Hilary Rhoda versus Bo Krsmanovic



(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

(Girls Friday vs Pretty Little Punchers)

Intro:
Hilary Rhoda and Bo Krsmanovic do battle as both women look to rebuild
after a bad month for both, with them looking to get back to the
winners circle.
Hilary is 30 years old; stands 5'11 and holds a record of 15 wins, all
by knockout and 4 defeats, she is a former FCBA welterweight champion.
Bo is 26 years old; she also stands 5'11 and holds a record of 9 wins,
all by knockout and 9 defeats.
These two have fought before, it was Hilary's debut that she won with
a 7th round knockout on the 30th September 2016.
Both were asked for comments on the fight, with Hilary smiling as she
finishes training and says "OK I know Katy kicked my ass, not my best
day of my life but I learned long ago that you do not let things
overwhelm you, instead you push through and win your next fight"
She adds "I liked the old Bo I have to say, she was fun and had a good
heart; the one I saw kiss her coach to make her stablemate Hannah
(Ferguson) who yes is a friend of mine, but it wasn't the girl I
fought two years ago"
Clenching her fists as she finishes by saying "now though I am going
to kick her ass and if she is the old Bo, then I will hug her, if it
is this new version that whines and bytches, then it will certainly
not be a friendly reaction"
While Bo finishes smacking a punchbag and tells the cameras "I am glad
to be out of the Vixens for now, that bytch Hannah is trying to turn
our stablemates against us, just because Steve thinks I'm better
looking then her, what a jealous bytch"
Asked about Hilary saying she has changed, she replies "I'm still
loving Bo; I am just sick of being pushed around by people, I had
Stephanie McMahon do it to me for too long, now the former champion
Hannah wants to keep me under her thumb, f*** that, she is mine when I
head back to the gym"
She finishes by saying "Hilary was nice when we first met; but we know
she is friends with the bytch I hate most, so sorry Hilary but I have
to make an example of you" smacking the punchbag hard as if to make
her point.
Fight night; out comes Hilary first with her fists up in the air as
she heads to the ring, she has a deeply focused look as knows how hard
Bo hits and knows that Krsmanovic is better then their first
encounter.
Her attire tonight consists of a black sports bra, matching trunks
with her "queen slayer" motif on the left leg, black gloves and black
shoes, her hair is up in a ponytail.
Climbing into the ring; she gives the crowd a quick wave but settles
into her corner to warm up with Laurens help, her eyes lock onto the
ramp though as Bo enters sight.
Bo has Nia Peeples with her as she heads towards the ring; a smile on
her face as she waves at the crowd, looking her normal self till she
sees Hilary staring, her own expression hardens as she stares at her.
Her own attire is a purple sports bra; matching trunks, gloves and
shoes, with her own hair braided for the fight.
Climbing into the ring; Bo stares across the ring at Hilary, Nia
telling her to keep focused on the task and gets her to her corner.
Soon the fighters are brought to the ring centre, there they touch
foreheads and stare hard into the others eyes, almost wanting to look
into the others soul to see what they are thinking.
Asked to touch gloves; there's a tense moment as they stand back and
look how the other will react, seeing no movement to do so off their
opposite number, they simply glare and return to their corners.
Once they get back to their corners, both know to the referee who
signals for the bell to begin 10 rounds of welterweight action.

Round 1:
Both women look to try and take the ring centre from the start of the
round, leading to a fiery exchange straightaway between the fighters,
heads down and getting to work.
Bo seems to win the exchange as Hilary gets caught with two punches on
top of her head, leading to Hilary vacating the ring centre to the
younger fighter.
But Hilary readjusts her tactics as she moves around the outside,
throwing more jabs as Bo looks to try and push her onto the ropes to
press her momentum.
Hilary though is moving well around Bo, leading to Bo trying to push
forwards with two punches that find air, Hilary makes her pay with a
right cross.
The more experienced fighter dancing around Bo on the outside, keeping
Bo guessing as Hilary rifles her punches into her face to keep her
pegged back.
Till Bo parries a straight and gets back inside to knock Hilary onto
the ropes with a right across her face and lands two more to the body.
Bo having the better position to work from to finish the round strong
as she forces Hilary to cover up as Bo works her body.
When the bell rings, Hilary nods at Bo to show her respect for her
power, but Bo simply turns her back on the girl she once saw as her
friend.
Back in their corners; Hilary looking the happier as she enjoys
fighting Bo for how physical it gets, Bo just scowls at her as they
are cleaned up.

