Posted by Simguy on 2/13/2004, 7:20 am.

Before: Silvstedt doesn’t have a lot of rounds on US soil, but in native Sweden, they re3fer to her right hand as “Mjolnir” (Thor’s hammer), and she’s lived up to the nickname in private Playboy Mansion spectacles., Victoria a big-bodied blonde in the Monika Schnarre mold--she’s a stern challenge for a Cindy Crawford who’s staring a losing streak in the face and needs to make a statement. Preflight a glaring indication of how Crawford’s prestige has suffered--Visser and Silvstedt cackling over the demise of Cindy C, boldly predicting another blow out, as Victoria says, “Nikki and I couldn’t be happier than we’re the ones pounding Cindy into retirement! Nik set her up and I’m going to knock this old skank down for good!” Cindy’s face betraying her emotions somewhat--10n years ago, no way a young Turk like Silvstedt would be this cocky. Victoria in leopard print push up and panties, Crawford all business in cotton undies--royal blue top, red bottoms, ponytail.

During R1: Victoria stalking, flat footed--obviously wants to plant and get her body behind the coiled right hand. Cindy creating distance, spreading Silvstedt out with the jab, stepping left to get big blonde moving her feet. Plenty of spirited exchanges--Vicki willing to eat a few jabs to drive into Cindy’s ribs--Crawford forced to dig in and slug at several points just to keep from big rolled. Final minute--Cindy smokes Vicki the A straight stiff off the face, then leans into a tidy right cross, popping flat off blonde jaw and SILVSTEDT TAKES A KNEE! Victoria blinking, shook--she’s up at 8, but eyes watery with awe--Cindy caught her a beauty near the bell.

R2: Cindy stepping to Victoria more--bringing the fight to the blonde--girls head in close, wide stances, shoulder set stubbornly on the inside--brutal, brutal slugging erupts. Cindy gritting teeth, getting after luscious blonde body with cranking multiple hooks, helping herself to jug, all the while cheek to cheek with Victoria. Silvstedt sopping it all up and banging back, setting her feet, punching with her torso, just packing right hands thick amidships, leaning out to pick up the hook wide on the chops. Vicious back and forth sees Crawford moved to the ropes, but still able to lean forward. Final moments, boith girls come upstairs after strapping one another’s midsections--Cindy’s hooks beats Victoria to the chin and SILVSTEDT’S SHOOK! Victoria swooning, knees buckling--she reaches in to clinch, but Cindy sidesteps, put her face first into the ropes. Cheap buttock and kidney romp from Crawford--she squares up and goes to the vulnerable blonde as shes hung up and helpless in the strands after the bell--ref not amused.

R3: Victoria stalking forward, leaning to reach the left into Cindy’s body or chest, always measuring her--Crawford dukes up, trying to time right hands over it, step back and get the hook as Vicki wades in. Midway through, Silvstedt drives a banging right straight down into Crawford’s midsection--Cindy doesn’t like it, stumbles to her right to get away. Silvstedt hopping forward, reaching out a hook then shifting her hips into a crashing right snug over Craweford;s left shoulder and CINDY GOES DOWN! Crawford spun 90 degrees and dropped to all fours, eyes wide in shock at the bludgeoning power of the blonde--brunette takes a swaying 8 and she’s hurt when Silvstedt comes for her. Savage, desperate war in the final minute--Victoria pushing Cindy up against the ropes, girls leaning in with mouths on one another’s shoulders, eyes shut and just swinging away tidy to the midsection underneath. Short, pumping action, girls keeping their elbows in, driving with their legs and backs, trying to get every ounce of leverage they can muster. Bell sounds--both girls still heaping it on--ref pushes ‘em apart as crowd roars in approval.

R4: Cindy looking to set the table with her jab, trying to find angles and use the ring a bit--it’s the right idea, but Silvstedt just won’t cooperate. Blonde charging through the Crawford jab, willing to eat it to get mouth on shoulder with brunette and swap it up. Great, glorious sequences close in--Crawford’s back to the ropes and both girls just giving it to the other. Cindy looking to cuff and swat the ears as she leans back into the ropes with her guard up, or look for right uppercuts off body barrages. Victoria hammering at Cindy’s flanks in siege mode, just bashing mindlessly away, occasionally reaching under Crawford’s arms to body her sweaty into the ropes, make her feel some weight. Searing punches both ways, both Silvstedt the stronger--she’s got Crawford fighting for her life in a little patch of canvas at the ropes--not Cindy’s fight.

R5: Cindy digs down, guts it out--tactically she’d rather be circling and boxing, but she’s tightening up her strokes ala Terry Farrell and getting it done I Victoria’s kitchen. Heartless back and forth--girls just taking turns tearing up one another’s tummies. Tits and ribs. Cindy a little better defensively--rolling punches upstairs better, or blocking them--when Victoria catches on her chin, it’s clean and crowd-pleasing.

