Eliza Harenwood vs Chloe Mason - A long awaited thing.....

It was a rare sight, Eliza being already sent reeling this early on in a fight. Far often the opponent would be on the defence or at least having to respond to the dancing passion's offence. Yet here she was being outpaced almost with casual ease, a far cry from the various opponents Eliza had faced before. The previous strike left Eliza staggered, if it was someone grappling her Eliza could probably have slid out and reversed it on them. But Chloe delivered an attack Eliza that even if she was mentally prepared for that sort of offence reacting to it was another matter.

Eliza staggering back was more out of reactive instinct at this point, she was getting her arms prepared in order to try and take whatever bit of offence Chloe was attempting to muster. The British lass bet on some form of strike attempted, Eliza was right on that part, Chloe fired out a leg from a feint that Eliza had just reacted to on instinct. Suddenly the right leg hit the right cheek, which earned a loud grunt from the dancing passion.

The ensuing strike sent Eliza spinning in mid air to the left, before crashing down to the mat after a roll. Ms Harenwood had in two strikes been brought crashing down to the mat, though in truth the battle just begun already it seemed Chloe had indeed a commanding and surprising lead against the dancing passion.

Chloe didn't realise how satisfying the whole thing would be until she threw the second kick. It was something reminiscent to her previous bout with Dmitri, knocking someone around that uses a style similar to Chloe's herself. She was close to experiencing the same feeling again. Of course, the situation is different, especially since her opponent is, for lack of better words, a carbon copy.

A better word would probably be...equal.

She didn't think she will get to the point where she would be effectively 'facing herself' in her career. Though the world is vast and there is bound to be someone that fights either near or the exact same as she does. Probably why this matchup was popular to the Tension audience, wanting to see who would come out on top between the two.

And to be the better of the two, Chloe has to pull all the stops.

A twisting kick is always quite tricky to dodge or even defend, unless if one either expects it or knows how to deal with it. She knew the particular attacks Eliza would throw out, swift, accurate and elegant as they are so Chloe had to step up. It may not be the most elegant of strikes, but it damn sure is effective. Shown as she successfully struck the Dancing Passion's cheek and sending her reeling from it.

In perhaps a cocky showing, she kept the outstretched leg up to the point where Ms Harrenwood fell to the mat. From there she would rechamber her leg, the crowd surprised, a rare sight indeed, having been used to whatever opponent Eliza is facing to have been clocked in the head already in this stage of the match. To see the Darling of Tension experiencing the same fate of opponents' past. The older blonde perhaps knowing a thing or two more than her younger opponent. She held a commanding lead against Eliza and Chloe wasn't going to let the momentum stop any time soon. Though now it was a matter of what to go for next. It was pretty simple really. Since Eliza was pretty similar to Chloe, she knew what to go for: her legs.

Taking them out would be beneficial. No doubt she has other weapons but those have and always will be her main weapons. The former commissioner would come up to the Dancing Passion, grab an ankle and pull her to the middle of the ring before looking to lock she herself would consider being a bane in her life. A simple, but effective ankle lock!

Eliza was in unfamiliar territory at this point in time, already her foe held a good lead against her. Not to mention having a comparable skill set to the dancing passion meant it could be used as a very nice way of expecting the attacks from Ms Harenwood. Sadly there were very few men within Tension that held a similar enough skillset to Eliza for her to learn what to do against it, ironic given that it had led to her many victories against the men of the organisation. But it did little for her, clearly if Eliza was to attain victory she'd need to perform some out of the box tricks. Eliza always felt that fighting a woman needed a more subtle touch.

Chloe was intent on milking her advantage for what it was worth, by advancing towards the downed Brit/French and attacking the legs. It was a sound plan, after all it was Eliza's main tool in battle. Even a novice in battle could identify Eliza used them to great effect, it was a great idea. Chloe was clearly going to put the hurt in, by attempting an ankle lock on the dancing passion! The previously stunned state of the young lady was removed, in place was a sudden and jarring pain.

Not Eliza was no stranger to being placed into this hold, many a man went for this against her. So it came to no surprise that Eliza had in fact developed an ideal counter measure to it, first Eliza oriented herself. Before suddenly bringing up her other leg and entering into a handstand stance, drawing on her brilliant flexibility to bring to bear. Followed by then attempting to quickly yank her held leg free so she could handstand rush to the ropes and bounce off to attempt a springboard elbow!

She figured this wasn't a situation that Eliza had been in and with the way this match had been going, Chloe's thoughts have been confirmed. To Eliza's credit, the chances of finding someone with a similar style to yours is perhaps next to none. They were very unique in their respective skill sets, both having used them to defeat all kinds of opponents. Perhaps Eliza was too used to fighting men that she has trouble dealing with the same gender? Most evidence from her match history would point to "yes" but the jury is still out there on that one. For Chloe however, now wasn't the time to ponder in such thoughts. She had an opponent to best.

