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26 April 2015 Tracy Spiridakos vs Grace Park

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Posted by The Grand Wizard on April 26, 2015, 8:32 pm

BEFORE:

"Opportunities don't get much bigger than this," says Tracy with a nod. "She's a former champion, a top ten contender. Get her beaten, and I jump up to the level of Wilde and Michalka. And, I'm going to get her beaten."

"She's cut quite a swath around here," Grace says with a nod of her own. "She's got a ton of talent. She's going to be a champion. Going to be. I AM a champion. There's a diference. As you're going to see."

ROUND ONE:

O'Dell: "Back at ringside and that's 'Blitzkreig Bop' pounding through the arena, and here comes Bazz's own, Tracy Spiridakos!"

McCarthy: "I'm surprised Spiridakos isn't coming out last since she's won every time she's been here. Or does Weirdo, as I've said a hundred times, not HAVE any class..."

Cassie: "Apparently you don't understand fight etiquette. Grace has worn the belts. Tracy has not. Absent Tracy having beaten Grace, which she hasn't...yet...Grace gets the honors..."

McCarthy: "What do YOU know about etiquette?"

Cassie: "Apparently, like every OTHER subject in the world, I know more about it than YOU..."

McCarthy: "Listen, you little..."

O'Dell: "Calm down, Mac! We've made it to the last fight and haven't had to subject the fans to 'The Real Housewives Of Sheboygan'. Let's keep up the good work. Spiridakos into the ring, helped off with the robe by the Bazz corner to reveal that white bikini she likes, and that's 'Hawaii Five-O' by The Ventures you hear, and that can only mean that 'The Korean Krusher', Grace Park, is on her way to the ring..."

McCarthy: "She couldn't crush a rotting grape!"

O'Dell: "Grace down the aisle and into the ring. She's helped off with the robe by Jewel and Neve and there's that medium blue two piece she favors..."

McCarthy: "And a body that looks like a mop with a black wig..."

Tess: "Do you think she could be a Playmate, Mac?"

McCarthy: "PLAYMATE? The only centerfold she could get would be in 'Stick Figure Magazine'!"

O'Dell: "You know, Cassie, I'm going to stop letting you and Tess play together. You two are bad influences on one another. The ladies are about ready. Let's get some picks. Tess favors Grace. Mac?"

McCarthy: "Spiridakos can fight and we've seen it right in that ring. She'll waste 'The Human Cue Tip'!"

O'Dell: "Cassie?"

Cassie: "My girl Tracy is going to get the job done and give Bazz a THIRD elite bantam!"

O'Dell: "Here we go. Spiridakos very athletic, of course, and she wants to jab and move. Grace, however, using all that range to get the left-handed poke home. Getting Tracy controlled, getting her where she wants her, then cue the flurries..."

Tess: "Park, despite being on the north side of 40, still has one of the highest work rates in the FCBA, and you're seeing it now."

O'Dell: "Sure are. It's flurry after flurry from the Front Streeter. Spiridakos firing back in counter, scoring points of her own, but Grace has quickly begun boxing lead, and she's getting heavy fire home..."

Cassie: "Combination of the length and high work rate causing Tracy a problem right now. She's not used to giving up this much reach, and, obviously, hasn't seen a punch rate like Grace's before."

O'Dell: "And it's clearly going to take some adjustment. Tracy late and short, short and late. She's not allowing herself to get suppressed and thrown to the defensive, but she's not able to match Park's offense, can't put punches together. She's hanging in and firing back, but it's Grace Park in charge to the bell."

McCarthy: "Park 10-9 after one."

ROUND TWO:

O'Dell: "Into the second and Park right back to work. Grace creating distance with that left hand, using it to keep Tracy where she wants her and set her up for right hands. Grace, as always, very busy. Fists constantly in motion. One punch sets up the next and then the next."

Tess: "I don't think Spiridakos is going to get outclassed in this fight. She's too good for that. But, she's being outclassed right now."

O'Dell: "She is, indeed. Tracy not willing to go to the defensive, she's firing back gamely, but she's not getting much home. Grace just too busy and too precise. She has Spiridakos reacting, fighting off her back foot, trying to find space where there isn't any."

Cassie: "Tracy will figure out the geometry here. All she needs to do is not get into a huge hole before she does it."

O'Dell: "At the moment, she clearly can not remember that all vertical angles are equal..."

