Hiromi Rondo vs. Astrid Ostberg - Power Blitz!

[Arjuna]

While the hold on her head slackened a little thanks to her elbow strike, Hiromi was still unable to escape Astrid's clutch due to her legs wrapped around her. And she grunted as the legs tightened around her, making it hard to focus on escaping. But, she knew that she could do something about this predicament of hers, so she had decided to go for more brute force.

This time, she would clench both her hands into tight fists before attempting to deal a barrage of punches right into Astrid's body. Hopefully, this would discourage the Norwegian from keeping Hiromi in the hold, allowing the Japanese rookie to shake herself free, moving away from her clutch and escaping her. Still, she was unsure whether it could succeed or not.

[CaptainL]

Luckily for Hiromi, though Astrid may have been a tough woman, she still had her limits, and there was only so much force she could take before she would have to release someone - especially when that force was coming from an opponent as equal in power to herself, and Hiromi was certainly a worthy match. Faced with Hiromi's barrage of blows, Astrid was finally forced to let go of her, her hold dropping as she rolled off of Hiromi to the side.

Nevertheless, Astrid was still going strong, and this wouldn't keep her down long. She rolled up to her knees, staring Hiromi down as she braced herself for the next confrontation.

[Arjuna]

Thanks to her barrage of blows, Hiromi finally managed to get Astrid to let go of her, and she would quickly try to regain her bearing, hoping that she could launch her next attack before Astrid could get ready for it.

Seeing that Astrid was on her knees after rolling off of her, Hiromi decided to go after her, bringing up her fairly muscular arm, hoping to smash her forearm right into the upper chest of her opponent. Hopefully, she could land the attack before the Norwegian could launch an attack of her own on her.

[CaptainL]

Astrid got to her knees, and Hiromi followed her. The blonde leaned in, keeping her attention fixed on Hiromi, trying to keep an eye out for what her foe would do. She tensed with anticipation, preparing to return a grapple - but Hiromi got there first, throwing a forearm into Astrid's chest! The Norwegian coughed from the impact, starting to reel backwards. However, she had no intention of going down without a fight - or without bringing Hiromi along for the ride! Reaching out as she fell back, Astrid moved to snare her arms around Hiromi's head to pull her back against her, hoping to get a headlock in while at the same time bringing Hiromi down to her position.

[Arjuna]

Hitting Astrid's chest with her forearm, Hiromi planned to follow up with more attacks, but the Norwegian managed to act fast by grabbing her head before putting her in a headlock. Grunting, she was then pulled down by her opponent.

"Ergh..." Gritting her teeth, Hiromi would try to struggle and squirm as her head was clamped rather tightly under Astrid's arm. Knowing that she needed to get herself out of this, the Japanese rookie would ball her fist before attempting to drive it right into the Norwegian's abs, hoping that it would stun her, allowing her to break free.

[CaptainL]

It seemed that Astrid was having no troubles with keeping apace of the match's momentum, dragging Hiromi down with her as she fell to the ground with her foe trapped in a headlock. Lying on her back and gritting her teeth, Astrid clamped down harder, sweat beading on her brow as she tried to tighten her squeeze as much as she could to put more pressure on her opponent's temples.

But Hiromi wasn't planning on staying down for long, and she made that quite clear to Astrid, lashing out with a blow into the blonde's gut. With a cough, Astrid buckled under the pressure, starting to ease up her hold on Hiromi in the process.

[Arjuna]

As her head was trapped in the headlock, Hiromi delivered some punches right into Astrid's belly, which forced her opponent to loosen her hold on her head. This would allow Hiromi to shake herself free so that she could pull herself out of the hold, and she would follow up her escape by trying to push the Norwegian back.

By pushing her opponent back, Hiromi would get enough distance between herself and the Norwegian so that she could try using a running lariat right at her, hitting the upper part of her chest with her extended arm.

[CaptainL]

Sure enough Hiromi was able to get out, pushing Astrid away in the process. Not too keen and trying to salvage a situation it was clear Hiromi already knew how to get out of, the Norwegian woman decided that it would be in her best interests to get away and reassess things, so she went on the momentum, rolling off and away from her opponent and towards the ropes, where she started to pick herself up.

But Astrid's relative lack of speed proved to work against her this time, when Hiromi charged forward with a lariat. Astrid was only up to her knees when the blow connected. Her head cracked back with a shout of pain, and her back fell against the ropes, the impact leaving her reeling.

[Arjuna]

Hiromu managed to hit Astrid with a lariat, which sent the Norwegian towards the ropes. Seeing her opportunity to deliver more damages on her, Hiromu would then run towards the opposite direction, looking to rebound herself from the ropes before returning back to Astrid. As she drew closer to her opponent, she would then raise one of her feet, looking to nail her opponent right into her face with a running big boot!

Hopefully, the strike would deal quite a devastating damage on the Norwegian, and even better, send her out of the ring and onto the barely padded floor outside.

[CaptainL]

Haltingly, Astrid began to pick herself up from where she had fallen against the ropes. Her hands grasped the bottom rope, and she started to climb up, using the ropes to bear her weight in an attempt to get to her feet. But once again, Hiromi was on the move - bouncing from one side of the ring to the other, as she built momentum for what was sure to be a devastating blow.

Her head still spinning from the hit she had taken, Astrid knew well enough that she didn't want to be there when that blow hit. As Hiromi came near again, Astrid tried to throw herself to the side - hoping she would get away in time for the Japanese girl's kick to only strike the ropes, and hopefully leave her winded.