Fight Long overdue: Huan Lei Brightspring vs Zira Cabalero

[ThatPolishDude]

"Four!"

The arena fell silent as both women hit the ground. Everyone rose to their feet as the count continued, waiting with bated breath for one of the fighters to rise.

"Five!"

Every second stretched to an impossible length as everyone waited for the slightest sign of life from either fighter. Huan's body twitched, prompting a series of gasps but fell still just a second later as the count continued

"Six!"

[Bare]

Just as Huan had twitched Zira did the same, which in turn didn't help the crowd's reaction at all, the rapidly increasing count from the referee only adding to the fervor of the crowd as anticipation built.

"SEVEN!"

Unlike Huan though Zira's twitch was followed by another, and another as slowly but surely she came too, even managing to get some legitimate movement.

"EIGHT!"

Rolling over onto her side Zira would manage to get her hands under her along with her feet, the roar of the crowd hitting a new limit as things looked like they may well and truly end here!

"NINE!"

Coming up on the point of no return Zira would clench her teeth as she used every ounce of strength in her body to push herself up, getting her feet under her as she did so before standing up fully onto her feet, nearly stumbling and falling over as she did so, but she managed to retain her balance and stand up fully, waiting for the inevitable as the count continued...

[ThatPolishDude]

Huan stirred again when the count hit eight, no more than a slight twitch, overshadowed completely by Zira as the woman rose up to her feet, Huan did not have much time to catch up as her eyes opened to a blinding light above.

"Nine!"

She groaned, loud, her hands going to her face as she pushed them against it in reaction to a splitting pain in her head. The referee stopped for a second, the entire arena fell still once more as Huan brought her feet on the mat, elbows pushing down at it to try and force her way up. She rose just a few inches before falling back down.

"Ten!"

The roar in the arena was deafening, was it shock or amazement, it didn't matter as people nearly slumbered over themselves to get a closer look. Huan meanwhile rolled to her side, getting in a better position to push up and sit on the mat. She whipped the blood off of her face and shook her head, despite all of this, she kept smiling, it might have just been the best fight of her life. Leaning back and supporting herself on her hands, she would look at Zira "Well, Stilts, you got me. This time~" She trailed off, with a slight smirk, it was definitely not the last time they fought and Huan didn't plan to lose when they went at it the next time!

[Bare]

There it was. The bell had rung, officially ending the match with Zira as the literal last one standing, and while Zira had a smile on her face and was genuinely ecstatic about the long awaited victory over Huan that had been put off for so long.. A part of her had wanted it to go on longer. Which wasn't to say the fight itself wasn't anything but fantastic.. but that just spoke about how fantastic an opponent Huan was.

Turning towards said woman who had managed to sit up Zira would chuckle as she she dragged her arm across her face to wipe some of the blood. "I"ll get you next time too Patch." Zira said with a bright smile before stepping towards her fallen opponent and extending her hand to the woman. "Till then though.. lets dull the pain with a couple of drinks. You up for it?" Zira asked with a friendly enough smile as she waited to see if Huan accepted her hand.

[ThatPolishDude]

"Wanna bet on that?" Huan replied with a mischievous smile as she accepted the hand and got up to her feet with Zira's help. "Drinks do sound good but first..." She said, still holding the other woman's hand before at the end of that sentence rising it up and shifting to the side to point at her as the crowd cheered on.

[Bare]

"Hell yeah I would." Zira shot back challengingly towards Huan but was glad the woman accepted her hand help hauling her back to her feet but the smiles on both their faces showed how they were really feeling towards each other. Huan would make it even more clear though as she raised Zira's arm up into the air, signifying her as the winner, something that made Zira chuckle before taking it in stride and posing along with Huan as the fans applauded the epic, long awaited fight between the two!

Winner via knockout: Zira Caballero