Following a couple of heavy losses to Sayuki Matsumoto and Manuela Arcuri Tech Unlimited Europe's Emmy Rossum is keen to finally score a victory in her third BBU fight. But it's another heavy task ahead of the perky lightweight brunette as she faces French beauty pageant Laury Thilleman who's been mixing up with the welters already (albeit lost convincingly against Miriam Leone there) and is desperate to follow the highly successful footsteps of her compatriot Malika Menard. If Thilleman enforces her welter presence just like Arcuri did during the last BBU title card, Rossum's prospects of breaking her lousy streak look very bleak indeed.

Laury Thilleman wearing a navy blue bikini top, white leather skirt and red gloves. Emmy Rossum wearing a black bikini top, black leather skirt and white gloves. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Rossum's convinced she can spoil the French party early, jabs with a lot of intensity straight off the bell, whacks the slow moving Laury in the chest before cracking a huge uppercut that skimmed of Thilleman's chin. Close call, but the pageant surely took notice. Emmy just leans on her, closes the distance and jabs to the stomach and chest. Laury's really slow in execution, she unloads some wide hooks but catches the arms and offers little protection to her tummy. Rossum doesn't need a second chance to use this to her advantage as she pummels through Laury's arms and backs her against the ropes. Single-striking response from Thilleman, she grazes Emmy's cheeks with couple of cross-hooks, but is forced to cover up moments later. Rossum is full-swing but gasses out late in the round. Non-stop pressure from the brunette catches up to her even though it's only the first round. Thilleman strikes back from the awkward position, snaps Emmy's head with a big straight left, catches her in the jugs with a right follow up. Rossum winces quietly but keeps the French girl pinned to the ropes with a series to the chest and a big right to the mouth right at the bell. Almost flyweight-like punchfest in the opening three minutes and Rossum clearly on top of Thilleman in that exchange.

Round 2:
Thilleman's furious during the interval, she got badly exposed by her opponent's agility and speed in the opening round. She roars off her stool and catches Rossum with a mighty right hook on the cheek early. Emmy doesn't hold back though, closes the distance, looks to build up on the performance but her jabbing to the midsection proves fruitless. Laury's learned her lessons and she tames the brunette's repeated efforts before firing away with a couple of hooks to the body herself. Rossum covers up and prevents them from reaching her jugs, but she gets rocked nonetherless, shades of that welter strenght from the French girl. Thilleman steps up, cracks a big hook to the cheek and has Emmy backing away for the first time tonight. More big jabs land below the elbows as Laury's found some speed across the canvas and squares up to the brunette, lashing out her from both flanks. Emmy leans on the ropes, covers up, remains overwhelmed by the barrage. Thilleman lays some leather, repeated strikes look to break Rossum's guard, but the mitts stay in tact despite Laury rocking 'em for the best part of the final minute. It's a complete reverse from the opening round, Emmy just glued to the ropes, unable to throw a punch and Thilleman flying high instead. Ref jumps in as the French pageant seemingly missed the bell. Blind fury personified, Rossum looks relieved while walking back to her corner.

Round 3:
Despite the bad previous round, Rossum charges from her stool and immediately engages in mid-range. Laury looks surprised, she clearly though she made some damage with that second round performance, but Emmy shrugged it off with ease and begins to harass her opponent's midsection again. Series of jabs keep Thilleman's ribcage exposed and another fine uppercut whacks her in the chin. Laury's head snaps back and she leaps to the ropes, but Emmy's superior speed is on hand again, she keeps peppering her ribs, throws odd-ones to the chest and doesn't give Thilleman a second of respite. Laury circles around the rings, pauses against the corner post and ducks underneath a huge right jab to her mouth, she looks for a clinch, but Emmy sidesteps in the very last second and cracks her in the temple instead. Laury sways to the other side, Emmy closes in and works her stomach with a series of jabs. Thilleman moans in pain, offers single-strike response, but it doesn't even reach the brunette's flesh anymore now. Rossum keeps her pinned against the corner post as Thilleman is successful enough in covering up her ribcage and chest until the bell. However if there is anyone with a welter experience in the ring tonight one wouldn't have suspected it's the Frenchwoman. Rossum struts back to her stool with a determined look in her eye as Thilleman throws her an old fashioned death stare.