McCarthy: "What???"

O'Dell: "It's the one thing I remember from geometry class. And, right now, Grace is giving Tracy quite the lesson. Final seconds ticking off and there's the bell. Another solid round for Park..."

McCarthy: "Who now leads 20-18 and has Tracy on the verge of that dreaded oh-for-three start."

ROUND THREE:

O'Dell: "We move to the third now, and Grace right back after Tracy. Spiridakos keeping the guard a bit higher now, looking to step in, close distance, get off. She's creating more offense now, getting into a more comfortable spot..."

Tess: "Park still scoring plenty, too. Grace still getting loads of leather in the air, but Tracy able to pick some of it off and answer back more effectively."

O'Dell: "Getting to some good, two-way stuff here, the kind of thing we expected to see in this one when it was booked. Good head movement from Spiridakos, keeping those gloves up, creating a difficult target. Grace still finding, just not with the same brutally high percentage as in the first two rounds."

Cassie: "This is what makes Tracy such a good fighter. She doesn't have a ton of experience, but she has all the physicals and she's very smart, very instinctive. She adjusts very well."

O'Dell: "And she's done that in this round, turning six dominant minutes by Grace Park into a very competitive three minutes here in the third. Final seconds ticking off, another good exchange with both fighters scoring. And ANOTHER. Good stuff right to the bell. Close. Spiridakos."

McCarthy: "Won't belabor the point, but big round for Tracy making it 29-28 instead of 30-27."

ROUND FOUR:

O'Dell: "Into the fourth and the good, two-way boxing continuing now. Both women moving the feet extremely well. Spiridakos stepping forward into range, getting off, absorbing return fire from Grace. Park staying busy, keeping up a steady volume of fire as usual."

Cassie: "Tracy not going to try to match it, but she's working to slip, block, roll with and then respond effectively, and she's doing that very well."

O'Dell: "Definitely is. She's hanging in with Park now, gving as good as she gets and THERE'S A RIGHT HAND, SPIRIDAKOS AND PARK IS BUZZED! Straight right off a nice jab!"

Cassie: "And watch Tracy now. She's an excellent finisher and knows just what to do when she gets a girl hurt!"

O'Dell: "Park giving ground, covering up. Spiridakos letting the hands go, stepping into her punches now, putting a whole jar of mustard on these things. Grace with the guard high, jabbing back to keep Tracy as honest as possible, looking to deny a complete clean up. Spiridakos clinical, though, setting up her punches, getting off heavy, gets Park into the ropes and bangs away. Final seconds ticking away. Tracy won't find the off button. There's the bell. But, Spiridakos wins it wide."

McCarthy: "And she's evened the fight at 38."

ROUND FIVE:

O'Dell: "We enter the fifth with Tracy looking to get physical with Grace. Spiridakos wants to come forward, but Park having none of it, stabilizing her front immediately, stopping the younger woman cold, forcing her onto the defensive with salvo after salvo of accurate fire."

Cassie: "No shame in wanting to exploit last round's gains, but it's not going to happen. Tracy needs to get back to what she was doing in the third."

O'Dell: "And that's exactly what she's doing now, trying to step inside the Park jab, get to the range she likes and get off. And that quickly, we're back to good, two-way exchanges and PARK STAGGERS SPIRIDAKOS WITH A LEFT HOOK AND DROPS HER WITH A STRAIGHT RIGHT!"

Tess: "Great combination by Grace. Sent Tracy right to her back!"

O'Dell: "Count at three. Four. Five. Six. Tracy sitting up. Seven. Eight. Nine. Spiridakos to her feet. Could have gotten up a bit sooner, but smartly giving herself the entire count. Referee gives her the mandatory and is going to let it continue. And HERE COMES GRACE! Park looking to finish now, sending Tracy into retreat, backing her to the ropes and having at it in a complete reversal of last round. Park picking Spiridakos off with jabs despite the high guard, landing hard rights. ROCKING TRACY WITH A RIGHT HOOK! Spiridakos stumbling along the ropes. Referee looking in as Park goes back to work and there's the bell!"

Tess: "Couldn't have blamed the ref for stopping that, but he didn't and Tracy survived it."

McCarthy: "But she's now down 48-46 at the half way point."

