Rachel Green Vs. Monica Geller: Rounds 6-10

The battle continues...

If you're unfamiliar, on Monday I took it upon myself to answer one of the great questions of the 21st century: Which Friends character was hotter, Rachel Green or Monica Geller? Part One analyzed rounds 1-5, so tonight we'll take a look at rounds 6-10 and determine a winner.

The score currently stands at 3-2 advantage Rachel. She established herself as an absolute FORCE early on taking a 3-0 lead. That said, we're currently in the midst of a ferocious comeback from Monica, all started by the Joe Lewis hay-maker disguised as a cat costume which flipped the entire fight on its ear in round 4. Without further ado:

Round 6

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Champions stand back up even when they can't. After taking a couple on the chin Rachel Green steps right back into the ring and delivers a vintage performance in round six. This is not to say Monica had a poor round, not at all, she's just rocking that disheveled "engaged chick" look a little too well here. This is right around the time when Rachel's thing with Ross began to go down hill, so she's squeezing every last ounce out of her prime like it was an empty bottle of toothpaste, zero complaints here. (Rachel 4 - 2 Monica)

Round 7

Here comes the bride! Listen, Rachel looks PHENOMENAL not only in the above picture but throughout the round. Rarely do you see t-shirts getting worked like that yellow one is right there. Any other day she takes this round going away. But I'm not gonna rain on Monica's big day, and more importantly I have to show love to the legend, Chandler Bing. Wifed his buddy's smoke sister, absolute power move. I would do some pretty heinous things to ensure that my wife looked that good while we said our "I do"s, not quite sure what that says about me but I'm fine not knowing. In a close round, the sound of wedding bells push Monica to victory here. Right back in it.
(Rachel 4 - 3 Monica)

Round 8

 

Weddings, babies, it's all so much. There is little debate that the baby weight slowed Rachel's roll big time in round 8, and Monica pounced on that like a cat. Dress, stockings and fuck-me boots? She'll need to wake up a hell of a lot earlier to sneak all that past me. Monica in a landslide here to tie everything up. These two are going toe-to-toe, punch-for-punch and blow-for-blow. What we're witnessing here tonight is historic. (Rachel 4 - 4 Monica)

Round 9 

 

A relative low point for each in the show if we're being 100% honest here.Monica's got that perpetual post-nuptial look of disgust, and while it took 9 rounds, Rachel finally found a hairstyle that didn't work for her.Nothing terrible here, nothing nearly as profound as the earlier rounds though so the judge has decided to score round 9 a draw, with no points rewarded. Looks like we're headed into the final round with the score tied at 4 rounds a piece. The fanfare surrounding this match-up has simply been incredible, sucks it has to end. (Rachel 4 - 4 Monica)

Round 10 

 

IT'S ALL OVER FOLKS! After 10 grueling rounds Rachel Green has won by KO over Monica Geller. The flannel shirt missing about the first 8 buttons is a game-changer. Her whole vibe here is just ELECTRIC. Just eenough tread left on those tires to get the job done and some. 

Looks like Rachel just had that one extra gear to get her over the hump, just imposing her will and overcoming Monica and her frumpy round 10 attire. The difference here really boils down to circumstance, Monica is married, trying to have kids, completely settled down and just wasn't about that life anymore. Respectable, but not what we're here for. We tuned in for Rachel "Ready to freak at the drop of a hat" Green and that's EXACTLY the Rachel who showed up in the final round. A masterful display.(Rachel W - L Monica)

So there ya have it, 10 seasons, 10 rounds, 2 blog installments and 1 winner. Thanks to Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox for each staying hot long enough to make this kind of coverage possible.

 The Best.