The French-Italian rivalry for dominance on the Mediterrnean coast goes back decades and in the middle of one of the most prominent events held in the area, the International Film Festival in Cannes, it's set to write another chapter. Former Miss France Laury Thilleman is proud to reveal her assets in JMD competition and has incurred an instant wrath of Latin Union's Manuela Arcuri. The Italian brunette was a BBU lightweight champion last year but with the JMD rules coming to effect, she's entering the unknown, with her own cleavage value exposed to the limit and promised to be destroyed by the French blonde.

Thilleman seems very confident of her performance despite few months out; she ignores Arcuri's otherwise intimidating stare during the introductions and the Cannes crowd naturally supports her bid to humiliate the Italian warrior. Both women leave little to imagination, Laury's wearing a light blue bikini top, tiny white knickers and red gloves. Dark blonde hair in loose waves. Manuela's wearing a white bikini top, dark blue knickers and black gloves. Black hair loose. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
The Cannes crowd roars as their favorite moves on the front foot and begins jabbing to Arcuri's chest straight away; she manages to bounce off the impressive jugs a couple of times but the Italian fires back and slices through the arms herself, makes a connection as well and shows some core strenght, whips a left hook right on target and wobbles the blonde back. Manuela pours afterwards and has Laury circling away quickly as some wide slaps graze the flesh again but the footowork gets the local girl out of trouble. Thilleman's urged to go after the Italian by the audience but she think better of it for now, settles into mid-range single striking but that's never gonna cause Arcuri problems as she leaps towards the blonde and manages to land more uppercuts as Thilleman covers but gets pushed to the ropes and eats some leather on the ribs as Arcuri's keen to establish herself in the ring but the bell halts her progress much to crowd's delight.

Round 2:
Arcuri keeps tracking her rival at the start of the second and sends low jabs on the ribcage, tries to make the blonde drop her arms too low and counter high but Laury maintains her agility across the canvas and avoids getting closed down. She settles into more single shots on the brunette's rack but lacks precision and Manuela decides she' not gonna play around with the local favorite as she ups the work rate and goes around the elbows again, spikes the blonde on the ribcage and whips couple of hooks from the side, staggers Thilleman who tries to stay upright but gets whacked by a quick jab on the navel and allows Manuela to lay into her guts thereafter. Arcuri with low jabbing on the stomach, makes the blonde pageant wince in pain and uppercuts her jugs moments later. Laury gets backed against the ropes and struggles to escape, another low jabbing efforts nails her on the ribs and bends forward as Arcuri keeps sending those uppercuts and tries to shatter Thilleman's defence but as the crowd roars in support, Laury hangs on and prevents her cleavage from taking more punishment as Arcuri settles into ribcage assault in the dying seconds before pushing her own assets right against the blonde's body and into the ropes for good. Ref has to drag the Italian after the bell and this time the intimidating look takes it's toll on Laury who quickly struts back to her corner clearly perplexed by her performance so far.

Round 3:
Laury promised more before the fight but allows Manuela to pound away at her midriff again. The Italian fears little it seems and squares up to her opponent straight away, goes around the elbows and makes more progress but there's Thilleman slicing an uppercut on the jugs herself and pouring jabs on the navel thereafter. Arcuri's caught out but refuses to yield ground, dekes to the side and counters, misses the cleavage attack and wobbles forward as Laury slams a series into her jugs and rocks her on the feet as the crowd goes wild again. More shots over the top follow; Thilleman in a sudden fit of rage, clips Manuela's chin but rains leather on the rack and Manuela yelps in pain, tries to cover up but gets gut-checked with the high-tempo attack and has to reatreat. She trips over he feet though and allthough avoids going down, breaks her guard as Laury spots her chance and whacks the Italian on each bikini cup, cracks a straight jab in between too and Arcuri falls on the ropes, gets pinned moments later and Laury's pounding away at her midriff... mindless attack almost out of nowhere with the blonde trying to break the brunette in half and then some. Crowd's gone ballistic as Laury pours more leather into the Italian warrior, just rips her guts apart and Manuela sinks on her knees, tries to protect her torso but to no avail with Thilleman working like a Duracell bunny... slamming those jabs all over that torso and ARCURI GETS THUMPED TO THE GROUND... literally as she crashes hard on her backside and what an upset that is with Laury breathing heavily but shouting at her rival now and she's on it! Manuela takes her time, beats the count at eight but could have done it sooner. She remains on the ropes but the clock is up anyway and Thilleman can't pounce on this late surge anymore. But she's back in the thick of things with a huge round and the Cannes audience is absolutely loving it.

Round 4:
Arcuri's stunned by that previous round... NOT!!! She leaps after Thilleman and pours leather into her jugs but the local favorite refuses to buckle having gained a massive confidence boost now. She rips into the Italian's guts like she's never done anything else in her life, leans on the dark-haired girl and while Manuela keeps slamming her ribs, she gets nailed on the belly button once, twice and gasps for air as Thilleman uppercuts her rack and wobbles back! Manuela stumbles to the side, tries to raise her arms but gets nailed on the chest again as Laury piles on more pressure right between the mitts, bounces off the rack and closes the distance now, pushes a butt-wobbly brunette to the ropes and Manuela just can't stretch her arms here with Laury working like mad to keep her on the back foot. Arcuri tries to clinch, eats a ribcage assault instead and keeps moaning with Laury pushing her against the ropes, almost a wrestling struggle as Manuela moves against the turnbuckles but just can't do anything about the blonde spiking her on the ribcage and Laury barks with every punch landing, tries to intimidate the otherwise highly-touted rival and she's leaving some bruises on the ex-champ's midriff now and nobody's been laying so much leather on Manuela before, the intimidating aura missing her in Cannes as Thilleman keeps her pinned on the ropes for remainder of the round and just sends those jabs on the midsection, flicks an uppercut just before the bell and threatens to headbutt the brunette as the ref must drag her away. Thilleman's in full swing while Arcuri can't catch her breath back and it's a really choking sight here in Cannes...

