(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
(Kear's Kats vs The Sirens)
Intro: The next fight in the BBU Arena in Cardiff sees two of the young guns in the Contender 6 tournament finally do battle, Stephanie Davis and Diana Korkunova face each other tonight. Stephanie is 25 years old, stands 5'2 and holds a record of 6 wins, all by knockout and 3 defeats. Diana is 21 years old, stands 5'5 and holds a record of 6 wins, all by knockout and 6 defeats.
During the interviews in their gyms, Stephanie sits with an annoyed look on her face, telling the interviewer "before we start I have a message to Heidi Range, I'll get my revenge bytch for robbing me in our hometown you c***!" Changing her target of ire to her future opponent "Diana better not think I'm easy pickings, I am f***ed off! She has such a pretty face right? So I am going to enjoy smashing her face in" She simply gets up and leaves as she doesn't look in the mood to continue the interview, instead going to hit the punchbag to get her frustrations out. Diana looks her usual self, smiling warmly as she sits down and says "I hope I'm not going to need to recover in bed for a week like when I fought Jenna in the last round" winking at the camera. "Stephanie started off so well but not to be too harsh, she seems to have been found out though, I mean I even battered Heidi when I fought her, so I am not too worried for this fight" a cheek grin crossing Diana's face. She finishes by saying "I know this year has been a mixed bag for me, I'd like to think that my performances so far show I am close to breaking through as an elite fighter, it's time I prove it now"
Fight night, out comes Stephanie with Gail Kim, she looks in a real rotten mood as she marches with her head down towards the ring. Her attire is her favourite red sports bra, red trunks with a small Liverpool badge on her left leg, red gloves and shoes with her hair braided. Stepping into the ring; she heads straight for her corner, ignoring the crowd even as she is like the hometown girl thanks to the amount of Liverpool fans who've come over the border to support her, she just has her mind on the fight. Now out comes Diana with Henry Cavill by her side, she bounces up and down on her toes with her cheeky grin, waving to the fans enthusiastically before she heads to the ring. Diana's attire is a white sports bra with "DK" written on her left bra cup in black letters, white trunks with "Korkunova" in black and black gloves and shoes, her hair is braided. Climbing into the ring; she jogs to her corner and mounts the bottom rope, blowing kisses to the fans as she shows her love for them.
Soon though the fighters come to the ring centre, Diana keeping her smile as Stephanie simply scowls in reply, already sick of that smile it seems as she tells the referee "hurry up so I can smash her face in" with Diana laughing in reply. He asks them to touch gloves, but Danielle turns her back on Diana and heads straight for her corner, the chipper Diana just shrugs her shoulders and jogs to her corner, both ready to get it on in 10 rounds of flyweight action.
Round 1: Out come the fighters; Stephanie is straight away getting into the personal space of Diana, forcing the two to trade on the inside in something that resembles a bar brawl. Both women just smacking away at each others body and face to make their opponent cry out, Stephanie though seems to be winning these early exchanges as she lands a right and left across the face of Diana to make her step back. Diana covering up as Stephanie lands a jab to her abs, the Russian fighting off the back foot, jabbing over the guard of the Scouser's guard to the top of her head to create some space. Stephanie keeps Diana on the outside of the ring; working the body with single shots as she looks for a way to get inside to batter her opponent. Each time she gets to move forwards; Diana keeps catching across the top of her head, with a double jab hitting her square on the nose on her latest attempt, allowing Diana to escape off outside to more space. Stephanie isn't deterred as she continues to be aggressive, slipping under a left cross to come up with an overhand left that hits Diana on the side of her head. That allows Stephanie to build on it by hammering the body of Diana in the final seconds of the round, driving Korkunova onto the ropes. The bell rings soon with Stephanie turning and heading to her corner with a stern look on her face, she is desperate for this win as Gail doesn't say anything to her, just works on cleaning her up. While in the other corner, Diana still has that smile on her face, telling Henry "this is going to be good" as she gets washed down by her coach, who simply grins in reply.
