Tale of the Tape:
Alexina Graham:
Age: 31
Height: 5'11 ½
4-0 (4KOs)
Vs
Sasha Luss:
Age: 28
Height: 5'8 ½
4-1 (4KOs)

(Free Agent vs Free Agent)

(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)

Intro:
Main event time here in the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, It's a home coming for Alexina Graham as she takes on the Russian model turned actress Sasha Luss, both are seen as being future contenders, who will move closer to that dream?

The undefeated Alexina has beaten Abbey Crouch, Isabella Fontana, Martha Hunt and Peta Todd over the past two years, this is her biggest fight of her career, especially being in front of her home town.

Sasha meanwhile has only lost once, that was to former BBU welterweight champion Joan Smalls, Soa Denise, Jessie J, Elena Santarelli and Lorena Rae, can she get back on the winning trail tonight?

Before the fight both women took part in a photoshoot, posing in bikinis with Alexina in a white bikini top with st Georges cross bottoms holding an English flag up behind her, Sasha wearing a navy blue top with a Russian flag bottoms, her national flag behind her as they come nose to nose, staring intensely into each others eyes.

Other photos sees both wearing red gloves with one under the others chin as they smile, finally they pose facing the camera in their boxing stances, a serious look on their faces as the BBU clearly wanna show off both women's beauty and fierceness in photo form.

The day before the fight both women sat across from each other with a table between them, Denise Van Outen acting as the moderator for this face off as Alexina wears a white dress, Sasha in a red dress, hands on the table as both stare right at the other.

Alexina is asked first to say what she thinks of Sasha, the stunning redhead replies "I can't really say a bad word about her, she is a talented fighter and honestly I have thought about us meeting, testing her out with these" she grins as she clenches her fists as she holds them up.

Sasha smirks as she watches, replying "I feel the same, Alexina I know can box and I wanted this chance too but I want to make something else clear, I am not her to be your friend, not to lay down as you play for your fans, I am simply here to fight you with my all and end the night with my foot on your chest as you taste defeat" that makes Alexina smirk back as she puts her hands back on the table.

"Oh I am not going to taste defeat by your hands Sasha, in fact that is the one thing that disappoints me, you tried to jump around me but ended up getting knocked on your arse, maybe you were afraid of me as you know this was inevitable, us two settling who is the better fighter" Alexina fires back, normally she is reserved but Sasha seems to be drawing some fire out of her.

As the blonde laughs "afraid of you, Alexina darling if I wanted to I would drag you across this table by your hair and not bother boxing you, it's only because I respect you that I don't, I want to settle this in the ring, I warn you don't push my buttons or that respect will take a backseat" with Alexina grinning as Denise watches on looking mesmerized by what she is seeing, two alpha women feeling each other out verbally, seeing if one will push beyond a little sparring to full on going for the jugular.

Sitting back in her seat, Alexina says "I agree we should wait for the ring, when I kick your arse though don't think I am going to help you up, I want you to fully understand that you will never be better then me" making Sasha bristle in her seat.

Nodding as she stands up, Sasha says "I'll see you soon" staring daggers at Alexina, who stands too as Denise watches closely, neither lunges for the other as they keep their word, pride is telling them to wait till the world is watching.

Fight night at ringside there is a special guest shown at ringside, the Italian model Raffaella Modugno is sitting in the front row, she is undefeated and maybe scouting a future opponent here.

Through the curtain first comes Alexina with her coach behind her, she is wearing a violet coloured bikini with matching gloves, her hair tied into a ponytail as she gets a loud cheer from her supporters, she blows kisses and waves to them as she looks excited.

Jogging up the ring steps before getting into the ring, posing for her fans at the center of the ring with her arms flexed, she admits to her coach that it is a hell of an experience being in a situation like this, taking a deep breath to keep any nerves at bay.

Boos ring out as Sasha steps out onto the aisle, she is used to this as several of her fights have been in her opponents hometown, she jogs down the aisle wearing a white bikini with silver trim, silver gloves, her hair is tied into a braid as she stares at the ring.

Climbing into the ring, Sasha heads straight to her corner as she looks all business, knowing she isn't going to win any fans here, throwing punches onto her coaches hands as if they were punch pads.

Coming to the center of the ring by order of the referee, both fighters go nose to nose as they show no fear for their opponent, needing the referee to nudge them apart before tempers up.

Told to touch up their gloves, they slam their gloves into their opponent's with a crack of leather, back in their corners with their eyes locked across the ring, the referee signals for the bell to ring to start 10 rounds of welterweight action.

