Hair pulling, gripping and twisting ( ragging the hair, violently shaking the head by the hair was an early aspect of the hair fight which I was glad to see phased out ) were facets of the girls at war within the rules at BFuk.
And how could you visualise a catfight minus this dynamic.
Truth be told, some ladies just can't stand hair attacks and I'd hate to lose a cat-fighter simply for that reason. In fact tying up or braiding is sometimes a statement of non-compliance from the fighter IMO; the other side of the coin, some girls would very rarely appear without their hair loose - dare I type it- relishing the prospect of a hair fight.
The smaller Holly has the bigger Seline disadvantaged by pure hair control.
Over time and fights ( if they stayed around long enough ) the ladies found their own levels of how to apply this tactic, not just to cause pain, but tactically to make further gains. The progression is quite obvious from the regulars, Natalie and Sahara both outstanding, to name but two.
The learning curve in cat-fights?
Natalie's maxim nails it, ' It's not the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog. '
Experienced Emma ( right ) is seen, not going for a big hank of hair on Dawn's head, just enough hair to pain the scalp more, which the inexperienced Dawn reflects facially.
Thick hanks of hair holding, easier to turn the head were seen in the early fights when Daisy and teenager Natalie ( right ) are finding their way in the cat-fight world.
Looks like the opening of this fight where each girl goes instinctively for the hair and Lacey ( right ) is usually a fraction quicker though Charlie can't be far behind.
Faith was blatant in sacrificing her long, lovely hair and quite happy to allow Justice to get in there, but this fight wasn't just about hair, Justice was goaded into a tough, sizzling fight: not that she wasn't up for it.
Very rarely did the girls, even under great pressure, fail to hang on to her opponent's hair, ever mindful of the smallest chance of turning the tables. Ruby against Tazmin.
Tazmin ( right ) quite experienced by now, is gripping just enough of Ruby's mane to really hurt.
Gripping the hair kept the girls close enough to allow one hand to be freed quickly for the slap. Again, Ruby v Tazmin.
This superb pic capture could fool you into thinking it was staged. But the tatted Domino was very nimble and Natalie was caught out awkwardly, quite often and she lost this fight.
That sucks eh!
Natalie later claimed it was because she'd banged her head on the floor during the fight and I believe her simply because she was the best and should have won. Of course I'm biased.
Sexy, underclad females basting themselves in baby-oil rolling around, flesh to flesh, does appeal but when Carmen and Sahara did it the added spice was hair gripping and pulling.
Not easy, balanced precariously in the inflatable with a now crazy slippery feel to the feet and the slaps exchanged while doing so, I had to think, a lass is going to lose her footing and all will tumble, so heavily.
The masterclass from Lacey and Sahara was always going to be a hair fight. Nervous smiles on their faces as they faced up, and how did they turn out: both had their hair streaming loose - these two are defined by the art of the hair attack.
Long awaited and am I sated?
I don't think the cat-fight lover is ever satisfied and wants more, more, more. At least these two finished what we all started and Bitchfight UK has to be congratulated on somehow achieving, almost the impossible, getting Lacey to return after nearly 4 years for unfinished business with Sahara.
The girls must have wanted it......badly. ( My thought again. )
Did I say finished - there is the matter of a rematch....fingers Xed.
Oops! A very brief stoppage between Candy ( left ) and Emma but I'm going to let you guess as to who got the smack in the face.
Natalie beat Tait but I would say Natalie was the injured party.
IMO Lacey is relieved to have ended her fight against Layla with a win. They went at it with desperation: Layla's personal best, I reckon.
Total speculation: I'm adding to the hype of a rivalry or even bitchy hostility between Lacey and Sahara in that Layla and Sahara had possibly built up a friendship after their battles.
So, my imagination allowed me to think Sahara had said to Layla ' Give her one for me.' Layla certainly did.
A woman's crowning glory is her hair; definitely so for Layla who is caught in the mirror adjusting the glossy beauty after Kellie messed it up.
Maybe a parting comment to a victorious Kellie walking away from a sensuous, sexy oil fight, which Carmen, it has to be said, enjoyed and didn't mind losing.
She does make a sexy exhibition of herself, accompanied by blissful expressions, throughout the fight.
I'm not going to speculate on this pic of Layla: maybe panties a shade tight?
IDK where BFuk held this fight, quite an awesome location.
Could it be a night club somewhere?
Another favourite, Kellie did some pole-dancing in her time which was remarked upon, on the old forum.
See how Axa uses the pole with ease wearing her fight expression, ( or could be ' come hither ' which would also apply to her opponent ) maybe because she was working herself up to fight Lacey.
And here is Lacey in a belter of an outfit, set to match her surroundings.
