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6 August 2010 Jamie Dantzscher vs Alicia Sacramone

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(UCLA campus)

Posted by simguy on 8/6/2010, 10:08 am

BEFORE: Superfight for American Gymnastics - Dantzscher essentially coming out of retirement to check Sacramone; Alicia in position to be regarded as the best all around slugging gymnast since Retton. "I knocked a 180 lb dude out with one punch," Alicia grins in prefight, "I don't like Jamie's chances once I tag her. Basically - those that can, do - those that can't, coach: Jamie's body kind of went to pudding once she went NCAA...I don't even want to think how soft she's become since. I'm blowing her out - I gave her every chance to back out of this, but she's determined to take a beating. So be it!" JD calm, cool, collected as usual - she was every bit the Alpha-leader in her day that Sacramone is today. "I just don't think Alicia measures up," Jamie shrugs at podium. "Her screw ups are legion - she's cost us so much internationally - and all that means is that she can't handle pressure. I turn into a diamond under pressure - that's the difference. When we get in there diggin', you're going to see Alicia give way."

Packed UCLA main gym...ring set up on gym floor - bleachers along West wall. Celebrities who frequently train on the campus with gymnasts in attendance: Hayden P, Cassie S, Allison Mack etc. Dantzscher supported by the likes of Domi Dawes, Amanda Borden etc...it's definitely an old guard vs new guard situation.

Jamie in navy blue UCLA sleeveless leotard with crushed-velvet finish; hair in tight battle bun; small gymnast-mitts. Sacramone in sleeveless scarlet leotard with white slashes down the flanks; blonde hair in bouncy ponytail; small black gymnast-mitts.

During R1: Super-girl punch, Jamie D: Dantzscher hopping on the left leg, feinting Sacramone out of position, then catching her a driving right to forehead...Alicia staggers back to ropes all stunned at the open! Jamie hard-eyed, scooting in: withering rights and lefts rip across Alicia's abs, testing her out: Jamie pushing Saccs into ropes, then fetching her tight-curling right uppercuts. Blonde battered through first minute, but rallying well: she organizes her blocking scheme, gets herself together against the ropes. Jamie stays on top - slowing her pace to work Alicia over thorough: brunette jabbing blonde front, chopping in sudden hook/cross combinations against the Sacramone block-and-weave. Bell to bell Jamie: she favours Alicia with a cold stare as Ali Saccs staggers out of the first!

R2: Alicia out in southpaw stance (right foot and shoulder forward) - bouncing on balls of her feet - looking to engage with sudden lead left hands, then lean-away right hooks off back (left) leg. Crisp punches bouncing off Jamie; she's back with spitting jabs; sidearm rights wide to Alicia's taut breadbasket; sudden, clipping left uppercuts in under Alicia's right arm, ticketed for chin. Even, murderous trade: crowd wowed by the sharp, taut, vicious back and forth. Final minute - Alicia slides in on Jamie, bodying her to ropes: blonde girl pushing right shoulder into Jamie's chest, clouting at Dantzscher's pale thighs (legal in gymnast boxing). Jamie D grimacing - squirming off the ropes to get her left arm in under Alicia's right: JD trying to dig right hands to body out of the clinch; Alicia looking to tuck left hands to body out of the clinch. Writhing, muscular stuff: Alicia won't let Jamie off the ropes - getting the better of close-in digging session to take the points.

R3: Jamie working behind her jab, tageting cute blonde face. JD moving clockwise - keeping her left foot outside Alicia's right: Sacramone turning, hands up but widely spaced...Dantzscher's scoring in between. Pouncing in, Jamie drops hammer-chop rights in over Alicia's right shoulder, smiting right side of Sacramone's jaw; disengaging from these scores, Jamie hooks viciously at Alicia's ribs while executing pivot-left. Stitching in and out lights Alicia up: she proves sturdy gobbling a classy Dantzscher shutout.

