The Birmingham crowd still relishes the mammoth knockout Rose Byrne gave Kym Marsh but there's another jaw-dropping contest scheduled next. Independent blonde glamour model Natasha Marley makes her second BBU appearace after easily knocking out Liz McClarnon on Boxing Day against Natalie Mendoza. The Fight Club UK brunette hammered Az Royal back in February but has a humiliating first round loss to Camilla Belle on her resume and quite frankly if Marley proves she can fight against more demanding rivals than McClarnon this fight could be a real toss-up. The crowd doesn't have a favorite here either and just wants to see a good fight.

Natasha Marley wearing a red bikini set and black gloves. Natalie Mendoza wearing a black bikini top, denim skirt and red gloves.

Round 1:
Natasha storms out of her stool and tries to intimidate the brunette with some early jabbing but crashes off the guard and wastes more energy in fruitless efforts thereafter as Natalie is happy to weather the early onslaught thanks to defence alone. Marley switches low and goes around the elbows, bounces off the forearms though as Mendoza finally opens up and throws an overhand on the jaw catching the blonde by surprise and backing her towards the ropes with more jabs around the head. Natasha circles away though and escapes the trap as Natalie goes on the front foot and ups the tempo, sends high jabs on the head and has the model weaving on her feet in mid-range. Quick back and forth leaps in the final minute prove equally fruitless for Mendoza as was the blonde's early onslaught and neither girl really had the better of the opening round.

Round 2:
Natalie throws more leather from the start, outoworks the brave model in close range and clips her jaw as Marley must circle away again, unable to deal with the brunette's precision and agility. Mendoza hassles her around the canvas, settles into single striking over the top as Natasha looks somewhat concerned; Liz McClarnon didn't really hurt her at all on her debut but the actress seems like having a solid punch which can give the model some trouble. Indeed, Natalie tries to make the most of her foe's lack of experience and allows Marley only to graze the flesh in the second round but the search for one big haymaker proves fruitless as Natasha's still very fresh and can easily stay away from the striking distance allthought that might not be good enough on the long haul.

Round 3:
Mendoza still searching that one, big punch; leaps after the blonde and jabs to her body, uppercuts the rack and looks for a follow up on the chin but Marley with an overhand left herself, nails the brunette on the eye and whips another hook on the temple to bend Mendoza to the side. Both girls tangle in the middle of the ring and Marley pounces on her chance, cleans out Natalie's tummy and wobbles her to the ropes with another overhand on the eye. Natalie simply got caught out and is forced to cover up as the blonde sends more low jabs and makes her moan in pain. The crowd cheers for the buxom model and she keeps the actress sinking on her knees but can't break through the guard anymore and settles into peppering her midsection until the bell but Mendoza's defence suddenly got badly exposed after a really clean hit from the hitherto cumbersome blonde.

Round 4:
Natasha tries to make the most of that previous round, jumps after her opponent herself for a change but instead of punishing Mendoza, she walks into a right hook that nails her on the nose and causes an immediate blood flow from her nostrils. Natalie looked like she hardly saw that coming, her eyes open just an inch wider upon the red liquid but she gathers herself quicker than the stunned blonde and pours in with more jabs on the face, catches the cheeks, uppercuts the chin as Marley's arms suddenly drop to the side and Natalie whacks her on the mouth twice after that... BLONDE GIRL DOWN!!! Marley hits the canvas hard on her backside and her eyes are wide open too... that was a quick and truly shocking combo from the dark-haired actress who struts back to her corner. Natasha wipes the blood with the top of her glove and looks more concerned about her image rather than the actual fight, but she's up at six and nods her head to the referee if only slightly. Mendoza jumps after her in a hurry, fakes a low combo, has the model dropping her arms in protection and flicks an uppercut on the chin that was always going clean on target... Marley falls on the ropes as her head snaps back... she never saw that coming and it's fortunate she didn't suffer a neck crank with that one... Mendoza pours in on the boobs; rocks 'em with couple of heavy shots from the side, Marley's guard drops again and she gets nailed on the eye with a left hook, right one follows up and skims off the nose but there's more blookd coming from the wound and the model just covers up as she leans back on the ropes... Natalie with a jabbing series on the mitts... tries to slice through it.. can't make it stick as the Fight Club UK indicates ten seconds left on the clock... more jabs on the gloves... Marley looks to have survived... one last punch and bingo... mitts go aside and another clean shot nails the blonde on the nose just as the bell sounds... Natasha slumps onto her knees and there's some ugly looking stains appearing on the canvas but the clock is up and ref refuses to start the count... Marley in all sorts of bother here...

Round 5:
Hectic work on the blonde's nose during interval but the buxom Norwich girl looks damaged mentally more then physically as she allows Natalie to close her down with ease in the fifth, now just covering up the wounded nose and the brunette bashes her on the head, backs against the ropes with ease and really intimidates to the limit. Natasha weaves her head around the leather thrown at her but Mendoza gut-checks her for a change, bounces off the navel and whips a left hook on the temple that causes more moans and wobbles Marley to the side. Right hook on the chest, left overhand on the eye and Marley closes her eyes, raises her arms too slow once again and Mendoza cross-hooks the nose to open the wound again. Natasha drops her head and begins moaning again, right uppercut slices her between the arms and nails on the chin... head snaps back as Mendoza goes for the rack assault and lands a couple of shots on the cleavage but the blonde's knees give way in the middle of that effort and SHE SLIDES DOWN ON HER SIDE and rolls onto her back with her eyes closed... Mendoza quickly struts back to the neutral corner and this time the blonde has real trouble with beating the count... she's up at nine, just about but doesn't let go off the ropes when the ref asks her if she's OK to continue... quite frankly she still looks absolutely stunned and the ref waves it off seconds later.. there's just no response in Marley's eyes whatsoever... TKO R5 Natalie Mendoza!!!

Post-fight:
The proud blonde is escorted back to her corner and still looks absolutely shocked in wake of that finish. Even when the cutmen deal with the nose bleeding, she just stares at some invisible point in front of her eyes but one can be certain she doesn't even see the winning brunette on the opposite side of the ring.

Meanwhile Natalie has her mouthpiece and gloves removed and walks back to middle of the ring to receive a well-deserved ovation. She doesn't look really overjoyed with this success, almost strictly business demeanour from the dark-haired stunner and it's perhaps understandable since she faced a relative newcomer whom she handled just the way she was supposed to. Whether any of these girls make a real progress in the upcoming months remains to be seen though; they've got the physical tools to attract the crowds but are still undercard material for the time being.

Final result: Natalie Mendoza def. Natasha Marley TKO5.