Alessandra Ambrosio is 35 years old, 5'9 1/2 and has a record of 9
wins, all by knockout and 3 losses, after just under 9 months, she's a
top fifty fighter already and hopes to be in the title hunt by the end
of the year at the latest.

Erica Durance is 38 years old, 5'8 and holds a record of 42 wins, 24
by knockout, 20 losses and 1 draw, she is a former 3 time lightweight
champion and of course wants to be back in the hunt soon.

Meeting at the press conference, the girls go nose to nose, trying to
male the other back up, but finding that the other won't budge an
inch.
They are separated by organisers before things heat up, going to their
tables after being told to keep things calm.

The girls sit down and Alessandra is giving the floor to speak first,
taking the microphone from her table to speak to the sea of media.
"So while last month turned into a bust and that bytch Missy got away
from me, it's a new day and I plan on getting my chance at Peregyrm
sooner than later" says Alessandra as she looks annoyed.

She changes the topic to Erica "Now I get to face another former
champion and a tough one at that in you Erica, you've been in some
wars"
Finishing by saying "but how many wars have you got left in you,
because if you try to make our bout personal then you will have a hell
of a fight on your hands"

Erica shakes her head as she gets the chance to speak, saying "listen
Alessandra, I am not interested in what you have to say"

Quickly adding "we both need a win, I'm not interested in being your
friend or enemy, this is all business and after the PPV, I'll be
getting the bigger fights again"

The girls are up for the face to face photos, nose to nose they go
again; they are scowling at each other to show that there is certainly
no friendly feelings here, before they walk off the stage in opposite
directions.

Fight night, Alessandra comes out with Lauren Berlingeri next to her
and Eva Carneiro next to her, she looks her jovial self as she gives
the crowd a small dance, before she starts her walk down to the ring.
She is wearing a green sports bra, trunks with "Ambrosio" in yellow on
the front of her waistband, green gloves with yellow thumbs and green
shoes to complete the look.

Climbing into the ring, she grins to the crowd as she heads to her
corner, warming up as the crowd turn back to the top of the ramp.
Erica now heads out with her coach behind her, she bounces on her toes
for a moment, her eyes focused on the ring as she begins her walk to
the ring.

Wearing a red sports bra, trunks with "Durance" in white letters, red
gloves with white thumbs and red shoes to finish her look.
Entering the ring, she raises her right fist into the air as she
bounces on her toes in the ring centre to a cheer from the crowd,
before going to her corner to finish warming up.

They are ordered to the ring centre for the final instructions, both
girls bouncing on the spot, looking ready to start.

Asked to touch gloves, there's a swipe of gloves and both return to
their corners so the referee can signal for the bell to begin 10
rounds of lightweight boxing action.

Round 1:
Off they go to the ring centre, two proud fighters starting off strong
as they start with hard jabs and straight punches to try to crack each
others guards open.

The girls are up on their toes as they circle and are almost grinning
as they look to take the early control of the fight.

Erica lands the first real meaningful punch of the fight as she
parries, a right cross from Alessandra and then lands two cross
punches of her own to knock the Brazilian back two steps.

Alessandra though swiftly comes back at Erica, ducking a right hook
from the Canadian and landing a right to the body, then an overhand
left to start trying to push her opponent back.

The first tight exchange between the two, the girls working each
others bodies over, head to head they trade to shove each other back.
Separating from each other, both give each other a look of "come on"
not expecting the early going to be so tight as they exchange single
punches over the others guards.

Then as Erica tries to step forward with a straight, Alessandra leans
her body to the side to make her miss and then cracks her across her
cheek with a right cross.

Erica's head turns to the side and Alessandra lands two short sharp
body punches that start to press her back.

The model finally gets a foothold in the round, throwing several hooks
at Erica who just about dodges most of them, but gets a cracking right
hand through her guard to her lips.

Durance though finds her feet soon enough to step out the way of a two
punch combo from Ambrosio, then land two cross punches to the cheeks
of her opponent to knock her back a few steps.

As she goes to fight on the front foot thought, both girls have the
same idea, leading to a stand off as they square up and start throwing
harder shots as the round comes to an end.

There's a quick moment where the girls look at each other, no smiles;
just two competitive women staring each other down, before they jog
back to their corners to get cleaned up after a hard round for both.

Round 2:
Off they go again, Alessandra starting to look like she's hunting
Erica down as Durance starts to use her boxing brain, dancing around
the slightly younger woman and using her jab to measure the distance.
Before Alessandra knows it, Erica is clipping her to the cheeks around
her guard, the model has to tighten her guard up and that gives the
Canadian a chance to work on the front foot.

Jabbing up top before she sends two body shots to the abs of
Alessandra, Erica is working at a higher gear now, moving around
Alessandra on still springy legs and moving her targets up and down to
confuse her opponent with her movement.

Alessandra finally lands a clean shot as she lunges in with a right to
the cheek, but Erica quickly moves back when a left hook is coming and
just about dodges by inches the punch.

