Emma Rigby vs Zara McDermott
(Fight Club UK vs BBU Independent)
(10-28, 10 KO vs 4-2, 4 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Merseyside actress Emma Rigby remains a fan favorite and keeps getting these fights booked since most fans believe she's a much better fighter than her record indicates and the blame is usually put on FCUK manager Katie Price instead. Meanwhile Zara McDermott claims she can be a leading force among the reality TV starlets and deserves more respect for both in & out of the ring. BBU TV's Denise van Outen doesn't deny the fact Zara can become a fan favorite as well but she needs to compile a successful boxing tape and take down some established contender in the process. Rigby is a perfect opponent marketing-wise but won't really make a splash worthy of fielding offers from the likes of Sophia Thomalla or Maisie Smith.

Emma Rigby wears a light blue bikini set & white gloves. Long blonde hair tied in a braid. Zara McDermott wears a crimson red bikini set & black gloves. Long dark blonde hair tied in a custom ponytail. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the bantamweight division.

Round 1:
Emma is quick from the blocks to give the younger blonde a proper slugging challenge in the center of the ring. It's not like Zara can't jump into a higher gear right away but she fails to match Emma's intensity during the opening sequence and has to take a couple of hard licks up the middle which gives the Mersey actress more confidence she can dominate the younger prospect. The back & forth action continues much to the crowd's delight and it's not a surprise a Katie Price-trained fighter just goes out there to knock her opponent's head off. Emma likes her slugging chances and outboxes Zara by the numbers even though she can't really trap her in a proper hole back in the corner when she tries to in the closing stages of the round.

Rounds 2 & 3:
Zara comes back at the Mersey actress just beating her to the punch every now & then before a hard one-liner on the nose wobbles Emma onto her heels. Zara doesn't need a second invite to pour in immediate leather and she thumps the older blonde back to the ropes where she adds more body shots to prevent Rigby from clinching her into a stalemate. She lands a steady dose of harpoons to shut Emma out of a proper response and takes it from there in the third when she settles to punish Rigby's midsection before working a stray elbow on the tits to further soften her opponent up. Emma has to hassle around the ring to avoid the initial trap but gets worked down into the corner anyway as McDermott's swarming approach gives her the intended advantage. Ugh! Even Katie Price can't hide her anger as Zara simply pummels Emma's midriff into visible swollen patches and looks extremely relaxed while doing it!

Round 4:
Emma seeks a slugging response and gives it a really good try blasting a couple of hard shots into the Essex blonde's rack before working around to tag her on the chin and wobble her backwards. Zara refuses to bail out of the heater but loses her footing when she tries to flick a quick overhand and gets barged onto the ropes with Rigby working on speed dial to make her superior spell count the most. She almost lands a not-so-accidental headbutt and keeps spraying leather around to drill through McDermott's toned abs. Ugh! Zara slumps into some noticeable spasms as she's getting whacked hard & fair until Emma gets carried away and plucks one on the groin. Woof. Katie Price leads the vocal applause and wants the Mersey blonde to keep going but referee has other ideas and parts the two girls in the ring while the clock expires seconds later anyway.

Round 5:
Zara is all in to make Emma pay for that cheap shot to end the fourth but the Mersey girl is ready for the war of attrition... until she gets NAILED by a wicked left/right combo on the nose and drops her gloves low enough for the Havering stunner to pile in more hard leather on target. Head-hunting blast leaves Rigby wounded early with a bloody patch across the nasal ridge looming kinda important already. Zara simply lets it rip and catches the older blonde with more solid punches to drive her onto the ropes as the Mersey veteran is unable to find the proper response and gets clobbered into a standstill on the turnbuckle before too long. Zara keeps driving her mitts and digs a elbow into Emma's chin to keep her neutralized for good; she adds a harpoon series on the stomach as well to leave the Scouser visibly aching at the bell.

Round 6:
Emma is hurting beyond the bloody patch on her nose and Zara buries her underneath more slugging menace seconds into the sixth. She piles on hard contact into her opponent's face until another cut drops Rigby into spasms outright. Woof. She tries to work a single-hand response but gets stranded in the center of the ring and McDermott proceeds to dissect her from both flanks until she lands one hard hook on the ear too many. Emma goes numb and wobbles forward to meet a brutal uppercut on the chin that finally PUTS HER DOWN FOR THE COUNT. Make that down and OUT as she descends into a mumbling mess shortly afterwards. KO6 Zara McDermott!!!

AFTER: That was a good performance from the 'Love Island' graduate who ignores the dazed Emma and gets involved in a shouting match with the notorious Katie Price instead. Zara still has the last laugh when she says she has mercy for women "old enough to be her mother" and it appears like the FCUK manager will have to come up with a roster rally to silence the Havering lass anytime soon. The stable has the weapons but it's not like Zara can be dismissed as a casual prospect anymore, she might be the real deal who calls her own schedule against some of the resident odds!

Official Result: Zara McDermott def. Emma Rigby KO6.