Round 2: Stephanie again tries to bully Diana back, problem is her opponent is more wiser to that fact, with Diana moving on the outside and drilling her between her mitts to her face. The taller fighter using her reach to keep Davis back, landing cleanly to her face as the English fighter keeps stepping forwards. By dipping under a straight; Stephanie just misses with an uppercut as she comes back up, but is able to force the action, again leading to another heated exchange between them. The crowd roaring on both fighters as they rip away at each other, trying to shove each other backward, with Stephanie putting her head right under the chin of the bigger girl and hammering the abs. Diana shoving her back; catching Stephanie trying to come back forwards with a straight to the top of her head and a left hook. Stephanie forced to cover up and take a flurry of five punches onto her gloves as she retreats back, Diana forcing her around the outside of the ring with straights and jabs. The bell rings with Diana continuing to smile, as Stephanie can be heard saying "bytch" as she stomps back to her corner. Gail just staring daggers at Stephanie, not pleased with her performance this round, while Stephanie has her head down and muttering to herself "kick this f***ers arse" Diana on the other hand is happily chatting away with Henry as he works on her, "I should get more workouts like this right" chuckling as she sees Stephanie stare up at her with hate filled eyes, making her smile wider.
Round 3: This time it's Diana who starts off the stronger, quickly taking the ring centre with several punches getting over the top of Stephanie's guard to the top of her head to knock it back. Now Diana forces Stephanie to have to cover up and move on the outside, rifling her punches towards the face of the Brit. Stephanie deflects a straight away and ducks under a left cross as she moves inside to land two punches to the side of the body of Diana, then lands a left across her face to back her up. Several punches rain off the gloves of Diana as she goes on the defensive, letting Stephanie come on the front foot as she blocks most of the shots. Before she leans out the way of a right hook and catches Davis on her nose with a counter straight punch that forced Stephanie back a step, adding a right and left across the face of her opponent to knock sweat into the air. Stephanie again shoved back onto the defensive as Diana pins her behind her guard with stiff jabs, with the right landing to the body to make Stephanie groan out. The Brit throws a wild left hook that finds thin air, Diana lands another right to the cheek of Davis, with a follow up left cross forcing her smaller opponent to retreat. Diana though keeps on top of her; bullying her back onto the ropes as seconds tick away in the round, punches smacking off the gloves of Stephanie till the bell rings. The Sirens corner continues to be a bastion of positivity, Diana with several marks on her face and a little pink hue on he'd body, but she looks nonetheless happy with how this fight is going. The Kear's corner is the polar opposite right now; Gail let's the cutwoman do all the work as she finally speaks to her fighter, just not in flattering terms "what the hell is with you? Go out and prove to me why you are supposedly such a prospect!" With Stephanie nodding in reply.
Round 4: Stephanie bangs her gloves together as she heads out; she looks up for this as she takes several punches to the face, but soon dips under a straight and comes up with an overhand left to turn Diana's head. Desperate to prove to Gail her worth; Stephanie is throwing a body barrage to drive her opponent back towards the ropes, only a nudge with the left hand and good footwork gets Diana out of trouble. But Stephanie continues to be a nuisance by keeping in tight to Diana, forcing her to fight on the inside, which suits Stephanie a lot more then the Russian. Diana grimacing as her body takes a pounding, using her left shoulder to nudge Stephanie back and lands a right across face to break her off. Once more Diana is able to work on the outside as she uses her reach to keep Stephanie back, drilling straight punches into her face and as she moves quickly around the ring to stop being pinned against the ropes. Late in the round though; Stephanie deflects a right cross and comes inside with two punches under the ribs of Korkunova to make her gasp and lands a stiff straight onto the chin of the younger woman to force her onto the back foot. The bell rings to end the round with Stephanie looking relieved to have gotten the fight back under her control, she is even more in a good mood as she sees Diana's smile is gone. While Gail doesn't say it, she does look more softly towards Stephanie after a good round, she tells Stephanie "keep hurting her right!" With Stephanie showing a smile grin now. In the opposite corner; Diana rubs her and admits "the bytch can punch" as Henry puts ice packs on her body to numb the pain, she gives him a small smile to wordlessly say thank you, before her eyes lock onto her opponent's across the ring.
