Jem Holland vs Dana Ashford - Stepping Stone to Apex

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Jem was looking out of it. She lay there on the canvas at Dana's feet. Slowly, Holland turned her head to the side, revealing her face. Her eyes were only half-open. Her blonde hair was a mess. Jem could only barely make out the clamoring and the noise from the crowd right now, but it was there. And as Jem's head was grabbed, as Dana's fingers curled under the middleweight's chin to pull her up to her feet, Jem and her hardcore fan base of #JemFans were reminded that The Smiling Demon's presence looked large over the fan favorite!

"Mmmm..." Jem would groan. She was droopy as she was made to stay on her feet. Her arms hung limply at her sides as Dana stood over her and tapped her cheek.

The Smiling Demon flashed her trademark grin. On a dime, that smirk of hers could go from doting and somewhat endearing to completely grim and sinister! Jem's eyes would widen when Dana implied that it was because of the crowd's ardent support for her that Ashford would make every effort for break her! Jem raised her arms to defend herself, but in the shape she was in, Jem was in no condition to fight Dana off! Within seconds, Dana managed to ensnare Jem in a vicious Bearhug!

Jem had spent much of the match trying to evade Dana's grasp because of the difference between them in size and power! Now that she was in Ashford's clutches, Jem was being completely crushed and dominated! Dana channeled her Smiling Demon persona completely! She squeezed Jem's waist with visible force, compressing the girl's midsection and ribs, and announcing her intention to make everyone in the arena hear Jem's screams of anguish!

"AHHHHHHH!" And hear her screams, they did! Jem let out a bellow of pain as soon as Dana began to up the pressure!

The E-Girl would place her hands on Dana's shoulders! She tried to push Dana away, but no dice!

"MMMMMFAAAAA!" Holland bit her lower lip to try to stifle her screams and stomach the pain, but it was just too much! Dana continued hugging her down to size! Eventually, Jem's head would rear back! Her grip on Dana's shoulder would loosen and her arms would once again fall to her sides! If Dana refused to let up, the referee would approach and ask Jem for her submission! The audience in attendance would begin to clap their hands and holler to rally behind Jem again and spur her on to refuse to submit to Dana! But when the referee prompted her, Jem's tongue would loll out of her mouth. Her head and hair hung to the side as she remained in Dana's oppressive Bearhug hold! It would seem that the only thing keeping Jem up at this point was Dana, herself, with her embrace!

The ref would move closer right away! The striped shirt girl would look to perform the limp test and grab hold of Jem's hand to see if she was KO'd! This Alex Qualifier could very well end here and now via knockout! If Dana allowed the referee to check, she would raise Jem's arm high before allowing it to fall, and fall it did! Once more, she would raise Jem's hand to see if Jem could keep her arm raised under her own power, but again, no dice! By this point, the energy coming from the fans had nearly completely faded! Dana seemed to be in the verge of snuffing out the fire in Jem and in her fans!

The ref raised Jem's hand a third time....only to see it fall! As soon as The E-Girl's dainty hand began to fall, the officials raised a finger to try to call for the bell, but Jem's hand fell...right into the ropes nearby!

Jem would gag and cough and sputter in Dana's grasp, but she was still able to take advantage of the fact that they were still close enough to the corner and by virtue of that, close enough to the ropes for her to grab them with some effort! All at once, the crowd would come alive once more! Jem chants would break out all around the arena as The E-Girl passed Dana's test and survived Dana's vice-like grip!

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Dana grinned as she kept the squeeze, subjecting Jem to such torture. Her screams made Dana's grin grow wider, knowing that the force of the bearhug was literally squeezing the life out of her. And then, Dana could see that Jem had seemingly passed out from the sheer pressure, and the referee went to check on her. The veteran would maintain her hold on Jem as the referee raised her hand and let it fall. And again. And then, for the third time, when Jem's hand fell to the nearby rope as she sputtered and gagged, indicating that she was still awake and conscious.

"Oho..." Dana nodded, looking impressed that Jem was still able to retain her consciousness despite the sheer pressure of the hold. At the very least, she had passed her test. Of course, that didn't mean Dana would just let her go willy-nilly. with Jem's hand still on the rope, Dana would yank her away, pulling her away from the ropes while still holding her in her powerful embrace. "Still in the fight, huh? Well, you should've stayed unconscious, you know? It's more painless that way." Dana chided Jem in a way similar to that of a mother scolding her child.

