(Written by Girls Friday/Results BBU)

(Girls Friday vs Free Agent)

Intro:
The main event of tonight's "Shannara Chronicles party" card sees Poppy Drayton take on the Queen Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones Lena Headey.
While Poppy is best known as Princess Amberle in the Shannara Chronicles, she set off on a quest in series 1 of the show and while she doesn't take part often in the 2nd series, she plays a key part in how events play out.
Poppy herself is 26 years old, stands 5'6 and holds a record of 7 wins, all by knockout and 2 defeats.
While Lena is 44 years old, she stands 5'5 1/2 and she hasn't won a fight yet, her only fight being a loss to her own Game of Thrones co-star Emilia Clarke.

The fighters walked the red carpet outside New Zealand's The Trust Arena, where the fight is to take place, with Poppy wearing her favourite black dress with a low cut front, while Lena has a white dress that shows her impressive figure off.
Coming face to face; Poppy is smiling as Lena just stares intensely at her, Lena can be heard saying "is something funny?"
Which gets Poppy replying "no; I am excited to fight you, I've heard so much about you, it's an honour..." With Lena replying "save your brown nosing, I'm here to kick your tight arse and that's all"
The smile disappearing as Poppy looks rightly offended you could say, Lena of course not caring as she brushes past her to head into the arena, with Poppy soon enough following.

Fighting time; Poppy out first with Lauren Berlingeri and Eva Carneiro by her side, her smile seems to have returned as she jogs her way to the ring.
Poppy is wearing a black sports bra, tight black workout shorts, gloves and her brunette hair is braided.
She steps into the ring and bows to the crowd, blowing a few kisses as she gets cheered by her fans, before stepping into her corner looking ready for this.
Now out comes Lena, she is wearing a white sports bra, matching shorts and gloves while her own brunette hair is cropped for this fight.
She has a more intense look on her as she heads to the ring, throwing a few punches on her way down to limber up for this contest.
Before stepping into the ring and getting to her corner right away, just all business for her tonight as she goes through her warm up.
Brought to the ring centre; the fighters eyes lock in a hard stare down with Lena looking annoyed by the presence of Poppy it seems.
Asked to touch gloves, they do as asked with a quick swipe, the fighters more interested in getting back to their corners to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.

