Pure Graps: Alizeh Midori vs Noelle Silva

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Despite having been trapped in a Boston crab by Noelle and inflicted even more pain by her opponent Alizeh was not about to be done so easily by the princess and as a result managed to successfully reverse positions and counter the hold! Trapping Noelle in a tight leg bar Alizeh would pull back and tighten the hold, trying to inflict as much damage as possible against the silver haired girl.

Naturally however Noelle wasn't about to sit back and use up a rope break unnecessarily as she began to throw punches aimed directly at her leg, damaging her limbs and making her wince and groan in pain with each pummeling blow. Shaking her head as the thought of releasing the submission passed through her mind Alizeh made the choice not too, she needed to make Noelle use a rope break and this was her best chance as she began to cinch the leg bar even tighter!

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Noelle needed to break loose from this. Alizeh's hold was torture on her leg, and the Spaniard's punches didn't seem to be making much progress. They were getting the Texan to grimace, but they weren't getting her to loosen her grip. And then, as if to say that she would never let Noelle go, Alizeh tightened her Leg Bar even further.

"Ahh- GAAHHH! NO!" cried Noelle as she threw her head back and rolled from side to side in pain. She couldn't take this, she had to get out, even if it meant using a rope break. So the princess's punches stopped, and she began to instead use her hands to begin dragging herself to ropes, Alizeh attached all the way. The feeling of velvet in her hand couldn't come soon enough for Noelle.

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This was certainly a bit of a desperation tactic by Alizeh, putting so much focus and effort into the leg bar submission regardless of the hits and damage she was taking as a result of Noelle's actions in a effort to try and escape. But it needed to be done, Alizeh needed Noelle to start burning through rope breaks and this was simply the best, most surefire way to do so.

Thankfully it was successful and Noelle was forced to abandon fighting, instead being made to crawl her way towards the ropes and grab hold, finally setting the two even at two to two. Sighing in relief upon hearing this Alizeh would let go of Noelle's leg and turn over before getting to her feet, breathing softly as she prepared for Noelle to stand as well so they could start things off again on even footing.

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Damnit, Noelle thought once she was released from Alizeh's Leg Bar. She got got, that much was crystal clear to the Spaniard as soon as the pain was alleviated from her leg. Her rope break advantage was gone, while Alizeh had dealt significant damage and held the momentum. Noelle had face facts; she was behind now.

Noelle's comeback efforts would not be helped by how her leg felt either. It was a touch ginger, unhappy to have the princess's weight put back onto it so soon after having just been wrenched backwards by Alizeh. Any attack would be risky at this moment, but staying back on the defensive and just letting Alizeh keep up her momentum without challenging it would be nothing more accepting her position as the leader in this fight. Neither was acceptable.

There was enough space between Noelle and Alizeh that the princess couldn't attack unless the distance was somehow closed. Any attack would be risky, so Noelle figured that she may as well try something a little out there that would keep pressure off of her leg. She stepped forward with her better leg, leaned forward, planted her hands on the mat, and then threw herself forward with her arms and struck out with her legs at Alizeh's waist. Attacking her with a Handspring Dropkick.

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There it was. Just like that Alizeh and Noelle were back on level ground with each being down a rope break, more over technically speaking Alizeh was the one with the advantage given she had the momentum in her favor right now. Smirking at Noelle as she watched the girl get up Alizeh would lean forward while raising her hands up, prepared for another grapple... Only that isn't what came.

Noelle was running forward with her hands out, seemingly for a grapple as Alizeh had expected, only for Noelle to do a handspring where she launched herself right at Alizeh! "Wha-" That was all Alizeh was able to get out before Noelle's body closed the distance and smashed feet fist into her abdomen! "GAGHHHHH!" Alizeh cried out in pain, getting pushed back and falling on her back, gasping and dry heaving in pain from the unorthodox attack!

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Noelle would be in so much trouble if this didn't work. But she didn't think about the consequences, she couldn't. If she thought about everything that would happen to her if something went wrong, then she'd be frozen in hesitation until she was facing the consequence of inaction courtesy of Alizeh. All she could think about was what had the best chance to work, and in the princess's mind, the Handspring Dropkick she had committed to was just that. The die had been cast, now how would it lay.

Noelle couldn't even see her own attack on account of her head and shoulders lagging behind the rest of her body as it shot arcing forward at Alizeh. All she had she the sounds and feels. "Wha-" The feel of Alizeh's abs caving in beneath her feet, "GAGHHHHH!" When Noelle's head did finally come up through her arc, it was with a sharp, toothy grin. She knew before she saw; her plan had worked.