I wonder if Lacey had a go on the pole?
However, when the fight began I felt Axa was taking Lacey too casually.
After all, she might have thought she could easily handle the smaller atom weight , weighing just over 30 lbs lighter and 4 inches shorter than she.
Lacey surely made Axa re-think her strategy when she threw Axa to the floor. ( Apparently predicted by Lacey before the match started.)
It was an absolute rough-house until Lacey was put at odds when Axa stripped topless in the third round ( night club feel again ) and used her weight and strength to take full advantage of the mini-weight gal.
Lacey is under the cosh today but she is so cute and though I don't have favourites, she is definitely one of mine!!
She had to retire in her outdoor fight against Milly ( who was a decent bit heavier and useful too ) after a wonderfully offensive start.
I guess she was so excited that her tummy got queasy which is maybe what she is pointing out to her team Captain, Chelsea ( no stranger to being sick in a bucket during her fight later that day against Ruby).
Strangely, her sister, Rusty ( almost blocked out by Lacey in the pic ) suffered a similar defeat at the hands of Milly's sister, the topless Lily but Rusty was going at it with gusto like her sister Lacey until she felt - not so good and gave in early but both these fights were splendid examples of a real rules cat-fight.
Lacey, after a long absence returned to satisfy her fans with the face-off against Sahara , would you believe, another favourite of mine. I'm only going to choose the girl whom BFUK declares the winner, finally, unless they keep fighting then I'll defer my decision. Keep going girls, please!
Sahara looks knackered in the pic after that fight which was declared a draw, though Sahara told us on FB Lacey won't return for a rematch. She may do just that.
Sahara had always wanted to fight Lacey and over their time at BFuk there appeared to be an undercurrent of hostility or more likely, rivalry between the two, off stage.
This was in part, generated by the fans because that's what the fans want and I bought into it quite happily.
There were also subtle snippets of information leaked into the daily grind of the old forum, not just by the fans, so ' where there's smoke there's fire ' was enough to consolidate my thoughts on their rivalry, however weak the foundation.
With solid curves and the desire to pit her womanhood against her rivals Crystallou ( or Nicola ) carried it off so well. She played an early part at BFuk, comfortable in or out of the negliee she threw herself into the cat-fight with a fair idea of ' how to ' leaving her mark on her opponents.
And Jodie was such an opponent, taller and with striking looks and swoon figure, she gave Crystallou a damn good fight and it got even better when the negligees came off.
Fighting topless and almost bottomless, I think the sweat was beginning to show on both ( def on my brow ) before Crystal Lou got her way.
Sophia isn't just cute, she is all-over adorable. If I had one criticism of this gorgeous gal, she was always smiling during the tough pose ( not easy to find a pic of Sophie not smiling, however, I did ( above ) though she wasn't caught posing ) and IMO for a cat-fighter to show how tough she is, the grim visage in pics is essential.
But tbh Sophie would never have made champion and I'm sure she never in her wildest dreams harboured that goal but the fact that she made several appearances for BFuk allowed me to imagine my dream.
A glamour kitten is how I'd describe Sahara and at 5'2" with a hot athletic shape, a feline pretty face and a huge appetite to win a cat-fight, using her years of experience, makes her a cute li'l fighting gal ...with claws.
Currently THE No 1at BFUK.
Gossipy insight to the huge fight between Ruby ( lying left of camera shot ) and Chelseab came later on the old forum from Ruby herself. She felt Chelseab had been delaying the fight restarts and was up to antics during the fight ( such as being sick in that pink bucket, presumably through nerves ) and Ruby felt that she was stalling the fight and getting away with it.
However, she didn't ask for a rematch so Chelseab stayed champion. Much as I adored Ruby I had hoped for that rematch - fascinating thought - much as one or two of Chelsea's cat-fight moves were seen to be slightly outside the rules.
I reckon Chelseab would look good dressed in a tattie sack but her underwear up against Ruby ( literally ) in black was all she wanted to wear. Ruby...even less.
Sexy undies, stockings and boots is a cute, sexy combination for Justice but she's prepared to show her foxy fighting side by raising her fists and at BFuk she showed she could handle herself.
Cute Ali, not averse to stripping to topless in her fights, displays her underwear plus the black stockings bonus complete with suspenders. She'd have been a great rival for Sahara, Lacey and Kitkat, being near atom-weight, if she'd stayed around.
She'd have stung her opponents with good solid slapping action and you never know, that same slapping action, against the odds, might have got her a win.
I wish Titch had returned from her only cat-fight at BFuk, she and Danni put on a helluva newbie fight, one of the best newbie fights I've ever seen, though it's fair to say I haven't seen that many all newbie cat-fights. Let's say the fight struck the right chord, for me.
