Hannah Ferguson vs Karlie Kloss (Welterweight Title)
(Words: Caspian / Results: Lookout!)

Hannah:
(25, 5’9, 130, 18:3 FCBA, VIXENs)


Karlie:
(25, 5’11, 10:3 FCBA, The Fighting Academy)


BEFORE:
“Clearly, I wasn’t expecting a title shot at this point in time, with the Welterweight picture crammed full of wanna-be crybabies, but hell - who am I to turn down a chance to take the belt off of Ferguson’s body?” Karlie smirking between clenched teeth, like a hungry animal eyeing her prey. “Getting beat by Bo aside, I’m doing FANTASTIC work in the *War in Heaven* tournament, and I intend to win that freakin’ tourney as the Welterweight champion.” Karlie relaxing her muscled body as she concludes in her seat, muscles relaxing and stretching in her dark red lingerie, all the while observing how her opponent tonight - the actual Welterweight champion - is reacting to her every word… 

Hannah unfolds her arms, sitting forward in her white lingerie top and bottom, small smile on her face saying loads for her. “Karlie’s clearly underestimating her chances here tonight, plain and simple. I didn’t choose her because she was a worthy challenger. I chose her because she’s easy f*cking* prey,” the blonde flashing a toothy grin of her own as the audience reacts in shock. “I make no qualms about it. I mean c’mon - she went down to Bojana last month… <laughs> No offence to Bo, but if you can’t beat Bo, you can’t freakin’ beat me.”

Girls still looking confident as they square off face-to-face for the cameras. It’s the battle of the Sports Illustrated vs Victoria’s Secret brands in more ways than one, with both girls poised as each brand’s up-and-coming prospect and making this match-up all the more interesting. They’re almost identical in size and build, with Kloss slightly more toned and well-build than Hannah in this fight. No doubt, both girls still some of the heaviest-hitters in their division, and the crowds themselves can’t wait to see who comes out on top. Referee asks them both if they’re ready to rumble and with a mutual nod, HERE WE GO!!

ROUND 1:
Girls get in mutual shots off the face and chin in opening seconds, Karlie scoring with a jab-jab-jab to Hannah’s rather shocked face at being denied first blood, but gets her own head swivelled to the side by Hannah’s retaliatory right hook! Crowd buckles in for a wild rest of the night as girls make their presence known to each other early on. Karlie recovering fast from that blast, curiously now grinning instead or grimacing as she’s reminded she doesn't have to hold back in this fight. Indeed, she comes straight at Hannah looking for payback. More rapid-fire jabs thrown at the head but they’re just precursor for the main event: a right cross screams into the middle of Hannah’s forearms, the champ barely deflecting, and then a left uppercut nearly takes her head off if it had landed on the dot. Instead, Ferguson weaving upper torso backwards and POPS an uppercut of her own straight up into Kloss’ jawline, and just… like… that… KARLIE’S WOBBLED!! Karlie beating hasty retreat as Hannah gives no quarter, pounding fist after fist into her guard and then plugging her in the body repeatedly as she chases. Karlie manages to steady herself though in the last minute and let's loose some return jabs, but they’re too little, too late as Hannah runs away with points this opening round.

ROUND 2:
Karlie turns the tables when she parries a wild hook from Ferguson early on and STUFFS a right hand smack into her mouth, forcing a reversal of fortunes after an indecisive opening minute, with both girls trading blows from afar but neither gaining an advantage early. Now though, Karlie’s turn to step things up into overdrive, evidence she can go toe-to-toe with championship material here tonight with return-hooks banging off of Ferguson’s high guard, making her make small and turtle up. Kloss going after the tummy with more swipes down low at Hannah’s waistline, just above the panties, then chugging hooks up into her ribs when Ferguson tries to clinch up. Ferguson pushing back in the clinch, and now both girls breathing heavily in each other’s arms as they struggle for leverage. Kloss clenching her teeth and spitting some choice words into the champ’s ear, Hannah on the other hand concentrating on staying upright and glued to her body, negating more body blows. Girls pried apart by the referee with precious seconds left on the clock, and Kloss triumphantly raises a hand to the crowd in an impressive comeback-round for her.

