A "Cote! Cote! Cote! Cote!" chant has gone up around the arena. The crowd at the Sagrada Família (Barcelona, Spain) love this fighter and Cote's never one to ignore her fans. She smiles, waves and then bows to the chanting crowd! They go totally ballistic! Cote de Pablo looks like she's been waiting for this fight forever. Standing in at 5' 7" and weighing 141 lbs, she's confident tonight. "Let's get it on! I'm in the mood to kick your ass all over this cage!" Victoria Azarenka glares at her opponent from the opposite corner. This is the first time these two have meet inside the cage. It should be a pretty fair match tonight. I can't pick which fighter will be raising her fists after this match. The referee of the bout is Dita Von Teese. ========================================= Round 1 ========================================= Round one, fight! Let's hope these two tear each other apart! Cote de Pablo leans forwards and tries to grapple with Victoria Azarenka. Cote shows her clinching skills and grabs hold of Victoria. The two women now clinching and looking very hot. The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round We're trading sweat here, folks. These two ladies are locked together in a clinch. Cote de Pablo doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Victoria Azarenka's embrace and tries to move away. Nice move from Cote de Pablo who puts some distance between herself and Victoria Azarenka. The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round Cote de Pablo fakes a punch and launches herself over Victoria Azarenka. Nice move by Cote who clinches and pushes Victoria against the cage. We're trading sweat here, folks. These two ladies are locked together in a clinch. Cote de Pablo launches a knee! Cote hits Victoria hard just below the tits! It's like her whole body was hit by a freight train. She'll be wishing she was wearing a padded bra. Victoria Azarenka pushes away Cote de Pablo, she's trying to keep the fight at striking range. Cote de Pablo doesn't want to break the clinch. She's still grappling with Victoria Azarenka. Close in action here. Both fighters are tied up in a clinch. Victoria Azarenka tries some dirty boxing while holds Cote de Pablo against cage. Cote's aware of her surroundings and escapes from the clinch giving Victoria a shove for good measure. Poorly executed technique from Victoria. Cote looks to counter... Cote de Pablo launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook! Victoria blocks the jabs, but the last punch hits hard on her cheek! She wobbles...she stumbles...and then falls to the mat! Cote is standing while Victoria is on the ground on her back. Victoria is trying to get back onto her feet. She staggers a little, but the Karate Divas member is vertical again. Victoria's on her feet again. She runs her fingers through her hair and gathers herself. It's not a desirable position that Victoria Azarenka is in now. Cote de Pablo's well known for her strong and relentless GnP. She's beaten a lot of girls to a bloody pulp in this position. Cote de Pablo launches a low kick. It gets blocked quickly. Victoria stopping that assault with ease. Victoria Azarenka launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook! Cote blocks and tries to circle around her opponent looking for angles. The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round Cote de Pablo attempts to cut off Victoria Azarenka with punches. Victoria reels from the strikes. Nice hits! Victoria Azarenka and Cote de Pablo engage in a wild exchange of punches! Cote is getting the best of the exchange. She's landing a few blows. That looks like it hurts! Victoria's Mouth isn't looking the best. She's taken some damage there. Cote de Pablo moves forward looking for some action. Cote shows some wrestling skills as she puts her opponent in a double overhook! Victoria Azarenka doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Cote de Pablo's embrace and tries to move away. Cote de Pablo pushes Victoria Azarenka forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch. We're trading sweat here, folks. These two ladies are locked together in a clinch. Victoria Azarenka tries to shrug her way out of the clinch. Cote de Pablo is determined to work from the clinch. She's pummeled through and managed to retain her position. Cote de Pablo doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Victoria Azarenka's embrace and tries to move away. Nice move from Cote de Pablo who puts some distance between herself and Victoria Azarenka. The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round Victoria Azarenka grabs Cote by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground! The fighters are struggling...Cote is going to get free...No! Great takedown by Victoria! That's strength and skill. BANG! That shot was right onto Cote de Pablo's beautiful tits! It looks like she's hurt bad. There's tears in her eyes and she's trying to cover up her breasts with her arms. Victoria Azarenka is in open guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka tries to launch a few punches at Cote de Pablo. Cote's able to close