Maria Lindberg vs Tiki Lowell: Elite Kickboxing Battle

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Modified Kickboxing Match
While both wrestlers are standing, the match enters a standing phase and is conducted under Japanese/K-1 Style Kickboxing Rules.
Once a knockdown is scored, rather than a knockdown count, the match will instead enter the ground phase, where the wrestler who scored the knockdown is free to begin attacking the downed wrestler with pro wrestling moves.
The ground phase will last until the downed wrestler is either able to successfully reverse the attacker to gain an advantaged position, or they are able to get back up to their feet, at which point the match will return to the standing phase.
The ground phase is meant to be a reward for a wrestler who scores a knockdown in the standing phase, so in the event that the downed wrestler is able to reverse the position to their advantage, the ref will then break them up and stand both wrestlers rather than allow the downed wrestler to press the advantage from the reversal.
Victory to be awarded via pinfall, submission, knockout, count-out, or disqualification.

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"Upon further consideration, I should've worn boots," Tiki Lowell said as she sat in a chair within the Karwendel ice castle, keeping her feet up off the floor even though the veteran knew she'd have to walk across the cold floors and snow-kissed drawbridge before she could settle her feet on the much less chilling ring canvas. "But I just had to wear my old kickboxing outfit for this, didn't i?" Tiki tugged at her skintight pink sports bra and matching compression shorts.

"Well at least I got to warm-up on wrestling in cold conditions a few months back in Baltimore," said Tiki as she thought back to her bout in Nightmare on LAW Street against Alice Rose, the last high-profile bout that she had fought. The veteran didn't have the weather report from either that night or today, but the nip of the wind felt sharper here in Austria.

Tiki supposed that was fitting. Just as the cold was stronger today, so was the opponent. Maria Lindberg, challenger for the Lightweight belt in the Inaugural Championship Tournament. She made it to the semifinals, only losing to the eventual tournament winner. Even if Tiki had the size edge as a Middleweight, Maria was kickboxer by trade in a kickboxing match. Her work would be plenty cut out for her.

Music

Tiki heard her music come on, and she locked in. For as much complaining about her lack of footwear as she had done, once the veteran's feet actually touched the floor, it hardly felt cold at all. Because it wasn't time to focus on how cold it was, it was time to focus on the match. Exiting the castle gateway to roaring crowds that took up as much space with their layers as they did their actual bodies, Tiki looked naked in comparison with her bare legs, arms, and stomach. But her face looked as cold as the weather. If she felt the cold in any way as the snow compacted beneath her feet, it didn't show.

Tiki only paused a moment for ringside security to let her through the steel barricade before striding the rest of the way to the ring, up the steps and through the ring. Only once her feet were on canvas did the veteran crack a smile and break her stoicism. Tiki pointed a finger at the sky before lowering it to aim at where her opponent would soon be making her entrance from. Then she pulled the finger up to her mouth and breathed a puff of cold air over it as if it were gun smoke.

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For Maria this was quite an unusual day. Her managers where usually all in to put her in weird places to fight against someone and because of that Maria thought she is prepared for everything coming at her but what she didn't expect was a match more or less in the snow. Not snow in particular, because the ring was snow free or should be, as far as she was informed. Just the ambiance was covered in a snow white landscape.

With her outfit, Maria didn't particular felt cold. In fact she appreciated it as the wind brushed the against her body. She took some deep breathes and felt at home due to the low temperatures. It reminded her at home. "They could put me a lot more often in these kind of environments", she thought to herself. Just as her mind drifted of to her days in Sweden, the blond woman got ripped out of her thoughts, groaning a bit she walked to the entrance and out into the arena.

Maria saw the crowd cuddled up in jackets as it seemed that they were probably freezing as well. Maria took her time to get into the ring. Not because to annoy her opponent, but to embrace the cold a bit longer before the fights starts, since she knew that this would get her fired up. She didn't get a lot of information before hand but the other woman was definatly a lot heavier than her and so Maria had to prepare herself mentally for a tough fight.

After taking her sweet time, the blond woman entered the ring and she saw her opponent for the first time. The green haired woman was definatly dressed for the occation. Maria looked up and down on her opponent and made a smug grin to show that despite their difference, the blond woman was accepting the challenge that the other woman would prove to be in this fight.

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Tiki saw Maria sizing her up with a big grin on her face as the Swede made her entrance. The Brit returned that smile in kind, though more out of excitement for a match that she knew would be memorable rather than smugness. Though they were both in silent agreement of accepting the challenge that the other woman would pose.