Round 2:
This time Hilary let's Bo take the ring centre, with her happy to work
on the outside, keeping her guard tight as Bo tries to herd her
opponent onto the ropes or a corner.
As Bo comes swinging with a right cross, Hilary dips under it and
comes back up with an uppercut that knocks Bo back a step.
The younger model finding her face being peppered with jabs and
straights, frustration starting to show on her face as she steps back.
Hilary waving her on; leading to Bo taking the bait and swinging in
but Hilary sidesteps her and smacks her on her lips with a double jab
before stepping inside to work Bo back to the ropes.
Both trading in tight as Hilary tries to bully Bo on the ropes as they
slug it out, Hilary slams three punches just under the jugs of Bo to
make her cry out.
Bo though shoves her back and moves off the ropes; Hilary tries to
keep the pressure on but Bo blocks a right aimed at her head and finds
her own straight onto the nose of the older fighter.
The American finds herself being driven back by Krsmanovic as Big Bo
lands three punches to her face before Rhoda covers up.
Again Bo finishes the round strongly as she forces Hilary back around
the ring as the seconds tick away till the bell rings to end the
round.
This time Bo bumps her shoulder into Hilary's, the message clear now
that she doesn't want to be friends at all with Hilary, just wanting
to batter her.
Hilary shakes her head as she heads to her corner, Lauren working to
snap her out that thought process "think about winning this fight OK!
You want to sort out friendship issues, you do it in your spare time,
not now!" As Hilary looks up at her and nows.

Round 3:
Bo seems to have changed things up for now, covering up more as Hilary
sticks to the outside, hitting the gloves of Krsmanovic as she moves.
Till Bo parries a right as Hilary steps in and fires a right hook to
the side of her rivals head to turn it around and begin to press her
back with piston like punches to the face.
Hilary needing to retreat with her quicker footwork and move to the
side to try and escape being beaten up by Bo, who keeps in tight and
lands several shots to the body of her opponent to cause her to groan.
Rhoda needing to shove Bo back by her jugs, landing a double jab to
the nose of Krsmanovic to keep her back as the big Serbian fighter
looks to prove her dominance tonight.
A missed left cross that Hilary throws gives Bo her chance, she lands
a left and right cross to the face of Hilary to turn her face and then
starts hammering the body of the American to drive her towards a
corner.
Hilary needing to clinch up as she knows she is in deep trouble if she
ends up trapped, Bo sneaks several shots to her kidneys with her right
though to keep the pain coming, with the referee breaking them up and
warning her to keep it clean.
As Bo comes in to land two punches to the face of her opponent, Hilary
dips underneath and lands two uppercuts to the jugs of Bo to make her
wince.
When the bell rings Bo complains to the referee, who tells Hilary to
keep not do it, Hilary shaking her head as she heads to her corner,
clearly annoyed by Bo, even as Bo is right.
Back in their corners; both big hitters are certainly marking the
others face up, their eyes lock in a hard stare down as their coaches
give them advice on the situation.

Round 4:
Hilary again sticks to the outside, waving Bo to come and get it
before she lands her jab and straights to the face of Bo as she bobs
and weaves around Bo's punches.
The older fighter seemingly finding her mojo again as Bo is finding
more air then her opponent and is being punished by Hilary's more
pinpoint counter punches.
Till Bo blocks a straight punch aimed at her head and steps in with a
right under the ribs of Hilary, followed by a left over the top of
Hilary's guard to knock sweat off her.
Bo begins to bully Hilary on the ropes; targeting the body mostly with
her punches as Hilary tries to fight her way off the ropes but finds
herself in a bad position to work from.
A right smacks Hilary across her cheek and forces her to cover up, she
is finding out that Bo is certainly more ruthless now as Krsmanovic
keeps pounding that guard hoping to find light.
Once it appears; Bo snakes an uppercut through that looks to stun
Hilary and force the American to clinch up with her again, with Bo
heard to say "you've gotten weak" to Hilary.
The referee breaks them up and Hilary moves into space, Bo though
keeps the pressure on, with Hilary trying to keep the distance with
her jab but she is finding Bo hard to keep back.
With Bo managing to snake a straight between the mitts of Hilary to
her nose and a left to her body to knock her onto her heels.
The bell rings with Bo smirking at Hilary; who scowls in reply, the
crowd split in it's support for both women isn't helping with the
tension between the two as they head to their corners.
The Girls Friday corner understandably not best pleased with Hilary
these past two rounds, Lauren telling her "come on Hil! You are a
former champion but you are looking a mess out there! Don't let her
bully you around!"
While Nia is praising Bo in the PLP corner "great Job Bo; this is what
we worked on and you are executing it perfectly now" with Bo looking
more her old self with a big smile on her face, before it turns back
to the serious one she has had most of the night when they are told to
be ready for the next round.

