[Last Woman Standing Match] Astrid Arvidsson vs Diana Accera - For abs, booba and the Openweight Title (Apex Match)

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Diana was pouring her strength into the knee bar, but her attitude to this hold was considerably different to that of the choke she held Astrid in a moment ago. Namely, because she knew there was no way in hell she could bring about an end to the match with this hold - where as the choke she had on the blonde powerhouse? Needless to say that would have paved the way to victory had she managed to successfully choke Astrid out of it. But Diana Accera even with all of her newfound ego couldn't imagine a reality in which she could maintain a leg lock of all moves on Astrid in such an intense manner as to force her to black out from the pain.

Though the hold was paying its dividends all the same, needless to say. Notably stronger than Diana, Astrid would no doubt have trouble showing the crowd said fact when she wouldn't be able to pour her weight onto the leg Diana currently had locked up. Not to mention the fact that such a weak point could be targeted again and again by Diana, until Astrid wasn't just aching from putting weight on it - she was in agony!

Astrid had little intent on the hold delivering such a level of damage at this stage of the match, as she began to rear back her free leg again and again, covering the Italian's torso in lovely red marks!

Holding on for just a touch longer to force more of a cramp down on the blondes leg, Diana all at once sought to roughly push it away in tandem with a kick of her own. One that whilst painful, would mainly serve to create space between the two muscular women, as Diana looked to seamlessly roll back onto her knees. Then her feet!

Doing so with a grunt, and with space now to spare between herself and Astrid, she'd take her time to regain her bearings rather than charge at Astrid without pause.

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Get up on the wrong side of the bed. Today, these words have acquired completely new colors. Astrid had a terrible feeling that literally everything was going wrong. Maybe it was too early for despair, but she couldn't help thinking that maybe Diana had been right all along. Words are words, and facts are facts. And so far, the facts indicated that the brunette more than confidently tipped the scales in her favor.

Even when the Golden Dragon, at the cost of additional pain, turned on her left side and started kicking her opponent, none of the kicks reached Diana's head. And although Astrid's boot left noticeable marks on the Italian woman's torso, the effectiveness of this was clearly not too high.

Diana was able to hold Astrid in place for a while longer, injuring her knee joint more and more with every second. And only when it became too hard for her to cope with the kicks continuing to crash into her torso, the brunette jerked sharply to the side, simultaneously kicking the Golden Dragon.

The grip disappeared from the leg of the descendant of the great Vikings and the first thing she did was grab her knee. There was some distance between the women and apparently Diana decided to slow down slightly in order to catch her breath. She could afford it.

"Fucking shit..." summed up the Norwegian woman in her head.

Many people thought that Astrid looked like a ram that just stubbornly goes forward. Well, maybe they really had several reasons to think so. But the truth was that, despite public opinion, the blonde had no problems with a rational assessment of what was happening.

She still felt a headache after the hard DDT. And although her knee has not completely lost its functionality, now it has become her weak point. She was in a very bad position. However, she had no choice but to get to her feet. Gritting her teeth, Astrid pushed off the mat and got up on one knee.

At the moment when she was rising to her full height, she froze for a second. The reason for this was that she used her left leg as a support. Astrid's face showed pain. Therefore, as soon as she was on her feet, she changed her stance, putting her right leg forward instead of her left.

Focusing her gaze on Diana, the Golden Dragon clenched her fists and raised them to chin level. Did Astrid want to rush to her rival? Yes. But she wasn't stupid. She knew she was behind Diana now. She still had chances, but literally one mistake could cost her too much. Therefore, she began to move in a circle, smoothly reducing the distance between them. She wanted it to be Diana who made the first move. She had a plan, but she didn't want to put all the cards on the table yet.

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There was certainly the will to turn this match into something out of a NJPW strong style match from Diana, but to do so practically invited defeat against a woman of this nature, even with Diana's current advantage taken into account. The Diana of old wouldn't of cared one bit, so long as she'd be able to freely unleash on an opponent who gave just as good back. Who cared who won at the end, when everything was given by both women throughout?

The current Diana cared. More so than anything else. Which was exactly why she had little intention of turning the dial up on this match, in a manner that would invite Astrid to give just as much back in effort to keep up with her. No, Diana was now committed to the task of slowly chipping away at the blonde until she was ready to be put down for good. And what better way than to commit to such a task than by closing the distance in a slow, almost cowardly manner.

Circling Astrid as to keep her front facing at all times, Diana didn't look to meet Astrid's hands with her own so much as outright snag the wrist of her blonde foe in a tight grip. Before with a quick pivot of her hips, the Italian looked to take advantage of the blondes current state by slipping behind her with that arm soon pulled up behind her back.