Round 1:
"Ding!" Coming together at the center, both throw picture perfect jabs honed off years of training into the others beautiful cheeks, moving around on their toes as they are text book in their stances, almost a mirror image of each other how they hold themselves.

The difference in styles comes when Alexina misses with a straight, Sasha stepping in under it to hammer in a one-two to the abs of the local fighter, moving back out to range when Sasha gets clipped with a right to the top of her head.

The early aggression is coming from Luss as she takes steps in to bang in punches to the abs or to the chest of Graham to push her back, Alexina only able to land clean single punches, not able to land her combinations she loves to throw.

Heading into the final minute of the round, Alexina gives Sasha a nudge in the chest, then swings in an uppercut that pushes the blonde onto her heels, now here comes the hometown hero as she slams in a quick fire one-two punches smack into the face of Sasha, pressing her around the outside of the ring as both go hard with flurries being exchanged.

The crowd is on it's feet at the grandstand finish to the round, when the bell rings both women just about hold back a hook, staring hard for a moment before jogging to their corners, while the crowd might be happy with their fighters late surge, Sasha looked comfortable there with her aggression most likely taking that round in any unbiased viewers eyes.

Round 2:
Tapping her cheeks with her gloves before coming out to fight, Alexina looks refocused as now she doubles up her jab, moving more side to side as Sasha stalks after her, both women landing crisp punches when they get their timing right, it's Graham whose finding it more.

A missed left cross from Luss leaves her open to a right into her chest, a left then slams across her cheek as Alexina has definitely found her rhythm, Sasha now more in a defensive posture as Alexina is stepping in with a range of punches.

When Graham looks to be getting comfortable, Sasha reminds her how good a fighter she is as she lands a left/right cross combo to turn the head of the red haired fighter, Sasha bringing the heat as they pass the half way point of the round with a one-two combo square into the face of the Brit.

Who has to push Sasha back before she gets cornered, landing a double jab up the middle into the blonde's face to keep her back, things somewhat settling down as they go into the final moments, trading combos as both dance around the ring on their toes.

When the round comes to a close both return to their corners with a cold expression, even as fans chant her name, Alexina knows for sure she is in the ring with the real deal, Sasha meanwhile speaking in Russian to her coach so Alexina can't work out what she is planning.

Round 3:
Stepping out her corner quickly at the bell, Sasha is forcing the issue more as she gets into the grill of Alexina, both landing stiff body shots as they nearly clash heads at one point, scowling as the heat seems to be rising.

Using her left forearm into the chest of Graham, Luss pushes her off balance enough so she can bang in an overhand right to knock back Alexina, who finds herself now needing to box in a defensive manner, Sasha controls the center with her punches sticking up top to keep the guard of Alexina up.

Getting comfortable she has Alexina mostly under wraps this round, Sasha then starts to add in more punches to the abs of her opponent, making Alexina hiss with each clean shot that rifles into her stomach, the crowd chanting Alexina's name to get her to fight back.

Seeing her chance as they enter the final thirty seconds, Graham lands a chopping right cross to the jaw of Sasha, with the Russian finding herself being knocked back by a follow up rapid fire three punch combination to the face.

Sasha covers up as she finds herself on the back foot, the bell rings before she finds herself in any real trouble, with her coach smiling as the change in tactics worked to perfection there, Alexina nodding to her coach as she knows she got caught flat footed there.

Round 4:
Circling out her corner as soon as the bell rings, now that Alexina knows her opponent's new tactics, she is adapting to them with her movement to stop being caught cold, both women thrusting hard punches square into each others faces when they are head on.

But Sasha steps in with a straight that just finds air, two rights slam into the side of her head, making the blonde retreat back as Graham now comes on the attack, throwing piston like punches one after the other, some slamming into the gloves of Luss as others find a home on her angelic face.

Now needing to be the one moving around side to side, Sasha is gritting her mouthpiece as she is finding herself in a real battle of attrition, Alexina outworking her now as they exchange, the redhead finding her groove as she buries punches through the guard of Sasha to knock back her head.

Onto the ropes goes Sasha as Alexina bodies up to her, digging away at the stomach of Luss, who grabs onto Alexina and tries to grapple her around, both women have to be pried apart as they grind heads in the clinch.

Final moments of the round sees both standing to trade, fists slamming into shoulders as well as flush on target, fans on their feet as nobody can doubt the passion of these two warriors, at the bell they stop and pass each other by without incident, cheeks on both women are starting to have a pink hue as it is hard to separate them.