R6; Cindy wades in like she’s going to body up again and tags Victoria a gorgeous short right hand, all body. Blonde legs give a shimmy, she falls in to clinch--Crawford able to punch and walk her girl back for the first time, putting Vicki’s wide, white back against the ropes. Crawford laying in and working, but changing up distance with torso lean--she’s starting to clock Silvstedt with wider hooks, drive in and nail her extended right crosses as she slides in and out. Silvstedt busted up, not punching back--crowd moaning as her chin is tagged over and over by KO hungry Crawford, Cindy lands some gorgeous ordinance, really wearing out the pit of Victoria’s stomach with cranking hooks and eeing off on chin--but strong blonde legs hold Victoria up. Silvstedt bleeding from the nose, wobbly butt at the bell--but she makes it out the round.

R7: Cindy had her whacks, now it’s Vicki’s turn. Silvstedt reaching with her left, just measuring Cindy with it, then rocketing over the top lusty right hands--Crawford fades to the ropes and sets up to counter. By the second minute, it’s all Victoria--blonde squared up at the ropes, feet wide, just a-socking it to Crawford with shellacking lefts and rights. Vicki hammering away on Cindy;s shoulders and biceps, breaking down the guard--digging in behind her elbows, bending that million-dollar chassis. Silvstedt arching her back and picking Cindy up gaudy right uppercuts--really smashing brunette face back, stunning the former champ. Silvstedt helping herself to Crawford’s business-like tits--palming the shoulders back to open ‘em up proper. It’s just blonde stacking brunette up and having at her--Cindy a battered, staring ruin after 3 long minutes of Silvstedt. Victoria pumped at the bell, chesting up and forcing eye contact for a taunt--poor Cindy out on her feet, unfocused--she’s badly used at this point. Goes 10-8 without the knockdown, Silvstedt.

R8: Victoria marching on Cindy now, bodying her to the ropes, mauling her, pushing and palming her into position, then starting the hearty work of beating her down. Crawford groaning as she soaks up the body shots, bending forward, gloves at her temples--Vicki just shoulder-heaving her girl back into the ropes for more abuse. Vicki stroking away Gatti-style--wide, shattering lefts and rights to the waist, working up torso to the ears--Cindy using every bit of veteran experience to ride it out. All Vicki to the last minute when Crawford starts catching her off the ropes. Cindy with short, straight rights, finding the Silvstedt chin available, pounding out the straight left, leaning into the ropes to create room, making Vicki miss. SILVSTEDT GOES WOBBLY BUTT! Victoria caught and caught again, starts to come unglued and CINDY SLUGS HER WAY OFF THE ROPES! Crawford wading in, getting her shoulder into Vicki’s chest, lugging leather into the breadbasket--she’s got woozy blonde clinching at the bell. Crawford shaking Victoria up and stealing a Silvstedt round late--Victoria staggering windblown to her corner, looking exhausted to the break.

R9: OH VICTORIA! Silvstedt falls in and CREAMS Cindy a swinging right--Crawford sent oin a hurting pony-trot to the right, face twisted in pain as she tries to shake it off. Blonde tackles brunette from the side, leg-driving her ropeside, then scrambles to come up punching. Same, brutal, heartless give and take its been all right--Crawford coming around, getting herself together, fitting tidy counters in between the lusty blonde swings. Girls just willing themselves to punch to the bell--Cindy’s back to the ropes, but she’s effective, getting to Vicki’s chin with chopping shots out of the guard and the little uppercuts. Meanwhile--oh the damage being done to the Crawford midsection and flanks by hamhanded blonde wallops.

R10: Both girls open mouthed, busted up swollen, but game. Crawford stepping and spearing her jab--merciless punch pounding back Victoria face--blonde staggering back from the blow now where before she was walking through it, legs just aren’t there enough now. Vicki loading up and swinging wide right hands to Cindy’s ear--brunette ducking and rolling a little but still moved when it lands--Vicki clubbing and bullying her foe, All even to the final minute--Crawford ducking, stepping back, walking Victoria into digging, shirt rights and lefts to the belly--draining the blonde’s face of color as she staggers forward and takes. Fight ends with Vicki draped breathless around Crawford’s neck, holding the brunette against the ropes--Cindy clinched up weak around slick blonde waist--what a brawl. Comes back one point duke Cindy Crawford.

After: Silvstedt all battered, blank-faced as Cindy’s arm is raised--heartbreaking, Fight-of-the-Year type contest as Crawford turns backl the clock. This is the Cindy C who hunted down and battered Christy Brinkley into her first retirement, The Cindy C who broke Kathy Ireland and turned back Rachel Hunter--Cindy C the legend. Bruising contest empties both women’s tanks, both stocks rising as a result. Victoria with a standing invite to face the likes of Kitana Baker or Traci Bingham at the Mansion anytime she needs rounds, and a bout with the aforementioned Schnarre would establish Silvstedt’s bonafides as big blonde on the block. Cindy would look good with Terry Farrell preparatory to marching on Fortress Loken, or tune ups against fellow Sports Illustrated legends to regain momentum, Girls with plenty of options in a wide open bug girl division.

Reposted by Archer 8/7/12.