ROUND 3:
Both girls effectively tied in a what’s sure to be a gruelling contest for the title here tonight, both girls looking to solidify their claims to the gold. Hannah determined to take back the lead, as a champion should, comes out of corner aggressively punching at Karlie’s head. Karlie not that troubled, eats one or two jabs to the nose and mouth but otherwise dodging her head left and right nicely, starts return-fire and somehow catches Hannah on the nose more than once to her liking. What’s this? The champ looks RUSTY after having long relinquished the title to Kate Upton all those months ago - she’s letting in a sh*t load of punches than she normally would. More sloppy counter-punching as Hannah responds in kind but misses her mark, and again Kloss easily absorbs on her guard and STINGS her back on the lip. The veteran Victoria’s Secret model looks to be going the distance in the VS tourney and intending to do the same here tonight: left-left jab hit Hannah’s chin and she’s staggers backwards! Kloss wastes no time, STEPS IN - CRASHES a right hook clean into the champ’s face! And DOWN GOES HANNAH! Kloss flinging her clean off her feet with a spectacular knockdown in the second minute of the third! 

ROAR from the audience as they were SURELY not expecting THAT! Kloss herself parading herself all the way back to corner, as a blinking Ferguson shakes the stars from her head and begins the long climb back up to her feet. She’s looking more embarrassed than anything, managing to regain her balance by the count of 8, but that confidence now clearly knocked out of orbit from her eyes at getting rocked so early. Could this be an even shorter chapter as champion for the Vixen? 

Last minute on the clock and Hannah determined to avoid that fate, meets a charging Kloss with much wariness and equal hostility, stepping back and out of the way multiple times and just denying Kloss that second knockdown with her better footwork. Well, at least she’s still moving! Round ends and a BIG surge for Karlie’s chances to win this as she takes the round wide.

ROUND 4:
Kloss looking ready to charge right back in when the bell rings, and yup - THERE SHE GOES, straight at Ferguson, hunched low. Hannah this time holding her ground though, meets the lanky blonde HEAD ON. What the hell’s she thinking?? A power hook crashes into Hannah’s ear but it’s absorbed by her raised arm. Surprised look on Kloss’ face WIPED CLEAN when she EATS a counter-punch straight to the mouth! Her face disappears in leather from that impact as the big girl’s staggered back from whence she came with a loud UGGGHH. Hannah follows her on instinct, her opponent now close and vulnerable to her liking: left right left right batter into her body and chest as Ferguson enacts revenge on her terms, but can’t stop Kloss from wrapping arms back around her and clinching herself to safety. Hannah finding herself walked backwards by the powerful blonde… Her back hits the ropes and Kloss still refusing to let go, mouth open and sucking air on bare shoulder as she tries to recover fast enough without taking more damage. Referee doesn’t give her the opportunity to do so, however, stepping in between and breaking up the inaction. Girls reset a few paces away and then he resumes round. There’s still a minute left on the clock! Hannah’s turn to lunge forward thinking her opponent’s weak and done for, but her superman overhand punch side-stepped by Kloss, who now CRUMPLES a left into the champ’s cheek and then gut-checks her with a right hand buried in hard and fast. Hannah lets out a moan but she doesn’t change her position, instead letting loose punches of her own pounding into Kloss’ body, and the girls go at it here with mutual exchange of body punches as if by silent consent to see which girl’s better, only stopping when the referee physically steps in between them at the bell to break up the wild melee. They’re both dazed, clutching at bruised bodies, as they give deathly stares at each other before heading back to corners. Both girls taking and receiving this round but Ferguson getting slightly more out of the exchange.

