Posted  by simguy 10-7-06

"The tandem strategy works because you can always get the second fight," Charlize explains at the podium. "The LAST thing in the world Erica needs is Charlize Theron in her life - but she so badly wants to beat a Krusher to soothe her battered ego, that voila: here she is making the biggest mistake of her career. The fact is, Durance is heading for another knockout for two reasons. One: she's chinny - Gena exposed that. Two: everybody eventually finds their level in the FCBA, and Erica's second tier. She's not even Alpha at HMK - Tricia is. Second-banana chicks at second-rate gyms don't beat Charlize Theron: Q.E.D."

You can see it on Erica's face: Theron's words scoring direct hits. Durance an emotional girl and she's an easy target these days. "I didn't look all that chinny when I took Jenny O'Dell's best shots and kicked her ass in the bargain," Durance says quietly, struggling to keep her voice steady. "I know Charlize is bigger than me - just like Gena was. I know Charlize is a Hall-of-Famer and a hard hitter, but that's why I want this fight. Every girl out there is thinking she can just rush me in the first round and get me out of there, but I'll prove against Theron that that dog won't hunt. I've fought intense, brutal rounds in my career - I've gone the distance with big bangers and I've gotten off the canvas to win. Gena Lee Nolin's fists didn't change any of that."

Erica in baby blue Smallville bikini with yellow strings; Charlize in green bikini, hair in slick battle braid. White gloves for both vixens. Fight night: freshly showered Brittany Daniel (white terrycloth robe over crimson bikini) returns to ringside following her Jill Wagner tussle, offering vocal (read: shrieking) support for Erica.

Rd 1: Charlize butt-in-ropes early, left hand cupped 'round back Erica's head: Durance is DIGGING amidships - both hands. Chugging punches - Erica's muscular arms pumping back and forth as she drums CT's ribs, then punches her way up-torso to start mashing those Oscar-winning jugs to shrill notes of encouragement from Daniel nearby. Theron grimacing, but answering throughout a hard fought second minute, dipping her shoulders and stroking uppercuts, testing the Durance chin as promised. Erica soaks 'em up, gets to CT's jawline with clanging hooks from close in - brunette pushing her way back inside and mauling Charlize with vigourous chest, rib and tummy work. Bell: Erica baring her teeth, punching into Charlize's torso with tidy criss-cross straight rights and lefts - ref edges in to enforce the break. Durance glaring hot - emphatically taking the first round to make her point.

Rd 2: Charlize scolding Erica with a heavy left jab - Durance forced to respect that poke, can't claw her way back inside this round. Erica nimble-legged - scooting around her bigger foe, looking to stoop-and-jab her left mitt against Theron's ribs - Charlize on her toes, reacting fluidly, changing distance as required. Classy stuff, dominated by Theron's height and educated left hand - Durance held in check, kept out on the end of CT's punches for the most part. Daniel ringside, hands cupping her mouth - booing as Theron struts back to her corner.

R3: Both girls ranging in with firm jabbage, then setting up flat footed to stroke ribcage from close range. Striping blows back and forth - both girls nice and relaxed, hands ready at chests before hips and shoulders twist to generate licking leverage. Erica more apt to put two together - dig-digging right/left against Charlize's paunch. Theron making her weight a factor, investing heavily in Erica's flanks with bashing authority from either side - even borrowing a page from the Tia Carerre book: body punching with a short, tucking, sidearm right scoop to sternum that draws brunette wince. Methodical body swap, brisk back-and-forth: judges like the extra weight of shot on Charlize's side.

Rd 4: Charlize delivering with a loose, lanky action - clouting Erica hooks above her hip, hooks on her jaw, sweeping rights to the waist. CT stepping forward behind a sledgehammer jab - bashing away to Durance' upperchest or forehead, stepping brunette around. Erica grimacing, feeling the power, but scrapping back in spots - Durance lathering combinations to get CT covered up long enough for Erica to step out and open the canvas. Charlize the aggressor, taking the points by walking Erica down - Durance tactically retreating, eyes narrowed as she diagnoses the various problems confronting her.

Rd 5: Erica doubling up a spitting jab, steps in and CLANGS a short right to CT's chin - tossing blonde head hard to starboard and backing her up at the stagger. Theron hits ropes, face-in-gloves - she gives away ribcage on the cheap as Erica squares away to have at her. Charlize getting roasted - just bending and turning her torso slowly, face-in-gloves as Erica lathers away. At one point, CT turns her right shoulder into the ropes, lips curled back as she covers up, presenting her left side: Erica extends left palm to Theron's shoulder and POUNDS right hands repeatedly to Charlize's exposed lower back. Theron's knees buckle - ref steps in, angrily pushing Durance back and reading her the riot act on kidney punching: Erica seething, only sees hurt Charlize with tears standing in her eyes. Daniel loving it - encouraging Durance to "get rougher!" Smaller vixen bullies the bigger in the fifth.

