BEFORE: Tough fight for Cassie? Hayden Panettiere thinks so. "Shakira could be all sorts of trouble for Cassie," Hayden says in BLONDE! Mag profile of the fight. "Cassie's a classic Disney fighter/boxer - real good footwork - throws the Disney 3 punch combination - works at a very high tempo...but Shakira doesn't play by the rules. Shakira's wild; Shakira gambles, takes chances - and that can get to Scerbo. Shakira separated herself from Emilie De Ravin, so I think she might be a little stronger than Cassie, and Scerbo's not going to like that. Another thing - at their weigh in - Shak was all loose, dancing on the spot, singing to herself...and it drove Cassie crazy! There's Scerbo all scowling and furious - she hates free-spirited girls who don't do what they're told, and that's Shakira to a T! Bottom line - I think Shakira can really get in Cassie's kitchen and make a mess of things. Watch Scerbo's legs - if Shakira can knock her down early, I think she can go on to stop Cassie outright!"
Cassie in neon baby blue bikini; pink ankle booties; small pink gloves; long blond hair up in ponytail with curving bangs bracketing face. Shakira in buckskin bikini (fringed; western motif); small black gloves; soft tan boxing moccasins to midcalf, fringed, topped with fur; hair in tangled blonde ringlets. During ring instrux - Shak's shimmying her hips on the spot, humming to herself: Cassie's arms crossed...she's livid at Shakira's high spirits!
R1: Cassie: jitterbugging footwork, dukes up - she's looking to pop her jab, dart into range to get off right uppercut; clouting right; left hook. Shak prowling around, setting her feet, crouching low - nobody knows what she's looking to do. Cassie not landing flush, but she's in control - pre-empting Shak with poke - dousing her with peppy combinations - then boogeying around/in/out. Shak striking various menacing poses - coiling to strike, but never really getting off as Scerbo dictates early.
R2: Similar approach from Cassie - darting in and out, letting her hands go, using the jab to set the table. Shakira hurling wide leather at Cassie's head: Scerbo bobbing under the power, making herself elusive. Down the stretch, whirling lefts and rights carve palm-down in behind Cassie's elbows: Disney girl not too proud to clinch, now that Shakira's caught up to her. Murky round goes a draw: Cassie would have won it if she'd been more aggressive - but that would've been risky with Shak winging haymakers.
R3: Tic-tac-toe for Cassie - peppy jab helping to keep Shakira contained: Scerbo able to bounce mitts off meat in combination after jabbing for position. Shak protecting head well - blocking and bending at the waist: Scerbo forced to whack the waist if she wants points. Shak finds the range late with her own whirling body punches, but bell sounds before she can eat up the stagger.
R4: Defence sets up offence for Cassie...Shakira comes out swinging: Scerbo slipping under shots/turning Shak's flanks, making Colombian look a tyro. By the middle minute, Cassie's rotating clockwise around a spiteful jab - really starting to punch Shakira's face with authority. Combos flow from there - Cassie scoring to tummy, tits, head in tic-tac-toe fashion: Scerbo smirking snarky at the bell.
R5: Shak's only thought is to whirl rib-chipping lefts and rights at Cassie's flanks: Scerbo managing pressure with her legs; regaining initiative with her jab; lighting Shakira up combinations in spots. Cassie still not getting that ripping right uppercut through, but it's occupying Shak: Scerbo able to bang the ribcage both hands; hook tits; bounce sidearm rights loud off Shakira's left flank. With her jitterbugging footwork and excellent head movement, Shak's hard to hit flush: defence really separating Disney girl from her Colombian foe.
