Issue date: 1/29/09 Section: Stranded

Media Credit: Karen Ho

Media Credit: Karen Ho Two of the women brave (brave? Is that the word for it?) enough to square off in the PFL.

Think all-girl wrestling with a punk-rock look. And giant polyester-filled pillows.

Led by the deceptively-named male owner and commissioner Stacy Case, the five year old Pillow Fight League has grown to make pillow-fighting serious business after being featured on BBC, the New York Times, and even the National Enquirer. Despite its tagline 'fight like a girl', the league often resembles professional wrestling with fighters each adopting alias and dramatic antics.

This was the case at the Wrongbar on Jan. 15 as the Pillow Fight League staged an epic rematch between its own Killer Bea and Carmen Monoxide. This followed a previous show between Killer the two at PFL 23, where the two were forced to go a sixth round after they tied in the fight. Killer Bea came out on top, but the extra round broke official league rules, and a rematch was called which gave Carmen another chance for the league's World Championship Belt.

The pillow fighting ring is not for the faint of heart, or for dudes. The male reporter from the Fight Network broke the rules by engaging in the female-only pillow-fighting during one of the amateur rounds leading up to the big fight. He quickly had his head beat to the mat, where it stayed for much of the two-minute round. After which his opponent proudly announced, "This only proves clearly, women are the stronger sex."

But it was the headlining fight between Killer Bea and Carmen Monoxide that got the crowd really up on its feet. After Carmen Monoxide lost her first seven fights, she eventually clawed her way back up to become the league's number one contender, clad in her bright magenta hair, signature skull top and personalized black tights.

After a night of action, drama, and sheer craziness there's really only one question to ask. Are you ready to fight?

The two contenders were. To kill your suspense: Carmen Monoxide was soon able to pin down Killer Bea with her pillow. With only 20 seconds to go Killer Bea tapped out, forfeiting the round and giving Monoxide the championship.

As Case fastened the PFL belt around her waist, a huge grin across her face, Killer Bea just shrugged on the other side of the mat and smiled at her loss.

Truly, the feather is mightier than the sword. Or maybe not. It hurts less, anyways.

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