Submission Match: Karen Adams vs Ryota Ito

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When Karen raised her arms halfway up, she intended to once again test her opponent in a test of power. Apparently, Ryota was in no hurry and slowly approached the German woman, also raising her hands as if she wanted to accept the challenge. It seemed as if the wrestlers' hands were about to meet, but... Suddenly, Ryota leaned back and quickly raised her massive leg to hit the German woman in the stomach.... Uuugghhh...!!!

However, at the last moment Karen will try to stay sane and try to lower her massive muscular arms. If it works and she is fast enough, she will try to grab that leg with her hands and kind of hold it. "Not so fast baby...!!!" She screamed angrily, trying to quickly twist her enemy's leg as much as possible. If this worked, the opponent would certainly lose her balance and would certainly land on the mat. It seemed to Karen that she would also fall to the mat, trying to weaken the leg and crush it with her massive and muscular arm and elbow...

[BlackAkuma]

The good news was that Ryota’s kick landed. It had a solid impact, too. She could feel the feedback, feel the way it sent her opponent reeling. She couldn't have asked for much more.

The bad news was that, effective as it was, it wasn’t quite enough to stun Karen. The woman proved far hardier than she’d expected.

Resisting the blow was one thing, but having the wherewithal to actually catch it and make something of it was wholly another. Ryota’s eyebrow rose from behind her glasses and her lip twitched, unable to remain stoic in the face of such a shocking development. For most wrestlers, this would’ve been a critical opening to go for an enziguiri, but such things were never her specialty. Even if they were, she doubted she would’ve been able to land the attack before what happened next.

Karen yanked hard and brought them both to the ground, dropping Ryota’s heavy body with a quaking thump but still keeping hold of the leg. It was a bad position to be in, and she saw the danger immediately and knew she needed to be free despite the cost. As her opponent held one leg, she brought the other back and shot it straight towards her face, trying to slam her heel into the woman’s skull, hopefully enough incentive to make her let go.

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Once Karen landed on the mat with her opponent, she would try to continue the process of weakening her opponent. It seemed to her that it would be a good idea to crush and destroy the enemy's leg. Karen would be so focused on this task that she wouldn't notice her opponent lean back and....Uuuughhh...!!!!

A strong kick to the face stunned the German. Karen leaned back as if she had fallen on her back to the mat and loosened her grip with which she planned to crush her opponent's leg. It seemed as if she was trying to gather her strength quickly and would shake her head because she thought she would recover faster that way. "Damn..."

The wrestlers still seemed to be on the mat on the ground. If successful, the German will once again try to grab the enemy's leg, the one that was crushed earlier. If it worked, she would wrap her massive hand around the enemy's foot and try to twist it using a twisting foot lock...

[BlackAkuma]

Ryota would say this much for Karen - the woman was persistent. Annoyingly so.

She lashed out and hit her with a kick, square in the face, and she, frankly, thought that would be the end of things, right then and there. She had already begun to push her way back up and was starting to recover, but her foe was far faster on the uptake than she would’ve expected, swiftly moving to reapply the hold. Ryota grunted, annoyed, but there was nothing to do about it as this point, and she found herself caught in the first real submission of the match, her foot twisted in Karen’s steely grip.

Rather than waste trying to counter, she decided the prudent course of action was to break the hold straightaway, take as few risks as possible, especially when one of her two best weapons was on the line. She shuffled back, dragging Karen along with her, and reached to try and grasp the bottom rope, looking to force her off in the traditional way.

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Karen was convinced that by locking and twisting her enemy's leg, she would significantly weaken it. But the opponent clearly knew what the danger was, so using her full strength, she would quickly move towards the ropes, stretching out her hand and grabbing the rope. When he noticed this, the referee immediately approached and ordered the release of his opponent. Karen knew she had to free her enemy, but she wanted to hold and twist her foot for another three seconds to make the damage more intense. Karen then screamed in anger, "Damn...!!!! What a bitch...!!!"

She would then quickly stand up and shake her head as the kick to the face was still felt. Karen was furious that her opponent had once again escaped and seemed as if she was trying to avoid the fight. Karen would tense her muscles, jump a few times in the middle of the ring and as if she was waiting for her opponent to get up, then she would wave her hand encouragingly: "Get up...!!! come here....!!!! I'm waiting for you...!!!" Bitch...!!!!" Karen was still kind of jumping up and down, still warming up and getting ready for the next fight...