"Well it would seem we're both dressed for the weather," Tiki teased as Maria stepped past the barricade and into the ring. "It is a pleasure to both meet and fight you, Maria. I'm certain we're about to create a highlight match for this event," she then said with a slight bow before entering into her kickboxing stance. Posing with her knee up across her body before bringing it back behind her to the floor, heel raised with her weight forward, a stance signaling that Tiki wanted offense and aggression.

When the bell rang, Tiki would act as her stance would suggest, quickly coming at Maria with attacking on her brain. She'd get to about a half-step beyond leg's reach from the blonde, then push forward with her back leg and open with a quick snap kick at Maria's side, just above her hip. Just high enough that the Lightweight's focus will go to her midsection, but still low enough to adequately prepare the follow-up that Tiki had planned.

Whether Tiki's first kicked hit, blocked, or even dodged, as long as Maria didn't somehow manage to grab it, the veteran would continue to the next part of her attack. As Tiki pulled her leg back from her first kick, she would start to drop her body low and start to turn. Then once her foot touched down, Tiki would plant on it and turn fully, reaching out her back leg as she spun around, trying to quickly floor Maria with a sweep.

Almost immediately upon reading the match conditions for this match, Tiki realized how much of an increased importance that sweeps would have compared to a normal kickboxing match. Any successful sweep was an instant knockdown, meaning an instant advantage state. The trade off being that a knockdown scored via sweep would be easier to recover from and thus harder to capitalize on than a knockdown scored via a more direct and powerful strike, but Tiki still saw the immense value in such a move that could threaten a knockdown at almost any time. As a result, the veteran wanted to establish her sweeps as a threat early so she could try to both control the pace of the match and use the threat of her sweeps to set up more powerful attacks.

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"Nice meeting you as well."
Smiling back at her opponent. Tiki seemed to have a similar style as she switched into her fighting stance. Normally people around these parts were using a more ground based style but Tiki apparently had a kickbox style. She didn't do a lot of striking so this was a perfect opportunity for her to put out her own striking. Maria got worried that she will get to rusty anyway.

When the bell rang Tiki closed the distance between them. Maria did not intend to get hit directly so easily. To avoid getting hit she pulled up her leg and lowered her arm to block the kick towards her hip. The impact from the kick was rather heavy and due to their difference in size maria stumbled to the side. It wasn't the strongest kick she ever faced but it still hurt and she could feel weight behind it on her limbs.

Still her opponent was not done yet. She saw the green haired woman spin and Maria attempts to take a step backward to avoid getting hit by the sweep. Maria got surprised that the other woman wanted to take the fight so soon to the ground. Tiki struck her to be more of a kickbox fighter who wanted to be longer on the ground with her feet.

Nevertheless, Maria was not going to get down so early in the match. Instead after she steps back to avoid the kick the blond woman would attempt to immediatly make a big step forward to close the range between her and Tiki. And as soon as she was close enough, Maria would attempt to plant her front foot on the ground and do a push kick with her right foot, a bit above the mid center of her opponent to push the woman back for now.

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Tiki's initial kick got Maria to lift her leg up off the ground as she blocked it, and after it hit, the impact knocked the Swede off balance and made her stumble. Seeing this, Tiki believed that she her sweep was going to work with ease. But to her surprise, Maria just able to quick step back out of range in an impressive display of footwork.

Then as quickly as Maria had pulled out, she coming right back in, looking to take the initiative for herself. Her leg extended out towards Tiki as she began to stand back up. The veteran got her arm in front of her body to block the hit, but since it was a push kick, it still managed to do its job, managing to force Tiki back a couple steps.

This reset the match back to its starting point, with both women facing each other down, looking for an opportunity to strike. The greenette would hitch her left shoulder forward, thrusting out her arm without actually throwing a punch to try to get Maria to focus and possibly bite on one of her feint jabs. Then after throwing a couple, Tiki would again try to swiftly switch up targets, this time trying to throw a right roundhouse kick into Maria's ribs.

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They both traded blows and in the end they kinda get back to where they started the fight. It was a nice introduction for Maria to see with what she was dealing with this fight. However, even though they seemed to be matched kinda equally in terms of skill, the green haired woman still had the size advantage.

The blond woman prepared herself as Tiki got closer again and threw a jab right forward. Or at least that is what Maria thought is about to happen. She just threw a feint, making Maria lose her cool there for a bit. To make it worse she even continued it. After a bit Maria got the idea that her opponent was gonna fake all her jabs for a while until she relaxed to much. And so Maria continued to keep her hands up to block real punches which may or may not come.

