Before: Casta's already been slapped down by Biel for the alpha-female position at tech - now there's another threat. "Laetitia's been very complacent," says Kidman crisply in prefight. "Biel undressed her before Laetitia knew what had happened in that fight, and now I'm getting ready to excuse her altogether. Your time at the top is very tenuous and Casta's taken hers for granted. When I've finished with her, Laetitia's going to realize just how much she's slipped."

Casta in royal blue bikini, white fleurs de lis print, Kidman in peach stretch cotton camisol and panties from Eyes Wide Shut - curly blonde hair up.

During R1: Kidman issuing a steady diet of jabs midring - legs stiff, stepping left - Nicole wisely using her height and stinging reach. Casta dipping side to side, trying to negotiate - she'll turn to point her left shoulder at Nicole, try to slide inside, but it's not working. Kidman retains initiative, tracking Casta up and down with stick, posting a boxing shutout.

R2: Casta more effective - cutting off the ring, dipping inside Kidman's jab and either counter-hooking the sternum or pulling a looping right hand over top. Nicole forced to improvise with her feet - not her strong suit - she's forced to ropes and Casta gets her chance to operate. Nik standing upright, palms panicky on Laetitia's shoulders or pulling down on Casta's neck - Laetitia workmanlike to the body, stroking thick amidships, using her shoulders and extended elbows to keep Nicole from tug-and-spinning off the ropes.

R3: Banging jabs from Kidman - pounding back Laetitia's face and momentarily startling her - Nicole goes breadbasket with a rare beefy right, then shows a right uppercut which is REALLY a scraping right elbow on the solar plexus! Gasp of outrage from Casta as her legs give way - veteran cheap shot well disguised - Kidman showing brazen polish. Nik stepping in on faltering Casta - gets a clapping right hand on the cheek, steers a hook through the mouth, following through with 100% forearm - Nik landing lots of bone on tender Casta areas and getting away with it. At the ropes - Nik with a nice pounding jab setting up a jagged left uppercut off the front foot - she eases back out as Casta loops a right and Nicole catches French chin a tidy right uppercut to win the race. Casta put wobbly butt - bumped back into the ropes - she's staring, hurt as Kidman puts it on her! Nicole not much of a combination puncher - she's basically shouldering in jabs and pounding straight right hands through wilting french guard but THE REF JUMPS IN! Crowd booing as Casta - lumpy and hurt as she is - wails in protest. Preening Nicole struts away the TKO3 victor.

After: A little Oscar winner's bias? Nicole definitely getting the better of Laetitia, dominating and even punishing her - but Laetitia upright and outraged in the aftermath, stamping her foot, buttocks jiggling angrily while Tech officials try to soothe her temper.

"I told you Casta's day was done," says an insufferable Kidman in postfight. "She's third in our heirarchy, which basically means she's spit bucket material at this point."

Ouch. Visions of Laetitia scouring stone floors, doing laundry, stitching up Jessica and Nicole's bikinis and ball gowns - that can't be good for a girl's ego.