[BlackAkuma]

The hold went on for far longer than she would have liked, but Ryota could reach the ropes after no small amount of struggling, gripping them tight and earning her freedom. Karen didn’t like it, of course, but that was her problem - if she didn’t want her opponent to reach the ropes, she should’ve taken better care with her positioning. She was under no obligation to make things easy for the woman.

Ryota took her time getting back, ignoring Karen’s demands for the time being, as she took a moment to test out her foot. Nothing too serious, but there was pain there, an ache that would only worsen as time passed. It would definitely affect her strategy going forward, but it didn't warrant a radical change in approach. Not just yet.

With that done, she moved in on Karen with her arms up, looking ready to engage again. But, just like last time, she had better ideas in mind, ideas that involved her ducking down at the last moment, coming low, and trying to grasp Karen’s legs as she plowed forward, attempting to get on top of her with a double-leg takedown and seize momentum.

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Karen was furious with her opponent, she wanted to destroy her as quickly as possible, but Ryota clearly fought conservatively, most likely trying to save and maintain full power as long as possible. Karen waved her hand encouragingly at her opponent and planned to engage her once again. The wrestlers came closer to each other, Karen would have raised her hands as if to grab her opponent's hands, but in the end Ryota quickly bent down and grabbed the German woman's legs while running. Karen staggered, it seemed as if her opponent was pushing with great force and that's when Karen landed on her back on the mat Uuughhhh...!!!!

Double-leg takedown proved effective. The opponent would clearly land on the German woman, Karen as if instinctively raised her massive, muscular arms, as if to protect her face and stomach from a potential attack....

[BlackAkuma]

It was tempting for Ryota to rush in and use her strength, to try and overwhelm her foe from the onset, and that would’ve been her play nine times out of ten. While she wasn’t the tallest, her shorter stature and muscular frame allowed her to work like a bowling ball, hurling herself into opponents and dropping them with ease. The double-leg takedown was the perfect move for a wrestler like her, and she would wager that Karen could attest to that.

She brought the German down and took her place on top, and her opponent wisely balled up in anticipation of a beating. It was a smart move for a normal match, but this was submissions only, and Ryota’s bespeckled eyes were focused on her lower limbs. She moved down, trapped one of Karen’s ankles under her arm, then attempted to wrap her legs around the woman’s thigh, looking to pull the trapped limb into a knee bar.

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When Karen landed on the mat, she appeared to curl up and try to protect her stomach and face from potential blows. However, her opponent had slightly different plans. She sort of moved down and grabbed the German wrestler's ankle and then sort of jerked her leg, twisting it a bit. Aaaaggghhh...!!!! Karen screamed in pain. Her other leg seemed to straighten into a split. Her head tilted even further back and at first she seemed to spread her hands flat behind her back. It seemed that at this moment the opponent once again pulled her trapped leg. Nnnnnnggghhh...!!!!!!

Karen found herself in a bind, she would have to think of something quickly. It seemed very far to the ropes. All she could think of was to get up into a sitting position and try to punch her enemy in the head and side of the body three or four times. If this works, he will try to kick and push the enemy away with the other leg that has not yet been blocked, and at the same time he will try to pull the trapped leg out of the knee bar.

Karen knew it might be difficult, but she wanted to do it quickly because staying in that position for too long could cause injury.

[BlackAkuma]

Ah. Karen was a screamer.

In Ryota’s experience, there were two different kinds of people regarding submission holds and how they reacted to them. You had the mumblers, the ones who just broke down into incoherent guttural noises like an animal caught in a trap, and then you had the screamers, the ones who shrieked to high heavens and echoed through the arena. Karen was definitely in the latter camp, with an exceptional set of lungs on her, too. She reached a high enough level to make Ryota’s ears ring. Impressive, in a way. Irritating, in another.

However, that wasn’t all her opponent would do as she sat up and started throwing punches, desperate to free herself. It was only a minor nuisance at first, until one of the wild blows struck her on the knee, cracking her right on the patellar. It was more than she was willing to take, and she wound up letting the hold go as a result, giving Karen the space she was undoubtedly craving.

But Ryota was determined to ensure that her freedom came at a steep price. As pulled away, the wrestling scholar rolled forward, stood, then leaped towards her opponent with her arm raised, trying to come down on her chest with an elbow drop before she could get away.