Round 5:
Alexina starts off well as she uses her movement with her reach well, not as slow off the blocks as she was earlier, which makes it harder for Sasha to close the distance on her as they move around the middle of the ring.

A feint by Sasha though opens up Alexina to the real uppercut that rocks back the redhead, there's a few worried faces in the crowd as they watch their fighter be knocked into a corner by piston like punches by Luss.

Holding onto Sasha to stop her momentum, Alexina shakes her head as that punch looks to have buzzed her, referee needed to break them up as Sasha can't get herself free, she is chomping at the bit to get back at the English lass.

Who is definitely in defensive mode right now, Sasha barrelling into her with a straight to the chest, then two hooks around the guard of Alexina to the side of her head, working back Graham into a corner as the crowd urges their girl to fight back.

Another clinch from Alexina, Sasha shouting in her native tongue in frustration as she tries to break free, she knows she is hurting Alexina but she can't finish the job as long as she is being held, again they are split apart by the referee.

As the bell rings Sasha bangs her gloves together, knowing she won that round hands down, disappointed that she isn't in the showers now after a win, on the other side of the ring Alexina's coach lightly taps her cheek to make sure she is fully awake, nodding to her coach as her right cheek looks a little puffy, she can't afford another bad round like that.

Round 6:
Moving out her corner looking to pressure early, Sasha is pressing Alexina near the ropes but can't get inside the reach of the redhead, instead taking some stiff punches square into her face as her guard is a little too open while she focuses on landing a big shot.

A double jab lands square onto the nose of Sasha, who blindly throws a right hook that finds air, a left hook finds its target on the temple of Luss, who wobbles slightly as she is now buzzed, like a buzzsaw Alexina starts cutting through the guard of Sasha with punch after punch.

Herded into a corner, Sasha tries to clinch up, Alexina quick to take a step back, AN UPPERCUT THEN POPS SASHA ON HER CHIN TO SEND HER DOWN TO HER BACKSIDE IN THE CORNER! A LOUD ROAR ERUPTS AS THE CROWD LOVED THAT!

Jogging to the neutral corner, Alexina watches Sasha closely as she sees the blonde blinking, 1...2...3.. Grabbing the middle rope with her left, 4...5.. Sasha begins to pull herself up, 6...7.. As she gets close to standing, her legs are like jelly! Causing her to stumble back to her left knee, 8...9...10 leaning on the middle rope, Sasha can only watch herself be counted out!

Winner Alexina Graham KO Round 6

After:
Alexina just past her toughest fight to date, she fights back tears as doing it in front of her hometown fans is easily the best feeling in the world, she pumps her right fist into the air as the crowd chants her first name, all on their feet ecstatic for her.

Meanwhile Sasha has her stool brought to her, sitting on it as she shakes her head in disbelief, the ringside doctor checks her over, Sasha cursing herself for not being able to beat the count, staring at her feet after the doctor says they will be OK.

Over comes Alexina as she checks on her, while judging by the looks on their faces neither will be friends anytime soon, both do share a fist bump to show respect as it was a great battle of skill and wits, the winner really had to tough it out to get the victory.

Helped out the ring by her coach, Sasha will probably be replaying that fifth round in her head all night, if she could have broken free or even did what Alexina did to her, then she'd be the one with her arm raised tonight and moving back towards a title shot.

Instead it's Alexina getting her hand raised to a loud cheer, she is understandably beaming as this is a dream for her, to show her hometown that she is a winner, waving to them as she thanks them for their support.

The crowd noise dampens a little as a discussion begins, Raffaella has left her seat at ringside and is being allowed into the ring, kicking her white heels off at ringside, Raffaella steps into the ring wearing a white dress.

Alexina seeing her steps to the Italian model as both undefeated fighters go nose to nose, cameras flash the moment as their eyes are locked in an intense stare down, nether says a word as they just press into each other.

Then they take a step back as Raffaella tells Alexina "you're not in my league bitch" which makes Alexina grin before she slaps her seemingly new rival across the face, Raffaella smirking as she rubs her cheek before cracking Alexina with her own slap.

Tempers explode as they latch onto the others hair, Alexina's coach grabs onto her as the referee grabs onto Raffaella to pull the hell cats apart, cheeks flushed when they are broken up with that a clear declaration of war from both women, whose undefeated record will go after that clash?

For now Raffaella is led out the ring, allowing Alexina to go on a lap of honour around the ring to the cheers of her adorning fans, Raffaella staring daggers at her before she heads up the aisle.