Round 4:
Laury's up first to throw some shots, clearly believes she's got the American's measure, but Emmy block her off and counters with a huge right hook that cleans Thilleman's temple. Laury's rocked, loses her footing and can't escape before a left/right follow up crushes her mitts and nails on the mouth! DOWN GOES THILLEMAN!!! Massive combo just broke the French girl's resistance and she is stunned after being floored by the brunette! Ref starts the count, but Thilleman only gathers herself up at six, still dazed and winded by those blows. Emmy bunny hops in her corner, eager to finish the blonde off and she quickly gets her chance as Laury is allowed to fight, lasting the eight count in fairly good shape. Rossum pours in with more shots to the head, but Thilleman's aggression is gone and she retreats towards the ropes, before circling on the back foot for good. Emmy's determined to secure the early knockout but the hassling continues too long and only single strikes catch the aching French girl. Rossum works the head and chest, but meets the guard too often, Laury's barely able to throw a punch back at her, yet survives the toughest couple of minutes. Emmy slaps her from both flanks, still too much fruitless shots on the body, they look good on the scorecards, but not enough to send Thilleman down again before the bell.

Round 5:
That knockdown proved to be a big reality check for Laury who remains glued to the ropes early in the fifth. Emmy rides the confidence high and squares up to her, lashing out more single shots to the ribcage and chest. Big response from Thilleman but she misses a cross-hook and gets laced in the stomach instead. Quick left jab from the top and Laury weaves on her feet again, trying to jump to the side. Brunette keeps her pinned along the ropes, throws more shots to the tummny, but crashes off the arms, Laury leans on her, looks for a clinch, takes more pasting around the midsection, half-uppercut grazes her in the jaw, before she finally manages to wrap her arms around the American's neck. Ref shoves Emmy away and Laury sidesteps along the ropes; Rossum's after her, jabbing vigorously from mid-range. More slaps to the chest and body, single-strike response from Thilleman who still looks to catch her breath back. Couple of faked swings from Emmy, forces Laury to weave around before getting nailed in both cheeks with a fancy combo. Laury leans on the ropes, but Rossum squares up to her again, Thilleman's footowork completely gone now, but Emmy misses another uppercut to the chin and gets cleaned with a solid hook on the breasts herself. Thilleman with few quick jabs to the stomach, pushes the raging brunette away from her and survives another round but that late sequence is nowhere near good enough to prevent the French girl from losing third one on the spin.

Round 6:
Rossum's confidence at all-time high, well aware of her advantage, she closes straight away and fires more jabs to the tummy, flicks a sequence to the jugs and Thilleman is simply too slow on her feet to react. Not much real power behind the brunette's efforts but the high-tempo is enough to make the French blonde look sluggish in the ring. Thilleman looks like she's hunting for that one big haymaker, menaces around with sharp hooks, but Rossum keeps burying her under a sequence of shots instead. Laury unable to move away to the distance, Emmy peppers her in the jugs, skims off the chins, cleans her midsection repeatedly. Thilleman's welter backround enables her to stay upright despite taking a load of punches, but Rossum's forward bite is relentless and late in the round, she pushes the aching pageant to the ropes where she pins her with more jabbing shots to the midsection. Laury covers up, leans on the ropes and hangs on for another survival, she can't do anything to tame the American's speedy performance. At the bell, Thilleman's face is all red with exhaustion, her breasts pump up and down and she really looks spent already. Emmy's in much better shape, bunny hops around her corner, refuses to sit down during the interval! What a ham!

Round 7:
The barrage continues early, Thilleman circles around the ring immediately after the bell, but the American is right with her lashing out punishment from mid-range. Thilleman catches one on the cheeks, but covers up well for the rest and forces a clinch, shoves the brunette away and cracks a hooking combo to the face herself. Rossum gets grazed and jumps back, Laury with left-hooking bite, moves forward, throws few jabs to the stomach, but Emmy's footwork keeps her out of trouble. Thilleman with more big slaps, catches the arms and body, closes the distance unexpectedly and whacks the brunette in the ribs. Rossum's shaken, slows down a bit and Laury nails her in the chin with a solid uppercut. Emmy's head snaps back and the blonde pours in with a sequence to the jugs. Rossum's solid as a rock though, refuses to back away, cracks a left hook response on the temple, stops the charging foe in her tracks and slugs her again in the stomach, finally forcing her back. Both girls pause and begin to circle around, Thilleman is breathing very hard as she was for the past couple of rounds, but the signs of fatigue start to creep in for the brunette as well. Round cocludes with both women in opposite corner and Thilleman was on the break of finding that big haymaker there. It's all not won for Rossum just yet.