Ambrosio looking frustrated as she tries to time Erica, but when the
girls get close to exchange, her timing is being knock off by sneaky
straight shots through her guard.
She's fighting on the back foot soon enough as Erica works forwards
behind the jab, keeping things simple and not looking to do anything
crazy.

Alessandra does force a tight exchange of punches as the round is
heading to it's climax, fainting a left and landing a right to the
ribs of Erica to cause her to groan.

With both in tight, it becomes slightly scruffy, the fighters trying
to land something to dislodge the other girl from being in as close.
Two more shots to the ribs of Erica look to hurt her as she retreats
and as the round ends, it's Alessandra who finishes stronger but was
dominated most of the round by purely silky boxing skills.

Both girls cheeks are already showing red marks, though of course it's
Alessandra's face that shows the effect more after this round.

Round 3:
Erica is up on her toes again, moving gracefully around Alessandra,
the look of frustration returning as she can't land her punches as
cleanly as the ones she is taking.

The actress faints a jab before sending a right hook to the side of
Alessandra's face to make matters worse as Ambrosio is knocked back
with her head turning around.

Finding herself nears the ropes, alarm bells must go off in
Alessandra's mind as she comes back at Erica with a vengeance.
Erica looking slightly startled as she didn't expect Alessandra to
come back at her as quickly, the girls nearly clashing body to body as
they slam several shots up top, before Erica moves back again to
create space.

The crowd wanting both girls to get stuck in, Erica though wisely to
some wants to wear down Alessandra, not let her get any momentum and
knock her out when the time comes.

That means she sticks and moves around Alessandra, who'd love to
scream out to show her annoyance, instead she focuses, knowing a
chance will show itself to her.

It comes soon enough, Erica trying to faint again up top, leaving the
door open for Alessandra to close the gap and bang two straight shots
to the abs of Durance, who grunts with each shot.

While she tries to hide it, those punches did seem to do something to
her as she tries to step back but finds Alessandra onto her.

The girls back to exchanging as defence seems to take a backseat for a
moment, hammer and tongs go both fighters, till they almost clash
heads and fall into a clinch.

The referee is quick to separate both, not wanting this to become a
grappling fight, the girls look hard at each other as they are ordered
to fight.
Erica steps in and lands a double jab, but as she looks to land a
right cross, she just misses over the head of Alessandra, who in
return lands a hook across the right side of her body.

A gasp is heard from Erica as she covers up and Alessandra goes to
work, sending a flurry of punches at her opponent.

The bell rings though before she can do much more, Alessandra holds
her smile in, clearly enjoying pounding Erica backwards after being on
the receiving end of an asskicking.

Erica looks up at the ceiling as if asking a higher power "where did
that drive come from?" Her coach cleaning her face and whispering
about her body.

Round 4:
Erica looking to start off strong, keeping moving as best she can to
get back to her stick and move style from the previous rounds.
It seems to be working, Alessandra looking surprisingly cautious,
especially after the end to last round.

But it becomes clear why as Erica comes forward to land a right cross,
but she's beaten to the punch by a left jab smacking her on top of her
head.

Alessandra is right in her face, sending rights and lefts towards the
head of Erica whose been pressed onto her heels and covering up as
best she can.

Changing her target though, Alessandra has more success to the body of
Erica, her head is down as she pumps short punches to the center of
the body of the Canadian.

Erica gasping as she is forced onto the ropes, having to clinch up to
have any chance of getting off the ropes, Alessandra still gets a few
shots in before the referee gets involved.

After being pulled apart, Erica shoves herself off the ropes into
space, trying to get that spring back into her step, but it's clear
that it's going as she's forced to fight on the back foot.

Alessandra coming forwards behind her own jab, knowing in her heart
that she has Erica on the ropes and plans on literally getting her
onto them soon.

A sharp right cross from Durance to the lips of Alessandra seem to do
enough to buy her a little time to recover.

But it's not long till Alessandra is back on the inside, slamming her
punches up the centre of Erica's guard as the actress tries her best
to stand and fight.

She's getting smacked back around the ring though, Alessandra looking
more aggressive now, not letting Erica have a chance for a breather,
forcing her to keep fighting or lose.

An overhand right from Alessandra forces Erica to cover up, her legs
shake slightly, but she wills herself to stay in this fight.

Even as she's forced back towards a neutral corner by Ambrosio, the
bell rings though and she holds back a sigh, relieved to be heading
back to her corner after that round.

Alessandra almost has a skip to her step, even with her cheeks looking
sore and slightly swollen, Erica looks very similar, though her body
is starting to look really marked up.

Round 5:
Out comes Alessandra quickly, looking to end this soon it seems, she
stalks Erica around the ring, who is firing jabs out to try and ward
off her opponent.