Round 5:
Manuela moves much slower than her rival and allthough she tries to nail the blonde with some big jabs on the chest, she keeps slicing the air instead while Laury remains in mid-range. She allows the Italian to waste more energy and pounces on her in the middle minute, perhaps not the best tactics as Arcuri regains her breath back but a series of uppercuts slice through her arms immediately after Thilleman ups the pace and it's more red leather bouncing off the white bikini top as Manuela tries to stand her ground, but eats one punch too many and bends forward; Laury has rocking her jugs back & forth with more hooks from the side and she's just beating the big girl in the middle of the ring, finally forces her back after another cleavage assault and Manuela's fitness looks suspicious now with Laury beating her stomach into a mush along the ropes in the final minute, more mindless bashing from the blonde but Arcuri's arms drop lower and lower and she gets nails by a cross-hooking combo on the rack afterwards, makes another loud yelp before getting sliced on the jaw as Laury's running riot and has to be dragged away by the ref and given a staunch talking to. Manuela doesn't seem like she cares about that, looks a beaten figure on the ropes and gets saved by the clock again as Laury was pouring into her tummy after the command and as she walks wobbly to her corner the Cannes crowd begins to wonder how long can she handle this Thilleman punishment tonight.

Round 6:
Laury's on the verge of a breakthrough victory and she knows it. She goes after her aching rival straight off the bell and pours into her midriff seconds into the sixth. Arcuri sends some overhand shots that clip the blonde's chest but she's too slow compared to Laury and gets outworked in close range again. Thilleman slices a jabbing combo on the chest and wobbles the brunette, bends her down with liver area spiking and Arcuri's back to her moaning as Laury rips a series of uppercuts into her navel, just really gives the Italian all she's got and she's chopping that wood here, reddens Arcuri's otherwise tanned skin and the Italian warrior just can't take it anymore... another ferocious romp turns her jelly and SHE CRASHES ONTO HER KNEES, rolls on all fours even and what a sight that is... a very proud Italian warrior down on her French foe's feet and Laury shakes her head, tries to get hair out of her eyes as Manuela has trouble with beating the count... she's up at eight again but wasn't taking her time at all and she just looks over at her opponent and seemingly tries to understand how much does Laury want this victory. Very much is the answer and as Manuela makes no moves after the command, she just invites the blonde into beating her guts out and Laury needs no second chance. She pummels a hapless and aching brunette to the ropes, shatters her mitts apart and has a point-black range practice at her expense. That white bikini top gets rocked back & forth, back & forth and Arcuri keeps her arms high, gets has no strenght in her muscles anymore; Thilleman in full control, snaps a series on the cleavage and one more, and one more, wants to literally chop the brunette down and Manuela has no response, she closes her eyes and finall drops her arms for good; Thilleman whacks her with another uppercut on the navel, whips a cross-hook on the side of the chest and ARCURI SPINS BACK TO THE TURNBUCKLES, bounces off and heads south, lands on her knees, rolls back on her side and that is it!!! She's down for the count and not moving at all, just trying to catch some breath and regain her awareness. It's gonna be a long night here in Cannes as Laury Thilleman leaps into a KO R6 glory!!!

Post-fight:
That was mean and vicious and something the Cannes crowd all waited to see. Laury Thilleman didn't just cause one of the upsets of the year by beating the former lightweight champion, she simply bashed Manuela Arcuri into a heap and she's not letting the proud Italian warrior end the action that easily. Manuela is still semi-conscious but Laury drags her by the hair from the canvas and keeps pounding away at her jugs just for the sake of it. It's better than the famous red carpet entrance but Arcuri's on the verge of getting hammered back to the orbit now and Thilleman realizes she needs something extra. As she lets go of the brunette's hair, Manuela just drops like a fly on the canvas again and can't stop mumbling in the agony of defeat but the blonde has her gloves removed and she rolls Arcuri on her back, rips her top off and gives her a proper breast smother to the point Manuela's legs make no movement anymore and she's passed out on the floor for good. Only now Laury signals for the medics to arrive and stretch the Italian woman off to the locker room.

The BBU has never witnessed so much venom from the blonde pageant and whatever she's been doing the past five months it seems to be working and working well. Because tonight there was more than just the Cannes Film Festival mojo that resulted in such a brutal victory over one of the most fearsome lightweights around. Whatever it is, it may spark a great comeback for Laury and even put her fellow Miss France winner Malika Menard to shade. And nobody would have bet on that just few weeks ago. Thilleman steals the headlines in Cannes and the leading BBU pundits think that Menard will not be impressed!

Final result: Laury Thilleman def. Manuela Arcuri KO6.