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Paradox or not, but with the start of a "new round" everything went wrong as Astrid had hoped. She was sure that Diana would concentrate on her left leg, considering that right now it was the most vulnerable part of the blonde's body. However, the former champion did not seem to pay any attention to the fact that the Golden Dragon changed her stance. And instead of rushing into the attack, she only repeated the blonde's movements, starting to slowly shorten the distance.

Astrid's eyes narrowed slightly as she tried to figure out if this was a trick. She expected that at any second her opponent would accelerate in an attempt to quickly take advantage. However, the brunette did not hurry, smoothly circling around Astrid. She even raised her hand, expecting Astrid to grapple with her. It doesn't seem like it was a trick. Well, so be it.

The Golden Dragon decided not to abandon her plan. And so, when the distance between them was reduced to one meter, she held her breath. She knew it was risky, but now was not the time to think about the risk. If the match continues under the leadership of Diana, then soon Astrid will not have a living place on her body. And that wasn't what she wanted at all.

Therefore, she abruptly put her left foot forward. Literally in the same second, the blonde's face was distorted, because it was terribly painful to use this leg as a support. But if a fighter is afraid of pain, then such a fighter will never reach the top. Astrid intended to overcome the pain and put her right foot to her left.

"Raahh!!" She would have screamed in a fit of emotion.

With this step, she wanted to create momentum and direct it to her left leg. Yes, she was going to lift the very leg that Diana had recently subjected to terrible torture, and bend it at the knee. But only in order to straighten this leg immediately and check how well the brunette's abs are with a sudden skipping side kick!

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Diana felt confident as she latched that limb - all the more so as she pulled it up behind Astrid's rear side, to wrench it something wicked. With the way she was going, Astrid would be left with all of her limbs outright burning before Diana even attempted to put her down for the ten count. Or so the Italian hoped!

For even with her figure close to Astrid's rear side, with power coming through both arms in an effort to force Astrid's arm up all the higher, Diana would find her confidence taken advantage of for the umpteenth time as the blonde stepped against her. Before with a quick pace away, she'd create space enough to drive her leg into Diana's abs. With satisfying results!

Outright wheezing as her body fell a little forward, with her eyes even watering a touch, Astrid would not find her arm free of Diana's grip but it may as well have been, For all the power Diana was putting upon it faded to nothing, as her body completely sagged at the kick delivered to her midriff.

If only to then suddenly come alive - as Diana's face coiled up!

For with Astrid no doubt moving further away from her, or at least turning to face her, Diana fired off both fists one at a time at Astrid's own midriff. It would be a snap one-two jab combination straight for Astrid's strong core, if only as a means to get a little revenge for the hard hit the Italian herself had just taken!

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Without a doubt, it was pleasant. Yes, she had to overcome the pain in her left leg, but the moment her foot crashed into Diana's stomach, Astrid felt real pleasure. Perhaps it was far from her strongest kick due to the condition of her leg after the submission hold, but due to the fact that she caught the Italian woman by surprise, the strength of this kick increased many times.

The corners of the blonde's lips slightly lifted at the moment when her opponent leaned forward because of the pain in her guts. She was even ready to swear that she saw a few drops of tears appear in Diana's eyes. However, the Golden Dragon's triumph was short-lived.

As soon as the descendant of the great Vikings put her foot back on the mat and prepared to take a step towards her rival, Diana seemed to fired up and rushed at the blonde. Astrid saw clenched fists. She even saw that the former champion's left hand was rushing forward. Right into Astrid's bare stomach. There was no need to call an astrologer, it was definitely revenge. Hardly anyone heard it, but Astrid exhaled loudly. All the air left her lungs.

BAM. BAM.

Diana's punches were fast, damn fast, especially considering that a second ago she got kicked in the stomach. And it hurt. The brunette clearly spared no effort, Astrid could understand her. She did not consider herself a vindictive person, but she always sought to respond to one or another blow of her rivals. And she was sure that if she were in Diana's place, she would also decide to attack her opponent's abs after a kick in the stomach.

"Is that all, huh?" A slightly trembling, but literally chilling voice sounded.

If Diana had lifted her head, she would have seen a cheeky smile, accentuated by bared teeth. But that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was the eyes. It seemed the fire was running in the beautiful blue eyes with a lavender shade. And she looked at Diana with undisguised superiority.

On the way to the Apex match, Astrid managed to run into several women who did a rough job with her abs. Kyoko and Miranda especially excelled in this. These women proved that despite the fact that Astrid's abs were made of steel, even the Golden Dragon is not always able to withstand a hit in the stomach. But. Only if she's not ready for it.

