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Posted by Simguy on 2/8/2002, 6:51 am

Before: Dani expected to romp, despite Reese's prefight confidence, but some pundits question the spread. "Witherspoon had some nice minutes against Milano in their last contest," notes one celebrity bookmaker, "that was really touch and go over the first half. She got a solid ground gamre, just doesn't have the same pop as some of true bangers like Fishel. Reese in "Legally Blonde" pink bikini, Dani in teal bikini, grey cotton high waist aerobics bottoms.

During R1: Crowd roars as Witherspoon clocks Dani an outrageous, walk in right hand to put the ex-champ in her heels--Fishel unhurt, but flustered as Reese gets everything into the fight;s first punch. as promised, girls get shoulder to shoulder--Reese positioning her head off Dani's right cheek, getting after Fishel with tight left hands out of the crouch. Patient, biting delivery--Reese will snap at Dani's gut, then hunker down close--snap the left uppercut between the gloves, then hunker back down, Dani not responding, fielding punches--she's slowly pressure to a seat at the ropes. All Witherspoon to the final bell--she's placing her chin over wither Dani shoulder, working right hands to left leftside ribs, left hands to the rightside, and coming up the middle with clipping little uppercuts from either hand,. Hard working shutout puts a smile on Reese's face--Dani taking it all in stride, but hearing it from Syren during the break.

R2: Reese up on her toes--awkward bouncing, hands at chest height, but she's making it work, pounding that telegraphed right hand over the top to Dani's jaw,. bounding to the right to pull the left hook into Dani's mouth--Fishel doing nothing to cloose the gap or make her face unavailable. Reese lands several potshotting haymakers without visible effect, then hunkers down shoulder to shoulder to work on Fishel's midriff. Good, solid left hands up underneath--Reese punishing the belly, getting after that waist, bending her knees and arching her back--once again she's in the ropes, covering up, grunting as Witherspoon peppers her for a workmanlike shutout. Syren asking Dani if she's hurt during the break--Reese confidently telling corner, "she's breaking down."

R3: Reese wafding back in, helping herself to gaudy right and lefts downstairs as Dani fold forward to accept the licks. Reese opening up, getting her hips into sweet leverage on showy body blow and uppercuts, but Fishel's got the timing down, Midwayt through, Dani pops out of the crouch, beats Reese's left uppercut with a crashing left hook and WITHERSPOON GOES DOWN! Dani strutting away like she had setting that punch up all along--Reese painfully getting off her hips and struggling to her feet all wonky from the blow. Fishel takes over the down the stretch--not the crazy-busy worker we're used to--she bodies Reese into the ropes, theh places her shots, palming up on the girl's head or shoulder as Witherspoon bends forwarde, reefing up underneath to punish that ribcage. Just like that--Dani pulls even on the cards.

R4: Dani walking Reese down--unhurried, fielding Witherspoon's jab and right hand cleanly off the face without apparent concern. Reese fighting with bared teeth, giving ground and walking Dani ninto clean punches, but down the stretch, Fishel gets to punching with Reese--they trade right hands. Dani beats her to a hook and scatters Witherspoon stunned up against the ropes. Fishel back on ntop with that ponderous, heavy handed assault to the ribcage, palming and punching, loading up much more than usual as Witherspoon gurgles in torment. Reese hanging on at the bell--Dani steals a Witherspoon round.

R5: Fishel banging back Reese's face with a stubby jab--Witherspoon no longer retreating in good order--she's being hounded. dani jabbing, then stooping to swing ring hands acrposs the gut stampedes her girl into the ropes and sqaures away as Witherspoon starts to shrivel. Big, beefy blows to the flanks--Dani clobbering away, heedless of counters, just opening up to bludgeon her cowering opponent. Reese screaming through her mouthpiece as she draws her elbows in and gives Dani her back--she just can't take the awful beating Fishel's handing out. Halfway through, Dani bends her knees and sinks home a sickening left to the liver, imploding Reese in stages to the canvas--blonde writhing on her side as Fishel calmly stalks away. KO5 Dani Fishel.

After: Gobsmacking power papering over a sloppy effort from Fishel--no head movement, no respect from Dani as she walks through Reese and beats her down. Witherspoon showing well again early, fading as the bigger ouncher started to wear her out--bantanm probably not the place to be for pretty Reese, at least not at the highest levels.

Reposted by Archer 9/5/11