However, as she focused to much on the feints from her opponent, she got caught of guard as Tikis leg clashed right into her side. Maria howled in pain and shock as her opponents leg connect very well with her ribs. Maria stumbles to the side, her footing being unstable for the moment as she is trying to get a hold of the pain in her side.

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Tiki's feint jabs were incredibly effective, getting Maria to bite hard and commit to frontal defense against each of her two fakes before the veteran came around the side with her kick and struck the Swede flush on. Tiki had Maria stumbling from the hit, now she needed to get her down to the mat so that she could get to an advantage state.

Tiki's blow had Maria moving left, so she would try to hit her further in that direction to topple her entirely. The veteran would chase after Maria as she stumbled and try to throw a second right roundhouse kick into the blonde's ribs to hit her so hard to the left that she wouldn't be able to remain upright, planning to turn her leg downwards on contact in order to push Maria even further towards the mat with her kick.

If Tiki succeeded in knocking Maria down, she would be on top of her in an instant, leaping on top of the Swede with a mini Body Splash and then going in with grappling. She would try to push Maria down onto her stomach and lock her into a Crossface, wrapping her arms around the Lightweight's head while wrapping her thighs around Maria's arm to keep it from reaching for the ropes.

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Maria did her best to either block or avoid the attacks her opponent was dishing out but nonetheless, she got an unstable footing. Her body shaking a bit as she tries to get stable again and get a hold of the pain from the kick. Much to her own misfortune, however, Tiki was not letting her recover for a bit. Maria ate the following kicks with full impact.

"Ahh"
The woman would yell out as got down on the mat. Her side was hurting and she could feel her opponents foot on her skin, where she got kicked. Still this was not where her streak ended. Maria had to give her opponent props for immediatly using her advantage when she got it. And so Tiki started her aggressive cuddle as she body splashed on top of Maria. Feeling her opponents full weight on her own, the blond woman would start to wiggle to not let the green haired fighter do what she wanted that easily.

With Maria than trapped in a crossface, the smaller woman had to think fast to get out of there. It hurt really bad and she got a pretty bad pain in her arms and neck.
"Grrr...Get off!"
Maria would say as it got increasingly more uncomfortable the longer she was trapped. So Maria attempts to pull her legs forward and try to move up her lower body to at least try and making it harder for Tiki to sit on her back. As a follow up Maria would then try to push her body to the side with the help of her legs. She wasn't sure if this could get Tiki to loos or even stop the hold but she had to change the position she was in somehow.

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Tiki had gotten the match to where she wanted it to be: the ground. In this mix of disciplines between kickboxing and wrestling, the veteran came into the match with the mindset that Maria would be stronger while they were standing whereas she would have her edge on the ground. Though despite that, Tiki seemed to be faring rather well in the kickboxing section of the fight as well.

Yet despite being able to keep up with Maria in kickboxing, Tiki's plan was still to make the majority of her progress on the ground with wrestling. For as long as she could keep the blonde off her feet and under control, the veteran had free reign to use the entirety of her massive wrestling arsenal against her. Starting with the Crossface she currently had locked in.

Speaking of Tiki's Crossface, Maria was currently doing everything she could to make it difficult for the greenette to stay on top of her. But in attempting to close one door, the Swede had potentially opened up another for Tiki. As Maria pulled her legs in, she created space between her stomach and the floor. Hoping to seize an opportunity, Tiki would release her submission to try to wrap her arms around Maria's waist and lift her up into the air.

With Maria right side up with her back to Tiki, the continuation here was natural for the veteran, if not particularly unfortunate for the blonde. If Tiki got to her feet with Maria in her grasp, the veteran would then slam her down crotch first onto her knee for an Atomic Drop, and then slam Maria backwards with a German Suplex. Blowing up the blonde with her Draconic Atom Bomb.

Draconic Atom Bomb

Even if Tiki succeeded in hitting one of her many signature moves, it would still be too early to go for the pin. Especially since if Maria broke free, it would likely mean the loss of Tiki's control, thus a re-stand back to kickboxing. So instead the veteran would attempt to utilize the submission follow up to her D.A.B., which was another one of her signature moves. Tiki would turn her body and lay down on her back, securing, pulling, and spreading Maria's legs apart, targeting the Lightweight's already damaged crotch, while twisting her ankle to perform the Dragon Splitter. The Draconic Atom Bomb into the Dragon Splitter would be an absolutely devastating combination against Maria if she failed to find someway to stop it.

Dragon Splitter