Now that she had brought Jem away from the ropes, Dana would execute her next move. Adjusting her grip around Jem's body, Dana would then fall forward, bringing her opponent down to the mat. She would then unwrap her arms from around Jem's body as she brought her down to the canvas. This way, Dana would end up being on top of Jem, flattening her under her own body. Breasts mashing against breasts, Dana would make use of her own body weight against the E-girl, squashing her underneath her body.

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Jem was struggling just to hang onto her consciousness! With one eye open and one hand on the rope, she began to nod to respond to her fans! With a visible effort on her face and her middleweight frame, Jem tried to withstand Dana's offense even now! The visual of The smiling Matriarch grinning and imposing her will on a fading E-Girl would be a highlight remembered by fans and staff alike!

After earning the rope break Jem would place her free hand on Dana's shoulder to try and pry herself away, but after being squeezed down to size for so long, Holland couldn't summon much strength at all! Ashford had no difficulty ripping Jem away from the ropes and carrying the smaller women closer to the center of the ring!

"Heh...no pain...no gain!" A weakened Jem would quip back to Dana! She still wasn't ready to play the part of this doting mother's "child"!

Jem waited for the moment her feet touched the canvas. It would be the one chance she had to compensate for the difference in power between them and use some leverage to fight back! Except...that chance didn't come!

"W-woah!" Dana never put Jem down! The curvy veteran never needed to! Instead, she adjusted her grip, not losing her grasp on Holland for even a second! Dana simply fell forward with The E-Girl in tow!

"UUUF!" The sound of Dana flattening Jem underneath her own frame was only rivaled but the deep groan Holland let out underneath her!

Dana overwhelmed Jem with power in the Bearhug and now she was dominating by simply using her size to her advantage! Dana's more voluptuous, more mature frame nearly eclipsed Jem's younger, tighter body! Her bigger, fuller breasts pressed and pushed down on Jem's perky bust!

Jem's eyes would widen with shock and pain! The pressure of being crushed beneath Dana began to weigh on her immediately! What was even worse was that with Dana on top of her, this was a legal pin! And if Dana chose to hold it, almost everyone watching this match would believe that this would be the end of the line for their beloved, self-professed LAW's Greatest E-Girl!

[Arjuna]

Having brought Jem down onto the mat after squeezing her in her bearhug earlier and flattening her under her weight, Dana chuckled as she felt the younger woman's body under her own. Pressing herself down onto Jem's own body, Dana had decided to maintain her position on top of her, going for a full body pin. The referee would come over and start counting the pin. Dana wanted to see if the younger woman still had enough steam in her to keep going despite all the damage that she had taken. It would be disappointing if she was easily beaten, after all.

"ONE!"

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Dana continued to bear down on Jem! Jem would struggle and grunt underneath the heavyweight veteran! But when she heard the ref's hand slap the mat, she and the fans in attendance knew that she was truly in trouble!

"TWO!" The striped shirt woman would declare as Jem remained floored! The audience began to clamor!

"TH- NO!" Just a hair before three, Jem bucked her hips and broke the pin with an abrupt surge of force! She'd roll herself and Dana over, surprisingly showing off more power than expected!

Jem wouldn't let this chance go to waste! When the chips were down and her fans were behind her, that's when she shined most! Jem would look to roll Dana onto her back and mount her! She'd reach for the Matriarch's wrists and attempt to pin them down to the mat, reversing the situation so that she could be the one pinning Dana this time!

If Jem succeed, the noise from the crowd would grow sharply work cheers! The E-Girl would bear down on Dana with whatever force she could muster and the referee would quickly restart the count, this time in Holland's favor!

"ONE!!!"

[Arjuna]

Going for a full body pin on Jem, Dana listened to the counts from the referee, wanting to see if the younger woman could break out of the pin or not. But when the referee was about to finish the count, Jem suddenly broke the pin and rolled both herself and Dana over with a surprising amount of power. Before Dana could react to it, she found herself underneath the E-girl, pinned by her. The referee then restarted the count, this time in Jem's favor.

"TWO!"

Realizing what was about to happen, Dana would buck her legs and twist to the side, breaking the pin before shoving Jem off of her. Grunting, Dana would rise up into a seated position as she looked at the younger woman. She had an amused smile on her face before she said, "Well, I didn't expect that, girl. You almost got me there." She admitted that she almost lost to Jem there. "Pretty good, all things considered. Let's see if you have any more tricks in store for me." Reaching out to Jem, Dana would rise up to her feet, bringing the younger woman with her.

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Just when it seemed like Dana would close this one out, LAW's Greatest E-Girl found a counter and used it to try and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! Jem turned the tables and pinned Dana! The crowd got antsy after the two-count! And just when it seemed Jem might suddenly get an upset win, the mature woman twisted and got her shoulder up, breaking the pin and shoving Jem a short distance!