Round 5: Stephanie looks to build off her success in the last round, stepping forwards and engaging Diana at midrange as the younger fighter sticks to trying to fight on the outside. A missed right cross that sails over Stephanie's head though leaves Diana open to more punishing body shots, driving her opponent onto the ropes. With Diana covering up; Stephanie throwing away at her sides, enjoying the grimace on the face of Korkunova, leading to Diana pulling Stephanie into a clinch. The referee steps in to break them up; with Diana moving into space, Stephanie looks to step forwards again but this time Diana moves back and steps to the side to keep out the way of the hooks Stephanie is throwing. Diana lands a double jab onto the top of Stephanie's head, who tries to land a right hook to the body but Diana steps out the way and counters with a right onto the nose of Davis. Some blood trickles from the nose of Stephanie; leading to Diana targeting it with straight punches that knocks Stephanie's head back. Stephanie swinging an overhand right that Diana leans out the way of and counters with a straight that hits the nose of Davis, before landing a left hook to make the English lass stumble away. The smaller fighter covering up as Diana peppers her face with three punches that knocks her head back, driving Stephanie towards the ropes now. The bell rings to end the round with Diana looking serious as she heads to her corner, Henry nodding at her as he knows she is on the hunt now to end this. As Stephanie pushes herself off the ropes; looking furious as she wipes the blood from her face, Gail looks annoyed as the cutwoman works on patching up their fighter. Gail just looks out the ring at the roaring crowd who want more of this action and wishes she could be one of the fans, instead of having to worry about Stephanie and get her to actually win this tough fight.
Round 6: Back out come the fighters; Stephanie trying to rush out to meet Diana, but her guard is too open, leading her to being hit on her bloody nose, causing Stephanie to cry out. Diana leans out the way of a hook from Stephanie, catching Stephanie's across the side of her head to make her stumble a step. Pounding punches smack into Stephanie's face to knock her head back with blood flying off her nose into the air, Stephanie stumbling onto the ropes WITH AN UPPERCUT CATCHING STEPHANIE ON HER CHIN THAT MAKES HER CRUMBLE TO THE CANVAS! The referee nudges Diana back and checks on Stephanie, he waves that she is knocked out and the fight is over!
Winner Diana Korkunova KO Round 6
After: It wasn't an easy win but Diana has gotten it and that stunning smile returns to her face as she flexes her arms as she heads to her corner, winking at Henry who shows his guns. While medics and the ringside doctor check on Stephanie, soon waving for a stretcher as she stirs awake but is badly dazed from that stunning knockout she received. Gail just shakes her head; starting to really worry now about Stephanie, not knowing what she can do to turn this slump around as Stephanie is one fight away from not winning a single fight in the tournament, something not many thought would happen. Diana doesn't even notice Stephanie has been carried out, she is too busy hugging Henry and telling him "I love earning hugs from you" he just laughs in reply. He helps take the gloves off her and helps to clean her up of sweat and rehydrate her, before he gives her cheek a kiss; making Diana blush. Looking out at the crowd; Diana remembers to celebrate with them as she heads to the ring centre, getting her hand raised and jumping for joy as the crowd cheer her on. Before her and Henry leave the ring; Diana blowing kisses to the fans as she heads up the ramp, her tournament record stands at 2 and 2, so the final fight in the tournament for her against Tiffany Mulheron will decide if she had done well or badly. For now Diana hopes that Henry will take her out on the town to celebrate as she grins wickedly at him, hoping she has made him proud tonight.
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