Round 1:
Out come the fighters with Lena starting on the front foot early, catching Poppy slightly unaware as the younger fighter clearly was thinking that they'd be testing each other out.
Instead she finds an aggressive Lena slamming punches into her guard, pressing her back around the ring, before Lena smartly begins switching her targets up to start scoring better.
Poppy begins to fire back once she realises what is going on, the crowd cheering the fighters on as they slam punches across the others faces.
But Lena shows she is going to make this as hard as she can, bumping into Poppy with her left shoulder and just misses with an uppercut as Poppy steps back.
Lena surprises a few with how successful she is being over the younger opponent, especially as she lands some hard looking body punches across the ribs of Drayton.
Who groans and gets all defensive as Lena continues looking for an early knockout, swinging a few wild hooks that the younger Poppy dances out the way of.
Late in the round; Poppy is able to counter a right from Headey to land a double jab onto the cheek of the older woman, landing some good counter shots as Lena tries to step inside.
The bell rings after Poppy takes a right onto her ribs, groaning out to give Lena a small grin, jogging back to her corner as Poppy nods behind her, as if realising that Lena really is after taking her head off.
Sitting on their stools, both fighters get washed down by their coaches, Lena's corner of course looking more happier after a strong opener.
Round 2:
Again Lena looks to get right into the face of Poppy; whose fighting out from her guard, with Poppy knowing now what to expect, she is starting to get into this fight now as she counters her opponent more often.
Lena manages to rifle several punches into the abs of Poppy to try and open her up, she doesn't react quickly enough though to a right hook across her cheek that pushes her back.
With Poppy adding two straight punches to the nose of Lena, who again tries to push forwards to get inside, finding that she is getting caught across her face though.
The Game of Thrones star needing to step back a bit and reset; while Poppy doesn't rush in, leading to the fighters trading single punches to the others faces.
Again Lena tries to sneak inside with a feint with her left, but Poppy lands a straight at the same time she does as the fighters go toe to toe at midrange.
Lena goes to shove her shoulder in again, Poppy though shoves her as the referee blames both fighters to keep it boxing and not simply a shoving match.
Poppy is starting to really get going though, digging her punches through gaps in Lena's defence to her face, starting to mark it up as the older fighter keeps searching to get inside.
The bell rings with Lena able to land a straight and a left cross to show she won't be easy to get rid of if she helps it, jogging back to her corner with an annoyed look on her face.
While Poppy looks more relaxed now; looking at the marked up face of Lena gives her a smile, knowing she has pulled this fight back to an even keel to work on.
Round 3:
The fighters meet near the ring centre, with Lena happy to take single punches early on then the bullrush tactics she has been using.
Poppy still lands the cleaner punches though, landing to the top of Headey's head, till Lena presses with her way in with two body punches.
The fighters trading on the inside as Poppy falls into the fight Lena wants, with Lauren shouting at her "step to the outside!" As Lena is much more happier fighting this scruffy style.
Digging two more body shots; Lena starts to push Poppy onto her backfoot, till Poppy steps back quickly and snaps a right and left off the nose of Headey.
Poppy lands another straight to the nose of Lena to cause it to start bleeding, with Lena starting to miss more with her punches.
The speed of Poppy is starting to be the deciding factor here, her punches spanking the face of Lena as she moves around her, bouncing on her toes more as Lauren looks more relaxed now.
Lena looks to step in with a right hook; instead though as she finds air, three punches smack into her face to reel her back onto her heels.
This time Poppy doesn't hold back as she hammers Lena onto the ropes, with Lena needing to cover up as punches dig into her sides to a roar from the crowd.
The bell rings not long after with Poppy rushing back to her corner with a smile on her face, while Lena has one of those looks that could kill, irate that she is being beaten up now.
Sitting on her stool, Lena gets her nose cleaned up as it bleeds over her lips and chin, her eyes are locked onto Poppy across the ring, desperate to make amends for her work after the opening round.
Round 4:
Lena looks to get into the face of Poppy; but she is getting clipped across her own face as she tries to force the fight, make it scruffy to make it a brawl.
She manages to land a straight to the body of Drayton; she takes two hooks up top though before she can get her guard up in time, leading to her being knocked back.
POPPY DOESN'T LET LENA OFF THE HOOK THIS TIME, POUNDING HER ACROSS THE FACE WITH A FLURRY OF FIVE PUNCHES THAT PUTS HEADEY ONTO HER BACK!
The referee begins to count as Lena stares up at the ceiling 1...2..3...4...5 Lena using the ropes 6...7.. Pulling herself up to her feet with a little wobble, showing her toughness which must give her fans some hope.
But as the fight continues, it's clear that Lena is still hurting as the fighters trade, Poppy is rocking her backwards around the ring, TILL AN UPPERCUT CATCHES LENA AND DOWN SHE GOES AGAIN!
The referee counting again; 1...2....3....4...5... Lena stirs but is mostly just groaning 6...7.... Lena is rubbing her chin but that's all as 8…..9..10 she is counted out.

Winner Poppy Drayton KO Round 4

After:
Poppy looking ecstatic; back on the winners circle and a win over someone she respects immensely, she rushes over to check on Lena.
Who once she is helped to sit up, nudges Poppy away and just says "good fight" as she is too proud to receive help off anyone.
Using the ropes to pull herself up; Lena heads to her corner with the crowd in awe that she took such a beating but she is stumbling, still shook up as she gets to her corner and sits on her stool, getting worked on by her coach.
Poppy meanwhile sits on her own stool, getting a pat on her back from Lauren, who tells her "you've done us proud again, I know those two losses hurt you but now you know what defeat tastes like, now you know how much you hate it" both women smiling as they nod knowingly at each other.
The women once cleaned up both come to the ring centre, with Poppy getting her hand raised to a big cheer from the crowd.
Lena leaves the ring slowly, getting applause by the crowd as if they didn't know she was a tough woman; now they know.

While Poppy is giving being interviewed by Georgie Thompson, saying "I want to the you all, Lena is a true legend; she is an amazing actress and I for one hope she stays in the ring as I know she will get that first win soon enough" getting a cheer of agreement.
Asked about the fight, Poppy answers "that first round was one of the hardest I've had, most fights you start off simply testing each other out, Lena tests you out alright from the off with just all out attack, but once I got settled, I felt good and I won"
On her future, smiling she replies "well after a great start last year, this has been a big learning curve for me, maybe I got lax from my early success, all I know is that I will double down next year, I will give my friends something to smile about"
Poppy turning around as she sees her costars and best friends, Ivana, Vanessa and Malese all enter the ring, rushing together they hug and laugh.
Standing in the ring centre side by side, they all bow to the fans as there is a loud roar from the fans, tonight has been highly successful for this band of friends, what does the future bring them though will be interesting to see.