Jem wanted to quip and say something witty, but in the state she was in, she could only breathe heavily and position herself on her knees. She listened and smiled after getting Ashford's acknowledgment. The Jem fans in the arena clamored with the hope that Holland wasn't done! And that she could still win this Qualifier Match!

Slowly Jem's gaze would meet Dana's. Slowly, the curvy heavyweight would rise up off the canvas, pulling Jem up along with her! When Jem was on her feet, she'd swung her arm overhead in an arc and looked to bring her palm to Ashford's buxom chest with an open-hand Chop!

"Oh, I've got plenty!" Holland would roar as she got fired up!

"That last one was me using an extra life!" Jem would yell if her chop connected! And if it did, she'd attempt another!

"And this! Is what I look like! When I use meter!" With each sentence Jem would alternate between backhanded Knife Edge Chops and overhand open-handed Chops to the chest! If Jem got her way, she'd get tired up and she'd force Dana back towards the ropes! And if she managed to amass some momentum, fans everywhere would break out into cheers as Jem began to stage a comeback that would continue with her leaning her fit frame into The Smiling Demon's mature form to try and grab Dana's arm and send her opponent running with an Irish Whip!

[Arjuna]

Dana rose back up to her feet, bringing Jem with her. But before she could do anything, Dana suddenly took a chop right to her chest. Dana's eyes widened as she took the chop, and before she could properly mount up a defense, she took a few more chops from the E-girl, and Dana found herself being pushed back towards the ropes.

"Uuuff..." Dana huffed as she felt her back touching the ropes. And then Jem pressed herself against her body, grabbing her arm before she was sent running towards the opposite ropes with an Irish whip. The veteran didn't stop her as she was sent running by her, hitting the ropes and rebounding back to the younger woman.

But Dana had one thing in her mind as she rebounded from the ropes. Upon reaching Jem, instead of letting the younger woman do whatever she wished, Dana would make use of the momentum she built up to deliver a hit on her, bringing her right foot high up to hit her with a big boot aimed to the face, hoping to stop whatever momentum that the plucky E-girl might have built up.

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Jem found her second wind! She managed to take control! The legions of staunch followers and fans in attendance let out wooo's and cheers with each successive chop that their beloved E-Girl landed! Despite nearly losing via knockout just minutes ago, Jem showed grit! She pushed the mature woman back with strike after strike! And finally, Holland managed to force the strong, curvy heavyweight gal against the ropes and send her running with an Irish Whip!

Dana had been taken aback, but the veteran kept her wits about her, of course. She didn't run haplessly! Ashford rebounded off the ropes on the far side of the ring and came Jem's way! But Jem was no sitting duck!

"Keep up, Mama Ashford!" Jem would yell before running to the ropes opposite Dana! The fiery blonde would look to ricochet off the ropes and pick up some speed of her own! And ran at Dana with considerable speed! Jem's hair would flow in the breeze we she ran in!

With her instincts and the crowd backing her, Jem was in the zone! Even with the pace she was moving at, she was able to spy Dana's leg lift with just enough time to duck low during her sprint so that the Big Boot from Ashford would barely miss her! After narrowly avoiding having her momentum derailed, The E-Girl continued her rapid pace towards the ropes, picking up more speed so that she could rebound off of them and send herself running towards her opponent once more! Jem would let out a roar in the hopes that she'd meet Dana in the center of the ring once more! But this time, the E-Girl would meet her with a ton of momentum, speed, and cheers as she ducked low and targeted the capable Matriarch's abs with a Spear!

"COUNTER!" Jem would bellow out if she managed to take Dana down! Holland would quickly look to roll Dana onto her back and cover her if she managed this! She didn't spare a moment!

"This time! YOU'RE the stepping stone!"

[Arjuna]

Dana tried to stop Jem's momentum with a big boot. Unfortunately, Jem was able to see it, and managed to avoid being struck by it before she continued running towards the opposite ropes, rebounding from them and returning back to where Dana was. And sure enough, Jem then hit Dana with a spear, taking the older woman down to the mat.

"UGFHHH!!!"

Dana could feel the wind being knocked out of her as she was taken down to the mat by Jem's spear. She found herself on her back, with Jem immediately making sure that she was properly in the position for a pinfall attempt. Still, even in her breathless state, Dana would make sure to stop the count from starting as she would quickly roll herself to the side, getting her shoulder off the mat.

"Nghhh... h-heh... I guess I'm getting older now..." Dana said to herself as she would try to push Jem away from her.