Astrid Ostberg [D] vs. Susana Kin

[CaptainL]

Astrid threw her weight back, and so Susana went flying, leaving the ring before she made impact with the hard flow below. Hearing her screams, Astrid couldn't help but wince. She respected Sue as an opponent, and she felt a twinge of guilt for putting her through so much pain. She could only hope there wouldn't be any hard feelings. Astrid was just fighting with all her might, just as she always did. It was about her own self-respect as much as anything.

That being said, Astrid wasn't one to hit an opponent while she was down, and Sue was out of the ring. Other wrestlers might have followed her out to pack on the pain, but not Astrid. She knew that the match was supposed to take place in the ring, and she accepted that. Astrid stepped over to the ropes, watching Sue from the outside. She was going to give her the chance to get back in, so that they might have the pleasure of facing one another on the same level.

"Come on, get back in the ring!" Astrid said, gesturing for her opponent to follow her back up.

[xalex]

Sue would need a moment or two to recover. Her body was feeling like it was breaking apart right now. The blond woman would reach upwards grabbing the apron right over her head pulling herself upwards slowly and surely. She needed a lot of time to get back up to her feet. Too long usually… She would look around seeing that Astrid wasn´t around here anywhere. She would look up seeing her opponent standing inside the ropes and waving her to get back up into the ring and get back into the fight. Sue would be surprised about this. First she throws her right out of the ring and then she would do this.
But Sue would use the chance sliding back into the ring getting onto her hands and knees being ready to be rushed by her opponent and getting attack right away again.

[CaptainL]

Even though Astrid had been the one to throw Sue out of the ring, it's not like she could really control where she was going to land - she was just doing what was best available to her in the current position. But she wasn't going to try and dominate Susanna while she was out; that wouldn't be fair to take advantage of count-outs. So Astrid stepped back to allow more space between them, allowing the two to get into position for the next round.

As Sue would find, contrary to her expectations, it wasn't a trick. Astrid stayed where she was, giving her opponent the time to get into position across from her. Then, she would lower herself into a stance, putting forward her hands to offer a lockup. "Well? You going to join me?"

[xalex]

Sue would grind her teeth before she would stand up and slap her opponent right across the face wit her flat hand. “Stop treating me like a armature and take me seriously!” She would scream into the face of the other woman as loud as she could. Letting her anger out on her.

[CaptainL]

Astrid paused, frowning a little. She didn't mean to insult Susana's skill - quite the opposite, in fact. She respected the woman's ability so much that it would be an insult to her not to face her on even terms. Astrid wasn't one to cheat or take advantage of sucker punches or low blows; she wanted a good, even match to really put both womens' skills to the test and determine who would come up on top.

"I'm sorry," she said, with genuine concern in her voice. "I didn't mean to treat you like an amateur. I just wanted to lock up so that we could pick up where we left off. I'm not going to hit you while you're down." She smiled to Susana, showing she meant well.

[xalex]

“No we didn´t left off with a lock… you throw me down onto the ground… and this is where you should have picked up. You aren´t support to let me get up after every time you throw me down. You are supposed to use your chances. It is not the friendliest way to attack someone on the ground or who is getting back up. But that is the only respect full way. This shows that you are trying to do anything to win a match, that you’re not holding back anything, and you just hold back giving me one chance after the next to get back up to my feet, throwing away chances… chances that aren´t unfair or mean, that is just how things are done here… you attack when you have the chance and it is inside the rules!”
Sue would say before breathing out deeply trying to calm down.

[CaptainL]

Astrid listened along to everything Sue said, and she had to agree with her. She had perhaps sent the wrong message with how she carried the match; in her desire to test Sue's skills and compare them against her own, the Norwegian had forgotten the spirit of friendly competition, and perhaps she had held back. She stopped to catch her breath, listening along to Sue.

"Yes, you do raise a good point," she said with a nod. "I'm sorry I went easy on you. But I'm going to make up for it." As soon as the words left her mouth, Astrid was prepared to demonstrate what she meant, and she swung a hard punch right for Susana's gut.

[xalex]

Sue would scream out in pain while leaning forwards. She would hold her gut with one arm while the other arm would reach forwards grabbing the shoulder of her opponent using her to hold herself up in a halfway standing position. Sue would be coughing for a moment… before she would look up into the eyes of her opponent suddenly looking way happier than before.

“thank you… that’s the spirit.” She would say before falling onto her knees coughing a bit more.

[CaptainL]

Astrid nodded to Susanna and grinned, seeing that the girl was pleased with Astrid's rougher treatment of her. She'd have to make a note of this for later. While Astrid was used to giving her opponents a fair chance, she knew now that in the big leagues that wouldn't cut it. Whether she was a rookie here or not, it was time to give it everything she had.

"There's more where that came from," Astrid shouted. She ran around Susana's back while she was on her knees, going to grab her throat for a sleeperhold.

[xalex]

Sue would suddenly feel two arms getting warped around her neck from behind. She would rip her eyes open in shock when she realized what her opponent was up to… a sleeperhold. The blond woman was in deep trouble now. She would start to struggle a little bit trying to fight free out of this hold with all she got and all she could get out of her body, but the arms of astrid were way to strong for that. She got her under control and Astrid would be the only one getting sue out of this hold. The Japanese woman would grab the arm in front of her throat trying to pull it away.