Hannah Ware vs Roxanne McKee
(BBU Independent vs Garnet Gunners UK)
(2-0, 2 KO vs 3-9, 2 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: The highly-touted Hannah Ware returns to action tonight and is the odds-on favorite to dominate the brave but otherwise lacklustre Roxanne McKee who hasn't won a fight since June 2014 when she upstaged Marion Cotillard. Hannah has herself knocked out the French actress on her BBU debut before stopping the notorious Brooke Vincent last fall. She'd have liked to compete a little more frequently but free agents usually struggle for consistent work so Kate Abdo reckons she'll have to make the most of tonight's opportunity to be still regarded as a hot prospect.

Hannah Ware wears a black one-piece swimsuit and white gloves. Long dark brown hair wrapped in a loose bun at the back of her head. Roxanne McKee wears a red one-piece swimsuit and black gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Hannah is the more aggressive of the two brunettes as they slug it out in the center of the ring and picks off the older woman from point-blank range which in turn forces Roxanne to cave in behind a high earmuff much quicker than she would have liked. However she's got no choice here as Hannah really wades in the juice and is determined to reel her back to the ropes. Roxanne thinks better off her turtle-like defense and tries to swing it out but misses the hooking approach and gets clubbed on the chin which only proves worse, she wobbles back on her heels and Ware just keeps piling on the pressure thereafter. She thumps the hapless opponent back to the turnbuckle before splitting her mitts and knocking more leather on the cheeks. Ugh! McKee drifts away on soft knees in the dying seconds and gets stacked up in the corner with Hannah raining punches left, right and center!

Round 2:
The ultra-aggressive approach from Ware gives her more success early in the second as she completely annihilates McKee's guard and begins to sway her head back & forth in another powerful display. Roxanne's response is putrid, she can barely land one punch for each three or four thrown and gets wrapped behind another earmuff come the one minute mark. Hannah bumps her in a phone booth-like charge and drops low to explore some options around the ribcage which only bends McKee into spasms once those punches find the target. Nobody inside the Cardiff Arena is surprised when the younger brunette eventually pummels her opponent onto the ropes again and the final minute is all about Ware one more time who just pounds away in fury and leaves McKee spitting out her gumshield at the bell.

Round 3:
Roxanne tries to mount a comeback here and does exceptionally well to stay in the mid-distance exchange during the opening minute, she even lands her best punch of the night catching Hannah's lips in the proccess but a clinching struggle that follows flames out the hopes of a swift turnaround. Both women wrestle around for real estate as the ref stays out of it but Hannah eventually breaks free and beats the fellow brunette for a sky hook that finds Roxanne's brow ridge and spins her to the side. She immediately leaps after her prey and sticks more jabs to the body which forces McKee to seek a clinching respite herself. The final minute brings more wrestling and shoving and even the ref has finally enough of this; however both women are reluctant to let go of each other until the bell.

Round 4:
McKee comes flying in with the initial punch, she nails the younger actress on the lips and even clips her jugs with a low half-uppercut however Ware soon establishes another aerial drill that smacks Roxanne's ponytail around her neck and drops her into a deep earmuff cover. A switch downstairs then finds the vulnerable spot and bends Roxanne forward, she bumps her chin against Hannah's shoulder and even though she locks another clinch, Ware just lashes out at her guts and drives her backwards into the ropes. McKee tries to swing from the back foot but gets countered as Hannah is just that little quicker in execution. She wraps the older brunette in a head hunting galore that leaves Roxanne aching in pain and sporting a couple of nasty bruises at the bell.

Round 5:
Another huge push from Ware splits McKee's mitts and the punches really begin to stack up now with the older brunette unable to block them off whatsoever. She gets rooted to the spot in the center of the ring and soon embarks on another moaning struggle that only fuels Hannah's determination; she dissects McKee's high guard and knocks more leather into the swollen face which eventually breaks Roxanne's resilience... SHE GOES DOWN ON HER BACKSIDE simply crumbling underneath the barrage. She takes a full eight count before getting up but she's more than rattled here and does little to halt the looming follow up. Hannah jumps at her with more hooking connection and pounds back to the ropes where Roxanne just wilts under more pressure and is unable to keep her gloves in tact anymore. Hannah drives forward from point-blank range showing her foe no mercy at all and she knocks her out when a double left/right combo connects with the nose AND SENDS McKEE SLIDING DOWN ON HER BUM WITH EYES CLOSED in the corner! KO5 Hannah Ware!!!

AFTER: That was an impressive display of power from Hannah who maintains her perfect record. Meanwhile Roxanne's career seems to have stalled at the journeywoman level and she'll struggle to become more than just another punching target for all the upstarts and hot prospects around the league.

Final result: Hannah Ware def. Roxanne McKee KO5.