A Dynasty Reborn: Kimiko Bando (D) vs Alizeh Midori

[Bare]

Hearing the rather wholesome response to her compliment of Kimiko's outfit Alizeh would smile softly at the woman before nodding with a grin to her. "Good gift that's for sure." She said before smirking just a bit wider as she heard what Kimiko said next, nodding in approval. "Even better attitude to have." Alizeh said approvingly as she began to circle the girl before darting forward to close the distance, locking up with her, before disengaging and looking to get behind the debuting wrestling, trying to grasp her from behind with a rear waist lock!

[Sigma Morgan]

With her high profile and experience opponent's approval of her attitude, Kimiko felt a sense of confidence she had yet to feel. Step one was complete, step two was winning this match. The bell then sounded and the two competitors circled each other with there arms raised, waiting to see who would make the first move. Kimiko saw Alizeh dart forward before doing the same herself a split second later locking up with the green haired woman. The two struggled for a few moments before Alizeh disengaged and moved swiftly behind her holding her in a rear waist lock. Kimiko grit her teeth, using her hands to press down on her opponent's wrist and arms trying to get loose while forcing the woman a bit lower before attempting to put her in a side headlock to take control.

The opening of this match was starting to become a great show of grappling and technicality, something that some could consider severely underrated compared to more flashy moves like suplexes and dives. If Kimiko's headlock did prove successful the Japanese woman would then attempt to wrench on Alizeh's neck gradually working them lower to the mat where Kimiko could possibly have a bit more leverage and control.

[Bare]

Smirking at Kimiko after deciding she had liked the lioness she approached the woman with her hands up, locking up with the girl and starting to grapple with the girl out of the gate! As they grappled with each other however Kimiko took the early leg forward, pulling Alizeh in and locking her arm around Alizeh's head with a headlock!

"Ngh!" Alizeh grunted out pushing against Kimiko's hips and back for a moment to create some breathing room before gripping her arm and suddenly dropping down, slipping under her grip and pulling Kimiko's arm forward and off of her as she did so to try and escape!

If successful in doing so Alizeh would hold onto the girl's arms, twisting her wrist as she did so with one hand while reaching out to try and push down on Kimiko's shoulders for a wrist lock! If this worked Alizeh would try and push the girl down to the mat while letting her struggle a bit to lose some energy!

[Sigma Morgan]

As the two grappled and wrestled for control Kimiko managed to pull ahead by pulling her green haired opponent in with a headlock yet was only able to maintain it for a few seconds and couldn't do as much as she wanted with the hold before Alizeh pushed against her side and back causing the hold to loosen just enough for the woman to slip out and grab her arm in the process.

The grappling wasn't over and neither was the current struggle as Alizeh quickly put Kimiko in a wrist lock. 'AGH" Kimiko grunted in pain, slightly gritting her teeth as her opponent pressed down on her shoulder causing her to take a knee, contorting her body to her opponent's whims for a few moments while she tried to struggle free while minimizing the pain to her arm, eventually deciding on a very simple escape plan. Using her free arm Kimiko would swing her first several times aiming to punch Alizeh in the stomach, hoping it would force the woman to release the hold or at least loosen it enough for Kimiko to pull her arm free.

If successful Kimiko would sending a quick kick towards her opponent's face as she staggered back a bit, wanting a few seconds of separation so she could think about how to proceed seeing how evenly matched things were so far.

[Bare]

Alizeh and Kimiko were thus far starting off with a very technical encounter, first with a head lock by Kimiko only for Alizeh to turn things around via a reversal into the wrist lock. Starting to gradually push down on the woman to force her down Alizeh was making progress until Kimiko began to throw fists up into her stomach! "Ngh! Ugh! Agh!" Alizeh grunted out and released Kimiko, back pedaling in the process, a good decision in hindsight that allowed her to avoid a kick from her opponent!

