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Before: “Demi and I don’t work together as much as ‘Livy and I do, but you’d be an idiot to fight JMD and not train with her,” Camila says. “It’s a tough fight, nobody doubts that, and they’re right to call me the underdog. I said it before, ‘I’m going to hit her, and she’s going to hit me, and we’ll see what happens.”
Demi comments, “There’s no malice here, but we’re not going to be holding anything back either. This is a title fight, don’t let the in-house fact fool you. We’re both in it to win it!”
Ringpost-in-sand setup. Camila enters in her signature black high-waisted bikini, hair back in a battle bun. Demi in her gold “Title-fight” micro, hair loose and hanging down almost to her barely-covered butt. Black gloves all around, both fighters barefoot in sand.
R1: Softening barrage of rights and lefts amidships has Demi backing away, gloves up: Camila able to step into a wide, roundhouse right uptop, staggering Queen sideways. Rose backpedalling, but keeping her dukes up, Mendes walking her girl down, belting away robust, brawling rights and lefts as Queen blocks or ducks the worst of it. Late the round, Demi ducking under ‘Mila's heavy blows, letting her fall in close, then squirming to tuck tidy leather into Challengers tummy&tits. Camila's round on aggression: Demi firming after a shaky start.
R2: Camila knows that Demi is dangerous when she can plant and pitch, electing to fight close. Rose ducking down, dropping her rear foot back and easing Mendes in: crowding in off the momentum of her own punches to smother reciept. ‘Mila putting together tidy combinations - cleaning up on Demi's gut, swatting her jugs, cuffing her jawlines - nice tight clout applied, covering up and dipping to stay safe in the pocket. Both fighters willing to slug mouth-on-shoulder, but Mendes getting off hard, but not landing flush, while Rose is landing clean more often. Camila calm, cool, collected, Demi put wobbly butt from combinations in the first minute. Second minute, Rose easing back, able to tuck a hook snug in under Mendes's elbow, then hook jaw.
R3: Demi rallies - crowd cheers: Princess a thrilling sight with her teeth bared, bangs in her eyes as she pushes forward. Mendes under threat, but maintaining her poise: dukes're up, she's bending forward at the waist while dropping her right foot back, always pulling away, sucking Rose forward. Demi in pursuit with a wide, clobbering hook to body, followed by hook to head: bang-bang beat often rattles ‘Mila, moving her to her left. Mendes staying loose, occasionally jabbing to pre-empt Rose, then walking Queen's tummy onto a shoulder for a quick clinch-and-turn routine. Camila forced into a fighting withdrawal, managing Demi’s pressure all around the beach.
R4: Blistering exchanges continue: girls closing in crouches, taking turns tattooing one another...it's Camila getting the better looks this round. Mendes slipping shots well, answering back hooks - she's tearing up Rose tummy&tits with biting left hands. Pivoting left around her poke, ‘Mila settling into a brisk, pop-and-go rhythm: she's got Demi turning, taking punches as round progresses.
R5: First minute: Camila circling a stalking/crouching Demi, popping and locking her down. Second minute: Rose cutting off the ring, weaving side to side to slip punches then CASHING IN CHIN via booming overhand right. Wicked chin-jolt blows Mendes off her feet, onto her buns: little brunette all staring and gobsmacked as she sits up pretty near ropes. Millie Bobby Brown up out of her seat at ringside: "KICK HER ASS, DEMI!" Mendes beats the count shabby, covers up peek-a-boo: Rose wades in with bully's grin wide on cocky lips. Funny thing happens on the way to the clean-up beatdown: ‘Mila fights savagely from the pocket - issuing compact little left hooks/uppercuts from her tight guard. Demi punishes the flanks; tummies up to stack and press, but she can't reduce the pocket as Camila fights a desperation toe-to-toe stand. Mendes has to stand through the interval, towel-girl having to brush off her booty and gloves.
R6; Camila hopping to either side - using her hands to bat Demi's punches out of the air as Queen storms forward. Rose frustrated in pursuit: very difficult to engage Mendes when she doesn't want to trade. But ‘Mila not running: from the minute mark onwards, she'll curl back in to engage - hup-hup-hupping rising rights and lefts in close to work Rose tummy, tits and chin. Demi banging back - parking a particularly nasty palm-down right wide behind Camila's left elbow, followup left uppie snaps her head back. Bitter back and forth has both girls breathing hard and looking spanked...but Mendes stabilized her front after the knockdown.
R7: Demi with good, effective pressure up the middle - scattering Camila out of her stance, chasing challenger round the ring. Mendes not ashamed to show leg - disengaging when Rose seems set and ready - willing to forfeit points rather than slug at a disadvantage. All Demi until final minute: on-coming Queen rushes into a Mendes check-hook, twitching it to chin while leaning on back leg...ROSE IS HURT! ‘Mila over to offence - shifting weight to front leg the better to hook with, then punishing jugs criss-cross right/lefts in rapidfire tandem. Demi backpedalling, taking punches: she's covering up aching jugs at the expense of putting her face on sale. Mendes landing several swift hooks and crosses to Rose’s mouth and eyebrows: nasty looking mouse bulging out from under Demi’s left eye testimony to title fight's ferocity through 7
R8: Camila fighting in retreat - trying to keep surging Demi off with check-jabs, trying to flurry-and-sidestep in desperate bids to turn fight midring. Rose ripping sidearm lefts and rights to Mendes rack&ribs, stubby arms straight from the shoulder, just whack-batting torso. 'Mila crying out, Rose blinking away tears, both fighters crumbling mentally, pausing to pant hands-on-ropes, trying to rally and leg this thing out. Mendes stepping-to, unleashes a tired barrage of hooks: short, left hand flurry bangs and scours at Rose as she's wobbling on the spot. Demi blurting in pain, sliding to her right, hitting her own corner in disarray: Camila walking her down, triggering the straight lead right down into tummy. Mendes committed to hooking the body - getting in thick behind right elbow. Hooks and bumping left shoulders sorting Rose out; drilling straight rights have her crying out, rolling in the pocket, suffering. It's a tear-stained tableau as both contenders lose their composure. ‘Mila bounces left hook off waist; sways on the spot; unleashes sidearm right hard to left flank; dips n' DIGS left hook to liver and DOWN GOES DEMI! Rose hugging her body, tumbling to sand, rolling to her back all gasping and sobbing. It's over, Demi can't get off her back...that's KO8 for the winner and NEW Princess of the Beach, CAMILA MENDES!
After: Demi openly weeping, but applauding as Camila's name is announced. Mendes pumping her fists and hugging her trainer, takes the time to console a devastated Rose in the aftermath of a very close contest. "She took it from me," says a shaky Demi hours later, "fair and square. She's a lot harder to hit than people were saying, and she takes a great punch. I wanted to beat her so bad...maybe I wanted it too bad." Camila fashioning a second upset win with sheer willpower and no-frills execution over a stable-mate.
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