Lucy Griffiths vs Eleanor Tomlinson
(Beever's Babes vs BBU Independent)
(0-4 vs 2-0, 2 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Allthough Eleanour Tomlinson's slender looks can perhaps deceive, she's still a surprising choice as Lucy Griffiths' BBU comeback opponent. After all, Tomlinson upset her 'Poldark' co-star Heida Reed on her debut almost twelve months ago before swiftly blowing the doors off veteran Kelly Reilly. Meanwhile Lucy Griffiths has served as the proverbial cannon fodder on the Asylum PPVs the past couple of years and is yet to win a boxing contest outright after posting 0-4 record during her initial tenure five years ago. However the Brighton-born brunette is still only 30 years old and enjoys a great time on the small screen with her American TV series 'Preacher' renewed for a second season this summer.

Lucy Griffiths wears a red bikini set and black gloves. Shoulder-lenght dar brown hair straight, curled at the bottom. Eleanor Tomlinson wears a black one-piece swimsuit and white gloves. Long carrot colored hair tied in a thick braid. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Lucy lacks a little confidence and prefers to hang back early which gives Eleanor plenty of opportunity to stick her jabs on target during the opening minute. There's no real power behind these efforts but the sheer amount of workload pushes Lucy backwards as she loops half-hearted hooks over the top trying to stop the redhead's move. Tomlinson keeps working her drill though and stuffs the brunette against the ropes come the final minute but gets clinched as she wants to deliver some proper body shots and Griffiths does well to avoid a really terrible opener here.

Round 2:
More of the same in the second, Lucy hangs back as if her plan includes a straight-forward conterattack but Tomlinson keeps hassling her around the ring and looks more agile of the two. The single punches she lands on target don't cause much damage at this stage and she pauses briefly several times to search for a better opening which allows Lucy to put more distance between the two. The action slows down even further; Tomlinson drops the pursuit tactics as if she knows that Griffiths won't hurt her much regardless of the circumstances and winks back to the referee at the bell. Is she really that confident she can take down the Beever's lass anytime she wants to?

Round 3:
Beever's coach Denise Lewis wants her girl to wake up here before it's too late: "She's toying around here! Make her cocky ass pay for it!" Lucy nods back in approval and indeed she moves much quicker across the boards in the third with the redhead hopping around and settling for more single punches to dent Griffith's offensive plans. However she skims off the forearms several times and then gets WHACKED with a big left hand that finds the nose and sinks her on the heels! On comes Lucy! A sudden shift on tempo allows her to barge in to the body and drop the redhead on the ropes before a quick uppercut bounces off the chin and wraps Eleanor into immediate spasms. Lucy hauls in the juice and snaps her foe's head back a couple of times before another quick strike to the ribcage leaves Tomlinson gasping for air and clinching the fellow actress. Griffiths scores another solid series to the body in the closing seconds and now we have a real fight on our hands as Tomlinson is utterly furious over what happened here!

Round 4:
No messing around anymore as Eleanor jumps into a high-octane drill that hands Lucy's guard a real test early in the fourth. The sheer intensity of this attack should have tore the brunette's defense apart but Lucy ducks low and wades in on the ribcage, something the redhead fails to adjust to and another quick strike to the liver area suddenly makes the 'Poldark' actress scowl in pain and turn to the side. Lucy whacks her on the ear and literally shoves into the ropes where she leaps forward and slams a left hook on the nose that makes Eleanor squeal even louder than before. Griffiths switches low and keeps stacking up the numbers to the body while Tomlinson disappears behind a high earmuff and allows the brunette to clean out her midriff! Lucy gets so committed in her drill she fails to acknowledge the bell and has to be dragged away by the ref however Eleanor needs several seconds to recover her breath and things just don't look so good for her anymore.

Round 5:
Eleanor refuses to back off despite visible breathing problems during the break, she jumps in for another offensive tangle but is no longer the faster of the two and she gets beaten for a brutal right hook that finds her nose and half-spins her to the side on the spot. Lucy comes flying in and explores a hole below the elbow where she sticks her left glove and that one nails the redhead on the liver! Ugh! Tomlinson screams out and half-spins to the other side but Lucy hauls in a right cross AND KNOCKS HER DOWN on the spot! Eleanor gets wrenched to the canvas and she barely saw that last punch after wincing in pain through closed eyes! We have a genuine upset on the cards here in Cardiff! Eleanor rests on her left arm and still hugs the aching liver area at six before making a desperate effort to recover from this shocking knockdown. She eventually gets up at nine but is visibly hurt yet the ref allows the fight to continue. The problem is, Tomlinson's arms are no longer providing any protection upstairs and only cover the wounded liver area which allows Griffiths to smack clean punches right into her foe's face and Eleanor's carrot bride goes for a quick ride here as Denise Lewis urges Lucy to bash her face in! The older girl quickly pummels the hapless redhead back to the ropes and there's nothing coming back from Tomlinson anymore so the ref comes to his senses AND JUMPS IN TO PROTECT the battered woman from more damage. TKO5 Lucy Griffiths!!!

AFTER: The upset is complete! Even Lucy can't believe it at first and freezes for several seconds to watch as the referee escorts the moaning redhead back to the medical crew. But coach Lewis knows all about winning and she lifts the stunned brunette off her feet and yells out at the chanting Welsh audience: "Did you see that? Did you see that?" Of course everyone saw that and even BBU TV's Kate Abdo must admit this was a fine performance from a girl whom was written off as a serious fighter years ago already. Maybe all these trips to the Asylum can teach you a thing or two after all?

On the other hand Eleanor is guilty of a massive misjudgement as she obviously underestimated Griffith's offensive potential. Then again, who expected a winless jobber like Lucy to suddenly roar back into some serious action and actually deliver the result? The redhead's lukewarm approach in the opening couple of rounds only enraged Denise Lewis and she somehow sparked a proper boxing display from the hitherto lacklustre brunette. You just didn't see it coming and poor Eleanor learned all about it the hard way.

Final result: Lucy Griffiths def. Eleanor Tomlinson TKO5.