ROUND SIX:

O'Dell: "Sixth begins with Park looking to pile on the pressure. Grace having success doing exactly that. She's getting off solid flurries, getting them home. Backing Tracy up. Forcing her to cover up. Spiridakos may not have the legs back at the moment, Cassie..."

Cassie: "Doesn't look like she does, but she's playing this smart. She'll give ground for time."

O'Dell: "And she's run out of real estate as Grace traps her against the ropes and lets a BIG flurry go! Spiridakos wobbled by a right hand in there. Grace snapping the head back with two more hard rights. Tracy in trouble again and Park going to spend the last half of a second straight round looking for the 'off' switch!"

McCarthy: "Spiridakos has to try to counter more. She's being too defensive right now. Get the jab out. Give Park something to be concerned with."

O'Dell: "Right now, Grace not giving her rival the space or time to do much of that. Park's got that work rate to its height, sending in leather barrage after leather barrage. Spiridakos covering up, trying to jab back in spots, but taking a load of fire. Park ANOTHER good right that wobbles Tracy! Referee looking in again as the final seconds tick off. Grace jabbing, lands another solid right, but there's the bell. Spiridakos lasts the round, but it's Park wide."

Tess: "And the lead is now 58-55 with four to go. Tracy has a hole to climb out of."

ROUND SEVEN:

O'Dell: "Seventh round begins with Tracy, who's showing some swelling around the right eye, looking to do some climbing. Seems to be trusting her legs and she's again working the feet to step inside Grace's jab and get her offense off. Park responding with long, heavy salvos, keeping up the high work rate."

McCarthy: "Spiridakos able to block and slip more of it now, like she had before the knockdown, and she's responding with good combinations of her own."

O'Dell: "Settling us back into the two-way fighting we saw earlier in the fight. This is good stuff from both fighters, as both the veteran and the younger woman put punches together, keep the hands, feet, and heads moving. Both of these ladies are good boxers and you're seeing that now..."

Tess: "Cassie, you don't seem at all surprised at how well Tracy's settled down and gotten back into this after two bad rounds."

Cassie: "I'm not. She's a smart fighter. Calm in there. Doesn't get rattled."

O'Dell: "And that's serving her well tonight. Tracy's definitely settled back in, but Park continuing the heavy fire, getting a lot of leather home as she always does. Pace picking up into the final seconds. Good right hand from Park and a good one in response from Tracy! Five seconds. One more solid exchange and there's the bell. Close. Spiridakos."

Tess: "And that narrows Grace's lead to 67-65 with three rounds to go."

ROUND EIGHT:

O'Dell: "Into the eighth of what's been quite a fight. Park now upping the aggression a little. She's getting off first, and getting off heavy, looking to suppress Tracy with that volume. Spiridakos grimly firing back, not going to allow herself to get outworked and taken out of her game..."

McCarthy: "Give this kid credit. There have been times when she could have folded the tent, but she's having none of that."

O'Dell: "She is not. Tracy firing back hard despite all the leather coming her way, and Park hasn't slowed a bit into the eighth round, either. There's an EXCELLENT left by Grace and TRACY DROPS HER WITH A RIGHT HAND! What a counter by Spiridakos!"

Cassie: "That's my GIRL right THERE!"

O'Dell: "Park on her hands and knees. Count at three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Grace to her feet at nine. Referee going to give her the mandatory and waive Spiridakos forward. And Tracy going ALL IN! Spiridakos winging away with both hands, going to get Grace out of there or empty the magazines trying. Park backed to the ropes, taking heavy leather, jabbing back, doing just enough to stay alive. GOOD right hand by Tracy and now PARK showing swelling around the right eye. Final seconds ticking off. Grace going to survive this thing. There's the bell, but a BIG round for Spiridakos!"

Tess: "And, if our cards are right, she just evened the fight at 75."

ROUND NINE:

O'Dell: "Into the ninth and Tracy looking to walk forward and finish, but Grace responds with the laser-guided left jab, peppering Spiridakos, stopping her advance, setting her up for right hands. Spiridakos responding with that quick step inside the jab, getting her own offense off..."

Tess: "Right back to that two-way stuff we've seen so much of, as neither girl will let the other fight lead..."

O'Dell: "And, it's getting to be pretty grim stuff. Both girls touched up, eyes swelling, fighting through the results of eight rounds of heavy leather, looking to dig down and find a little more and win this thing..."

Cassie: "And no reduction in work rate on either side. Not many girls Grace's age could still be fighting at top level after eght and a half rounds of what we've seen..."

