Juri Sanada (Miyabi) vs Belinda Northman

It was now Juri that was struggling to cope up with the submission hold that Belinda had her trapped in. Juri felt her back really aching but she had the grit to persevere and get through this. After all, Misaki had put her in this submission a couple of times before too. After doing her best to crawl forward and tug on Belinda's ankle, Juri was so close to the ring ropes.

Just before that, Belinda would release one leg and change the submission into a half crab, focusing on one leg only but putting all the pressure on said leg which made Juri scream out loud. With one desperate leap forward, Juri would latch onto the bottom ring rope and claim for a rope break.

Pulling even more on that single leg Boston Crab now, enough to get a cry of pain out from Juri Sanada, as she finally grabbed onto the ropes. The referee moved up next to Belinda and told her to release Juri and without any fuss or complaints, the blond would release the Black Widow.

Stepping off of her and backing up as she would nod her head, keeping her eyes on Juri as she would allow the Miyabi ace to make her way up towards her feet. After all she wanted to play this as fairly as all of her matches, despite how frustrating Juri Sanada was.

The single crab was really painful and Juri felt her hips really being stretched to the max. However, the Miyabi champion was more resilient than most women in the business and she could take punishment as well as she could dish it out. "Nrh, gah! Y-you're going to have to do better than that" she grimaced in pain, with her left eye shut tight.

Finally, she grabbed the ring ropes which earned her a rope break. Belinda, being the baby face she was, released her opponent immediately and backed up which made Juri chuckled, if it was her she would have held on. To play her mind games a bit more, Juri would slip out of the ring and hop onto the floor. Taking her sweet time to recover and in the process had hoped to frustrated Belinda enough to maybe force her out and make a mistake.

Belinda would watch as Juri slipped out of the ring and got to the outside of the ring, looking as if she was going to take her time and recover. The blond let out a sigh, as she would place her hands on her hips. She wasn't going to join Juri outside just yet, besides she herself needed to get back a fair bit of air into her lungs and could use a bit of a rest herself.

The referee would move up to the ropes and tell Juri to get back into the ring, before she would start the count. "One!"

"What's the mater Juri? Scared?" Belinda teased as she stood in the center of the ring with her hands on her hips.

Recuperating from the Boston Crab submission, Juri would slide herself out of the ring and hop on the outside floor of the arena. She was going to take her sweet time to recover, not that she was in a lot of pain at the moment or was totally exhausted but she just wanted to annoy and frustrated Belinda, wanting to break her momentum down and slow the pace of the match. That and she hoped the eager blonde would make a mistake and follow her on the outside herself.

It seemed Belinda was smarted than Juri thought and would remain in the middle of the ring. She struck a confident pose and would tease her but Juri knew better than to fall for that. The raven haired wrestler smirked back at the blonde from the outside "Oh my, do you really expect me to fall for that? Its not about cowardice my dear Belinda but strategy. Know when to back out and strike at the right moment" she said in a rather seductive tone.

Juri would then hop up on the ring apron where the referee was, making sure to stand behind her in case Belinda did anything funny and finally she made her way back into the ring. Once again, Juri raised her arms and began to circle the blonde.

" If you say so, but all the fans are seeing is cowardice from the Miyabi Ace." Belinda spoke out in a teasing tone, as she stood with her hands on her hips. The referee continued her count getting up to a four as Juri hopped up onto the ring apron.

Standing behind the referee the blond couldn't attack, not that she wanted to...she wanted to get Juri back in the ring. Their last match had ended with a double count out after all and that mistake wasn't about to repeat here again. Raising her arms up as Juri slipped into the ring, she would start to circle the raven haired woman.

After a few moments, Belinda had an idea. Stepping up closer to Juri she wasn't about to go for a lock up. Instead she would try and swing a right forearm strike right against the Black Widow's head!

"Haha! The fa- the fans? Oh my god you truly are a rookie aren't you. I certainly don't care about the AFW fans, they can go suck it for all I care. All I care about is winning and proving that Miyabi s the best promotion around." Juri would rant out at Belinda's response.

Judging by Belinda's previous feign in, Juri would expect Belinda not going for a lock up again this time. The two would get close enough and this time Juri was ready for Belinda's tricks. The blonde would strike her fist towards Juri but the Black Widow would side step the outstretched arm and would grab it, before twisting at the hip and tossing Belinda down on her back in a armdrag maneuver.

Juri would still hold that arm before dropping down to the side of Belinda, wrapping her legs around the captured arm and pulling it away from Belinda's shoulder in a armbar submission.

Belinda shook her head a bit as she and Juri got face to face with each other again, ready to square off once more, with Juri Sanada, as she sought to sock her right in the face with a forearm strike! Though it seemed as if Juri did an apt job in scouting that attack.

Grabbing a hold of Belinda's outstretched arm as she then yanked on it and pulled Belinda along, slamming her down with that armdrag! "Gah!" Belinda gasped out from the impact as she was then pulled right into a nasty armbar submission!

Arm outstretched and the pain already attacking her senses the blond would shake her head and struggle, kicking with her legs and arms to try and drag them towards the ropes!

The ever cautious Juri would not be prone in making the same mistake twice. She fell for the feign grapple the first time but she was not going to fall for it again. Expecting some sort of shenanigans from the blonde, Juri would grab onto Belinda's arm that tried to punch her and would use that momentum against the blonde in taking her down in armdrag.

That was just the start, she would keep a hold of said arm before dropping down on her back across Belinda and trap it in a nasty armbar submission. Juri would yank that arm away from Belinda's shoulder while squeezing her legs around it as tightly as she could.

"Mmm still have some fight left in you eh? Hah, you are a stubborn one aren't you?" Juri would say coldly. Belinda would jerk around and try to reach for the ropes but Juri was only focusing on torturing that arm. Even if Belinda managed to get to the ropes for a break, Juri was hoping the damage would be done.

Trapped in this painful submission hold, Belinda would kick and struggle and use her free arm to help pull herself towards the ropes, meanwhile Juri simply continued to jerk and pull on her arm, causing a great deal of pain to pulse through that arm of hers.

After a fair bit of struggle, Belinda managed to reach out with one of her legs and latch it around the bottom rope, which cued the referee to step up next to the fighting pair and tell Juri to release Belinda for a clean rope break. Though if Juri would do it clearly was completely up in the air.