(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
(Foxfire Atlantic Boxing! Vs The Sirens)
Intro: The main event and final fight in the contender 6 series sees the champion of the event Tiffany Mulheron look to complete a clean sweep of opposition, but faces the highly rated youngster Diana Korkunova in Wembley Stadium. Tiffany is 33 years old, stands 5'4 and holds a record of 14 wins, 12 by knockout and 6 defeats, she is a former BBU flyweight champion. Diana is 21 years old, stands 5'5 and holds a record of 7 wins, all by knockout and 6 defeats.
Both interviewed by a journalist at their gyms, with Tiffany understandably happy over winning the tournament already as she sits with a massive smile. "I've said it several times during the tournament but f*** it, I have proven why I came back because I knew I could be the best, the list of girls I have beaten to win this tournament" says Tiffany as she looks down right ready to burst. "I know Diana is a tough young woman, but I have to prove why I am the one whose going to fight Cheryl Cole for the flyweight title, so she is the next one on my list" says Tiffany as she steps up and heads off to finish training for the day. While Diana is her usual self, skipping towards the seat, sitting down to begin her speech with "life is great isn't it? I haven't always enjoyed this tournament but we are at an end and I get to fight the best of the best" She continues "now is the time I step up after coming so close against Jenna Louise Coleman, I know I can compete at the elite level and it begins with Tiffany going down"
Fight night, out comes Tiffany with Sophia Myles by her side; heading to the ring with a focused look on her face, this her big chance to go 5 and 0 in the tournament. She is wearing a navy blue sports bra, tartan coloured trunks, blue shoes and gloves, her blonde hair is up in a simple ponytail. Stepping into the ring; she smiles as she jogs to her corner as the crowd give her a warm reception, Sophia drills her through her warm up but both look relaxed as they smile at each other throughout. Now out comes Diana with her coach Henry Cavill by her side, Diana gives him a quick hug before she turns to head down to the ring with a big smile on her face. 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. Stepping into the ring; Diana mounts the bottom rope in her corner and waves to the fans, getting an equally loud cheer as her opponent, both very popular in their own rights. Both fighters head to the ring centre; both looking relaxed as they limber up as the referee goes through his instructions. As they are asked to touch gloves; Diana says "congratulations on winning this tournament" with Tiffany replying "thanks" as they respectfully bump gloves and jog back to their corners, ready for 10 rounds of flyweight action.
Round 1: Out come the fighters with testing punches the early going, Diana starting off slightly the quicker due to her footwork and slight reach advantage as she dances around Tiffany. The fighters trading single punches that mostly find the gloves of their opponent, with several punches finding their way through to the others face. Tiffany is the first to up the tempo; dripping under a straight to come inside with two shots to the abs of Korkunova, just missing with an overhand left as the model dances back out the way. The former champ keeps on the front foot with a double jab landing between the mitts of Diana, who is stuck more on the defensive. But Diana quickly adapts; deflecting a straight and moving to the right with two of her own punches hitting Mulheron to her cheek to knock her back. The rest of the round sees both land several shots over the others gloves to the top of their heads, looking to respect each others talents as they move around each other looking for a better angle to attack from. Just before the bell; Tiffany baits Diana with a feint, then steps in with a right hook and left across the cheeks of Diana as the round ends. Diana nods at Tiffany to show her respect for that move at the end, Tiffany smiles in return and jogs back to her corner. Both girls getting only a taste so far of what they can do; the Foxfire corner looking happier with that first round, as Henry tells Diana what to do from now on to get a handle on this fight. Round 2: Again they start off cagey around each other; blocking most of the single punches they are throwing at each other. Till Diana this time throws a jab up top that is blocked, quickly though she steps inside to land two punches under the ribs of the Scottish fighter, dancing out the way of a hard looking right hook. Tiffany trying to move forwards with her punches finding air as Diana is bobbing and weaving around her, the Russian landing to the body of Tiffany with counter punches. The older fighter manages to land a right cross to the top of Diana's head, before landing two more straight punches to force Korkunova to move back towards the ropes. Diana dances back with Tiffany missing a right hook by inches, the youngster using her faster footwork and flexibility to dodge out the way and countering through the guard of Tiffany to her face. A straight lands onto the nose of Tiffany; opening her up to two cross punches that turns the Scottish fighters head to back her