Lucy Grange vs Dmitri - Pick Yourself Up

The kick landed right on target - tricky timing, but he hadn't gotten to his rank by being slow on his feet; a kicking style like his had little room for error.

She took it hard in the head fell down, rolling away. Hurt, obviously, but able to get back on her feet pretty quick. Lucy was definitely tougher than she looked...not that such a statement really said much since she didn't look tough at all, but even still. He'd put down grown men with that sort of blow, and she had rolled with it like a professional.

Getting into a strong rhythm, Dmitri stepped forward to close the distance and raised his leg up, cocking for a side kick - then jerking it back down before he shot out, swinging his other leg up for a flashing roundhouse kick instead, going for her side.

Lucy kept her focus on Dmitri, he looked like he knew what he was doing so she couldn't afford to mess up much.

Mr Grange's baby girl was trained by her Father to watch for signs of deception in battle, so when Dmitri jerked his leg down Lucy focused on the other leg out of reaction. She knew he was going for her gut with the way they were, and she didn't have the time now to go for some fancy move. So she did what her Brother and Dad would do, try to block the hit and then attempt a counter.

Lucy quickly moved her arm to try and catch Dmitri's leg by wrapping her arm around it, she winced as the impact hit her in the ribs. She wasn't accustomed to this sort of style, unlike her Brother Ryan who was built like a tank. But regardless she had the leg now, Mr Grange's baby girl would slam her elbow into the side of Dmitri's knee and then throw the leg away from her.

The kick landed well enough, slamming into her ribs - if this had been a traditional Tae Kwon Do match, he would have won on points, by now. But it wasn't, of course; it was a battle of endurance. And from the way she took that kick and had the wherewithall to catch it under her arm, it seemed like Lucy had a fair share.

He cried out as her elbow slammed into his knee and she threw the leg away, almost knocking him over with the toss - fortunately for him, Tae Kwon Do had taught him excellent balance. He was able to stay up as he spun around and even tried to turn the attack against, rolling with the spin and lashing out with a backfist as he came around.

Lucy had dealt with that kick and now was planning to bounce back off the ropes, hoping to have tried some sort of spear on Mr Dmitri.

But he was already in motion, and sure enough once Lucy had made her way towards him his backfist would hit her hard.
Mr Grange's baby girl was stunned, the inside of her head rocking about as she stumbled down to her right.
"Augh!" she yelled out as she fell to the mat.

It didn't look good for Lucy here, and she could feel her head rocking like her Dad when he listened to 80's music.
Out of reaction Lucy would roll away from Dmitri and out of the ring, she got onto one knee and said "Can...can I get a second?" panting a little. She needed to catch her breath and come up with a game plan here.

The back fist worked like a charm - not the strongest of attacks, but perfect for molding with the spinning nature of his style and catching enemies off guard. He kicked so much, opponents would often forget his fists.

The blow sent her down to the mat, and Dmitri rushed in to see if he could get her in a submission hold - he'd learned a few basic ones, and he was ready and willing to get some mileage out of them...until she called for a timeout.

He should have just kept on - this reeked of the same nonsense Phantom had pulled. She was vulnerable, he could do some serious damage. Maybe even score a submission for the match. Giving her the chance to recoup was stupid, especially now that she had a feel for his rhythm.

But, well...old habits are hard to kill, or something like that. "Uh...sure." He back up, but kept his stance. Not completely stupid, more like half.

"Ah...Thanks babe." Lucy said taking a couple of seconds to catch her breath, shaking her head to remove the cobwebs. It seemed like she'd been letting herself get careless here, and that was a sin in her old man's eyes.

"Pretty intense, almost as much as my Brother. And I say almost, he's like some sort of vampire aristocrat warrior." Lucy said as she climbed up to the apron, entering through the ropes shortly after.

Those last couple of moves sure took a hit on her morale for certain, so she decided a change in plans were in order. Less explosive moves and more precise offense it seemed, so with that Mr Grange's baby girl would edge towards Dmitri. Now she was going to try and do some more dodging and countering from here, maybe try to go for the legs of his too.

Dmitri took the opportunity to catch his breath, too - might as well, no reason not to. Aside from thisittlempause, things were going his way so far - he looked to have decent chance of actually winning this thing. His kicks were turning out to be much more effective than he originally thought.

Sure enough, when she came back, Lucy looked as fresh as daisies in the Spring - more focused, too. He'd have to get more serious now, break out some advanced moves - risky, but worth.

He fell into his stance, even tighter now, and neared her, inching forward on the balls of his feet and waiting for her to make a move.

(Sry for delay, was spending time with my long distance girlfriend)

Lucy had lost a bit of morale after what had happened earlier, but she knew she had to keep going here. It seemed like that outfit of his wasn't just for show after all then.

"Time to bust out all my stops." Mr Grange's baby girl thought to herself.

With that in mind Lucy would begin to perform a cartwheel towards Dmitri, once she had gone through the motions she'd stop right in front of him. Then taking a page out of the book of Johnny Cage Lucy would do the splits with her legs going left and right, after doing that Lucy would fire out both fists to the kneecaps of Dmitri!

Dmitri jumped back as she closed the distance with a cartwheel of all things - if she was trying to dizzy him with a confusing move, it worked; it was such an unorthodox move that he had no idea where she was going with it, or even if she knew.

Also, panty shot.

Whatever he was expecting, it wasn't the full split that she wound up doing, dropping her range down to his knees, bad news for a style so dependent on high kicks. He reflexively went to cover his groin, but thankfully, Lucy wasn't that sort of girl - she struck him in the kneecaps, right on the bone. He let out a little yelp and fell on his back as his legs locked up on reflex, rubbing them to get the pain out.

Lucy had feinted Dmitri out with her little display of skill there, she had no real martial arts training but her old man was a damm good teacher at any rate.

Mr Grange's baby girl rolled backwards from her position, getting herself up to a vertical base to carry on her attack. She reckoned that it was in her best interest to try and aim for those legs, after what he did last time Lucy could be knocked back to the stone age.

So to put theory into practice Lucy would march on the offense, rushing towards Dmitri to go for a low dropkick aimed at his right ankle.