Round 8:
Both girls still not back to full fitness, but Laury walks straight after her opponent and whacks a couple of shots to the mdisection. Emmy swings some hooks around her head, but misses and allows the blonde to clean her stomach with more jabs. They clinch in the middle of the ring with the seemingly stronger Thilleman shoving the brunette to the ropes. Couple of quick jabs to the back of the head from the American! Ref drags Laury away and lectures the brunette, but she faces more toruble soon as Thilleman throws a piledriver, grazes the ear, whacks a cross-hook over the top, but misses and Rossum counters, uppercut to the chest, that makes the blonde's boobs shaking, left hook on the mouth and Laury backs away! Rossum with a forward bite, misses a left hook though and Laury unloads a huge hook to the ribs almost bending the American in half! Right jab to the mouth follows and DOWN GOES ROSSUM flat on her back!!! Almost out of nowhere, Thilleman finds a break-through!! Emmy scrambles herself back at six, the right side of her tummy is swollen as she took couple of heavy blows there but she's good to go! Laury smells the blood and hassles the wounded brunette around the ring. It's Rossum's turn to seek a survival especially given the potential scorecards outcome. Thilleman keeps firing from mid-range, lots of shots thrown but the brunette's superior footwork keeps her out of trouble. She hasn't landed a single punch since getting floored but Thilleman would need both the upcoming rounds go this way to snatch a late victory. Emmy shakes her head at the bell, instead of finishing Laury off, she threw her a life-line with one lapse of concentration.

Round 9:
Tech Europe's corner all over Rossum's ear during the interval. Thilleman just stares at the brunette from opposite corner and off we go into the ninth. Emmy's happy to circle around the ropes and the French pageant just can't allow this to happen. She bursts forward, but the speed and agility is not there anymore late in the fight. Rossum takes more of breathing space, avoiding Thilleman's single-strike efforts and counters with quick jabs to the chest, back and forth across the ring. Thilleman wants to close the distance and barks in anger after numerous failed attempts and looks like her tank in completely empty now. Huge let down after the impressive previous round. Mind is there, but not the strenght. Rossum notices her rival is dead on her legs and dances around her, throwing more jabs to the chest and body, flicks one-off to the cheeks, but Laury's at least capable of raising her gloves in time. Brunette reverts into midsection assault and Laury is rooted to the spot, takes more punishment and begins to moan loudly in the final minute. Emmy rocks her with couple of hooks to the head in the dying seconds and pushes back to the ropes right at the bell. One more to go but Emmy raises her arm as she walks back to her corner already!

Round 10:
Emmy's on a mission as Thilleman's tank is completely empty now. Brunette steps up with another series to the midsection before countering to the head. Laury barely able to move away, loses her footing, almost trips over her own feet in the proccess and gets nailed with more hooks to the head. Blonde hair flying everywhere and the French girl is hurting big time! She yells out and looks to find that haymaker though, misses a couple of hooks herself and literally walks into a huge jab to the chest! Rossum with a left hand on the cheeks and Thilleman falls to the ropes, unable to find any resistance. Emmy squares up to her, rocks her with a series of jabs to the midsection. The moans are getting louder as Laury sinks on her knees, the lightweight brunette really dishing out some leather with less than two minutes left on the clock. Ref watches on as Rossum peppers the hapless rival into oblivion! Thilleman in all sorts of bother, gets laced with a left hook between the mitts, right follow up to the stomach. Arms drop to the side.... Emmy keeps lacing her to the head and body but cuts the air at one point... THILLEMAN CRASHES DOWN on the side, literally falls like a training dummy, eyes closes, but still moaning quietly amid a huge erruption of joy in the Tech corner. Ref waves it off on the spot, the blonde pageant is not getting up soon and he knows it!! KO R10 Emmy Rossum!!!

Post-fight:
Emmy begins to wave to the crowd and flashes a gigantic smile in the proccess. No wonder she's over the moon after securing her maiden BBU victory in emphatic fashion. She confirms her joyful demeanour afterwards: "I knew I was ahead on points but I wanted to make a statement! Knocking out such a big girl like Laury feels great and surely makes up for the Arcuri loss! I had her measure all the way through the fight but she somehow floored me in the eight and it might have turned the fight around. Lucky for me, it didn't, but I guess everyone knows I'd win this fight even without that late KO! It was just a personal goal of mine and surely worth a financial bonus from Tech Europe!"

Meanwhile Laury Thilleman was escorted straight back to the locker room as she complained of dizziness and double vision after getting revived on the canvas. Despite her core strenght advantage, she couldn't execute it in the ring falling well short of Rossum's superior speed and agility. That knockdown in the eight came too late when her stamina was on reserve already. She still can be a tricky opponent to anyone in the lightweight but must work on her fitness level because she'd be vulnerable to repeating tonight's performance in the future instead.

Final result: Emmy Rossum def. Laury Thilleman KO10.