"Woo.." Alizeh breathed out before gesturing for Kimiko to get back up. "Alright good start, now let's try this again." Alizeh challenged, trying to prompt Kimiko to approach her and if successful Alizeh would dart forward as well, seemingly for another lock up with the girl, only to instead turn sharply and bring her legs around, attempting to tangle her legs around Kimiko's own in a bid to pull the woman down with a drop toe hold if she was successful in it!

[Sigma Morgan]

Kimiko's punches seemed to work better than expected, instead of loosening the hold Alizeh outright abandoned it, though this in of itself had drawbacks causing Kimiko's kick to make contact with nothing but air causing her to lose balance and stagger back into the ropes where she caught herself on the middle one. "Phew" Kimiko let out before seeing her opponent motioning for her to get. Grabbing the top rope Kimiko pulled herself up with ease, taking a second to make sure she fully regained her balance before listening to Alizeh challenging her, but not in a taunting way to leave Kimiko thinking any trickery was planned. Kimiko approached with a small smirk. "This is more fun than I expected" the lioness thought to herself as Alizeh darted forward like she was going for another lock up, something that Kimiko prepared herself for quickly, though she wasn't ready for what her opponent actually had planned.

Kimiko's eyes widened as Alizeh turned sharply, unable to really do anything but brace herself for the fall as Alizeh's legs entangled hers causing her to trip and fall to the mat, using her arms to prevent her face from crashing into the canvas but she was far from out of the woods. "AGHHHH!" KImiko grunted in pain, gritting her teeth and clinching her fist as Alizeh locked her in a drop toe hold!

[Bare]

Technical skill was the name of the game thus far in the early goings of this match between veteran and rookie. At first it was very evenly matched and ended with a break between them. However after inviting Kimiko in for an exchange Alizeh had vaught the girl off guard, bringing her to the mat and now she was in position to further the advantage even more. Rolling over her foe's legs onto Kimiko's back Alizeh would reach out to grab Kimiko's leg and if successful she would pull it up and back, trying to secure a single leg boston crab submission on her!

[Sigma Morgan]

What could have ended up being one painful submission hold ended up turning into another as Alizeh rolled Kimiko's legs into the perfect position for a basic yet incredibly effective submission hold, a single leg Boston crab. "ARGGGG" Kimiko let out a pain cry yet tried to keep in quite so the crowd or her opponent couldn't hear it, wanting to seem tough not only to her opponent but to the crowd as her nails dug into the canvas, Kimiko tried to think quickly though the pain didn't exactly help with that, after a few seconds Kimiko looked to the ropes and began to crawl, her opponent's weight acting like and anchor that she had to drag with her to have a chance of escaping the submission hold she was locked into right now.

[Bare]

Using technical skill once again and taking Kimiko down to the mat as a result Alizeh would manage to get on top of her, pulling her leg back as she did so, securing a single legged boston crab on the girl! Smirking as she did so Alizeh would slap Kimiko's leg as she pulled back on the dark haired girl's leg, trying to wear her down as much as possible while she dragged herself to the ropes. Something Alizeh wouldn't stop, merely holding the submission until Kimiko made it to the ropes, which once she did, Alizeh would let go and stand up, smirking a bit still as she would wait for her to stand and be ready once more.

[Sigma Morgan]

Kimiko would growl as Alizeh slapped her leg while still pulling back on the limb as Kimiko made the pain filled crawl to the ropes while her opponent simply smirked and maintained her hold. Kimiko eventually reached the ropes latching onto them like her life depended on it her opponent breaking the hold as the rules called for. Kimiko laid on the canvas still gripping the ropes, taking time to catch her breath and wait for the pain to subside before starting to move, pulling herself up using the ropes. Kimiko then stood up straight turning to face her opponent and getting in a fighting stance and motioning for Alizeh to come at her. Considering how things went the last time Kimiko approached Alizeh Kimiko was going to make sure the green haired woman was the one who ended up trapped this time.

If Alizeh would rush or even just approach her Kimiko would fake a left jab towards her opponent before swinging her leg up and attempting to give Alizeh a stiff kick to the right side of her head hopefully sending the woman to the mat stunned.