up towards the ropes. Tiffany forced to cover up as she finds herself being pressured around the ring with seconds left in the round, with a right smacking her in the ribs just as the bell rings to end the round. The Sirens corner looking much happier as Diana looks over to Henry and gives her one of her trademark smiles. While Tiffany now knows as she jogs to her corner, Sophia tells her "she's good right? We you are better then her, so don't forget that!" Round 3: Diana looks to keep the pressure on Tiffany as she dances side to side on the outside of her opponent, who blocks most of the punches, with most of the hits landing to her body. The older fighter tries to step forwards with a left cross that Diana gets her head out the way of, Diana countering with a double jab onto the lips of her opponent. The crowd getting more behind Diana as she is starting to control the action with her movement; her punches starting to find their home through the gloves to Tiffany's face. But Tiffany deflects a right aimed at her face and shoves her way in close to land a right across the cheek of Diana to turn her head and force the youngster to retreat. Tiffany keeping on the front foot with her punches keeping Diana stuck behind her guard, once she sees Diana is near the ropes, she uses her left shoulder to barge Diana the rest of the way. Body punches now being dug in by Tiffany as she looks to make a real mark on her opponent; with Diana needing to fire back up top as the first real full blooded exchange begins. Diana grapples onto Tiffany as she gets the worse of the exchange due to Tiffany being able to load up on her punches, with the referee needing to break them apart. Once separated; Diana drilling several punches through to the top of Tiffany's head as she boxes off the back foot as the blonde tries to get in close. With the bell ringing not long after with both girls jogging back to their corners with some marks on their faces, they are smiling as their coaches work on them, neither feeling overawed by their opponent as they chat away with their coaches. Pundits all agreeing that Diana has looked the better so far, not by much though as this is building up in intensity. Round 4: Tiffany's first task is to get in close to put pressure on Diana, easier said then done as the youngster is up on her toes, moving around the outside of the ring with her punches starting to land more cleanly to the face of the blonde. Till Tiffany dips under a left cross and moves forwards with two body shots, followed by an overhand left to knock Diana's head around. Diana moving back with her jab firing towards Tiffany's head, with the veteran moving her head more to dodge and steps in with a left cross to the cheek. Now Tiffany seems to have Diana being backed up by a flurry of punches aimed at her head, the brunette needing to cover up and retreat to the ropes, slipping under a right hook to escape into space. Diana able to work behind her jab and footwork again to keep knocking Tiffany's head back, while Tiffany looks for a way back inside. After parrying a straight and stepping in with a right under the ribs of the model, Tiffany lands three punches into the face of her opponent to knock her back. With a right cross knocking Diana back towards the ropes, with both fighters going toe to toe trying to gain real control of this fight. Till the bell rings to end the round; the crowd roaring both fighters on as Tiffany and Diana start to give each other harder looks, getting more annoyed that they haven't gotten control of their opponent yet. Back in their corners; Sophia gives Tiffany a pep talk as she washes her face down, while Diana bangs her gloves together, chatting away with Henry as he cleans her up, both trying to keep relaxed as they step up for the next round. Round 5: Tiffany comes out her corner quicker; knowing she has to get right into the face of Diana as the fighters trade at a more closer range then before. The veteran slipping under a jab and moves inside to work the body of Diana to drive her back towards the ropes. Diana groaning out and needing to shove Tiffany back to open up some space, but Tiffany is like a pitbull; keeping in close to pile the pressure on her young opponent. Forcing Diana towards a corner with more body shots; clearly the plan is to wear Korkunova out, with Diana clinching up with Tiffany smartly to stop the assault, the referee again stepping in to pry them apart. Diana back on the move again; boxing very maturely for her as she sticks to punch and move, annoying Tiffany; who has to go back to hunting her down with punches lacing her face. That's till Tiffany dips under a jab and comes forwards with a left to the body, stepping up with a right that smacks across the lips of the Russian, causing her to yelp as she steps back. Blood is running from the bottom lip of Diana; who has Tiffany back in her face with punches finding their way through her defences to her body or cheeks. It's not long till the bell rings with Diana scowling at Tiffany as she wipes the blood from her lips, Tiffany just grins as she turns and heads to her corner after scoring literally first blood. Sophia is extremely happy with her for marking the youngster up, telling her "you've shown you can hurt her, now