R4: Alicia wading into Jamie's body - hoisting short, thumping right/lefts up into lungs. Danztscher scampering - disengaging and ranging wide to either side at the hop: Sacramone in hot pursuit. Tasty, sudden exchanges all around the ring - Alicia raking Jamie lead left hands, then catching her come-back right hooks: Jamie D lumping up nicely, frequently startled by the shock of Ali's fists. Down the stretch, Jamie steals it all away - slipping outside Alicia's right jab while slinging a short right to button of Ali's chin...Sacramone sent reeling to ropes, jelly-thighed and wobbly butt. Jamie able to hop-to, pound her foe right/left in the waist - then dip torso-left to fit a gorgeous left hook in deep behind Ali's right elbow. Sob of pain, Ali Saccs...knees buckle, sitting her in ropes at bell. Jamie D: trademark cold glare as she pushes up off her rival; Ali hugging her core, blinking away tears.

R5: Jamie initiates clinch - left shoulder in Ali's chest - left arm in under Ali's right as Sacramone's bullied to ropes. In snug - Jamie's forehead pushing into Ali's right cheek - Jamie's right hand stuffing in short to gut, or clipping in tight to chin. Ali grimacing, wriggling to get her right arm in under Jamie's, then answer back stubby little left hands to JD's tummy or chin. Working out of the clinch - Jamie throws her right knee into Ali's right inner-thigh region (legal in gymnastics boxing); Ali answering back her left knee short to Jamie's inner left-thigh. Bruising stuff...Alicia occasionally able to twist Jamie into the ropes to work her over proper, but Dantzscher generally in command, being brawny on her blonde through 5.

R6: Alicia initiates clinch, driving Jamie to ropes: same wriggling, squirming, grunting stuff as girls stuff in close-quarter punches to bodies or chins; knee one another's legs; take turns reversing each other into ropes. Sacramone a little pit bull in there - working hard to press Jamie down - occasionally deploying both fists in ratatat barrages against the Dantzscher ribcage or tummy. Ali Saccs rough with her head when she's on top - scrubbing it across Jamie's face as blonde girl alternates position on either brunette shoulder. Ali getting a nice little left uppercut off pushes or shoulder-bumps as well - picking Jamie up tidy to chin. Bell: Ali pushes off all brawny, making bold eye contact with the infamous glare-queen Jamie.

R7: Jamie bops it back outside, circling clockwise midring, stitching in and out - she's piling up stubby right hands to right side of Ali's face, buckling Sacramone's knees in first minute. Jamie grimly happy in her work - tight little smile as she digs hooks to Ali's waist at one point, winning little gasps of pain from blonde. Second minute, Jamie looking to roll things up...Alicia catches JD a lead left as Dantzscher's bouncing in - follows up a right hook to left temple, stopping Jamie's attack. Ali slide-stepping to her left - pawing out the right jab, lightly dusting it against Jamie's mouth. Dantzscher trying to get into position pokes out her left jab...Ali dips low, pulls a swinging left out of her pocket and JAMS it stubby onto Jamie's chin! Dantscher's chin jolted down and in...her legs lock up stiff as she tilts to her left and DOWN GOES JAMIE! JD hitting on her left shoulder, rolling to her back - both hands flopping up over her head, then relaxing back to her waist...crowd screaming to its feet...Ali Saccs leaping away, screeching and climbing corner ropes. Jamie D tragically buzzed, but SHE BEATS THE COUNT...swaying all rickety and blinking as ref checks her out. Sacramone hard-eyed as she pounces back in after the 8 count: Jamie's ship wrecked, sitting in ropes helpless...this finishing flurry's a formality. Ali punishing the Dantzscher breadbasket to paralyze the brunette, then coming up top ripping right uppercuts and slap-chop straight lefts. Dantzscher jackhammer-jolted out on her feet by nearly a dozen unanswered blows...she's defenceless, staring open-mouthed when ref moves in to cradle her to safety. TKO7 in thunderclap fashion - Alicia Sacramone!

AFter: Ali Saccs shining bright n' dimply in victory: Jamie D helped to her stool and brought around with smelling salts as blonde girl holds center stage. "It's tough for Jamie to come out of retirement and face a standing gymnast," Ali says - taking a moment to applaud the Dantzscher corner with taped hands. "She's still strong and smart - caught me a lot of good shots - but she totally under-estimated my mental strength. I DON'T wilt under pressure: if things are going bad, I dust myself off and regroup - and I think Jamie was counting on me to quit. I have to give her credit though, for getting up after I smoked her my big left hand. That's better than that dude did! I mean, that boy just laid down to SLEEP!"