Jessica Lowndes vs Cree Cicchino
(Lioness Club of America vs Italians Boxing Better)
(61-35-1, 60 KO vs 41-15, 41 KO)
Results: Lookout!; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: It's been a difficult season for the Lioness Alpha despite holding the JMD title for a while and there are some pundits who believe the Canadian actress has more or less reached the high-water mark as she approaches the milestone of 100 official FCBA fights. However Jessica Lowndes believes she can enjoy another successful spell and has years left as a serious contender: "I know everyone is going nuts over Millie Bobby Brown or Dove Cameron but don't count me out just yet. I'm still in my prime and this Italian witch will learn it the hard way tonight!"

That "witch" is none other than Cree Cicchino, back in the IBB saddle after a brief inactive spell during the summer. She won four of her last five and she vows to roll on with the hot streak against the Canadian veteran since Lowndes almost qualifies as such given the age difference between the two.

Jessica Lowndes wears a red crop top, jeans shorts & black gloves. Long dark brown hair tied in a braid. Cree Cicchino wears a white crop top, jeans shorts & silver gloves. Shoulder lenght black hair loose & straight. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the flyweight division.

Round 1:
Jessica takes over the slugging command and tears into the fellow brunette's body catching her off guard upon impact and rolling with the haze thereafter. Cree doesn't have much time to react while she's gashed from both flanks but she had to expect such a furious start from Lowndes regardless of the Canadian's season results. The only way is full-on attack and Jessica has won many battles breaking her opponents' spirits - she's up to her old tricks again and doing just fine blowing up Cicchino's high-guard until she pounds her back to the ropes where she splits the mitts and keeps on thumping the youngster into complete stupor. Woof. Cree shows plenty of grit being mauled like a second-hand trash doll and she vows to pay back the favor very soon! More punching, less talking would be a good idea to start!

Rounds 2 & 3:
Cree shows up to hammer several body shots and she almost hurts the Canadian actress-singer with a quick liver attack before she gets dragged into a lenghty head-hunting war of attrition. Jessica is ready to challenge anyone in this kind of fashion but Cree survives the test and blows up more quick hits below the breasts to drain the older brunette into a slo-mo response down the stretch. Outlasting the short fuse Lowndes is never a bad idea on paper but it's much harder to execute and Cree keeps working her to the body during the next six minutes while enforcing the phone booth zone and bouncing the Canadian along the ropes. Jessica doesn't lose her patience just yet but struggles to connect with more than a single-hand series and she barely hurts the lively youngster in the process.

Round 4:
Jessica flies in with a head-hunting charge and beats the younger foe to the punch before working around the eyes to leave a visible swelling come the one-minute mark. Cree would like to pummel the fellow brunette to the body again but she has to react to the furious charge and the aerial response misses the target while Lowndes begins to expand her wings and drills more hard hits on each temple to force Cicchino out of the close range. The Queens native shows exceptional footwork to avoid further trouble in the second minute but she's not winning any style points with it so she tries to steal the momentum late only to walk into more head shots that add to the swelling and bounce her onto the turnbuckle in worse to wear fashion to say the least... and here comes Lowndes to tear another bloody gash across the nasal ridge while the IBB brunette slumps into a shrieking bubble and almost gets saved by the bell here.

Round 5:
Back to hammer & tongs protocol but Cree is getting romped into a standstill as Lowndes rises to demolish her high-guard and pancake all the leather into her face until she FLOORS HER with a sweet left/right combo that drains the life bar into extinction. Woof. Cree drops on her backside and cuts a woozy figure even when she gets up at seven with the crowd shouting "Finish her!!!" but the ref shows mercy and calls the fight off when Cree starts leaking paint from her nose and basically has no desire to keep going. Double woof! TKO5 Jessica Lowndes!!!

AFTER: Some experts questioned why Jessica accepted this fight before the looming JMD showdown versus Sophie Mudd but she simply needed a proper test against an elite opponent and yes, Cree is elite despite struggling to beat Millie Bobby Brown multiple times this season. Meanwhile Jessica, who turned 35 years yesterday, sends a warning sign she's not quite finished with her own elite plans and plans to spoil the Next Gen order one way or another: "Mishy has retired and Nessa just isn't good enough anymore... and she never was to begin with. I need to watch more tape on this MBB girl because I have no idea what the fuzz is all about! (...) Wanted to take a swing at Billie E. but apparently she's not the Alpha cat in her own stable. Big surprise! Even a bigger one a glamour model holds the JMD title. I thought the belong in the mud pit... literally her name is Mudd! Should be fun punching her tits into a mush! Wish me luck!" (winks).

Official Result: Jessica Lowndes def. Cree Cicchino TKO5.