O'Dell: "And, no slowing from either fighter as we head down the stretch. Park keeping up the barrages, Spiridakos weathering those, slipping forward, letting her own hands go before Park responds with another heavy flurry, back and forth into the final seconds and a HUGE exchange at the bell that gets the crowd on it's feet! Close. Park."

McCarthy: "85-84 going into the final round. Pressure on Tracy."

ROUND TEN:

O'Dell: "Tenth and final scheduled round underway, and Spiridakos has clearly been told she's behind. Tracy aggressively after Grace, wants to close and bang, and Park has no problem with the latter part. The former champ putting a buzzing fire on the younger bantam, but Tracy determined, banging back, closing, working body, tying up with Grace, looking to get very physical this round..."

Cassie: "Not many bantams more physical than Tracy..."

O'Dell: "But Park giving as good as she gets in close, digging body of her own, shoving Spiridakos off, landing some good combinations, Spiridakos right back in, banging the flanks, good uppercut got Park's attention. We talked about grim, Mac, we may be beyond that now..."

McCarthy: "Nothing will tell you more about a fighter than how they react to a situation like this, fight in the balance in the tenth after a fight where both girls have taken a ton of punishment. Does somebody wilt?"

Tess: "Not in this one. Not in this one."

O'Dell: "Absolutely not. Both fighters digging down, finding more reserves. Neither willing to cede an inch of canvas let alone the field to the other. Nobody wants to live to fight another day. They want to finish this thing right now. Thirty seconds and a BLISTERING EXCHANGE AND ANOTHER! Both women pouring on the fire! The crowd is on its feet as Park ROCKS Spiridakos with a right and TRACY SNAPS GRACE'S HEAD BACK IN RESPONSE! Ten seconds left. Closing kick from both fighters. Leather flies right to the bell!"

McCarthy: "AND they just ruined it..."

O'Dell: "Mac, of course, reacting to the hug...but, forget about that for a minute. Who won the fight? I had that last one for Tracy..."

Tess: "I've got it 94 all."

Cassie: "Me, too. We may not be finished here."

O'Dell: "Decision being announced...and it's 94 to 94! We have a draw and we are going overtime!"

Tess: "Referee going to ask the fighters here, but it's a formality in Grace's case. Front Street ALWAYS chooses overtime at Asylum..."

Cassie: "And my girl TRACE wants to fight..."

O'Dell: "Waiting for the referee, who's talking to the judges at ringside, checking the scores with all three before we do this..."

McCarthy: "...wait...'Bouncin' and Misbehavin''...I get it now..."

Cassie: "Pay up, Tess..."

Tess: "I thought SURE we'd be off the air..."

McCarthy: "What ARE you two babbling about?"

O'Dell: "Ref back to the center of the ring and HE'S WAIVING THIS OFF! He's not asking anybody, he's ruling this fight a draw!"

McCarthy: "He can't DO that..."

O'Dell: "Apparently he CAN, and that's what he's doing. Neither corner happy about it. Neve Campbell wants an explanation...Tess going up there to find out what's happening..."

AFTER:

Tess: "I've got Hall Of Famer Neve Campbell here. Neve, what's just happened...."

Neve: "We were ready for OT, so was Bazz, but the referee consulted with the ringside doctor and they decided to stop this thing because of the issues with both girls' eyes. We aren't happy about it, and neither is Bazz, but that's the decision, and it's the referee's to make..."

Tess: "I'm going to try to get the fighters over here. Here they come, Grace and Tracy, you have to be a bit disappointed..."

Tracy: "Look, I was ready to go. I wanted to win this thing. But, we didn't get a choice. I could have gone. But we didn't get a choice..."

Tess: "I know you were ready, Grace..."

Grace: "I've been OT before and I know I could have gone. I told him that. We both told him that. But, he made the decision. He can stop a fight at any point, he told us, and he stopped it..."

Tracy: "We'll just have to do it again, that's all."

Grace: "Absolutely."

Tess: "You'd sign a rematch, Grace?"

Grace: "No question about it. She deserves one. She showed how good she is. She's a contender at this weight."

Tracy: "I fought the best fight of my career tonight. It wasn't quite good enough. Next time, I'll have to fight better."

Tess: "Well, that's it from up in the ring, the first draw in the history of Asylum and a possible rematch in the offing."