Haruko vs Cristina

Haruko looked up at her with a smile. "Heh... sorry, but I use submissions too.. watch this.." She said, and tried to roll back slowly onto her feet to negate Cristina's armbar, and would try to grab Cristina's arm in and try to lock her in an armbar instead for a reversal!

She growled as she felt the cat girl actually start to stand up, despite her attempts to keep her on the floor, and felt her own body lift alongside. "I'm impressed," She admitted, grunting as her legs were forced up. She also noticed Haruko's grabs at her own arm, and smacked her hand with a forceful motion to stop it. She thought up a good counter, though; since her opponent was still keeping close to her, she could release Haruko's arm, and instead pull off a classic triangle choke, trying to put her legs around the neko's neck and her shoulder to cut off the neck's blood flow and put her out quickly. "Hah!"

Haruko underestimated her opponent. Her hand was slapped away, and she ended up letting go. Before she could do anything, however, she was caught in the triangle choke hold.

"Gh! Noo!" She cried out as she was trapped. She grit her teeth, trying to pull herself out of the submission. She tried to keep her feet under her, and walk back towards the ropes. She didn't want it to end yet. She tried to touch a rope with her leg, trying to go for a rope break.

"How are you still on your feet?" Cristina demanded, as much angry with her opponent as with herself for being unable to put this girl away. Her choke was obviously a bit poorly executed; although she was set to squeeze off Haruko's blood vessel and black her out, it was taking longer than she expected. She grunted, being literally dragged along with the Neko, struggling closer to the ropes and freedom from her hold.

"Give up, Haru!" All she could do was pour all of her strength into her legs, feeling them shake from exertion as they pressed in on the kitty girl. 'Come on...' They were approaching the ropes, but at the same time the choke would begin to starve her opponent's brain of blood, and hopefully put her to sleep. "Just... go to... sleep, kitty!"

The crowd was loving this, cheering; some for Haruko's escape, and others for the cutie's defeat. No doubt, her first match out of the gate had at least kept the fans entertained so far.

Haruko groaned, feeling herself getting lightheaded as she fell to her knees. She hissed up at her, trying to reach a leg out to hook it on the bottom rope. The ref saw it and started to tap on Cristina's shoulder. "Rope break." She said.

She spared a truly murderous look for the referee, and caught in her lust for victory, squeezed an extra second before freeing her opponent, rolling away and getting back to her feet. A new vigor had hit her, and she was ready to go again, waiting for Haruko to get up. Hopefully, she had been drained enough that the Mexican could line up her next submission and put the kitty away for good.

"You're real tough, Haruko," She said, voice wavering a bit as she gasped for air.

Haruko had almost passed out before she reached the ropes, and laid down flat on the mat as Cristina let her go. She groaned softly, trying to shake the haze weighing heavily down on her mind. She shook her head slowly, trying to push herself up from the mat.

"Voy a terminar contigo..." She murmured, getting her breath under control and watching Haruko try and get to her feet. 'I'm going to finish you.' It looked like Haruko was weak enough that a finishing move should take her down, and it was time to show the crowd one of said moves.

She stalked forward, while Haruko was still on her hands and knees, and grabbed her head, shoving it between her thighs and wrapping her legs so they clamped down on her opponent's neck. She bent over to grab her waist in as tight a hug as she could manage, as well, pressing her body weight down. "Feel my Bear and Snake," She roared, "And go to sleep, Haruko!" With that, she really started to squeeze, both her neck and waist, crushing her opponent.

It wasn't hard to see which wrestler the crowd now favored and expected to win.

If Haruko had more time to recover, she would've escaped. However Cristina got her while she was still in a heavy daze, and Haruko was easily trapped in the submission. It didn't take long for her to go limp in the submission, and the referee walked over to her. She grabbed Haruko's arm and raised it up in the air before letting it drop. Her arm hit the mat lifelessly, and the referee made the motion to ring the bell, ending the match.

The referee tapped at Cristina's shoulder, trying to make her let go of the catgirl.

Even in her agitated state, Cris knew a sleeper was dangerous if you kept it clamped on when the opponent passed out, and released her, gently letting the catgirl fall to the mat. She gasped, falling on her ass herself, and the referee had to bend down to raise her arm as the victor. The crowd seemed to appreciate her performance today, and she managed a tired smile.

She decided to wait until Haruko came to and congratulate her again. For a smaller girl, she'd held up pretty well and shown remarkable toughness that she could respect.