(Written by Girls Friday/Results BBU)

(Team Canada vs Tech Unlimited Europe)

Intro:
The opening bout tonight in Birmingham's Barclay's Arena, sees Canada's Elyse Levesque fight Germany's Micaela Schaefer.
The 31 year old Elyse made her debut last year against Federica Nargi, beating her after 6 rounds to the delight of her stable to get her career off to a great start.
Her opponent the 33 year old Micaela has won 1 fight in 11 attempts, that was by knockout against Holly Peers, since then she's lost to girls like Elisabetta Gregoraci, her long term rival in and out the ring Indira Weis and several other rookies like Elyse.
When both girls met at the press conference, it was clear that both certainly don't lack confidence as they have hands on hips and square up to each other.
Both fighters are the same height as Micaela stands wearing a black dress with the centre low cut to say the least, you can see her belly button, while Elyse has a more modest (what isn't) red dress.
They are being asked to sit down to take to the media, but anyone whose being around Micaela knows she's a stirrer looking for trouble.
Instead of going to her table, she gets right into the face of Elyse after stepping out of her heels, clearly challenging her future opponent.
She looks slightly stunned as Elyse steps out her own heels and tells Micaela "any time bytch" which makes the German girl crinkle her nose and shove Elyse, who quickly gets her feet under her and it is on!
Both firing slaps that turn each others heads, security looks afraid to step between these hellcats in case they get hit by a wild strike.
Micaela looks to be getting the better of it with her years of catfighting, till Elyse grabs at her dress and rips the filmsy thing at the front, exposing the bare breasts of her rival.
Covering herself up more in shock then modesty, Micaela takes a vicious slap that puts her down on her backside and before round 2 can begin, security finally gets between them.
The crowd sighing for a moment, wondering if these two are willing to be paid to catfight each other in future on the apartment fighting circuit.
Those sighs turn to cheers again as you have to remember that Micaela is an exhibitionist, she once offered people to pay to have dinner with her while she was nude.
So before she leaves the stage, she gives the cameras a quick opportunity to flash some topless photos for the papers or maybe for private collections as both girls are pulled off stage.

