Kyo Akamatsu vs Yuki Nakamura

While Kyo was not above using strikes, he had a different plan in mind as he saw Yuki get stunned by his heavy boot. Feeling her grip on his arm weakening, he grabbed at her wrist swivelled his body, aiming to either nail her in the head again, or, more hopefully, snap his legs around her arm and lock his ankles at her shoulder, hoping to yank her down onto her front in an armbar submission.

Yuki's head snapped back again as the boot collided with her head, forcing her to relinquish her grip, tumbling backwards into the corner, with her arms draped over the ropes to try and hold herself up as her senses were reeling.

For a few seconds, Kyo lay on his back, catching his breath as Yuki was sent rolling away from him. Yuki was good, better than he'd even expected, and a part of him was thrilled that she was giving him such a tough fight. The practical part of him, though, knew that he still had that tough fight going on, and that he needed to move his ass.

Rolling back up to his knees, Kyo stood back up and strode up to where Yuki was sprawled on the ropes. Grabbing her by the head, he yanked her up to her feet and spun her around, pressing her back against the ropes. "You're good," he whispered to her, before sending two knee strikes into her exposed midsection, hoping to soften her up a bit before he grabbed her head and broke into a run, aiming to bulldog her hard into the mat.

Yuki slammed into the mat, laying face down while groaning softly. She couldn't come all this way just to lose here! She had to fight back! Once she heard Kyo  come close, she slammed her boots into Kyo's legs, knocking him down.

The bulldog was successful as Kyo brought Yuki slamming face-down on the mat, the move leaving him sitting next to her, well out of reach of her legs. Keeping a grip on Yuki's head, he leaned over and locked his arms tightly across her chin and forehead and wrenched back in an STF, all the while scissoring her arm with his legs.

Yuki cried out as her head was wrenched back, but she drew back her fist and swung at Kyo's head, with enough force that it may give her a chance to escape.

"UGH!" Kyo grunted as Yuki's fist slammed against his jaw. The blow was enough to make him release her. Rubbing his jaw, he moved to straddle the silver-haired girl's back, moving to cup her chin and wrench back again in a camel clutch. "Sorry, Yuki-san, but you're not getting away that easily..."

Yuki cried out once more, struggling in his grasp. She tried to flip the two of them to the side in an attempt to throw him off.

Kyo felt Yuki struggling underneath him, trying to roll the two of them over. As Yuki twisted to the side, Kyo released the camel clutch and instead locked his ankles, staying behind Yuki as he locked her in a tight body scissor. "Nice try, Yuki-san," he breathed, "but not good enough."

Yuki struggled in Kyo's grip, but so far was making no progress, "If you think I'm gonna tap....keep dreaming Kyo!"

She rammed her elbow into his side repeatedly, gritting her teeth as his legs squeezed tighter around her.