Now Noelle had to convert on her advantage for this success to mean anything. Alizeh's legs were closest, so the Spaniard would go after those. Assuming the American was incapacitated long enough to grant the time, Noelle would put her into a Figure Four Leglock. Alizeh would be forced to drag herself all the way across the ring to access the ropes, and if she managed to reverse the princess, loathe as she would be to use her second rope break, she would at east have them right there in front of her if she couldn't escape or re-reverse without them.

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That was... unexpected for Alizeh. Thus far and from all her research on Noelle she was led to believe that the princess was a highly technical wrestler who liked to keep to the ground and occasionally branching out into some power moves and maybe a odd aerial move here and then. Certainly nothing that would lead the greenette to think that Noelle would go for something as athletic and daring as a handspring dropkick!

Naturally this left Alizeh flat on her back and groaning in pain, temporarily stunned by the blow... and in turn allowing the silver haired girl to grab at Alizeh's legs and lift them up before twisting them around Noelle's own for a figure four leg lock! One that left the greenette yelling out in pain from the hold, thrashing about on the mat, trying to find a way out! 'Damn it! Gotta think!' Alizeh thought to herself but the ropes were far off and even then she didn't want to necessarily burn it.

Sucking in a breath Alizeh knew that she would have to try and reverse it, especially before Noelle had the chance to turn this into a figure eight. Pressing her palms against the mat and pushing herself up while twisting herself to the side, trying to pull Noelle's back off the mat and roll them over to reverse the hold and flip the pain of the submission onto Noelle!

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Noelle felt a swell of energy as she locked in her Figure Four Leglock and then heard the resulting screams from Alizeh. Things had been looking quite bad for a moment, but the Spaniard had been able to keep herself in the fight and then some, turning things back to her advantage. But of course, with this hold almost always came the reversal attempts. Noelle knew it was coming, the question is what would she be able to do about it.

Noelle couldn't stop Alizeh's reversal attempt, the larger woman wielding her weight well enough that the princess couldn't stop her. "Argh!" Noelle hissed in pained as she ended up on her belly. But she did have something that she could do about this; reverse the position right back onto Alizeh and return to the original Leglock position.

Noelle's plan would work, but then Alizeh just moved to reverse again, and then Noelle reversed back, and then Alizeh. The two went back and forth, rolling over and over to try to claim dominance. But as they kept rolling, they would eventually run out of room to roll. If neither could secure the position before they reach the edge of the ring, what could happen?

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War. That was the only word to describe Alizeh and Noelle in this pure rules match. Hold for hold. hit for hit, slam for slam, neither woman was willing to give the other any chance to breathe let alone cement an advantage. Now they were in what was essentially a mutually destructive position against one another.

While Noelle had secured a figure four lock on Alizeh it wasn't enough to keep the green haired girl down as she instead moved to turn them over, turning Noelle on her stomach to reverse the effect of the hold onto her. However this was a two way street as Noelle was quick to turn them right back over, reapplying the hold in full on Alizeh! "Gah! Grrr damn it!" Alizeh yelled as she rolled them over, before Noelle did the same, and so on and so forth until..

"Whoa!" Alizeh cried out, feeling the surface under her suddenly slip away, her arm caught on the ropes and as she looked up noticed Noelle had accidentally done the same!

'Wait does that mean...?' Alizeh thought before suddenly the ref called that both Alizeh and Noelle had used a second rope break simultaneously! "WHAT!?" Alizeh yelled, trying to sit up, only her and Noelle's legs were still connected, and they were on the edge of the ring apron, the sudden movement being enough to put her, along with Noelle to fall off the side of the ring and down to the floor!

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Roll, flip, reverse, return. Noelle and Alizeh went back and forth in their Figure Four Leglock battle as if the loser was going to get their leg cut off at the end of it. When they finally reached the edge off the ring, a little over half of the princess went over the edge, and on pure reflex, her hand reached up to grab something to catch herself. In this case, it happened to be the rope.

Running out of real estate caused the two to finally freeze, just in time to realize that they had both ended up burning their second rope break. Noelle took the news more calmly than Alizeh, but the American's quick movements cost the Spaniard what little balance she had maintained, and the both went over the edge entirely.

"Argh!" Noelle grunted as her back hit the cold floor. The Leglock was broken on impact, and neither woman wanted to be the second one to stand up. Noelle went back to the ring as quick as she could, making no attempt to attack Alizeh while they were both out. It wasn't mentioned in the rules, but fighting while out of the ring felt against the spirit of the match type. When reentering the ring, Noelle would take care to get back in without using the ropes for aid, just in case.