia Forde knocked out Sacha Parkinson in round 5.



Sacha took a beating in this fight, and Nadia looks a real contender on this evidence, but she needs to beware of showing too much arrogance, because that may come back to haunt her.