Kyoko Akan (c) vs Charlotte Ravel: The Caged Crown

[Fairy Dragon]

Kyoko tried to fight, struggling to force her way out and feeling through the pain her inches of progress as she managed to continue fighting Charlotte's painful submission. She growled and struggled like an animal fighting the Sand Lizard's hold while she felt the redhead trying to tighten her submission hold, fighting and feeling her arm get slightly looser with each second of fighting. She prepared herself to start fighting, ready to pound her face in the moment she got free until the Sand Lizard suddenly pulled her as tight as possible. "Grggh!" Kyoko growled, feeling the hold tighten for a second as she felt Charlotte really amp up the pressure before....she suddenly let go her shoulder and pulled on her arm by itself. Kyoko's pain lingered but the Belly Queen was briefly confused until Charlotte was on top of her pulling them down from her position where she still had the sort of mount her grip on her arm allowed, and started to rain down punches to Kyoko's exposed head.

"Gnngh! Agggh! Ngggh! AGGhhh! Fuck!" Kyoko screamed taking constant punches from Charlotte's attack. The Belly Queen champion struggled to find some means of escaping as she turned her head to avoid the brutal punches. Her hand was still caught so Kyoko would try to turn her body and use her other hand to block the incoming punches before she would try to follow it up by throwing her leg up to try and kick Charlotte and create an opening to slip out of her grip and escape for good, unfortunately it would only come after taking more than a few painful hits from Charlotte's punches, leaving her head a little dazed and ringing even as she was making the steps necessary for her escape.

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After getting her chance, Charlotte wasn't going to miss it. For almost eight years she had been training and improving herself to put the past behind her. Today will be the day she finally buries the monster she once was. The middleweight title will be a tombstone of her past and after that she will be able to achieve everything she dreamed of.

Therefore, the Sand Lizard was ready to apply absolutely everything she had learned over the years of grueling training. When she sharply increased the pressure on her opponent's arm, she actually managed to distract Kyoko. When Charlotte removed her hand from the shoulder of the purple-haired woman, she got a precious few seconds.

Her eyes sparkled in the spotlight, and then she started throwing fast and powerful punches at the champion's face. The arena was filled with the screams of the Japanese woman, and some of the audience gasped loudly because it was obvious to them how painful it was. However, none of this mattered to the Sand Lizard. She had a specific goal, and these brutal punches were just a way to achieve that goal.

Even after Kyoko started turning her head from side to side, it didn't become an obstacle for the pink-haired woman. Even if not all of her punches hit the Belly Queen's face, it won't save her head from damage. When Charlotte's knuckles crashed into her opponent's skull several times, she felt pain, but it was nothing more than a sign that the pain was much more significant for Kyoko.

The problems began at the moment when the middleweight champion covered her head with her free hand. Maybe it was just an instinct, but it really made things uncomfortable for Charlotte. She had to slow down for a second so that her next punch bypassed Kyoko's defenses and crashed into her chin. And although the punch was successful, perhaps this deceleration was a mistake on the part of the Sand Lizard, because in the next second, the purple-haired woman swung her leg vertically, kicking Charlotte in the head.

“Ugh...”

It certainly wasn't the most powerful kick in the world, but it was enough for Charlotte to let go of her opponent's arm and involuntarily step back. At this point, it might have seemed to many that Kyoko had finally forced Charlotte to slow down, which was very close to the truth. However, if the Frenchwoman had been an ordinary fighter, she would never have ended up here. No, she was the kind of person who tried to make the most out even of a situation like this.

Instead of stopping, she began to back away even faster. A real fighter should never forget about positioning. That's why after a few steps her back pressed against the ropes. Charlotte intended to use this to bounce off them and thereby gain extra speed. Rushing to Kyoko, who was stunned after the punches, she was going to push off the mat with force, while bending both legs at the knees, so that she could straighten these legs with maximum force to ram the champion's head with a shotgun dropkick.

[Fairy Dragon]

The champ persisted in her escape, getting the most out of slipping away and then forcing her way out after a kick. Painful punches she took to get out not withstanding she was pleased with the results of stopping Charlotte at any turn. She wanted to make sure the Sand Lizard knew her place and how far...far below it was to Kyoko's own in the world. While she didn't get off the best start she was blaming that on the way the younger woman was simply fired up about her big chance, a chance Kyoko would destroy soon enough. The Belly Queen turned to face Charlotte again, only to find her on the eve of her next move.

"Agggh!" Kyoko screamed, launched back by the sudden dropkick that came with her speed Charlotte could get from using the turnbuckles. Hitting Kyoko as hard as possible and making the champ fall backwards and land on the opposite side of the ring. She coughed and rolled to the opposing cage, trying to pull herself up so she could defend herself from what came next, all while thinking up a strategy on what to do next.

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Charlotte's plan was relatively simple, but simplicity doesn't always mean lack of efficiency. The pink-haired woman was forced to let go of her rival, but she wasn't going to stop. Using the ropes to bounce off them, the Sand Lizard closed the distance between her and Kyoko again.

By the time the Belly Queen turned to face her, Charlotte was already in the air. Throwing her two muscular legs forward, the Frenchwoman rammed Kyoko's face. The power of this dropkick was colossal, as evidenced not only by the champion's painful cry, but also by the fact that the purple-haired woman was thrown back.

In order not to waste time, the martial arts master, who found herself on the mat after her attack, placed both palms on the sides of her head, and then forcefully pushed off the mat, quickly rising to her feet with a kip-up move.

It only took her a second to assess the situation. Kyoko found herself on the apron, namely in the space between the cage and the ropes. Because of this, Charlotte's eyes narrowed slightly. Although her dropkick was powerful, Kyoko must have purposefully continued rolling on the mat to get there. Clinging to the metal mesh of the cage wall, the champion tried to get to her feet.

“Limited space... complicates the task, but does not make the task impossible...” such were Charlotte's thoughts about this.

The Sand Lizard rushed forward, once again closing the distance between her and the Belly Queen. It might have seemed that the champion was now safely protected from Charlotte because there was the cage wall behind the purple-haired woman and the ropes in front of her. However, it was clear from the pink-haired woman's gaze that she knew exactly what she should do.

After closing the distance, she intended to grab the top rope with her right hand and push off with her right foot from the mat. At the same time, the Sand Lizard was about to swing her left leg in an arc, aiming to smash Kyoko's head against the cage wall with a fast jumping roundhouse kick.