[Steel Cage Match] Charlotte Ravel' vs Grace Kenning - Locked in here together (Apex Match)

[Fairy Dragon]

The cage was getting its workout tonight, flesh bashed against it over and over again and the cage wall remained standing as Charlotte's body was slammed into it again and again by Grace. The moves planned by Grace to punish Charlotte and keep the Sand Lizard from surprising her, now she was standing over her while Charlotte remained on the mat trying to recover. Grace didn't want Charlotte getting time to get back, she would grab her and started to pull her up, bringing her high enough that she could rest her head on the cage and pull her arms over the bottom rope, keeping her there so that Grace had a clear target to go for.

Without wasting much time Grace would back up and rush Charlotte once she had her up, she would run in and drive her knee into Charlotte's face. Continuing the use of the cage as a weapon. She wanted to keep it going, so if the knee hit Charlotte she would pull Charlotte up and off the ropes so she could wrap her arms around her waist holding her close and lifting her up to hold her and start to squeeze her body.

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For a second or two there was nothing but darkness in front of Charlotte's eyes. However, she wasn't completely exhausted yet, so soon her mind rebooted. The Frenchwoman, as if waking up from a long sleep, involuntarily shook her head. Only after that all the feelings returned to her.

"Ummm..." she groaned in a strangled voice.

Head. Back. Belly. She felt pain absolutely everywhere. She had an eerie feeling as if she had been dragged through a wood chopper. Although she regained consciousness, the thoughts in her head were like a ball of thread. She definitely needed at least a few more moments to unravel this tangle. But of course Grace wouldn't have waited for that.

Grabbing the Sand Lizard, the American woman forced her to change her position. Charlotte desperately tried to pull herself together, but before she could do anything, her opponent's knee crashed into her face. The Frenchwoman's head jerked to the side, and saliva mixed with blood flew out of her mouth. Her lower lip was torn in several places, which caused a scarlet liquid to flow down her chin.

The only thing left for the martial arts master to focus on was breathing. She was sure that if she took at least three deep breaths, she would finally be able to restore at least some strength and provide at least a slight resistance to such a fierce onslaught of her rival.

But Grace seemed to read the pink-haired woman's mind. And of all the options, she chose the one that would not allow Charlotte to take those deep breaths that she needed so much. Grace grabbed the Sand Lizard again and forced her to her feet. Charlotte felt Grace's arms wrap around her waist. She already knew what was going to happen next.

"GGHAAMMM!!!" Charlotte cried out in a strangled voice.

Using her advantage in pure physical strength, Grace lifted the Sand Lizard above the mat, literally trying to squeeze her like a bottle of ketchup. Charlotte not only lost the ability to breathe, but also felt such a strong pressure on her spine that it seemed to her that it was ready to break. Her legs started to twitch involuntarily due to the waves of pain passing through her body.

"Merde... merde... merde!!!" Sounded in her head.

Her strength began to leave her. Even the twitching of her leg became weaker. The more she moved, the more strength she lost. Damn. How could it have come to this? Had she come here just to lose? This thought sounded like a death sentence. Charlotte's every qualifying match on the way to their match with Grace seemed to run before her eyes. In just one moment, Charlotte remembered how much effort she had spent to get better for this match. Opening her eyes, she looked at her rival.

"I... can't lose like this!" She thought.

Putting aside thoughts of pain, the Frenchwoman intended to throw her legs up and cross them behind Grace in order to squeeze her waist and prevent her from creating a distance between them too quickly. The Sand Lizard intended to throw her left arm forward and to the right in order to grab her opponent's head, while her right arm would rise vertically upwards.

Yes, surely someone has already guessed. Clenching her right fist and bending her right arm at the elbow, she intended to send that arm down in order to hit Grace on the top of the head with a downward elbow strike! And that's why she wrapped her legs around Grace's waist. It was necessary because Charlotte wouldn't stop there. She wanted to keep throwing downward elbow strikes on her rival's head until the American woman's skull split in half!

[Fairy Dragon]

The fight had been brutal on Charlotte's body, Grace was showing that respect would not hold her back if it meant she could beat someone like Charlotte and reach the top of LAW. Grace pulled her close after smashing her against the cage and she could feel how hurt Charlotte was already, with her face showing a million thoughts going through her head while she screamed in pain. Grace hoped that she would give up soon if it was too much for her but she knew Charlotte was tough enough to handle anything she had done so far, and then felt her holding Grace as well to make sure that neither one of them could back away from the other. Grace could only keep squeezing to try and stop Charlotte from doing anything before Charlotte started to raise her arm and slam her elbow down on Grace's face.