Soon though Alessandra is in close, rifling her punches up top,
landing a three punch combo that snaps the head of Erica back.
Erica shoving Alessandra back as she is close to her goal of getting
in tight, Durance looks desperate, almost looking like she wishes she
could throw the gloves off and fight dirty.

Instead she keeps on the move, forcing Alessandra to hunt her down
around the ring, the fighters exchanging jabs, with one measuring and
the other using it for defence.

A left cross turns Erica's head to the side again and before she
realises, she's back on the ropes again, forced to cover up as
Alessandra sends five crisp punches up and down the head abd body of
Erica.

Who slumps a little into the ropes, though she again manages to push
off them and fall onto Alessandra, grabbing on as tight as she can to
clinch up.

The referee watches them before he finally pulls them apart, Erica is
looking a mess as her hair clings to her cheeks now and she's
breathing hard, the crowd cheering both girls on as they want to see
them smack each other around.

Erica doesn't look like she can on her side though, instead covering
up and stepping back, trying to create a good enough distance that she
can recover from.

Instead Alessandra parries her tame jabs and slams a right straight
through the guard of Erica, her head snapping back as the once proud
three time champion is being pounded back once again.
Her left eye is starting to swell up to make matters worst as
Alessandra pounds her right into the side of her face.

Once more Erica finds a way to clinch up, her eyes are shut as she
tries to think on anything but the pain she's in and fails to do so.
Separated again, Alessandra snaps Erica's head back with a straight
punch and slams a right to the ribs to force a yelp from her opponent.
The bell rings but the crowd wonder if Erica can do anything, she's
being beaten from pillar to post, but she won't go down.
Slumped into her corner, she's ducking in air, clearly hoping that she
can perform a miracle as she nods to her coach that she wants to
continue.

Alessandra meanwhile menacingly stands banging her gloves together,
pundits wonder if she learned this off her coach Taryn Terrell or if
she is just that desperate to beat on Erica some more.

Round 6:
Erica does make it out for the round, but she'll probably wish she
hadn't as Alessandra comes on quickly, not giving her opponent any
chance it seems.

Alessandra just throwing a barrage at the head of Erica, who tries to
cover up, but her guard is dipping down and then she gets caught with
a right hook to the body that nearly brings her eyes out her head
judging by the wide eyed expression she gives.

Erica collapses to her knees then all fours, gumshield spat out as she
sucks in air, Alessandra quick to head to a neutral corner as the
referee begins his count.

As it proves, he didn't need to bother, Erica doesn't move from her
position, too weak to do anything else but try to regain her air as
the count reaches 10 and the fight is over.

Winner: Alessandra Ambrosio KO Round 6

After:
Alessandra is beaming after that fight, too sore to dance but quick to
go over to the center of the ropes nearest to her and blow kisses to
the crowd.

Erica has to be helped up by her coach, her face is red as she is
still catching her breath but other then that, she doesn't look too
badly hurt.

But as she is helped to start and walk to her corner, she looks at
Alessandra and shakes her head, more at her own performance then
actually getting beat by the Brazilian.

It's not long after both girls are given a chance to recover, get
cleaned up and then brought to the ring centre, so Alessandra can be
announced the winner.

Erica is going to leave but Alessandra stops her, patting her on the
back, Erica doesn't look too interested to be stopped but as she turns
around, she finds an outstretched hand being offered by her conquerer
this evening.

Nodding before she takes the hand, it's a nice moment of respect, but
as they shake hands, they edge closer and go nose to nose, saying a
few things between each other so only the other can hear, it doesn't
look too friendly but neither does it look a nasty exchange.

Mostly both telling the other that they look forward to beating each
other the next time they see the other, before they part to head to
their corners.

Erica is still tender around her body, her coach helping her climb out
the ring by separating the ropes for her, after she gets out the ring
she's OK to walk up the ramp by herself.

She waves to the crowd on her way up the ramp to show her thanks to
the crowd for their support, before heading to the back to go to her
locker room.
Alessandra and Lauren hug as Eva is smiling widely at her friends,
Alessandra thanking both for their support.
The GF crew leaves the ring with Alessandra highfiving some people in
the front row, then leaves up the ramp to the back.

Journalists want a word with her and while she isn't that interested
in talking to them after that fight, she does stop to speak for a
moment.

"First I am happy with that fight, a nice test to keep me sharp after
that lucky bytch Missy beat me, Erica is still a top fighter but I
knew I could win this because unlike her, I have a hunger to win
things" starts off Alessandra.

She adds "see I'm not stupid, I'm 36 this year, I should have done
this years ago, especially when I hear people say what could have
been, so I haven't got many years in the tank to hang back, especially
that I don't want to be a dinosaur in the division"

Finishing up she says "so goals like fighting Lima in Brazil, beating
Missy's ass, winning a title of course and the rest of the bucket list
is the main thing I'm worried about starting to cut through this year,
so keep watch guys"

Blowing a kiss to the journalists before strutting off to the GF
locker room, thinking of the next few years as she heads into the room
and is hugged by her stablemates.