R6: Good whirling pressure to the body backs Scerbo up early: she answers with a well-placed check-hook to chin, putting Shakira wobbly butt a minute in! Cassie over to offence - bouncing both hands in roundhouse arcs wide to Shak's body, backing her to ropes. Shove-n'-slug issued by Cassie - little legs a-stampin' as she bullies Shakira into ropes, then humbles her jugs, tears up her gut, or clouts her about the temples. Cassie in and out even now - never standing right in front of Shakira for too long: Disney training clearly evident as Scerbo methodically reduces her foe. Bell: Shakira panting, hurting...Scerbo lunges in from off Shakira's left flank, pounding the right elbow tip in between Colombian breasts. Shakira sobbing in protest, sitting in ropes: ref yanking Cassie roughly by her arm and marching to her stool like he's giving her a time-out!
R7: Shakira finally erases a good round of Cassie Scerbo boxing - stepping-with as Cassie's backing out, labeling Scerbo a sweeping right roundhouse to jaw. Cassie staggering back from clout, legs suddenly rubbery: she covers up earmuff, grunting as Shakira hooks her to tummy. Shak muscling Cassie to ropes: hup-hup-hup pumping barrage to tummy sits Scerbo on middle rope: Shakira squaring away all grins. Shak's left hand curled in behind Cassie's head, holding her down for plowing right hands up underneath or scouring rights across the back. Cassie bleating in pain, helpless: Shakira reaches in under Scerbo's arms, stacking her upright then SHAK WANTS JUG! Shakira scrubbing away with a brisk side-to-side chamois-action - twisting on her hips to scrub Cassie raw. Bell: Scerbo blubbering, cowering on ropes...Shakira stomps away - stops - extends her hands out front while looking over her left shoulder back at Cassie and Colombian girl starts shaking her booty! Cassie outraged, but groggy - forced to suffer an outrageous display of happy-hips from a cheeky Latina! Ref eventually walks Shakira to her corner: Colombian spirits soaring as Cassie's finally made to hurt.
R8: Cassie's a hard girl to rattle: she comes out hard-eyed, tight lipped - pop-popping her jab to Shak's face, tummy. Clockwise rotation for Scerbo - that jab springing off her shoulder to knock at Shakira: Latina spirits totally deflated by Scerbo's cold-blooded execution.
R9: Swinging right hand catchs Scerbo stepping out: Cassie punched off balance - she's stepping in fence post holes. Shakira frisky as a puppy pouncing at Cassie: whirling lather scrubs Cassie ropeside as Shakira unloads! Shak carving in palm-down left/rights behind CAssie's elbows until American needs to clinch: Colombian reaches under Cassie's arms, chests her deep to ropes, leaving the left arm snug around the back to anchor Cass for right hands underneath. Cassie groaning - suffering a pumping torrent to her breadbasket...she eventually wriggles her left arm in under Shakira's right, engaging Shakira in clinch-fight. Girls each working out of the wrap - mouths on one another's shoulders as right hands dig at tummies, pound at hip/flanks. Shakira getting the better of it - often bulling Cassie into ropes to reset, making Scerbo take weight. Bell: triumphant tweet from Hayden goes out: "Cassie can't handle Shakira in the clinch!!!"
R10: Cassie POPPING that jab now - left hand jumping off her shoulder, stapling punches to Shakira's drowsy face. Shak punched groggy, feeling discouraged: she just can't past Cassie's perky poke! Scerbo in control, sidestepping, picking spots to hop in and get off tic-tac-toe: Shakira covering up, gritting her teeth as Cassie bounces fists off flanks PIK! PAK! PEK! Round and round Cassie goes, footwork dictating bell to bell: she pounds her chest, shouts in Shakira's busted up face at bell. Comes back UD10 Cassie Scerbo.
After: Classy effort, Cassie Scerbo: even Hayden grudgingly admits Shakira looked "A little out of her depth" tonight. "I did what I wanted," boasts Scerbo in postfight. "I totally controlled Shakira tonight. She's strong, but dumb as sand: every time I needed to regroup, I was able to box her back into line. The bottom line is I'm the best in the division, bar none. I took Shakira out back the woodshed and made her look like a rookie tramp tonight: I'm that damn good!"
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