"Aagghh!" Grace groaned. Stumbling in place when Charlotte slammed her face with her elbow to stun Grace, her grip still on the redhead while Charlotte kept her from putting any space between them by holding her close and still preparing a few more hits and throwing more elbows down on Grace's head. "Ggguaagh! Ngghh! Uuuaagh!" Grace screamed with the elbow strikes feeling like someone was taking a hammer to her face. She thought she felt her nose tweak while the strikes seemed to cut the top of her head as it lulled back and her eyes went vacant, with her grip getting weaker and giving Charlotte more space.

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Charlotte could feel Grace's grip tightening by the second. And she clearly understood that if she did not make every possible effort now, then everything would be over for her. The feeling of approaching defeat gave her strength. She didn't want to lose. This was not the end of the path that she had been striving for all this time.

She began to raise and lower her right arm, bringing down numerous elbow strikes on Grace's head. The American woman began to twitch from side to side, which is why some of the strikes aimed at her crown changed their trajectory. As a result, some of the strikes hit Grace right in the face. It wasn't in Charlotte's plans, but she wasn't going to complain.

The Frenchwoman screamed in a strangled voice due to the fact that her opponent's grip remained strong. She felt like she was losing consciousness. At one point, she even thought that this was really the end. But then, suddenly, oxygen rushed into her lungs. The grip on her torso was gone. Grace let her go.

Charlotte, in her turn, relaxed her legs and released her opponent's waist. Grace staggered back, while the Frenchwoman practically fell to the mat. In order to maintain an upright position, she was forced to grab the wall of the cage with her right hand and the top rope with her left hand.

"Mha... mhaa..." she was breathing heavily.

At that moment, Charlotte could have signed a contract to voice Darth Vader. After such a colossal pressure, it seemed to her that her lungs had shrunk in volume. Her entire body was covered in bruises, and there was still blood running down her chin. Charlotte felt no better than she looked.

"No... time..." she thought.

Lifting her head, she discovered that Grace was barely standing after all the elbow strikes. Even the American woman's gaze was unfocused. Charlotte wasn't sure if she was able to make a heavy throw right now. The kick was a great alternative, but there was one problem. They were still between the ropes and the wall of the cage. The martial arts master simply didn't have enough space to swing her leg. A straight kick was still an option, but it wasn't what Charlotte needed.

"A fighter should be able to use the features of the surrounding space," she mentally reminded herself.

The pink-haired woman's body looked like cotton wool at that moment, but she knew that if she gave Grace the opportunity to recover, it was unlikely that she would be able to survive another such harsh series of attacks. Therefore, the Sand Lizard tried to take as deep a breath as possible.

She intended to let go of the cage wall and point her right hand at the same place where the left one was. She wanted to grab the top rope with both hands and then push off the mat. With a quick jump, she intended to slip between the middle and top rope in order to get inside the ring. What for? Good question.

She needed space. That's why, as soon as she was inside the ring, she would immediately pull the top rope down. Charlotte intended to push off the mat once more, this time in order to hurl over the ropes using the momentum. Charlotte was going to use all the momentum of her body to swing her left leg and send a slingshot roundhouse kick to Grace's head, intending not just to kick that head, but to make it collide with the metal mesh of the cage at the end!

[Fairy Dragon]

That grip loosening killed Grace's opening to end this match now and get a quick but tough finish for Apex, she could feel Charlotte's relief once she was free from her crushing hold. Grace had no chance to figure out what do after the strikes to her face which made concentrating on a plan impossible and allowed Charlotte more time to recover before she would lean on the ropes, despite being in more pain it was Charlotte who made the next move, taking advantage of the ropes and the cage to move around Grace and go for a slingshot roundhouse kick that hit her while she was turning her head to avoid it.

"Ggaauugh!" Grace screamed, with the kick forcing her head into the cage wall to nearly flatten both sides of her face. Her cheek was smashed and the left side of her face ended up having a few cuts and marks from smashing into the cage wall, all of which felt like it made her head go white from the pain as Grace briefly lost all focus and slipped to the bottom of the ring, leaning against the cage wall while seated and stunned.

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It would be fair to say that a few months ago Charlotte hardly managed to do something like this. Endurance has always been her weakest side. No matter how outstanding a fighter is, no one can be perfect in everything. At least that's what Charlotte once believed. In a way, it was her excuse for not paying enough attention to her endurance.

