(Written by Girls Friday/Results BBU)

(The Metermaids vs Free Agent)

Intro:
Two beautiful singers step into the ring looking to get back on the win column as Australian Natalie Imbruglia fights American Azealia Banks.
The 42 year old Natalie is 5'3 3/4, her record isn't great as it's 1 win by knockout in 9 fights, that win was on her debut against Kelly Packard in 2003!
Her opponent Azealia is 26 years old, 5'7 and holds a record of 7 wins and 2 defeats since her debut back in 2013, she's beaten girls like Reon Kadena, Elle Goulding and Tulisa Contostavlos to name a few.
So when the fight was announced to take place in Birmingham's Barclay's Arena, people firmly placed their bets behind Azealia to smash Natalie out the ring and even questioned why this fight was taking place.

As the girls met up at the press conference, Natalie sure didn't loom affair of the challenge, staring up at the taller Azealia, who smirks down confidently at her.
Both went to their tables and Natalie was given the chance to speak first, which she passionately did as she started by saying "I love being the underdog guys, it makes it all the sweeter when I upset you and whoever I'm fighting"
Adding "Azealia is going to be tough, I'm not stupid to look my nose down at what she's accomplished in such a short time, but if I catch her on her chin like Una Healy and Jennifer Lawrence has, then let's see if she can take it"
Azealia stares hard at Natalie, clearly those two losses last year that took away her unbeaten record off her, maybe she starts thinking about hammering Natalie though as she starts smiling.
She says "I don't know what planet Natalie is on, I haven't fought since November of last year, when Una Healy just beat me"
Laughing as she adds "I guess you need to be taught a lesson sweet cheeks when we get into that ring" as she gets up and instead of going for the final face off for the cameras, she walks off the stage to make the snubbed Natalie's face turn a deep shade of red.

Fight night, Natalie comes out first, wearing a dark green bikini and gloves, her long black hair is tied back into a ponytail, she has her coach Holly Valance by her side as she begins her walk to the ring.
She looks up for this as she bangs her gloves together and stares at the ring, not wanting to think about anything else but upsetting this bytch as she sees her.
Stepping into the ring, she raises her right and nods to the crowd, but quickly gets back into her warm up routine, punching Holly's hands.
Now Azealia makes her entrance, big sunglasses on even though she's in an indoor arena, she's wearing a stars and strips pattern bikini top, black bikini bottoms and red gloves as she heads to the ring.
Looking around at the crowd with an arrogant smirk, she doesn't bother to hype up the crowd or interact with them, she just wants to get into the ring and finish the job in front of her.
After she steps into the ring, she walks to her corner and her coach has to take her sunglasses off as she blows him a kiss and shadow boxes in her corner.
Both fighters come to the ring centre, Natalie staring right at Azealia, while Azealia looks anywhere but at her, showing even more respect to her opponent.
Asked to touch gloves, Azealia bangs her gloves on top of Natalie's, before jogging back to her corner with Natalie wanting to throw her gloves off and screw the boxing, just get down to ripping Azealia's head off.
Natalie is calmed down by Holly enough to head back to her corner, the referee happy to start the fight, signalling for the bell to be rung to start 10 rounds of bantamweight boxing action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters, Natalie trying to start off quickly as she knows she has to strike fast and hard to win this fight before it's too late.
Problem is that she is fighting a bigger and taller fighter who simply jabs her through her guard to stop her getting in close.
Azealia doesn't looking at all worried by Natalie, she swings two big hooks that smack into the cheeks of the Aussie and already she's wobbling.
A straight punch rocks Natalie back towards the ropes and even as she lands two desperate jabs to the lips of Banks, Natalie can't stop getting smacked around.
A right to Natalie's lips bust them open as she cries out in pain and Azealia steps forwards, the girls slugging it out but it's clear Imbruglia is outgunned and her face is bruised up as her head rocks side to side till she slides down the ropes to her behind!
Some in the crowd stunned by the furiousness of the attack that led to Natalie being put down, the referee standing over her and counting, Natalie barely looks like she knows where she is!
The referee reaches 10 soon enough to finish what was a complete massacre of Natalie Imbruglia!

Winner: Azealia Banks KO Round 1

After:
Azealia smirks as she raises her arms to a cheering crowd, though as Anna Woolhouse at ringside states "who thought the result would be any different?"
That doesn't stop Azealia pulling her gloves off and tossing them to the canvas, both grabbing her beaten opponents leg and dragging her to the ring centre.
Natalie too dazed to even notice that she's being moved, feels the right foot of Azealia on her jugs as the victor poses for the cameras.
Of course somebody isn't happy, that being Holly Valance as she steps into the ring to berate Azealia for humiliating her fighter and stablemate.
Azealia not taking that kindly, steps off Natalie after first stomping her stomach and walks right up to Holly.
Shoving the Aussie stunner, Azealia cockily smiles till she's slapped and suddenly we have another fight on our hands.
Holly and Azealia pull each others hair with one hand and throw right fists at anywhere they can hit, Holly landing a good bare knuckle right to bust Azealia's bottom lip.
When security finally gets into the ring to separate the two, both are shouting to be let go and the crowd fully supports that idea.
BBU officials come down to the ring to intervene, telling the girls if they want to fight so badly, they can sort a contract out to fight.
It doesn't really calm either woman down, but they agree that this has to be settled, Azealia remarking "I'm going to pay you back for this bytch" as she touches her bloody lip.
Her coach holds a towel to the lip till Azealia pushes him away and storms out the ring, Holly just staring at her future opponent.
Then she remembers Natalie, pulling up the somewhat recovered fighter, though she's still somewhat shaky, Holly telling her everything that's just happened and Natalie nodding.
Holly helps Natalie out the ring as Anna Woolhouse says "I honestly don't know if Natalie has any real fights left in her, this did nothing but get Azealia another enemy, which she seems to find easily I'm told"
While it was seen as a showcase for Azealia, it wasn't much of a one, though it may be leading into one with the tough Holly Valance now in her sights.