her guard and counter Victoria's punches. The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka tries to escape from the closed guard... Cote waits for a moment and then tries to roll! Too late for Victoria! She's reversed and now Cote is on half guard! Cote de Pablo is in half guard over Victoria. Victoria Azarenka tries to close the guard. Victoria has managed to put Cote de Pablo in closed guard. The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round Cote de Pablo is in closed guard over Victoria. Cote de Pablo's in closed guard, as Victoria Azarenka tries to roll on the ground. Cote uses her leg to keep her position on the ground. Cote tries to get some advantage after her opponent misses a move... Cote de Pablo tries to better her position on the ground... Cote breaks the guard of Victoria and moves to half guard. That'll give Cote the advantage here. Cote de Pablo is in side mount over Victoria Azarenka. Victoria Azarenka is attempting to trap Cote de Pablo in her guard. Victoria manages to switch to half guard. Cote de Pablo is in half guard over Victoria. Victoria Azarenka measures the resilience of Cote de Pablo's ribs with a couple of big punches from the guard. Those hits are finding Cote's side. There'll be bruising there in the morning. The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round Cote de Pablo is in half guard over Victoria. Cote de Pablo is pushing on Victoria Azarenka's leg as she tries to move to full mount. Victoria rolls on the canvas and she's now on half guard over Cote. Nice reversal. Victoria Azarenka is in half guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka throws a few fake punches as she tries to escape! Cote rolls over herself and stands up while Victoria rolls on her back. Referee Dita Von Teese puts up her hands to stop the fight. She waits until both women are standing...and now she signals for them to continue. Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The fans at the Sagrada Família (Barcelona, Spain) are cheering for the girls. Cote de Pablo's corner men are yelling for her to escape from the ground. Victoria Azarenka can totally finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding given half the chance. Cote has got to find a way out now! Several good body shots from Victoria Azarenka... Nice evading by Cote. She shows some great skills, much to the frustration of Victoria. Victoria Azarenka throws a hook. That hits its mark. BAM! "Take that, Cote! You sack of meat!" Cote has been opened up by Victoria...the Karate Divas fighter is bleeding heavily. That's an ugly looking wound. The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round Victoria Azarenka fakes a punch and launches herself over Cote de Pablo. Cote's smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Victoria and pushes her away. Cote is trying to counter now... Cote de Pablo throws a low kick with her toned leg. Hang on! She switches targets and lands a superb body kick! Wow! What a move! A very hard blow to Victoria Azarenka's mid-section. That hit her with full force and has winded her. She seems hurt, I can see her eyes watering. Yes, she's on the verge of crying. The match-makers did a great job of pairing up these two evenly matched beautiful Amazon warriors. This is the kind of fight the paying fans love to watch! Victoria Azarenka's found an opening in the defense of Cote de Pablo, she's launching a big hook! She landed it! That could break Cote's ribs. Oh my gosh! Oh My! A crushing shot to Cote de Pablo's body! That one seemed to double her over and push the wind out of her. Cote is holding her side and she looks very uncomfortable. Victoria moves forward. It looks like she's hunting for a hole in her opponent's defense. Cote de Pablo launches a kick... Victoria checks it and keeps her distance. Victoria Azarenka fakes a punch and shoots a takedown! Cote didn't see that coming and has been put on the ground! Cote de Pablo ribs are getting hammered, this looks bad! This kind of damage could stop the fight. Cote will need to dig deep to fight through this. The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round Victoria Azarenka is in open guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows. One, two, three! Cote's being punished here! Victoria Azarenka is in open guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka moves on the ground... ...and she gets to half guard. A positive outcome for her. Victoria Azarenka is in half guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka throws a few fake punches as she tries to escape! Cote rolls over herself and stands up while Victoria rolls on her back. Referee Dita Von Teese puts up her hands to stop the fight. She waits until both women are standing...and now she signals for them to continue. Both fighters want to continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision. Cote and Victoria glare at each other as they prepare to continue the fight. Victoria Azarenka fakes a punch and launches herself over Cote de Pablo. Cote counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals. Dita Von Teese tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over. This round is maybe for Victoria, but it's close. ========================================= Round 2 ========================================= Nice low kick from Victoria Azarenka...those kicks look dangerous. Cote stops it. Nice block! Cote de Pablo throws a combo... Victoria ducks under and catches her with a counter! Cote swings again! And she's countered once more! Cote is looking bad here! The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round Victoria Azarenka attempts to cut off Cote de Pablo with punches. Cote reels from the strikes. Nice hits! A furious flurry of punches from Cote de Pablo! She puts Victoria in a world of hurt! Those hits are landing over and over again. I think Victoria just pissed her panties in fear! That looks like it hurts! Victoria's Left cheek isn't looking the best. She's taken some damage there. Cote de Pablo fakes a punch and launches herself over Victoria Azarenka. Nice move by Cote who clinches and pushes Victoria against the cage. The fighters are clinching. This is as close together as their bodies can get. Cote de Pablo tries to take Victoria Azarenka down...Victoria stumbles backwards and Cote launches a few punches... One swing hits hard on Victoria's jaw! Her head whips backwards...sweat flicking from her hair. Victoria Azarenka doesn't want to clinch as she ducks under Cote de Pablo's embrace and tries to move away. Cote de Pablo pushes Victoria Azarenka forward and doesn't allow her to break the clinch. Both girls are tied in a clinch. Their bodies pressed against each other. Victoria Azarenka pushes off of Cote de Pablo and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots! Cote holds her opponent tight while she tries to cool down the action. Victoria gets sloppy and Cote de Pablo tries to take advantage... Cote de Pablo tries to shrug her way out of the clinch. Cote de Pablo circles out and slips free of Victoria Azarenka's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position. Victoria Azarenka fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut. Crack! It lands on Cote's chin. What a bell ringer! Erk...someone call for a make up artist! Cote's Chin is going to need some help! I can see some bruising coming up. Victoria Azarenka is holding Cote de Pablo's left leg. She's got a tight grip and is trying to take Cote down... Crash! Cote loses balance and goes to the ground. She could be in trouble. Victoria Azarenka is in side mount over Cote de Pablo. Cote de Pablo has a shot at trapping Victoria Azarenka in her guard. Cote manages to switch to full guard. Victoria Azarenka is in open guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka tries to pass to half guard... Cote's guard is too good and Victoria fails to pass. Victoria Azarenka is in open guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka could be in trouble here as Cote de Pablo's trying to close her guard around her. Success for Cote! Nicely done, hopefully she can take some advantage here. Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka fakes some punches... Cote ties her up. No chance of Victoria landing anything right now. Victoria clumsily fails here and it's time for Cote to fight back... Cote de Pablo launches a few punches to Victoria Azarenka's cheek from the guard. Victoria uses her head to cover the punches and presses her skull forward. The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Cote's taking this opportunity to rest. Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. What the hell is Victoria Azarenka up to? She's moving around on the canvas and positioning herself... Damn! Brutal headbutt from Victoria! Is this the kind of fighting the Karate Divas endorses? Is someone paying Dita Von Teese to look the other way? She totally ignored that foul! Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka's in closed guard, as Cote de Pablo tries to roll on the ground. Victoria uses her leg to keep her position on the ground. Poorly executed technique from Cote. Victoria looks to counter... Victoria Azarenka wants to finish her opponent on the ground, this could get messy... Victoria can't find an opening in her opponent's guard! Cote survives the barrage. Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka tries to open up Cote de Pablo with a few strikes using her right elbow... Some nice shots are landing. Cote's trying to block them with her hands, but it's still hurting her. Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka is trying to better her position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Cote de Pablo's ribs and breasts. Cote felt that and her face shows the pain. Those are tears on her cheeks... Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria's taking this opportunity to rest. Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka's looking to end this fight with strikes. She's attacking with determination in her eyes. Cote anticipates Victoria's move and avoids danger. Quick thinking! Victoria was looking to cause serious damage there. Cote is trying to counter now... Cote de Pablo switches to high guard and then tries to sink a triangle! Victoria struggles and her head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip her head of the lock! The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground. The crowd appreciate her getting these girls back to their feet. Both women get to their feet and catch their collective breath. Cote is wiping the sweat from her eyes as Victoria runs her fingers through her hair. Pulverizing punch to Cote de Pablo's head from Victoria Azarenka! Cote slips under the punch. Victoria's fist only touching hair! Poorly executed technique from Victoria. Cote looks to counter... Cote de Pablo wants to take the advantage of this fight and she tries to clinch with Victoria Azarenka. Cote moves forward and holds Victoria, their breasts pressing against each other. Both girls are tied in a clinch. Their bodies pressed against each other. Cote de Pablo tries to shrug her way out of the clinch. Cote de Pablo circles out and slips free of Victoria Azarenka's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position. The clock says 3:55 in the 2 round Cote de Pablo tries some clinching in order to control the fight. Nicely done. Cote's clinching with Victoria and their tits are mashed against each other. I'd like to be between that tit sandwich! Close in action here. Both fighters are tied up in a clinch. Victoria Azarenka pushes away Cote de Pablo, she's trying to keep the fight at striking range. Cote de Pablo doesn't want to break the clinch. She's still grappling with Victoria Azarenka. It's breast to breast action here. Both fighters are holding each other close. Victoria Azarenka grabs one of Cote de Pablo's arms and tries a hip throw. With a twist of her hip Victoria throws Cote to the mat like a rag doll! Victoria is standing while Cote is on the ground on her back. Sweat covers Cote de Pablo's face as she slowly gets back to her feet. "Come on Cote, come on. Get up, you sack of shit and fight me." Victoria Azarenka steps back and taunts Cote. OK folks, Cote is back on her feet and ready to continue fighting. The Karate Divas combatant will not be wanting to hit the canvas again. Cote de Pablo decides to launch some tentative punches... Nothing from this exchange. Cote moves back and takes a deep breath, her breasts rise and fall as sweat runs down her cleavage. Victoria Azarenka tries to bring the fight to the ground. She wants Cote on the mat. Cote goes down with a thump. Just dumped to the mat...she's in trouble now. Cote de Pablo ribs are getting hammered, this looks bad! This kind of damage could stop the fight. Cote will need to dig deep to fight through this. Referee Dita Von Teese stops the action and is having to yell at the fighters to get back to their corners. The round is over. That round was a toss up. ========================================= Round 3 ========================================= The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round Cote de Pablo looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Victoria Azarenka's punches. Victoria is on the receiving end of a great combo by Cote. Victoria Azarenka grabs Cote by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground! The fighters are struggling...Cote is going to get free...No! Great takedown by Victoria! That's strength and skill. Victoria Azarenka is in open guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka could be in trouble here as Cote de Pablo's trying to close her guard around her. Success for Cote! Nicely done, hopefully she can take some advantage here. Victoria Azarenka is in closed guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka tries to pass Cote de Pablo's guard... Victoria manages to get her toned leg free and moves to half guard. Victoria Azarenka is in half guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka hovers above Cote de Pablo... Cote stops her from throwing strikes. Solid defense here from Cote. Victoria Azarenka is in half guard over Cote. Victoria Azarenka looks to free her leg... Cote rolls on the ground and moves to side mount! Awesome maneuver! The clock says 1:25 in the 3 round Cote de Pablo is in side mount over Victoria Azarenka. Victoria's taking this opportunity to rest. Cote de Pablo is in side mount over Victoria Azarenka. Cote de Pablo tries to move to full mount! That's a nice move. Cote is in full mount now, putting herself in the dominant position. The clock says 1:45 in the 3 round Cote de Pablo is in full mount over Victoria Azarenka. Victoria Azarenka tries to roll on the ground. Cote knows how to keep her advantage on the ground. Cote de Pablo is in full mount over Victoria Azarenka. Cote de Pablo tries to keep her position. That look in her eye, I think she wants to begin a good pounding session... Cote controls the situation despite Victoria's efforts of escaping from the full mount. Cote de Pablo is in full mount over Victoria Azarenka. Victoria Azarenka tries to roll to her side and trap Cote de Pablo in her guard... Cote keeps good control and remains in full mount. Cote de Pablo is in full mount over Victoria Azarenka. Victoria is cooling the fight on