This time she was ready. And nothing prevented her from straining her abs, as a result of which Diana's fists seemed to crash into the wall. Yes, the blonde felt pain. But compared to hitting a relaxed abs, it was just a tickle. Therefore, unlike her rival, she did not grimace in pain, and there was a smile on her face instead of tears.

Throwing both hands forward, she intended to grab the former champion's right elbow and left shoulder, so Astrid wanted to limit her opponent's mobility. And then, if she didn't meet resistance, she intended to demonstrate the difference between her abs and Diana's abs.

The Golden Dragon was about to turn slightly to the left while simultaneously raising her right leg in order to ram Diana's abs with a curving knee strike! The difference between this strike and the classic knee strike was that Astrid intended to use not only her knee, but also most of the area of her thigh in order to increase the area of the lesion. And if someone thought that she would stop after that, then they should throw these thoughts out. Because Astrid intended to send another curving knee strike to Diana's abs, and then put a cherry on the cake in the form of one more curving knee strike in order to leave bright bruises on the core of the former champion and literally knock all the air out of her!

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Diana was peppering Astrid with that light combo purely to force the blonde to back off. Had she forced more power into those blows, then Astrid might have been left reeling and unable to press on as she had. Then again, had Diana done just that, she would have given away her intent to rock Astrid's body with painful strikes. She'd of essentially have been advertising her intention - allowing the approaching Astrid to pace to the side or otherwise!

The Italian was regretting atleast attempting the effort now, as the blonde powerhouse before her not only stonewalled her jabs, but practically fed off them. Nostrils flaring and teeth baring as she reached forward for a hold of Diana's mitts, the Italian would respond by rearing back. Though not to step away, given she wasn't so foolish as to believe she could simply pull out of Astrid's grip.

No, the tall Italian was preparing to fire off a knee forward and true, with all the strength she could muster this time in an effort to outright concave those abs! With her own teeth baring as she swung her hips, with Diana soon discovering to her great peril...

That Astrid was intending to do the same!

Only she had quite the head start, given that she had paced into Diana with intent to do just that. Where as the Italian herself was preparing to fire off her knee as a response to Astrid closing the distance!

Struck before her leg even came back to being level with her other limb, Diana all at once lost strength in her body. Held upright only by the hold of Astrid, Diana's face was forward as she let out a hellish cough - her eyes watering thanks to the sweet spot that had been struck so viciously by her berserker-like foe. With Diana soon discovering that this was not to be a solo endeavor in terms of crushing Diana's midriff. Nay, it was to be the first in a trio!

Outright turning to jelly with the second hit, Diana's legs had fallen from beneath her by the time the third strike hit her. Abs already red and raw, with her arms straight and limp in Astrid's grip, Diana's face was level with Astrid's own strong abs given how badly she had sagged. With a tear of pain rolling down her right cheek, as she continued to splutter her guts out even after Astrid had finished her assault.

As the crowd took to recovering from that ringing in their ears, given Diana's verbal response to her abs being brutalized was the expected one. She outright screamed the roof off the building! All three times!

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This woman once had the right to own the title belt for a reason. Even after her fists smashed into Astrid's abs without any effect, Diana wasn't going to give up. The Golden Dragon saw it in the brunette's eyes at the moment when she grabbed her elbow and shoulder. She noticed that the Italian woman began to lift her knee, apparently hoping to do exactly the same thing that Astrid planned to do.

However, even Diana couldn't be the best at everything. And now that Astrid was motivated, she spared no effort to get ahead of her rival. Therefore, her knee and thigh crashed into the brunette's abs even before Diana could aim her knee at the Golden Dragon's abs.

The former champion started coughing, leaning forward at the same time. The pressure on Astrid's arms increased significantly and she clearly realized that if she hadn't been holding Diana at that moment, the Italian woman would probably have fallen to her knees. However, unfortunately for the brunette, Astrid's grip was strong. And she wasn't going to stop.

The Golden Dragon's knee and thigh crashed into her opponent's abs two more times. And in a way, it divided everything into before and after. If a few moments ago Diana looked like the one who was clearly leading in this confrontation, now everything was different.

The former champion leaned forward so much that her face was at the level of Astrid's abs. She couldn't stop coughing. Her face turned red and a tear was running down her cheek. After hard blows, red and black spots were left on her stomach, and her body became like cotton wool. At that moment, Diana looked completely broken.

"Kyoko..." Astrid thought, remembering the match with her purple-haired rival. "I think I'm starting to understand your passion for belly punching."

