Proof Of Mettle

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Well that certainly went from bad to worse for Svetlana! She felt herself trapped and painfully being choked out as she kicked her legs frantically gainst the mat, thrashing her body twisting it every which way! She was outright being out-wrestled and it was a bit embarrassing as Svetlana was being outclassed in the one area she could normally count on. As she thrashed and twist about she tried to get into a position where she could push and force her way free doing all the could as she was trapped in the agonizing submission hold!

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate got a tight grip on Svetlana and was squeezing tighter and tighter but the woman was a slippery target, for now at least trying to squirm her way free but Kate would be having none of that. With a swift jerk to the side she'd force her opponent to stop the motion for a second before then she'd plant her feet to the side and arch from there just a bit to elevate her body and place more of her weight down on her opponent. She hoped that would make things harder for Svetlana should she continue with her current approach with the added benefit of making it a bit harder to breathe. Kate was absolutely certain she would not be able to end things with a hold like this against a technically minded opponent like Svetlana but every little bit counted to make her opponent more vulnerable.

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This was very bad as Svetlana was gasping for breath with a red face! She was in agony and barely conscious at the moment as she felt the hold get even worse. However this position while making it more painful did make it easier for an escape, provided Svetlana had the strength left for it! She tried to edge her free arm in place to act as a sort of crowbar while she gave a hard thrust to the side with everything she had to pop herself free!

However Svetlana would flop to the mat and lay there wheezing, her vision fuzzy as she was barely with it and not in much position to get up let alone fight back!

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate was keeping her hold as tight as she possibly could but Svetlana managed to slip out of her hold, forcing Kate to reposition as she lost the support for her body she was using Svetlana's own body for. Still, she managed to retain the hold on the woman's arm and noticing that the girl was panting after escaping her hold, had no plans to give her any time to recover. Getting to her knees and then up to her feet, she'd take a step back, pulling Svetlana up as well to send her towards the rope and try and take her down with a big boot as she bounced off the ropes!

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Svetlana was hurting and in a bad spot as she was pulled to her feet. The purple haired Polish grappler was sent running to the ropes, and as she bounced off she saw her opponent setting up something. Instead she wanted to try to take it to this woman and get some offense in! As Svetlana was running at Kate she grit her teeth, leaping and extending her feet forward looking to spoil the big boot by smashing Kate in the upper chest with a running dropkick instead! It was hopefully a start and would send this woman a message that Svetlana wasn't just some sort of punching bag!

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate was certain that she would not be able to just roll over Svetlana, an opponent like her in all honesty was someone she'd rather fight one-on-one instead of as an opening act to a series of others but she had no such luck. And as luck went, hers seemed to be about to turn as Svetlana, despite gasping for air just seconds ago managed to jump up as she rebounded off the rope, avoiding the boot Kate sent her way. Not only that but just a split second later she'd land a drop kick, with both of her feet slamming into Kate's chest, sending the woman on the mat, rolling with the impact she just received.

"Ghaa!" She groand, coming to a halt closer to the ropes and starting to pick herself back up. She'd get to one knee, looking at her opponent, this fight was about to start for real now!

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The dropkick connected and that felt good, it was a confidence builder. Svetlana was up and moving towards Kate when Kate was rising, knowing that she had to keep up the pressure. Svetlana dry close swinging her knee up to try to connect with Kate's mid-section before attempting to wrap an arm around her head. Svetlana had to be quick as she wanted to maintain control by lifting Kate up and over for a vertical suplex to send her crashing down to the mat!

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate was fast to recover from the dropkick itself but Svetlana had no plans of letting her actually get up, sending a knee to her body! Kate would cross her arms in the way of the impact to block it but in doing so obstructed her vision, allowing her opponent to take a hold of her head and pull her up. Before she'd be able to contest Svetlana's grip, the woman would already proceed to another move, lifting Kate up into the air before dropping her down to the mat in a vertical suplex! With a loud thud, Kate would land, arching her back and grimacing in pain as she'd instinctively turn to her side.

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Kate was down and now Svetlana wanted to get into position to put her in a hold! She had to be quick to transition and she grabbed an arm of Kates wrapping her legs around it while pulling it away to put her in an arm bar! Svetlana was pulling as hard as she could to apply as much pressure as possible. This was a simple hold she knew, and she was trying to wear out Kate more than make her submit. She had to give it her all though not wanting to appear to be behind against Kate.

[ThatPolishDude]

Kate had taken some damage but if there was one thing that eclipsed her durability, it would be her sheer stubbornness, it would not keep her down for long. Her opponent however would not intend to give her the time to get up, already on top of her to begin applying a submission of her own. It didn't take Kate even a second to recognise what was going on, she knew that move almost as long as she knew how to run.

She'd turn her hand in her opponent's grip, putting her arm out of the immediate danger of snapping at the elbow and would reach with her other hand to grab hold of one of her opponent's arms and try to pull. It was not exactly a way to escape altogether, Kate was likely stronger than her opponent but she'd still be pitting the power in her arms and back against Svetlana's entire body, powering her way out was just not in the cards and the woman's technique was solid.

The real goal she had was to compromise Svetlan's position just enough so she could push off with her legs and stack the other woman up, getting on top and folding her over. In a standard match she might try to hold that position for a pin but now she'd just attempt to lift Svetlana up to force her to release the hold or risk getting slammed if she tried to keep it going!