punish her into submission" While in the Sirens corner they work on her lips; Henry can see the look of hatred growing on his fighters face and knows not to say much as she is finding her zone. Round 6: Tiffany again comes out hunting Diana back with straight punches aimed at the head of her opponent, she is keeping the Russian on the outside of the ring and behind her guard. The youngster looking annoyed at being pushed around, having to dip under a left cross to move into space to work from. The girls trading punches as they move around each other; Diana looking to fight off the back front as Tiffany tries to bully her onto a set of ropes. Tiffany stepping in with a right hook that Diana leans out the way and strikes like a viper with a straight to the chin of the older fighter, as Tiffany steps back a step; A LEFT HOOK CATCHES HER ON HER CHIN TO PUT TIFFANY ON HER BACKSIDE! The crowd look as stunned as Tiffany as the count begins 1...2...3...4 Tiffany shaking her head as she tries to shake the cobwebs 5...6...7.. Before she pushes her way up to her feet to beat the count. The referee let's the fighters continue; Diana coming forwards and hammering the guard of Tiffany; who is retreating around the outside of the ring. Diana able to step in and land three thudding body shots, moving out the way of a right hook as Tiffany tries to get back at her opponent. The bell rings with Diana looking bubbly as she jogs to her corner; Tiffany looking pissed off as she stares at the ceiling. Sophia telling Tiffany "come on Tiff! You can't lose tonight or all the hard work we've done to get this far will be pointless" Tiffany looking across the ring at Diana with a venomous look. While Diana gives her a wink; Henry working to clean up her nose again as he tells her "that was great but you still have work to do, she isn't a nobody babe, this is the elite level we want you at" Diana nodding in reply. Round 7: Diana this time is the one on the attack from the bell; forcing Tiffany to cover up and retreat around the ring as fists fly towards her face. The brunette digging two punches into the top of Tiffany's head to knock it back; then follows up with two body shots to further force the Scottish actress back. Tiffany lands a straight to the lips of Diana to make her groan out and lands a left hook to turn her head, with Tiffany landing another two punches to knock Diana back towards the ropes. The youngster stepping back; TIFFANY FOLLOWS HER AND LANDS AN UPPERCUT THAT PUTS DIANA ON HER BACK! Diana rubs her jaw as she lays on her back 1...2...3 turning to her front and getting to all fours, Diana shakes her head 4...5...6 pulling herself over to the ropes 7....8 she pulls herself to her feet to beat the count with a rye smile on her face, before she waves and says "come on!" To Tiffany. With the older fighter smelling blood in the water; she takes up Diana's offer and comes on the attack as the girls trade in tight, heads nearly clash as they work each others bodies. Tiffany backs up Diana as she lands three punches across the Sirens fighters face, driving her onto the ropes with Diana covering up. The round ends with Tiffany's giving a wink as things are heating up personally between the two women, Diana shakes her head as she heads back to her corner. Both fighters looking to be breathing harder as the intensity of the fight starts to hit them, coaches working hard to get them both ready as they head towards the home straight and they have shown they can hurt each other, the crowd are watching closely to see how things will play out. Round 8: The fighters trading single punches early as they circle; Tiffany looking for a chance to get inside early and knock Diana back. She gets her chance after moving her head out the way of a straight and comes in to land two punches across the face of Diana to raise her guard up, allowing her to work the body. Diana is throwing back but being knocked back by Tiffany hitting her across her bloody lips, making Korkunova cry out as she is knocked towards the ropes. The blonde keeping Diana towards the ropes with her punches landing cleanly through gaps in the brunette's defences to keep her stuck on the defensive. But as Tiffany tries to step in with a right hook; Diana dips under and shoves Tiffany onto the ropes with her punches slamming into the body of the older fighter to make her groan out. Tiffany shoving Diana back and looks to land a straight that Diana dodges and lands a counter right to the chin of Mulheron to knock her head to the side. Diana forwards with two punches hitting Tiffany on her nose; causing blood to run from her nostrils to give Tiffany something to think about as Tiffany moves back. As the round heads to the bell; both fighters let their hands go, knocking sweat and blood into the air as they hammer each others faces, one looking to get on top before the other comes back at them. The bell rings with the crowd roaring both women on, the fighters can't help but look at their opponent with respect, before heading to their corners to be cleaned up. The commentators at ringside all agreeing that this fight is on a knife edge, if this were to go to points; who'd win? Round 9: Both fighters are showing the wear of the fight, neither as quick to engage as they