Julianne Hough versus Kelly Carlson (IV)
(Words: Empire / Results: Lookout!)

Before:  Neither girl offering a pre fight interview as one of the most brutal and underrated rivalries of the past decade comes center stage once more. Leggy blondes engaging in a brutal three fight series early in their careers, with Hough taking two of three fights from a tough Kelly Carlson. Both girls eager to make a statement and prove they're still relevant. Names like Anna Kendrick and Ashley Tisdale rumored to be in Juli's future, Kelly looking to make one final bid for a belt, seeing a knockout of Hough as just the catalyst she needs. Bitter rivals both opting for baby blue bikinis, white gloves and boots, both with short blonde hair framing their faces, snarling and shoving as the ref struggles to maintain order prior to the opening bell.

R1: Juli hopping mid ring, mitts at her cheeks as she bats a left hook off Kelly's ribs, dipping to her right as she evades Carlson's follow up right, snapping Kelly's head back with a pair of jabs, Carlson blinking in astonishment covering up face in mitts as Hough batters her to the ropes, Kelly in a bad place as the crowd roars, turning into the cables, right covering her face, left across her body as Juli hurls hateful leather, snarling as a pair of uncontested right hooks slam into Carlson's face, blonde staggering, dropping to her knees moments after the bell sounds, Hough crowing as she saunters back to the Empire corner, sporty blonde putting foes and stable mates alike on notice after a savage first.

R2: Carlson still visibly hurt as the second round begins, setting up at the ropes as Hough wades in, Juli double taps a pair of jabs off her mitts, ducking beneath a counter left and slapping a brutal left hook off Kelly's abs bringing the actress gurgling forward, Carlson wraps her mitts around Hough's bottoms nearly yanking them off the seething blonde as she barely avoids going down, as the ref separates then Carlson slides to her left, narrowly evading a charging Hough who slams chest first into the ropes, Kelly letting her hands fly as she goes all in, slamming a right hook into a startled Hough's mouth, following up with a trio of lefts to her heaving chest, Juli's turn to cover up as an exhausted Carlson is a dangerous Carlson, swinging for the fences as Hough twists and turns against the cables, blonde able to take most of Kelly's leather on her shoulders and arms as the actress begins to tire, retaking control of the fight as she snaps a left uppercut off Carlson's navel, following up with a right into her breasts as Kelly cries out on anguish, Juli snapping off quick punches as Carlson covers up, Kelly beginning to slowly break down as Hough roasts her body, sobbing into her mitts as she's afraid to clinch and unwilling to trade, Hough walks her girl midring, jelly legging her with a brutal left uppercut that nearly launches Kelly into the cheap seats, Carlson staggering around, spinning face first into the ropes as the bell sounds to end the second. Between rounds the official goes to check on as badly rattled Kelly, Carlson looking downwards at the canvas behind glassy eyes, actress unable to unwilling to rise as the bell sounds to begin the third, seconds waiving it off to protect their girl, TKO 3 Julianne Hough!

After: Juli gushing in post fight interviews, taunting her upcoming opponent Ashley Tisdale and nodding when asked about another tilt with her foe Anna Kendrick. Carlson helped from the ring by her seconds, covering her face with her mitts as she makes her way to the back.