Lily Collins vs Saoirse Ronan

Lily:
(32, 5’5, 112, 44:13 FCBA, VIXENs)

Saoirse:
(27, 5’6, 11:5 FCBA, Free Agent)

BEFORE:
"EVERYONE under the sun seems to have fallen to Saoirse. Everyone except yours truly," Lily Collins speaks first at the press conference, flexing a bicep to show off some additional time spent in the gym. “I’m not entirely surprised Ronan beat the snot out of Twatson, but the Irish Iron Lady ain’t getting past me!”

“That’s what Emma thought and said the last time,” Saoirse responds in that thick Irish accent of hers. “Look at what happened to her back then. I’m tearing this division apart, and STILL I get no offers from the big wigs down on cherry lane. Collins is about to go down like all the others - maybe then someone will sit up and take notice.”

Tense atmosphere at the podium when the two gals meet, but it’s clear that Collins ain’t taking her opponent tonight seriously, turning her nose up at Ronan and that insufferable smirk not leaving her face for one second. Saoirse is glaring back calm, fists up, that platinum blonde fringe covering those dazzling eyes. No one has managed to take the Irish actress down so far, but then again, that’s what they said about other women like Ana de Armas before Lily knocked her out and made her kiss tummy.

Fight night and there’s a clear buzz in the stadium for this anticipated match-up. Ronan bouncing on her feet in one corner of the ring, wearing a bright yellow sunshine sports bra and black boxing trunks. She’s donning white gloves for this contest. At the other end, Collins is wearing a tight-fitting black sports bra that’s cut too high, showing off those chiselled abs and toned midriff. The Vixen is wearing red trunks tonight and navy gloves.

There’s the wave of the referee’s hand and HERE WE GO with ten rounds of Bantamweight action!

ROUND 1:
Not a good sign for one lovely lady in the opening round, the one constantly trying to rush the other girl down and go for an early knockdown. Given Collins’ reputation (and how lightly she’s treating her opponent so far), we all know which camp the Vixen belongs to. Collins kicks things off with an explosion of action forward, slamming combos into Saoirse’s arms in the very first minute, trying to target the Irishwoman’s head to stun her early. Ronan, however, has other ideas, having made short work of previous girls who’ve disrespected her before. She counters with short but snappy jabs to Lily’s face, surprising the former champ with a crunching shot to the chin after weaving backwards to avoid another combo. Lily has the slight reach disadvantage here but she’s trying to make up for it with volume and speed. The Vixen manages to land some shots to the body and arms, but in tit-for-tat fashion, Saoirse’s precise counter-striking gets the job done and wins her a first wide round.

ROUND 2:
Lily heard growling at having ceded the first round in what was meant to be a glorious comeback and statement for the Vixen. She stays away this time, countering Ronan with combos as the two girls trade jabs from a distance in the first minute, each girl slamming punches into the cheek or off the top of the head for effect. Ronan gets the first taste of what Collins can do to her if she ain’t careful either: Lily’s fast hands are shooting in in rapid succession, aimed high and angled low as Ronan takes more stingin’ punishment to her chest to tie things up. End of the round and Ronan has learned to be more careful around a dirty fighter, with Lily smirking opposite and gesturing for her rival to bring it.

ROUND 3:
Ronan falls back on her training and focus, spends the first minute of the third just checking and parrying Lily’s attacks harmlessly to the side, before ripping a hook across the Vixen’s face to show her how it’s done. In many ways, Ronan’s fighting like an old foe of Collins’, with Emma Watson also known for her counter-punching skills. Unfortunately for Lily, Watson is the one who FELL to the Irish woman not too long ago, which spells even more trouble for the pound-for-pound Bantamweight fighter. Lily scores on occasion throughout the rest of the round, letting out a shout of victory when she briefly throws Ronan’s head back with a snap jab to the chin. But Ronan roars back in with her own one-two combo squeezed into Lily’s lips, playing on her complacency to end the round still slightly in her favour.

ROUND 4:
Ladies erupt and rip into each other in the opening seconds after the bell, Lily not f*cking around no longer as she bashes a hook into Saoirse’s body then goes for a knockout blow up high. Ronan’s calm at first, taking it with a loose arm raised high and dipped low, deflecting Lily’s early attacks with a practiced grace. But Lily’s aggression begins to bear fruit, threatening to overwhelm Ronan’s defences later as she lunges an uppercut into her stomach, which stuns Ronan to the spot. Ronan barely has time to bring her arms up before another step-in cross slams into the middle of her guard, throwing her further back. Lily’s snarling as she leaps in, over and over again, targeting the chin for that KO blow that sadly never materialises. End of the round and Saoirse looks banged up on the ropes, but at least she’s still standing!

