Bianca Balti vs Brooks Nader
(Italy vs United States)
(3-3, 3 KO vs 1-0, 1 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: There's always plenty of buzz when two Sports Illustrated models square off in beach boxing competition and Brooks Nader wants to follow up on her debut success and take out the spicy Italian Bianca Balti down in the Bahamas tonight. Brooks pounded out fellow rookie Jasmine Sanders back in August and believes she's good enough to settle in the FCBA once she mounts a proper run on this side of the Atlantic. "Yeah, just look at Lily Aldridge or Miranda Kerr! They started out in BBU and never looked back! And I'm waay younger than they were! If I can rack up five or six wins in BBU I bet the phone will be ringing thereafter. I got all the right stuff!" (giggles).

Meanwhile Bianca has seen "all these cocky Yankees acting like they own the place! She won a single bout - against a fellow rookie - and thinks she can make a run? Yeah, straight down the garbage disposer! I'll have to knock some sense back into her empty head and might as well do it in beach boxing rules! Bring it on, cookie!"

Bianca Balti wears a red bikini set & silver gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a sleek ponytail. Brooks Nader wears a navy blue bikini set & white gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a curled ponytail. Both fighters are barefoot. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Brooks jumps into a high-octane blast and catches the Italian with several quick swings before the older model finds her range and triggers a hectic slugging exchange in the center of the ring. Both women kick up sand as they weave around in order to find the better punching lane where Bianca proves more successful and stuffs the American with a piercing combo on the chest half-way through the round. Ugh! Brooks drops to her heels and can't raise her mitts fast enough so Balti nails her with a right hook on the eye and drives back onto the ropes thereafter. She lands a couple of good hooks into the younger model's face before settling down into her midriff to clean out shop and take the opening round with room to spare.

Round 2:
Bianca has found success in close range and she wants to soften Brooks up with more JMD-like shots before tackling her midsection but the American shows superior mobility early in the second and keeps the menacing Italian at bay for the time being. However she's on the elite prowl after all and quickly abandons the tactical plan to blast into Bianca's face with a vicious jabbing drive. Balti withstands the initial attack and drops a couple of heavy bombs into the fellow brunette's chest alas struggles to break her resilience and eats a nasty uppercut on the jaw that allows Nader to dominate the phone booth stance during the second minute. Balti gets pushed onto the ropes and slumps into spasms when Brooks whacks her across the ribcage before a proper body assault shuts the Italian down for good for remainder of the round.

Round 3:
Both women show more aggressive ideas and launch another head-hunting pursuit where Nader just manages to land her shots a little quicker and knocks the Italian foe back repeatedly before Bianca decides to bail out of the losing position. She circles around the sand and basically invites Nader into more attacking options but the American is happy to tease the older brunette verbally before she finally bites on the opportunity. She splits Balti's mitts with ease and the Italian just can't move fast enough to avoid getting blasted up the middle! She tries to clinch Brooks but gets shoved onto the ropes where Nader presses her in jug-to-jug contact before driving more meaningful harpoons into the exposed stomach. Balti barks in anger but gets locked out of any response and slumps against the turnbuckle when Nader pummels her in the gut to run away with the accolades late.

Round 4:
The slugging tactics begins to seriously backfire on the stubborn Italian who eats another head-hunting drive early in the fourth and has to clinch the lively American for majority of the opening minute. However Brooks shows some core strenght and breaks the stalemate before thumping a left/right combo into the older brunette's face that makes Balti visibly upset but the punching response just isn't there and allows Nader to waltz around her and pick up easy shots over the top. Balti slumps deep in the sand as she works the overhand response but doesn't have that aggressive push in her and bellows out behind a tight earmuff when Nader clobbers her up the chimney; both models tangle on the ropes late but Brooks maintains control and lifts Bianca's boobs in a brief JMD tryout that leaves the Italian scowling in discomfort at the bell.

Round 5:
Bianca pushes forward with more jabbing menace but lacks the core strenght to dissect Nader's high-guard and gets picked off over the top instead as the American really steps up with the bashing up the middle to rock the Italian off her stance. Bianca shrieks in pain as she gets blasted on both cheeks and wobbles to her heels before Brooks nails her with a crushing right uppercut on the jaw. Ugh! Bianca stumbles back onto the ropes with a whimper and just can't escape from more US wrath as Brooks lands a brutal left/right combo on the mouth TO SEND THE ITALIAN CRASHING DOWN ON THE SAND almost on the spot! Ugh! Bianca pounds the Bahamas sand in frustration but she takes it all the way until eight before getting up and she looks a little hollow in the eyes. She indicates there's something wrong with her bikini top but that's only to delay the action and Brooks sprints across the sand to connect with more Italian flesh and pound Balti back to the corner. Bianca struggles to match the high-tempo blast and eats one clean shot after another to the point Brooks cuts her up below the right eye before another head-spinning hook lands on the left temple and FOLDS BALTI DOWN ON HER KNEES AGAIN!!! Uh-oh!! Bianca spits out her gumshield and is counted out while down on all fours!!! KO5 Brooks Nader!!!

AFTER: The victorious brunette kicks sand into Bianca's face before rubbing some of it into her own cleavage so there's no denying the American truly enjoys herself here in the Bahamas. She leaves Bianca sitting down on the beach and wiping the mix of sweat & sand off her face before heading straight for the drinks in the local pub along the shore. According to some unnamed sources within the Sports Illustrated boxing section Ms Nader wants to rack up at least two more beach boxing fights before the year is over and there's a strong chance Lioness Club's Yasmin Verheijen might accept this challenge due to Esti Ginzburg rematch falling off her schedule for the time being.

Official Result: Brooks Nader def. Bianca Balti KO5.