Posted by Simguy on Saturday, 05-Feb-2000 10:21:08

Before; Story goes that when Gena joined the cast of “Baywatch”, Yasmine was supposed to work with the kind--instead, Bleeth gave the blonde some memorable beatings in the guise of instruction that continue to be the source of hard feelings between the two. Nolin now bigger, stronger and much more experienced than she was, publicly calls this a “payback” bout, with implications down the road for potential lucrative rematch opportunities with Charlize, Naomi et all. Gena in yellow sports bikini with black mesh to a high neck, Bleeth in sky blue athletic bikini, high neck. Slick ponytails for both.

During R1: Bleeth a little flat-footed, slugging with Gena early, and it’s much to Nolin’s liking as her heavier hands drive the brunette into retreat. Yasmine with little upper body movement, just trading shots, and catching right hands across her jaws while firing wide to Nolin’s hard body. Round to Gena Lee as the girls trade after the bell.

R2: Gena out with her hands low, scores with some lanky right hand leads off her hip which Yasmine seems to be inviting. Bleeth much slower than  usual despite being in terrific shape, and she’s standing right in front of Nolin. All catches up midway through the round as Bleeth steps back, misjudging distance and Nolin sails over the top with that looping right, spanking Yasmine’s head shard to the right and driving her wobbly-kneed to the ropes. All Nolin down the stretch as she chugs away with lanky uppercuts and wide right hands while Yasmine covers up against the ropes.

R3: Yasmine’s busted up left eye a wake-up call, and Bleeth responds with exaggerated bending at the waist, dipping in and out of Gena, and subtle shifts to the left that leave Nolin swinging at air. Bleeth able to duck the right and counter hard again Nolin’s ribs, drawing the first winces of pain from the blonde as she is cleanly outboxed this round.

R4: Gena out brawling wild, and Yasmine sees everything well enough to stand in, turn a shoulder or roll with the punches to avoid being hit clean. Bleeth seeking counter opportunities, lures Gena to the ropes, puts on a defensive clinic by bobbing and rolling, making Gena miss half a dozen sweeping blows, then spinning off the ropes to drill a sweet lead right to the mouth to sit Nolin down. Gena up quickly, embarrassed to have been caught, and she comes right at Bleeth, who continues to melt away, countering as she retreats, and frustrating Nolin badly at the bell.

R5: Yasmine overestimates he knockdown, and comes in to test the blonde’s legs. Nolin still in good condition, able to catch Yas with the scooping right uppercut, then a wide slapping left hook to the ear, All Gena Lee this round as Bleeth gets brawled to the ropes, and this time, Nolin wraps her up with the left to hold and hit effectively bell to bell.
Bleeth complaining about the holding ads Nolin makes boo-hoo gesture with her gloves on her eyes after the bell.

R6: Gena swinging with home run rights, misses badly, but generates so much heat Bleeth can’t get off herself. Midway through the round, as the storm abates, Yasmine begins chipping away, dipping in, getting off with combinations to Nolin’s stomach, then sidestepping with a hand at Gena’s right elbow to turn the blonde mid ring. Nolin totally flustered, tackles Yasmine to the canvas down the stretch, and indulges in a series of messy clinches, trying to fold Bleeth into head and arm locks as the ref works up a sweat breaking the two up.

R7: Yasmine slowly starting to dictate terms, boxes well backing up, beckoning Gena to the topes, then bobbing and slipping to set up the sharp, scoring blow to the face or belly as Nolin misses in bunches. Nolin able to get an elbow onto Bleeth’s mouth, splits her lower lip, but Yasmine‘s ring generalship beginning to wear Gena down psychologically. Nolin complaining, pouting in her corner at the break.

R8: Gena with more clinching, spanks an elbow disguised as an uppercut of Yasmine’s solar plexus, and digs a low left hand into Bleeth’s trunks to draw a warning to open the round. Nolin bogging the brunette down with a series of clinches has the crowd booing and restless, but in the final minute, Bleeth punches her way free, and gets into Nolin’s body with fierce, chopping lefts and rights, Gena lee folded up, arms in, is hurting at the bell, as Yasmine spins on her heel, nodding emphatically as she stomps back to her corner.

R9: Shutout Bleeth as she continues to box magnificently, Nolin’s lack of jab betraying her mightily as she simply can’t touch Bleeth with the telegraphed right--Nolin is missing  disastrously, and paying the price to the body bas Yasmine hacks away. Yas turning her foe, putting punches together, and getting her hips into those body shots, has Nolin grimacing, teeth clenched, and covering up as the body work piles up.

R10: Yasmine Bleeth completes a fine performance, always in range, but always elusive, easily slipping Nolin’s tried right hand and coming back with short left hooks to the exposed ribs, Gena twitching now every time she’s spanked to the abs, and Bleeth bullies her at the end, chopping the sides, and even paying the blonde back with an outrageous elbow smash across the sternum that had Nolin protesting bitchily to the ref. Yas shutting Nolin out to the bell, raising her fists and smiling, taunting Gena lee en route to her corner  the UD winner as Nolin refuses to acknowledge her.

After: Charlize Theron at ringside,, gets Gena’s attention and slooowly tears up a contract with a wicked grin as Nolin helplessly looks on. Bleeth with a Stevie Johnson-like performance, nullified Nolin’s reach with great upper body movement, and Gena’s limited repertoire of punches came back to haunt her as she simply could not cash in on the haymaker. “Gena an easy fight for me,” says Yasmine, “She likes to intimidate fighters, but I’d already put my foot on her throat a long time ago and she’s never forgotten it. You could see fear in her eyes even at the weight-in. She basically quit after I put her down, and that much hasn’t changed: no heart.”

Reposted by Archer 8/7/11.