Fight night, Elyse comes out first wearing a red bikini with white gloves, she has her coach Kari Matchett by her side as she raises her fists up to the crowd.
Heading to the ring with an utter look of focus on her face, she punches the air as thinks about punching Micaela to her pretty face.
Climbing into the ring, Elyse jogs to her corner and starts stretching to get ready to fight, till she looks up the entrance aisle to see her opponent arrive.
Micaela standing with her coach for tonight Laetitia Casta by her side, she's wearing a black bikini but hasn't got her gloves on yet, instead she is carrying a riding crop that she's slapping against her hand.
Walking down to the ring, she points the whip in the ring at Elyse as the crowds eyes all seem to be on her hands.
Climbing into the ring, Elyse doesn't show any fear as Micaela points the whip at her and tells her "since you want to play rough, after I kick your ass around this ring with these" raising her taped fists, she finishes by saying "then I'm going to whip you till you understand whose the best"
Handing the crop to the referee; who hangs it off a ring post, Anna Woolhouse whose doing commentary tonight hasn't seen one being used, whoever wins will be using it tonight it seems so she's going to get an experience.
After Micaela gets a set of black gloves on, the girls are brought to the ring centre to hear the final instructions, both snarling insults as the referee gets in between them to stop any action before the bell.
The referee maybe out of habit more then anything asks for a touch of gloves, both girls give each other a deathly stare, then head back to their corners without any attempt to show respect to their opponent.
As they get to their corners, the referee signals for the bell to begin 10 rounds of lightweight boxing action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters with high guards, circling and testing each other out with long range strikes, Micaela looking surprisingly the more aggressive as she steps forwards and lands two punches straight to the guard of Elyse.
But Elyse isn't afraid to mix it up it seems as she steps forwards and the crowd erupts as the fighters go toe to toe.
Micaela whose been on the receiving end of some hidings in the past 12 months, steps back after she takes two cracking shots to the side of her face.
Her opponent is too keen to knock her out early and steps into a hard straight onto her nose, one that Micaela does punish her for with two hooks to the sides of her head.
Elyse covering up as Micaela's eyes light up, she has the opening she needed in her mind, but she doesn't take full advantage as her punches mostly hit guard or just graze her target.
The crowd seems up for this fight, maybe wanting to see that crop get used already as Micaela keels the pressure on.
Digging her fists into the arms of Elyse to keep her guard high, then punishing her to the body with several unanswered punches.
Elyse groans with each hit, but she swings back late in the round, just missing with a right hook, but creating space to work in again as the fighters land single punches.
As the round is coming to an end, Micaela tries to duck and step in to land an uppercut, Elyse telegraphs it and steps back so the German misses, before she lands a double jab and a right cross to end the round strongly.
Both girls staring hard at each other after the bell rings, Micaela cockily smiling as she tells Elyse "that crop is going to leave some marks for you to remember me by" winking as she tries to get into her opponents head.
Elyse just snorts in derision and jogs back to her corner, where Kari tells her to keep calm and box smartly to win.
Round 2:
Elyse looking to get in close it seems to rough up Micaela, she makes a mistake though and misses with a right that gets countered by her opponent with a left cross.
Micaela digging two more shots to the body to upset Elyse again, who was possibly expecting an easier time, but Micaela looks focused to stop her tonight and not add to her own loss column.
Stepping forwards to rough up Elyse, Micaela works the body of the Canadian to the delight of some in the crowd, like Doda's fans, it seems people love a bad girl and some of those body shots are close to the waistband of Levesque's bikini bottoms.
Elyse though gets her opening up top, landing a right across the cheek of Micaela to turn her head, she just misses with a follow up left cross as her model rival gives her a shove to her jugs to unbalance her and reset herself.
Cursing herself for a missed opportunity, Elyse stalks Micaela back and takes several jabs onto her gloves as she keeps her guard high.
Micaela surprises Elyse with a right to the ribs, but as she tries to slip backwards out the way of a counter, she's too slow, getting caught with a right across the cheek of her opponent.
Shaking her head, Micaela lifting her guard up as Elyse sucks it up and steps in close to work in tight, slamming punch after punch into the sides of the German fighter.
Micaela grimacing as she takes a beating and groans out in pain, she shoves Elyse back with her left into her face and lands a right hook to separate them.
The round is heading towards the end and both fighters slow down slightly, using their jabs as they look to set up a big punch to win.
The bell rings with Elyse shoving Micaela and telling her "you want to play like that, I'm not afraid you c***" with Micaela edging closer with the referee stepping between the girls to stop the fighters starting up again.
After they head back to their corners, Laetitia warns Micaela to be careful not to get caught doing anything illegal, Micaela laughs and replies "I don't need to cheat to beat her, I just want her to feel every punch"
Round 3:
Micaela is looking to keep the pressure on Elyse, make the rookie make a mistake, but she isn't quick enough to get across the canvas to knock her back towards the ropes.
Instead she misses with a right and takes a left across her cheek, the girls plan their feet and start throwing hard shots.
Elyse ducks under a right and comes back up with an overhand right that cracks Micaela to the side of her head to turn it around.
Forced to cover up, Micaela tries to counter Elyse, but the Canadian leans her head out the way of a right cross, then comes back with a right and left to her cheeks.
Elyse shoving Micaela onto her heels, powering the German onto the ropes, both girls fighting hard as Micaela tries to get off the ropes.
But as she takes two hard rights to her cheek, Micaela pulls her opponent in to clinch up, Elyse can be seen laughing into the ear of Micaela.
The referee separates the fighters, Micaela catching Elyse with a straight to the top of her head and a left to the ribs.
Elyse starts to get pushed back a few steps, till she slips under a left and lands three quick fire body shots that forces a gasp from Micaela.
Micaela trying her best to cover up as Elyse lands a right to her cheek, it's starting to swell up as Elyse pounds the German backwards.
The bell rings to stop the assault Micaela was under, Elyse jogging back to her corner with a confident look on her face, while Micaela can be seen spitting insults at her from behind, before she heads to her own corner.
Round 4:
Micaela looks slow to come out her corner, her confidence seems to be wilting again as Elyse stalks her around the ring.
Using her jab to measure up Micaela, then she steps in and lands a right around the guard, Micaela trying to fight back but misses with two cross punches.
Elyse snaps a jab onto the chin of Micaela and follows with a right to the cheek that puts Micaela onto her backside.
Micaela staring up at the roof, shaking her head as she can't believe she is down, the referee counting above her as she starts to push herself up.
Beating the count at 8, Micaela banging her gloves together to try to psyche herself up, the referee allowing her to continue.
Coming forwards, both girls slug it out as Micaela tries to fight her way back into this contest, the problem being that she is getting caught with power punches by Elyse.
Blood is starting to run from a cut above the left eye of Micaela, who grimaces and is being knocked back towards a corner.
Clinching up again, blood is running from that cut onto the back of Elyse, the referee separates them again and it looks like Micaela is in survival mode as seconds tick away in the round.
The bell rings to the relief of everyone in the Tech Unlimited side of the ring, Micaela looks down at the canvas, the ringside doctor is waiting in her corner as Laetitia has to work hard to stop the bleeding.
Elyse meanwhile looks relaxed in her corner, smiling as her and Kari talk as the coach works on cleaning her up for the next round.
Round 5:
The doctor gives Micaela a quick check, he looks happy to let her continue but warns her to protect that cut, not what she wants to hear as she looks over at the corner with the crop she brought with her.
Elyse doesn't seem to care, she continues to methodically stalk Micaela around the ring, Schaefer tries to jab away at her opponent but is just hitting thin air.
A right catches Micaela on that cut and she stumbles back onto the ropes, blood starting to run down the cheek of the model again.
Elyse pounding Micaela on the ropes, Schaefer trying to cover up but her head is being rocked and she starts to slump into the ropes.
The referee has seen enough and steps in, pulling Elyse off of Micaela and waving the fight to be stopped.