And she quickly sought to put the advantage in her favour and take out Eliza's effective and famous weapons early into the match. An ankle lock would do just the trick, Chloe herself knowing how much it hurts her, especially for someone that frequently uses their legs and feet. She could just imagine how much pain this would cause as she would begin to crank the hold. Even if it was held on for a few seconds, the damage would be dealt to the Dancing Passion.

Which perhaps helped because Eliza does not intend to stay that way for long. Experienced in being in such a situation like this, the Darling of Tension does something that even Chloe would be impressed by. Of course, a handstand. Why didn't she thought of that when facing Layla? Ms Harenwood performed an impressive feat of flexibility and dexterity, mitigating much of the effect from the ankle lock. Her other leg came up, which prompted Chloe to lose her grip as she yanked her leg free. Not only did she lose the ankle lock but she also got something else in return by the way of Eliza delivering a springboard elbow.

Chloe grunted from the impact as she fell to the canvas. Briefly stunned from the elbow, the ex-commissioner looked to shake the cobwebs off before looking to get up to her feet. Making some progress as she rises up to one knee. Her mind was equally cursing and admiring Eliza's prowess all the meanwhile.

Eliza had knew that eventually her opponent would target her legs, after all it was the most obvious target of her. Eliza was no fool however, she had over time developed various counters. Insurance plans so to speak for when the moment happened, so as to not only mitigate the damage that was caused. But also to return the favour in kind with interest, it awed the crowd whenever Eliza applied her acrobatic counters displaying her brilliant balance and accuracy. Chloe was perhaps aware of things such as this, but actually experiencing the insurance moves that the dancing passion employed was another altogether. Performing an unorthodox counter that would send Eliza's opponent for a loop, Eliza performed it with brilliant execution. Almost second nature indeed.

Ms Harenwood lay on the mat after colliding her elbow into Ms Mason, quietly gasping afterwards. She knew that it had been a rough start, taken down fairly easily in the opening start. Eliza often struggled if she couldn't muster out the opening gate well enough, but it was ironically a submission attempt on her key weapons that led to Eliza managing to turn things around with a well placed counter. Chloe probably wondered just what hit her, least in the mind of the dancing passion. Eliza would roll to one side, onto her stomach to see where her opponent was.

As expected from the fresher foe Chloe was already on one knee, Eliza felt some desperation in her well up. She balled her hands into fists and quickly made to spring up from her prone posture, scrambling to get up and try to do something. Eliza rushed up to her feet and was on the move, hoping to clip her opponent with a jumping enzhiguri kick. Seeking to use Chloe's one knee as a sort of mount for her non striking leg to help deliver the strike in time.....

Now Chloe can admire both the ingenuity, grace, elegance to her movements and why Eliza can be a tough but great opponent, seeing her shine. It had to take the threat of her legs being damaged for the Dancing Passion to rally back into the game. She would be impressed. But she can't admire her for too long, however. There was still a match to be had.

Chloe did her best to try and recover back from the brilliant springboard elbow delivered by the Darling of Tension herself. Of course, the ex-commissioner would be the fresher between the two so getting up would be more sooner than if it was Eliza. Perhaps that is why Eliza sought to build more momentum and went on the attack again. Chloe all the meanwhile had just shaken the cobwebs out of her mind. Only for Eliza to rattle her head even more.

"Gahh!"A pained yelp as she took a solid kick from Eliza, no doubt her and the audience have been waiting for that to happen. She had heard how dangerous it was to take one of those kicks to the head and now she was experiencing that. At that point, Chloe would take the elbow and not that enziguri.

Her body collapsed, falling on her front as the side of her head pounded. She could raise her head, shaking her head and certainly not knowing what had hit her indeed!

Truth be told there was some part of Eliza's subconscious that expected Chloe to be able to dodge or worst even counter this attack the dancing passion would bust out here, expecting the foe to duck or something akin to that. Regardless Eliza did what she did best, strike true and not hesitate. That would easily lead to one being countered, Eliza would give it her all as was expected of her lineage. But the blow connected, on point with practised precision. Earning a loud clap as the strike connected, followed by a very loud cheer from the crowd. This was one of the highlights of Tension, seeing the fantastic displays of acrobatics that were brought about by the dancing passion.

Eliza hit the mat with a heavy thud, mirrored by a quiet grunt from the British/French woman. Eliza knew that a strike like that was pivotal for getting back into things, as tempting as it was to simply lay down for a bit Eliza knew Chloe was more fresh. But still, a blow like that would send any man let alone a woman into a dazed state. An idea came to mind, time to try and use a bit of the ground game.