Rd 6: Erica's rapid-fire combinations - straight rivet-gun rights and lefts off her shoulders - drive Charlize to ropes: Theron covers up face-in-gloves, giving Erica carte-blanche to the body. Durance crouching in, lashing the Theron ribcage hooks and clawing right hands, snatching at Oscar-winning torso with hateful bite on every stroke. CT absorbing, then reaching her left hand to pull down on the back of Erica's head - half-hearted tie-up pulls Erica in close and partially smothers, but can't stop brunette for working down there. Durance fighting her way out of Charlize's clinches, hooking short to jug, then to face - really piling up the punishment with sheer volume of punches. Theron lolling on the ropes - dipping to either side to fit Erica's svelte body for heavy single shot repraisals - but blonde steadily outworked by brunette in the sixth. Daniel ringside, arms up, bathrobe open as she struts; loving Erica's effort, obviously providing good intelligence in camp on the matter of Theron's torso.

Rd 7: Erica's best round sees her PULVERIZE the Hall of Famer on the ropes. Body: Durance ripping lefts and rights to waist, flanks and jug, pulling her hands back quick and crouching after scoring to foil Theron's clinches. Head: Durance comes off the body with savage, straight lefts and rights, punching in between CT's mitts to bang back that beautiful face, tilting Theron over the top rope in stupor. Charlize in that supple face-in-gloves peek-a-boo, twisting to distribute the shock evenly upon her frame, bending down, leaning back - but not punching. Durance' hyper-kinetic output effectively suppressing the bigger beauty, wearing Charlize down in the seventh.

Rd 8: Erica's trained Charlize to sit in the ropes and soak - Durance once again going at Theron with non-stop up-and-down lather. Erica's taut physique shredding sexily into relief as she tenses up for delivery - back muscles, quads, biceps, tummy striations - she's just a feast for the eyes when she's getting off like this. Charlize languishing on the ropes, busting up as Erica's mitts penetrate the peek-a-boo, cringing forward as Erica drums the gut. Theron back to one-punch-at-a-time repraisals - and they're good ones! CT getting vicious leverage on dip-and-rip hooks to Erica's ribs and waist - blonde very supple and heavy handed when she chooses to work.

Rd 9: Charlize times Erica coming in for a slinging right hand on chin - crowd roaring as Durance is punched off balance, momentarily forced to cover up and find her feet. CT reaching in under Erica's arms, wrestling with her, then sloshing thick right hands to body out of the clinch - blonde looking to get big, walk brunette back - BUT ERICA WON'T HAVE IT! Durance throws a tuff shoulder at CT's mouth, wriggles clear of the grapple and busts a savage flurry against Theron's breadbasket, jerking Charlize forward with a groan. CHUGGING work up underneath, taking Theron in the tits - CT just stooped forward, frazzled as Durance gives her hup-hup-hup!. Theron tottering back to ropes, eyes hollow, mouth open: she's taking any individual Durance punch very well - it's the accumulation that has big blonde shopworn. Latter half the round all Erica - gnawing on Charlize, lathering her, bumping, butting and tucking into her. Char moping, pulling down on Erica's head, tying up behind her elbows for breaks, but blonde doesn't seem like she really wants to get her back off those ropes.

Rd 10: Charlize on the apron again - bigger girl spending almost the entire fight with her back to the ropes as Erica's savagery makes up for pounds. Durance vicious, wiry, abrupt with her punching - keeping elbows in, crouching after scoring - she's making it hard for CT to tie up. Erica striping either hand across Charlize' firm paunch, creeping up-torso to snatch lats, ribs and scrubbing puppy with brutality that could only have been learned sparring against Brittany D! Erica saving Charlize' face for last - softening that blonde with bodywork, then coming up top with sudden 2-3 punch combinations. Durance jamming away straight criss-cross up top as well, punching her way past Theron's defences to drape the taller lass back over the top rope: Charlize all loose, punished as she rolls her torso and rides this stuff out. Bell: Durance thrusting hands high, nodding head in savage vindication - she takes a UD10 over a listless Charlize tonight.

After: Flat night for Charlize? Theron quiet, bruised as her hand-wraps are removed in her corner - eyes downcast, face puffy. HMK corner vibrant as girls mob Durance - irrepressible Daniel even approaching the Krusher corner to holler taunts at an unresponsive Charlize. Erica suppressing Charlize with sheer enthusiasm - brunette attacking consistently almost all night long, simply wore Theron down between the ears.

"She kept waiting for her spots, and I just wasn't giving her any," a happy Erica gushes in postfight. "Brittany was able to show us that Theron likes to work at a certain pace - any faster than that and she gets all grumpy and withdrawn. I just put mitts on Krusher meat, baby - mitts on Krusher meat. All night long!"