ROUND 5:
Here they go again, not letting a little pain deter them from glory. Keen observers of course noticing slight switch-up in either girls’ guards: both now sporting an arm draped lower than usual, offering more defence of their bodies. Hannah now testing out Kloss’ defences early, shooting jab-jab-jab from afar and mixing them up with both high and low shots, relishing her rival’s grunts as they land from different directions. Kloss trying to get in close and punish, but big swings missing Hannah’s head and giving the champ more targets to punish at will. If this keeps up we’re gonna see the slow destruction of Kloss here, and with that, her hopes of ever receiving another title shot fading for a LONG while. Kloss knows this at the back of her mind - that’s why she decides to dig deep in the last minute and goes into full-rage mode, charging Ferguson when she least expects it. Hannah slams a left into Karlie’s cheek, but it doesn’t stop the charging hellion. Kloss JAMS a double-whammy of fists up into Hannah’s chest, flattering both her breasts, sending Hannah goes wide-eyed with an URKK as she’s powerless to stop the continued body abuse. Karlie DRILLS another combo into her paunch and Hannah has no choice but to clinch forward, but it’s not the wisest move either, allowing an energised Karlie to again dominate her slowly backwards towards the ropes, where she continues to have her way: chup chup CHUP with steady hands packing in Hannah’s belly, drawing dull groans from her lips, but Hannah’s still bloody well alive and enraged herself, arms and legs jockeying for better position along the ropes, managing to reverse their fortunes such that Kloss is now the one pinned down mid-swing. Forehead on forehead, lips sucking on opposing cheeks in the final minute now as Hannah repays the tummy torture in kind, tucking elbows in and out, in and out and packing in the belly. Bell rings and both girls are completely spent in a gruelling back-and-forth of a round: they sag into each other’s arms breathing heavily into each other’s ears and still having a word or two about how the other’s finished. Despite Ferguson’s late-round comeback, however, we doubt she manages to take back the lead from Kloss. Interestingly, we’ve just passed the middle mark of this match and neither girl has taken a clear advantage over the other. What’s gonna happen in the other five rounds is anyone’s guess!

ROUND 6:
Kloss got her undercarriage wrecked in the previous round, and chest violated by a few invasive shots. Now, she’s looking for more payback, making for beeline towards Ferguson with her shoulders down knowing she excels equally well in close quarters. Hannah firing off a couple of jabs at her charging in, but gets her abs swiped at by Karlie’s low hooks in the opening minute, forcing Hannah to beat a hasty retreat just trying to stay upright on her two feet at this point, her knees already buckling from the constant body abuse. Karlie determined to end this now, goes chasing after her, but iIn her haste leaves her guard wide open: she manages to RAM another uppercut up into the blonde’s belly HUPP but gets her face SWIVELLED to the side in by Hannah’s textbook right hook! BLAM as another and another hook contorts the dazed model’s face, last big hook SHOCKING Kloss to the cranium and wobbling her immediately. Step in by Ferguson with another one-two hands buried into the gut bends her over with an HHGGGHH, then uppercut to base of jawline sends Karlie flying up into orbit and DOWN into a glorious heap on her back! KNOCKDOWN for Ferguson!! 

Hannah finally getting that revenge from earlier knockdown suffered at Kloss’ hands, but this time’s different: Karlie’s infamous glass jaw coming back to haunt her (the same one that made her lose in shocking fashion to Big Bo). Referee hits the 10-count and she’s STILL knocked out COLD yet again, barely even stirring! IT’S OVER.

Official Decision: Hannah Ferguson defeats Karlie Kloss via KO6!

AFTER:
Many calling Ferguson’s re-taking of the title against Hilary Rhoda a fluke win last month, especially since the Vixen still hasn’t managed to take down the Queen of the division, Kate Upton herself. Until she manages that feat, a feeling of second-best will almost always hang over the Vixen’s shoulders. 

Tonight though, Ferguson is all smiles, a win against a top contender like Kloss still meaning SOMETHING, surely? To show there’s no grudge to be had, however, first thing Hannah does is to kneel down to check on Karlie. They whisper some encouraging words in each other’s ear, far cry from the adrenaline pumping hatred while the match was still going on, before Hannah allows the medical team to do their job.

Hannah holding up the title to all four corners of the ring, beaming with continued pride and hoping this time to hold onto the gold just a tad bit longer. It seems however that that may be very much unlikely, given the giant odds stacked against her: Upton, Atkinson and now Brooklyn freakin’ Decker already biting at her heels from below. Regardless, congrats to all the winners tonight and we wish everyone the very best in 2018.