Scrambling to a more upright posture Eliza would try to shuffle her way to the stunned Ms Mason and attempt a hold. A good old front face lock, the effect two fold. One to try and restrain her foe and the second to try and get some moment to recover, attempting a pin this early on would be laughable and more intricate submissions would take too long at this point. So best to try a more simpler approach......

Just when things couldn't get worse this quickly. The blonde took a pretty hard kick from the Dancing Passion, not holding back anything and her aim was true. Finally getting a taste of one if Eliza's damaging kicks, especially one to the head like that. While more often she had delivered the kicks to the face, getting kicked herself was a rarity. And Eliza just scored one good attack that had the crowd cheering for her and her acrobatic assault.

Part of Chloe wondered if Eliza would try a pinfall. Though one this early was laughable. A submission perhaps? Certainly could get her back with that ankle lock. An eye for an eye. Or in this case, a leg for a leg.

But Eliza would go for something else. A front face lock. While not as devastating as her legs, the arms are not bad also. A result of her time in this business. But it does give Chloe a chance, never out of options and she was fresher than the Darling of Tension. Best to try and get out of it as soon as possible.

She would begin to rise up to her feet, in effect, being Eliza up as well. All before she would send a first to the bread basket, just to set up her true plan. The first part swinging her right leg from behind, dipping her upper body down so that she could get her patterned Scorpion kick that is the Agony of DeFeet. That would be the first part.

The second would come in the form of Chloe looking to grab the arm of Eliza and twist her body around, leaping up in the air so she could get her legs around her neck. She would then lean her body back, carrying the momentum in an attempt to make Eliza fall backward and Chloe lands on her hands and feet on the way down. With the legs still wrapped around the head of Eliza, she would begin to squeeze her head, another thing that she's taking from the Dancing Passion, as she seeks to crush the head of Eliza!

Eliza was no stranger to the mat, but also knew that the hopes of getting a submission at this point in time would be laughable. So the dancing passion knew to attempt a prolonged hold or a pinfall attempt would be a foolish endeavour in this point in the match, this was merely an attempt to buy some stamina back. Eliza's features bore a grimace as she would cinch in the hold, but truth be told it was only a matter of time before Chloe decided to rally. What Eliza hadn't expected was Chloe's approach to it. She moved upwards with the girl, that was to be expected. Chloe went for a fist shot, deciding to use her arms for a bit.

Then suddenly Chloe delivered a fierce kick from an unexpected angle, the previous strike setting up to place Eliza in that vulnerable position. Which earned a loud "Ooof!" from the dancing passion as she briefly staggered backwards. The dancing passion didn't expect this sort of unorthodox blow, a reminder of all those muscleheaded men who lacked the flexibility to deliver such a unique blow. Suddenly Eliza would then find herself enveloped into a hard takedown afterwards. Locked into a powerful headscissors as she got taken down hard to the mat.

"Gnnn! Damn!" Eliza coughed out. Already this pressure was feeling constrictive, Eliza was far too often on the giving end of this kind of hold. Regardless the dancing passion had some good mat work, knowing that she needed to make it to the ropes. Eliza would shuffle her body around, seeking to get herself a better sort of position for the ensuing effort that would be required all with that hard pressure getting onto her......

Admittedly, Chloe had no idea that it would have worked. Not the scorpion kick which she struck beautifully, but the takedown which had brought the Dancing Passion down to the canvas. In fact, she was worried that it would fail. Worst case scenario the move might flop and they both land very awkwardly. Good thing that she has gotten the best scenario she could ever get. Landing flawlessly and to top it all off, having her own strong legs crushing the skull of Tension's Darling. So it wasn't a surprise that the crowd would give a loud applause for this stunning display.

What was a surprise is how this match was going. Way more often than not, it was usually Eliza's own legs wrapping around the head of her opponent, pretty much all of them tapped or get knocked out with curious regularity once those ankles locked. Her legs alone made it very synonymous when men and women talk about Eliza, with good reason too. So it was a unique sight when Eliza herself had been found trapped between somebody else's legs, let along have her head crushed this early in the match. And if Chloe was pretty similar to Eliza, then none of this bode well for the Dancing Passion.

Course, there was no rolling that is involved so it isn't a bad case of karma yet, but any more time spent meant doom for the Aristocrat. As a trade-off, Eliza is forced in an uncomfortable position and would need all the energy if she was to try and get out of this position. So in a way of showing off, Chloe crossed her arms over her head, showing a good curve with her back, and just focused on having those thighs crush her head. Knowing that she would need a lot of effort to get to those ropes, she was prepared for the Dancing Passion to reach for them.