ROUND 5:
Lily keeps her foot on the pedal, circling in fast and hard as she resumes her assault on Saoirse’s walls. There’s menace in the air as she rocks the blonde with a hook to the body, snarling as she shoves her backwards and towards the ropes. It’s clear Lily is not taking her opponent seriously, but also the fact that she’s frustrated by the lack of results thus far. Another swing to the head misses, however, as Ronan begins to predict her foe’s movements, rips a straight hand back into Lily’s lips to stop her advance in its tracks in the middle mark. Lily’s begun to realise the gravity of her situation as Saoirse resets and begins to fight back, and the two ladies end up trading barbs and jabs from afar to close off the fifth. If Ronan managed to survive that sudden assault from the former champion, it might mean this fight has the potential to go the distance!

ROUND 6:
Saoirse’s resilience has always seen her through difficult challenges in the past. Here is no different: she capitalises on Lily’s windedness to score multiple jabs to the center of her face, each time knocking Collins’ head backwards with a painful whap! Lily’s surprised by her opponent’s speed, trying to raise her arms a little too late before the next snap shot catches her on her facial features. Ronan even pays the brunette back with stiff punches to her body and chest, drawing squeals from Lily, who’s not used to taking her own medicine. Lily, however, roars in again after the continuous stream of insults in the first minute, banging a hook off the arms but then another wide swing misses entirely. Ronan slips to the side, then LUNGES back in with a swipe across the cheek of Collins, yet another DING! to the base of her chin, and THERE LILY GOES!! She’s stumbling backwards, looking stunned, before tripping over her own legs to the ground! Whaddaya know?! It’s a KNOCKDOWN for Saoirse Ronan!!

Ronan parades about the ring with a satisfied expression on her face. She’s getting used to taking down girls twice her size of ego, leaving them breathing hard and struggling on all fours at her feet. Collins has to massage her own ego here, snarling and panting as she attempts to push herself back up before the referee’s count. It’s a slow but grueling process for the proud Vixen, but she manages to recover by the count of 8.

Only question is whether she can survive another of Ronan’s assaults before the time runs out - still a minute-and-a-half left on the clock and the referee waves for the action to resume! HERE RONAN COMES! The Irish Iron Lady looks poised to take another scalp for her trophy collection as she RIPS and POURS into Lily’s defences, hard hooks slammed into the actress’ sides, and more straight crosses drilled into the center of her arms, determined to break the gates wide open. Lily’s in trouble, backed into the ropes, her eyes fluttering and widening with panic with each passing second. A stiff punch catches her on the chin, which doesn’t help matters, throwing her head over the top rope and leaving her wide open for further attack. Ronan GOES FOR BROKE, sinking punches into every aspect of the Vixen’s body and arms, before a final BASH to the chin is the nail in the coffin! Collins PROTESTING but puffy when the referee suddenly LEAPS in to break up the action, WAVING the fight off as a TKO loss for the Vixen! Good lord! That was a tough but necessary call to make, we think!

Official Decision: Saoirse Ronan defeats Lily Collins via TKO6!

AFTER:
Collins, of course, not entirely convinced by the sudden stoppage, LUNGES at Ronan with a shriek but gets stopped by the referee and other ring officials that immediately flood the ring.

Ronan in tears of joy, arms covering her face before throwing them into the air as she marches back to her corner with another big win under her belt! She might just be the best Free Agent on the market after this victory tonight. Of course, those shrill protestations from the VIX corner don’t seem to bother her, with Lily making as much noise as she can against the judges’ official decision.

“I beat her fair and square,” Saoirse says with a nod and smile to reporters backstage. “Let that be a lesson to ya, Lily. You mess with me and every one of you Vixens is going down. Come on, now, who’s bloody next??”

Lily, of course, not so diplomatic when she’s asked for her own thoughts moments later:

“I WANT A REMATCH! Bloody Irishwoman got some licks in but I wasn’t ready to go down! Not by a long-shot! This ain’t over, you hear, Ronan?!?”


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(Results: Lookout!, Words: Caspian)