Winner: Elyse Levesque TKO Round 5

After:
Elyse struts back to her corner with her arms raised as Micaela looks like she's been in a fight with a grizzly bear, her left cheek is swollen up and blood is dripping down her cheek.
Laetitia rushes out to check her over, looking at her friends face with a tear forming in her right eye, she holds it back as she helps Micaela back to the Tech corner.
The doctor helps out to stop the bleeding as Micaela shuts her eyes and tries to forget what has just happened and what is going to hammer.
Elyse smiling as she bumps fists with her coach Kari, the Team Canada lightweight coach tells her how proud she is of her.
Soon their attention turns to Micaela, Anna Woolhouse's eyes light up as she sees Elyse go to get the riding crop and when it's in her hand, she stares at it and laughs as she jokes to Kari "this isn't my style but when in Rome as they say"
Micaela's face is cleared up enough that it doesn't look as bad as before, though it will be a few days before the bruises disappear, longer for the cut that isn't bleeding anymore.
Elyse grabs her by the hair and pulls Micaela up to her feet, Laetitia complaining but knowing that Micaela got herself into this mess.
Pulling Micaela's bikini bottoms up into her behind in a wicked wedgie, Micaela screaming out in agony as her eyes well up in pain.
Then pulling Micaela over her knee, Elyse starts to spank her with the crop, the crop leaving a mark onto the backside of the stunning model, whose sobbing and begging her to stop.
Doing it 10 times, Elyse stops and shoves Micaela off her knee to her back and tosses the crop onto her body, shouting "I enjoyed that! Anytime you want a repeat bring that crop babe!" Laughing as she turns and leaves the ring with Kari to a loud cheer.
Micaela meanwhile has to be given a moment to recover as much mentally from the humiliation as she covers her face up to hide that she's crying her heart out.
Laetitia helping her up when she sees Micaela uncover her face, cuddling her fighter around her waist with her left arm, she helps her up the ramp to the safety of the Tech Unlimited locker room.
Anna Woolhouse looks surprised at how much she enjoyed watching that, the boxing match she tells the viewers, though head BBU reporter Denise Van Outen would tell you otherwise.