Round 5:
This time Hilary changes tactics from the off, engaging more with Bo
as she steps inside to trade with Krsmanovic, before stepping back
when Bo looks to swing some heavy hooks and catching Bo with counter
punches to her face.
Bo does manage to catch Hilary the next time she comes in with a right
near her eye and lands a left cross to knock Hilary back a step.
She misses the follow up right hook as Hilary leans out the way and
snaps two punches back into the face of Krsmanovic.
The fighters get in tight and work each others bodies, heads rubbing
together as they go toe to toe with the fans roaring them on to really
hurt each other.
Hilary again quickly steps back and lands two uppercuts that knock
Bo's head back and allows her to pound Bo to her face to drive her
back towards the ropes.
The younger fighter needing to cover up as blood starts to run from
her lips; Hilary starting to hammer the sides of Big Bo to try and
open her up top to knock her out.
Instead Bo clinches up with her to stop her momentum, with Hilary
telling Bo "do I look weak now" as they snarl and it turns into a
wrestling match as they grapple on the ropes and the referee struggles
to pry these two big women apart.
Finally separated; Bo steps forwards to catch Hilary with a jab onto
her nose and a right cross that pushes her back as she tries to get
back on the front foot.
The final few seconds sees both women trading stiff punches to the
others face, Hilary looking to win the exchange before the bell rings
as she hammers two punches into the lips of Bo and a left hook to back
her up.
They scowl at each other as they head to their corners; Nia quick to
work on Bo's lips, who is wincing as they are touched to show how sore
they are.
While Hilary nodding to Lauren as her coach tells her "that's my girl,
keep punishing the bytch for well.... Being a bytch" both smiling as
Eva works on cleaning her up for the next round.

Round 6:
Hilary looks to start off quickly as she targets the bloody lips of
Bo, digging her fists into them to push Bo onto the back foot.
The American working on the guard of Bo as she keeps her on the
outside of the ring for now, her punches start to go down to the body
of Bo to force groans from Krsmanovic.
But it leaves Hilary open and Bo catches her on her nose with a stiff
jab and a right hits across the left eyebrow that opens up a small
cut.
Now both girls have something to target as they continue to slug it
out as they try to force each other backwards, sweat and blood being
knocked off both women.
Bo nudges Hilary back with her left and lands another right that lands
around the eye of Rhoda; who cries out and retreats with her guard up.
The PLP girl beats Hilary back as her punches smash through the guard
of the American, the cut on Hilary's face is bleeding down her cheek
to make her look terrible.
Hilary clinching up; Bo can be seen grinning as she pins Hilary on the
ropes and continues to work her side of the body with her right.
Separated by the referee; Hilary tries to fight back as she steps in,
as the girls trade though it is clear as Bo pounds her right into the
face of Hilary and that eye, she is hurting Rhoda badly.
The bell rings to end the round with Bo lifting her fists up in the
air as she heads to her corner, showing off her blood stained gloves,
as Hilary wipes the cut on her eyebrow as she gets to her corner.
The ringside doctor is watching closely as Eva works hard to patch up
the cut, her experience is needed badly as Hilary looks a little shell
shocked to say the least, Lauren trying to get her refocused on the
task at hand.
While Bo looks ready to rush across the ring to finish this as she
stays standing, Nia wanting her to keep focused and not let herself
get caught out by Hilary if she tackles this in a dumb way, Bo just
stares past her to her opponent.

Round 7:
It's clear that Hilary is in a defensive mindset to say the least,
retreating and throwing a jab to try and keep Bo back with it.
Bo simply parries the jabs aside and lands a left to the ribs of
Hilary and works the body to bring the gloves of the older fighter
down.
Hilary tries to catch Bo with a right hook that just misses as
Krsmanovic dips under it and comes up with a right that lands on that
cut and Rhoda's eye, causing her to cry out in agony.
The left eye of Hilary is shut which spells doom, BO POUNDING HILARY
TO HER FACE AS THE AMERICAN FALLS TO THE ROPES AND A RIGHT HOOK PUTS
HILARY DOWN TO HER BACK!
The referee kneels down and checks on, WAVING THE FIGHT OFF AS HILARY
IS CLEARLY KNOCKED OUT!

Winner Bo Krsmanovic KO Round 7

After:
Bo roars to the rooftops as Hilary has her eyes shut and blood running
off her cut to the canvas to show how badly she has been beaten.
The referee is nudged away as Bo stands over Hilary and shouts to the
crowd "this is my moment! Hannah (Ferguson) I f***ed up your friend!
I'd do the same to you if your boyfriend had the guts to let us fight
again!"
Before Nia pulls Bo back to her corner and tells her "what the f***
was that! That's not the way to get noticed" with Bo shaking her head
in reply.
As this is going on the ringside doctor works on Hilary, cleaning her
face up and wakes her up with smelling salts, where she groans and can
be heard mumbling "f***" as the pain hits her from her eye.
Lauren helps her sit up and embraces Hilary, telling her "I should
have threw in the towel, I am so sorry" as she looks guilty.
"I'd hate you if you had stopped this fight" says Hilary as she hugs
Lauren back, Eva in tears as she looks at the face of Hilary, before
Lauren tells her to help their fighter up.
Hilary and Bo have a nasty exchange of looks with each other; clearly
far from done with each other as Hilary is helped out the ring and to
the back to get treated on, Lauren and Eva acting as a clutch to help
Hilary out.
Bo turns away from her former friend and tells Nia "I hope Tanhee
watched this, I haven't worked this hard and become this to not get
that big gold belt"
Before she heads to the ring centre with her arms flexed as the crowd
chant her name, knowing how big a win this is for the young woman.
Who blows them kisses as the big smile returns to her marked up face,
that smile though warming up the arena after the vicious battle that
the crowd had witnessed.
Is this where Bo finally has entered the elite? It is hard to argue
with that as she heads to the back with Nia by her side.