Releasing Diana's shoulder, Astrid, however, continued to hold her elbow with the left hand. The descendant of the great Vikings intended to pull the brunette up, forcing her to straighten up a little. Reaching out with the right hand to hook the Italian woman's right hip, the Golden Dragon intended to press her shoulders to the front side of her opponent. And if she hadn't encountered significant resistance, she would have held her breath and then straightened up to her full height in order to place Diana in the fireman's carry position.

In fact, Astrid has never followed the tactics of attacking the same part of the opponent's body. However, today she was ready to make an exception. Her knee strikes to Diana's abs were too good. The Golden Dragon wanted to consolidate her success and she had an idea about it.

Putting strength into her arms, she intended to lift Diana even higher, just like a barbell. And then she would throw the brunette in front of her. Was it really all just for the Italian woman to just fall on the mat? No, Diana deserved a lot more. That's why at the same second the Golden Dragon was going to fall on her back, pulling her knees up. Yes, absolutely right. She wanted to literally turn Diana's abs into a mess with fireman's carry double knee gutbuster!

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Diana looked utterly pathetic in the arms of Astrid - what with her legs having given out as her head hung forward. Akin to a child ready to be put to bed after a long day of play.

Bringing her head up slowly in an attempt to summon a gasp of good air, Astrid would already be committing to her next motion before Diana could even latch her gaze on Astrid's washboard abs. Heaved back to her feet as if she were weightless, the shoulder of Astrid would be against her now reddened core with Diana fearing that the blonde was about to bully her back into the corner - no doubt with every intention of ramming her shoulder into Diana's core until the Italian was outright spluttering over her back. What Astrid had in mind was notably worse, if more sudden..

Forced to her feet before she was off of them, Diana's body looked limp across Astrid's shoulders with her arms draped down against the blondes sides. With her arm briefly bouncing against Astrid's large bosom, Diana would be left cooing and groaning as she was paraded around the ring. Until all at once, she was brought down to earth yet again.

Though not without her gut once again making contact with Astrid's knees, in such a manner that Diana's lungs outright deflated!

Gut well and truly busted, the Italian would quite literally bounce off of the knee Astrid had pulled her down upon! Body flying through the air in something of a spin, the Italian was now to her back against the ring canvas with her arms covering her destroyed midriff! As she wheezed and cried, with legs a-kicking thanks to the pain outright overtaking her!

Her splutters could be heard in the nosebleeds even amongst the roar of the crowd for Astrid's brutal success!

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At the moment when Diana's stomach crashed into Astrid's knees, some viewers closed their eyes and turned away. It seems they could imagine what the brunette's abs just had to go through. The body of the former champion literally bounced off the blonde's knees. And when Diana was on the mat, she started kicking the ring, unable to resist the pain that filled her abs.

The Golden Dragon pushed off from the mat and rose to one knee. Looking at her rival, the descendant of the great Vikings could not help but smile. She was clearly pleased with the results of her labors. Diana was covering the bruises on her belly with her hands, and her face was distorted with pain.

Those who followed the match closely probably noticed an interesting detail. Despite the fact that both women spared no effort to beat the shit out of each other, so far the referee has never been forced to start counting. Yes, so far neither Astrid nor Diana have come close to winning. But the Golden Dragon intended to fix this unfortunate oversight.

"Let's see how you like it." Astrid said, getting to her feet and taking a step towards Diana.

She heard the remnants of air left her opponent's lungs at the moment when she fell on the blonde's lap. But even knowing that there was no air in Diana's lungs, Astrid raised her right leg, bent at the knee. It wasn't hard to guess that she intended to forcefully drop her foot and press her boot into Diana's bare stomach! Yes, maybe it wasn't necessary, but she was going once again to see the brunette's face contort in pain after that stomp!

And only then the Golden Dragon would reach for Diana's right shoulder. It is unlikely that the brunette was now able to stand on her feet, but Astrid was ready to do her rival a favor and help her. Pulling Diana up and forcing her to take an upright position, the blonde intended to put her right hand on the former champion's right thigh.

At that moment, some probably thought that the descendant of the great Vikings planned to lift Diana on her shoulders once again, and then throw her on the knees in order to completely destroy her abs. Well, this option was very tempting. But Astrid had other thoughts on this.

She strained her whole body. The veins in her arms bulged. And there was a reason for that. Astrid intended to straighten up to her full height, lifting Diana above the mat. But not to put the brunette on her shoulders. Instead, Astrid intended to lift Diana over her head, demonstrating truly amazing strength!

Surely at that moment she would have earned some applause. And if that were really the case, then Astrid would not deny herself the pleasure of enjoying it. But just for a moment. Because she was going to take a step towards the ropes and then throw Diana forward with a gorilla press drop! Right outside the ring! Right on the concrete floor! Right from almost three meters high!