CBAD from MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Saoirse Ronan vs Nina Dobrev
(FCBA Independent vs Lioness Club of America)
(12-6, 12 KO vs 57-32-1, 49 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: The St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner but Saoirse Ronan isn't in a position to call her own schedule at this stage. What's more, she's been targeted by two high-profile opponents this month and apparently Girls Friday provided a higher acceptance fee demoting Nina Dobrev to CBAD duty tonight. The Canadian Lioness is personally offended by those circumstances:

"Who da hell Kaya Scodelario think she is? The new Queen of England? I got bad news for her, I'll whup this Irish tramp's ass so badly it will be a complete nonsense fighting her at the PPV!"

Meanwhile Saoirse realizes she can actually score a proper upset - her 66% winning percentage making her a weird underdog to begin with - and claims Nina taking February off to cheer for her boyfriend at the Olympics will backfire on the long run and drop her out of serious contention for several months going forward.

Saoirse Ronan wears a green bikini set & white gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a braid. Nina Dobrev wears a violet bikini set & black gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a custom ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Quick start from the blonde who apparently wants to neutralize all of her opponent's scheduling displeasure; she drives her mitts into Nina's midsection catching the former champion off guard before lacing her around the liver area and bumping off with a not-so stray elbow. Saoirse is not you everyday free agency punchbag but she still works her trade in unorthodox fashion as she digs her mitts into Nina's cleavage down the stretch and clobbers her onto the ropes outright. Nina fires back over the top and lands several single punches but she's unable to shake the Irish blonde off and Ronan blasts her up the chimney late in the round again to stay on top of the Lioness woman.

Round 2:
Dobrev lands the first meaningful punch of the round and beats Saoirse with a jabbing follow up that triggers a hectic head-hunting exchange in the center of the ring. The Irish blonde gets vocal as she tries to smack the brunette from point blank-range but she enjoyed more success working the downstairs route and gets outworked in a heads up rally. Nina punks her with supreme power and knocks her head backwards repeatedly before Ronan simply thinks better off it and bails out of the slugging exchange come the final minute. Nina still tracks her down and sends hiding onto the ropes as she channels her inner wrath and lands more head shots through the blonde's leaky guard.

Rounds 3 & 4:
Saoirse regains the body assault mojo and pummels away at the brunette's midsection while adding some jug muggin' delivery to keep Nina under severe pressure. The Lioness woman still tries to produce a meaningful counter-punching effort but she doesn't quite carry a peak effort and swings over Ronan's head too often while getting driven back into the ropes. Saoirse digs deep to carve visible marks on Dobrev's toned abs but gets clinches into a lenghty stalemate late in the third before action hits the repeat button in the fourth. Saoirse does her best to chop right through Nina's stomach and catches her with an accidental head-butt before shutting the Canadian down in the corner where she keeps firing straight into the brunette's cleavage again. Ugh! Nina gurgles in visible discomfort as she's unable to muscle her way out of the Irish trap and leaks more body shots as Ronan piles on the extra effort and extends her lead on the cards.

Round 5:
LCA coach Eva Mendes is really upset here but Nina tells her "I know what I'm doing" during the break which doesn't quite pass the lie detector. Saoirse goes for another body assault try but Dobrev rips a quick double on the chin and catches the blonde from the inside with another hard right moments later. Ronan doesn't quite find her zone thereafter and gets outworked in mid-range with Nina letting some hard licks fly and slice the Irish guard. Saoirse jumps on some nifty footwork to avoid additional trouble but she's unable to mount a meaningful counter-attack in the final minute as Nina taunts her with some explicit vocabulary. She backs the blonde onto the turnbuckle and drives a vicious double on each temple before landing a bonus piledriver right at the bell. Ronan still leads 48-47 at half-distance.

Round 6:
Nina's aggression reaches the boiling point and finally overwhelms Saoirse's resistance when she scythes her across the lips and causes the first noteworthy physical damage. The blonde still tries to lean on the Canadian and explore the body assault route but this trick has run its course and Dobrev fends off the effort before thumping the Irish girl up the middle herself. Ronan tries to hang in the exchange but only to bounce off the brunette's forearms too often and she gets caught by a long wind-up almost waiting for Nina to miss... but the former champion doesn't miss and blows Saoirse on the chin to fold her into spasms. Ugh! Nina duly pancakes the ailing foe onto the turnbuckle where she pays back the early favors and drills the blonde's exposed breadbasket into a mush.

Round 7:
Saoirse comes out with a jabbing plan but fails to throw Nina off her lane and gets caught by a hi-lo double that chops her in the liver area before Dobrev barges her in the chest and wobbles onto the heels. Ronan tries to swing from the back foot instead of spinning away from the impact zone... a thoroughly bad idea that meets a crushing end when Nina SMOKES the unstable foe with a right hook on the jaw... Saoirse sinks on jelly knees with a loud whimper and doesn't raise her arms fast enough when the Lioness fighter fires another brutal hook on the ear SENDING THE IRISH WOMAN crashing down on her side with eyes closed. Uh-oh! The Las Vegas audience errupts in joy as all signs point to a front page knockout right here. Referee tries to salvage some of that Irish pride but to no avail... an otherwise slow count simply passes the motionless blonde by! KO7 Nina Dobrev in come-from-behind fashion!!!

AFTER: Huge win for the Canadian brunette who doesn't even care much about the fallen opponent and states she's off to Costa Rica for a much-needed break: "I'm not gonna watch the PPV to experience all that unworthy buzz about Kaya Scodelario! Whatever! I need to practice my beach boxing skills to send Claire Holt into full-time retirement! And I've got one other fight lined up next month too. We'll compare the notes once I'm done with these two and then you can tell me if Kaya's appearance fee was frickin' worth it!"

Official Result: Nina Dobrev def. Saoirse Ronan KO7.