the ground. The crowd don't like this. Dita Von Teese has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters, "Come on ladies. This is a fight not a slumber party!" Both fighters want to continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision. Cote and Victoria glare at each other as they prepare to continue the fight. Victoria Azarenka is not showing a great technique with that low kick... Cote is smart enough to block that one. Cote is trying to counter now... Cote de Pablo wants to take the advantage of this fight and she tries to clinch with Victoria Azarenka. Cote moves forward and holds Victoria, their breasts pressing against each other. Wow...can you imagine being between these two fighters? Both girls are really locked into this clinch. Victoria Azarenka tries to shrug her way out of the clinch. Cote de Pablo is determined to work from the clinch. She's pummeled through and managed to retain her position. Cote de Pablo tries to shrug her way out of the clinch. Cote de Pablo circles out and slips free of Victoria Azarenka's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position. Tremendous strikes from Victoria Azarenka! Some big punches are landing! This could be the end of Cote! Yeow! It looks like Cote's Chin is beginning to swell. But it doesn't seem to be concerning her at the moment. She's going to keep fighting. Victoria has opened up Cote! It looks like blood is starting to flow from Cote's Chin. The clock says 2:55 in the 3 round Cote de Pablo goes in with a looping right hand while Victoria Azarenka jumps back and jabs. Victoria seems staggered and Cote runs in to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses. Superb haymaker by Victoria Azarenka... It smashes into Cote's face like a cannon ball! Ohhh, she's not so pretty now. You can say goodbye to that modeling contract, love. Erk...someone call for a make up artist! Cote's Mouth is going to need some help! I can see some bruising coming up. This isn't good for Cote! The Chilean fighter is in pain and spilling a lot of blood. Victoria Azarenka looks for angles as she throws a few jabs that are countered by Cote de Pablo's punches. Victoria is on the receiving end of a great combo by Cote. The two ladies exchange punches wildly. Both fighters are missing terribly. The crowd don't like this! A shake of the head from Victoria. She flicks her head back and takes a few gulps of fresh air. She looks exhausted to me. Tremendous strikes from Victoria Azarenka! Some big punches are landing! This could be the end of Cote! Victoria Azarenka is opening up on Cote de Pablo and raining down combinations! Cote's corner looks worried! If she can't escape this'll be over. Cote has been opened up by Victoria...the Karate Divas fighter is bleeding heavily. That's an ugly looking wound. Cote de Pablo is a bloody mess! Victoria Azarenka has really pulped her up. I'm amazed Cote is even thinking of fighting on. Victoria Azarenka tries some clinching in order to control the fight. Cote moves backwards and circles around Victoria to avoid the clinch. You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Victoria Azarenka can end the fight with her ground and pound and she looks ready to pound Cote de Pablo into mincemeat. Cote de Pablo is a bloody mess! Victoria Azarenka has really pulped her up. I'm amazed Cote is even thinking of fighting on. An overhand right from Victoria Azarenka that looks like it's capable of destroying a brick wall! BANG! Cote's stops that one with her face! How's Cote still standing?! Dita Von Teese has seen enough! This fight is over! Cote was not intelligently defending herself! Cote's Nose is bruised after the punishment she's received! She may just have to kiss that cover shoot goodbye. A TKO (Punch) win at 4:29 Round 3 for Victoria Azarenka. Excellent work. Statistics: Cote de Pablo Punches 24/39 (62%) Kicks 1/2 (50%) Clinch strikes 2/4 (50%) Takedowns 0/0 (0%) GnP strikes 0/3 (0%) Submissions 1/1 (100%) Clinch Attempts 6/6 (100%) Damage caused 1145,47 Clinch Damage 399,8 Ground Damage 0 Time on the ground 346 s Statistics: Victoria Azarenka Punches 28/41 (68%) Kicks 0/2 (0%) Clinch strikes 1/10 (10%) Takedowns 6/6 (100%) GnP strikes 9/24 (38%) Submissions 0/0 (0%) Clinch Attempts 0/2 (0%) Damage caused 3443,55 Clinch Damage 11,63 Ground Damage 380,3 Time on the ground 345 s Cote de Pablo loses -19,41 ranking points after the fight. Victoria Azarenka wins 29,50 ranking points after the fight. That was a decent performance from Cote de Pablo tonight. In my eyes, she read the fight well and wasn't afraid of engaging. Hopefully she can level out her aggression and do something about her hair, if she can manage that, then it's possible she'll go far in the UCC. (198 points) A dominating performance by Victoria who took her best game against Cote. I have no doubt Victoria will be gracing the cover of Total Knock Out in the near future. (577 points) Karate Divas and Karate Divas should pay Cote and Victoria extra just for the excitement they provide to the fans! Super fit bodies, amazing skills and looks that can kill. These girls have it all. 'Nuff said.