However, a real fighter always learns. On own mistakes or someone else's. Sand Lizard fully realized her mistake in her third qualifying match. And she did everything she could to avoid this mistake in the future. She was training. She became stronger. And so this time she was able to force herself to attack, despite the fact that after a series of Grace's attacks her body was in a terrible state.

Accompanied by excited screams from the audience, the pink-haired woman's foot crashed into her rival's head. Grace's head collided with the metal mesh of the cage, causing blood to appear on her face. Now both women have crossed that line. Charlotte knew that there would be blood in this match. And she also knew that there would be a lot of blood. This is just the beginning.

Clutching the cage to keep from falling, Charlotte gasped for air, watching as her opponent sank to the mat, pressing her back against the cage. All Charlotte wanted at that moment was at least a minute of rest. But she couldn't afford it. It's either her or Grace. She still remembered it. If she wanted to surpass this woman, then she shouldn't stop.

So she threw her bandaged hands to Grace's head. Clutching the American woman's head, Charlotte intended to force her to her feet. And if successful, she would have pressed her breasts tightly against Grace's back. In order not to give her the opportunity to resist, the Sand Lizard intended to put her hands under Grace's armpits, and then join her palms on the back of her opponent's head, thereby closing her in a full Nelson hold.

"Pf... pfa... pfa..." she was still breathing heavily, she even had a feeling that she would not be able to normalize her breathing until the end of the match.

The audience began to build up the noise. It seems they were counting on a hard throw. Maybe a dragon suplex or something. But instead, Charlotte intended to take a step forward, thereby pushing Grace to the corner of the ring and, accordingly, the corner of the cage.

Literally from the first day, Charlotte was considered a living contradiction. On the one hand, she was noble, she was always ready to show respect to her opponent and never broke the rules. But on the other hand, she was extremely violent and even her standard matches were more like hardcore. Reasons? She aspired to be the best. And she didn't have to break the rules in order to show that she was capable of defeating her opponent in the most brutal way.

Therefore, without any remorse, she intended to jerk Grace's head to the side and smash it into the wall of the cage with a full Nelson smash! And if someone thought that she would stop there, then it was not so. Pulling Grace's head in the other direction, she wanted to push her opponent's face in the top turnbuckle, again using a full Nelson smash! And in order to make clear the seriousness of her intentions to become a contender for the world title, the Sand Lizard intended to use a full Nelson smash for the third time and once again push Grace's head in the wall of the cage!

[Fairy Dragon]

Grace was clambering her way back up after her head was bashed into a cage, like she had done to Charlotte a few times already. Both fighters had shown that they were both willing to use the cage to the fullest they could in this match, respect or no respect. Charlotte was recovering as well, from the big moves she did and her own pains from Grace earlier while Grace slipped further up the cage link by link so she could get back to her feet while she recovered until Charlotte pulled her up her own way and forced her arms back with a Full Nelson. Grace's eyes went wide as she turned her head and looked for a way to escape, with time she might since she was the stronger fighter so Charlotte made sure Grace was ready to do that by simply pushing her towards the cage and smashing her face into it.

"Gaaggh!" Grace screamed with her head smacking into the cage wall without any measure to protect herself. She felt the metal cut more skin while her head launched back from the immense pain and force she hit it with. Without her arms Grace could only turn her head before Charlotte would throw her head back into the wall again. "Gaaggh! Aagggh!" Grace screamed, her face smashing against the cage with a thud so sickening it made fans wince while Grace was being pummeled against the cage, her legs slumped as she leaned on Charlotte, having been battered too much to resist while her head turned down, a few cuts giving her face some red marks to show the damage being done to her.

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When Charlotte slammed Grace's head into the metal mesh, someone might have thought it was pure revenge. Perhaps there really was a small piece of truth in this. But in fact, the Sand Lizard saw this as the most effective way to take as much strength from Grace as possible, because she wanted to prepare her for something very big and heavy.

That is why the pink-haired woman didn't stop after the first smash. Yanking Grace the other way, she slammed her opponent's head into the top turnbuckle. And then, accompanied by a sympathetic shout from the audience, Charlotte once again slammed Grace's head into the wall of the cage.

Charlotte didn't have as much muscle as most heavyweights, true. However, in this case, it played absolutely no role, because the effectiveness of her attacks was more than enough for Grace to eventually go limp. Charlotte felt that if she let go of her rival, the American woman would simply fall to the mat.