measure each other up with stiff jabs finding their ways through the others guard to their faces. Tiffany looks to step in with swinging hooks that Diana easily moves back out the way of, before the brunette lunges in with a straight that rocks her opponent head back. Diana stepping on the front foot; piston like punches smacking Tiffany in her face to drive her to the ropes, with the blondes left eye looking like it's puffy from the shots she is taking. Desperately Tiffany clinches up with Diana; both women's sweaty bodies resting on their rivals as they take a moment to breath, the referee stepping in to separate the fighters. Once apart; Tiffany moves in to force Diana to trade in close after she lands a straight and a left cross to the face of the model. Both settling in tight with their heads nearly clashing as they look to rip away at the others bodies, forcing loud gasps from each other. Till Diana steps back and catches Tiffany stepping forwards with a right across the bloody nose of the Scottish fighter to make her cry out and retreat. Diana drives the covering up Tiffany onto the ropes with two body shots that open her opponent up top to rifling punches that knock sweat and blood off Mulheron. The round soon ends with Diana raising her arms as she heads to her corner, feeling confident that she has finally gotten Tiffany under her control, while Tiffany shoves herself off the ropes with blood dripping off her nose and her left eye looking like it's going to be one hell of a shiner. Sitting on their stools; they are resting against the turnbuckles behind them, as their corners work on getting them ready for what is going to be a very pivotal final round in this fight. Round 10: As they come out; while the fight has had heated moments, they show respect to each other by touching a glove and getting into their stance. The Foxfire crew clearly believe that last round has swung the fight against Tiffany it seems by how active she is when they start fighting, coming forwards and throwing bombs that Diana has to dance and move around to dodge. A right hook sails over the head of Diana; who uses her left shoulder to shove Tiffany back and lashes out with an uppercut that rocks the older fighter back. The crowd all stand as they watch Diana beat Tiffany back onto the ropes, A RIGHT HOOK THUDDING AGAINST THE MOSTLY DEFENCELESS TIFFANY TO SEND HER SPINNING TO HER FRONT WITH HER EYES SHUT! Diana stares down at her almost expecting Tiffany to be like a zombie and dive up off the canvas at her, instead as the referee checks Tiffany, HE WAVES THE FIGHT OFF AS SHE IS KNOCKED SPARK OUT!
Winner Diana Korkunova KO Round 10
After: Diana falls to her knees as the crowd chant her name after one of the fights of the year, fitting to some that the best fight of the entire tournament took place in it's final bout. Doctors rush into the ring to check on Tiffany, safely turning her to her side so she can breath easier as she suffered one hell of a knockout. Even Diana looks worried for her as Henry climbs into the ring to celebrate with her, instead she nudges him away as she stays on her knees and watches Tiffany. Who after some smelling salts sputters awake and asks "I lost right?" Which gets a nod from the doctor, who helps her sit up and runs a few simple tests on her. He asks for a stretcher as she admits she doesn't feel like she can walk out the ring as she is still dizzy, with Diana crawling over to her and apologizing to her. "Why are you sorry? I should have kept my gloves up or grabbed on to you, you were one hell of an opponent" admits Tiffany as she wipes a tear from the sorry Diana's cute but swollen face. Tiffany is loaded up on the stretcher and taken to the back as the crowd give her a round of applause, with Sophia about to follow but an organiser stops her to ask about the title award ceremony. Sophia says "I am more worried about my fighter thank you! Call us tomorrow morning at 10 and we can deal with that then, right now Tiffany is all I care about" before she rushes up the ramp to follow Tiffany to the back. Diana meanwhile is helped up by Henry; who tells her "I am so proud of you! This result proves what we have said about you! You are a star in the making and nobody can ever doubt that!" Wiping another tear from her eye; Diana nods her thanks and turns to the crowd as they chant her name, she blows them kisses and fights back more tears as this moment is something she has only dreamed of. She doesn't celebrate for long as she leaves the ring with Henry's help; right now all she wants is a shower and a long weekend off so she can rest and recuperate as she expects calls off the BBU media and national press on this win. Denise Van Outen quoted at ringside as saying "mark this date in your diary; this looks like the day Diana arrived in the flyweight elite and from now on, everyone should be afraid of this talented young woman!" The title ceremony you might wonder? Well Tiffany did get a photo later that night when tests revealed she wasn't badly hurt, the photo showing her in a black dress with the contender 6 gold belt around her waist and the black eye Diana gave her proudly on show. Will Cheryl Cole answer the challenge from Tiffany soon?
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