But the martial arts master wasn't going to let Grace go. Trying to breathe as deeply as possible, Charlotte shifted her left hand to the side, intending to grab Grace's left shoulder. The Frenchwoman directed her right hand downwards in order to grab her opponent by the left thigh.

"I can do it... I can do it..." she was repeating to herself mentally.

Considering that she didn't have a single second to rest after Grace's attacks, Charlotte knew that she would have to put a lot of effort into carrying out her plan. Taking another deep breath, the Sand Lizard intended to press her shoulders against Grace's back, and then straighten up to her full height, thereby placing the American woman in an Argentine rack position.

It wasn't hard to see how much Charlotte's legs were shaking at that moment. Yes, she was able to lift Grace, but it was disastrously difficult to hold her in such a position. It was obvious that Charlotte was not going to use a submission hold because of that. Therefore, the audience began to wonder what kind of throw it would be?

Spoiler. It wouldn't be a throw. Charlotte intended to lower her head and push Grace forward, but not to throw her on the mat or into the cage. Instead, she was going to put the American woman on the top ropes, positioning her so that Grace's shoulder blades rested on one top rope and her hips on the other one.

The audience would surely have let out an excited shout at that moment, realizing that the Sand Lizard was really up to something big. And they were right because Charlotte intended to start climbing the top turnbuckle. Aerial techniques did not occupy the largest part of her arsenal. However, each of them was truly destructive.

Having climbed the top turnbuckle and found her balance, Charlotte intended to look at Grace to make sure that her rival was in place. And then she would jump forward, pulling her knees up to her chest. But only in order to immediately straighten her legs in the direction of the the American woman's naked belly. Yes, that's right, Charlotte intended to crush her rival with a wild diving double foot stomp!

[Fairy Dragon]

The limp struggling from Grace gave Charlotte a moment to adjust her plan for her next move. She could feel her huffing for air and trying to find the strength to pull Grace up up, but she was too stunned by her head being bashed into the wall to resist or escape. Eventually Charlotte lifted Grace's body without resistance even if she was struggling to hold the big brunette. Slowly she placed her across the corner making the fans ponder what she was doing next after they thought she was going to drop Grace back down. Even Grace was confused and tried to turn until Charlotte pulled herself up and above her, placing herself on the top and clealy setting herself up for a painful move, jumping off the top rope and the cage to bring her legs down on Grace's stomach.

"Goouuggh!" Grace moaned. The boots struck her stomach and sent her falling from the corner in a U shape before she fell 5 feet down on the mat, the momentum of the fall making the impact completely devastating as her abs were crushed by the diving foot stomp. Grace spat out as her abs were pulverized due to being unflexed when she was hit, stunning her against the mat as her legs rested on the ropes and she was coughing while her head rested against the cage wall.

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Due to the fact that Charlotte was wearing shin guards, not boots, she felt the moment in all its glory when her feet touched Grace's belly. Her opponent was in too bad a condition and could not do anything to stop the Frenchwoman's attack. Some viewers let out a sympathetic moan, realizing how painful it was for Grace.

The American woman's body literally folded in half before she collapsed on the mat. Saliva and a strangled groan flew out of her mouth. There was an expression of agony on her bloody face. Grace started coughing due to cramps in her stomach, but despite this she remained in place after the fall.

Charlotte, who was trying to regain her breath, got up from all fours to one knee. Even though she managed to regain control, she felt pain. Not only because of her opponent's previous attacks, but also because fatigue began to make itself felt. Although she had become stronger than at the beginning of Apex, endurance was still not her strong point.

However, this did not affect what the Sand Lizard was going to do. She remembered perfectly well how her last attempt to escape from the cage had ended. Therefore, this time she decided to try to get the victory in a different way.

Charlotte intended to grab Grace by the ankles and then drag her away from the corner closer to the center of the ring. Yes, rope break couldn't help them today, but in the corner Grace had more opportunities, so the pink-haired woman didn't want to risk.

And as soon as the Sand Lizard was convinced that Grace would not be able to reach the rope, she would, still holding her opponent's legs, make a sharp roll forward, right over her opponent.

If successful, Charlotte's butt would be right over her opponent's head because of the bridge she made. But that wasn't the most important thing. It was nothing else, but a jackknife pin. Putting additional pressure on the American woman, Charlotte intended to pin her securely to the mat, hoping that the damage she inflicted would be enough to hear the third count. After all, the referee would immediately fall down next to the women in order to do her job.

"ONE!"