Sienna Sorrel vs Mia Yukari Wilson - Samurai v Mustang!

Sienna knew she needed to keep momentum on her side. She quickly darted over behind her kneeling opponent and hooked her in an inverted facelock before pulling her backwards and up, pressing her knee against Mia's back as she applies a textbook dragon sleeper hold! She twisted a few times, trying to disorient and daze her opponent, wanting to keep the hold locked for as long as she could to wear down as much of Mia's stamina as she could. She doubted that this would end the match, but it would give her valuable time to regain her own stamina while forcing Mia into a battle of attrition - Sienna was confident in her own stamina over the course of a longer match, and Mia had already displayed she was incredibly strong over a shorter duration... She had to drag this on until she could land a decisive blow!

As she clenched the hold, she took a look around at the crowd, feeding off their energy. She really was feeling more natural inside this ring, and it showed on her face as she half-grinned between each labored breath she took while recovering her vigor. Wrestling was her passion, and though outside the ring she was something of a severe introvert, out here she truly felt alive, truly felt like she belonged!

She tugged on the hold tighter, wrenching and milking it for as long as she possibly could. She remained mostly silent, simply nodding and darting her gaze about towards the crowd as if speaking to them all wordlessly.

At last Sienna was starting to show some of her fighting spirit and her wrestling skills as she got Mia for real with a powerful basement kick. No one watching that match would have thought that the redhead could come back strong like that. But with these kind of elite wrestlers expecting the unexpected should be the first rule.

Mia was still feelig dizzy and having a hard time focusing her sight. Just when the brunette felt her strength returning back to her she managed to get on all fours first, then only on her knees. It was at that moment when she realized that Sienna wasn't in front of her. She couldn't even start to wonder where she could be before the Samurai's arms locked around her neck in a reverse headlock.

Mia gasped in surprise at the sudden hold, her arms flailing in vain against the redhead's tight hold. Mustang had an idea of what was coming, and it wasn't going to be good at all. When Sienna's knee locked the dragon sleeper a jolt of pain coursed from Mia's neck and back directly to her brain.

The brunette cried from the sudden intense pain. Mia wasn't that good at dealing with submission holds and she feared not being able to whitstand that treatment for long before giving up. As seconds passed the pain became greater in intensity and the Mustang began panicking, her cries of pain becoming more a desperate whimper. The referee asked if she would give up. The thought of making that pain end became so tempting even if it came at the cost of the match. Mia managed to stave that idea off and gritted her teeth while she denied with her head.

Mia's arm flailing was of no use and a rope break was absolutely out of the question. Mia realized then that her only way to escape would be on her legs. She tried her best to buck her legs, swinging them in a motion that if successfully done could force some shift in positions between both wrestlers and it could even force a break on the painful hold.

As Mia began to move about, the position Sienna had dragged her opponent into began to shift, causing her to adjust the hold, trying her best to maneuver Mia and keep her in place fora s long as she could. It was likely that her opponent would find herself escaping sooner than later, but forcing her to expend as much stamina as possible was at the forefront of Sienna's strategy, she had to make it work in order to sustain her advantage.

For a couple of seconds more she held on tightly, shifting her weight around and clutching the hold as tightly as she could in order to remain in the "driver's seat" so to speak, stretching this out for as long as she could, but eventually she knew escape was inevitable for her opponent, who was likely not exhausted enough to take out with a hold lie this. Sienna stood, dragging Mia up with her, the two now in a standing position.

Those that had watched her indy scene matches might know what was coming next - and a grin crossed Sienna's face as she realized this was the perfect opportunity to show off one of her favorite moves. Now holding Mia in a reverse headlock near the center of the ring, Sienna woudl raise one leg up and over, dropping it down onto Mia while simultaneously throwing her back down towards the mat in a reverse DDT, immediately nailing a legdrop upon impact, a move she once called "Code Red!" before adopting her Samurai persona. The ring would shake a bit on impact and the crowd would pop for the big move!

Wasting no time, Sienna promptly leapt over and hooked the leg, attempting a pinfall on her downed opponent. She didn't suspect this was the end, but she had given herself ample time to recover while forcing her opponent into a bad position. Her confidence restored, she waited for the referee's count- "ONE..."

Mia was progresively getting in a desperate situation. The Mustang thrashed as much as she was able to in the dragon sleeper hold. Her back felt terribly and she was starting to lose faith on her chances of winning, desperation taking a hold on her mind as the brunette wasn’t a really good one at resisting physical pain. Glass cannon, her personal trainer told her as she was preparing for the AFW casting matches, and now she was experiencing what he meant.

Finally, after a lot of pain and writhing that definitely made a dent on her endurance, Mia got freed by her rival, but before she could regain her footing Sienna dragged the Mustang on her feet. The brunette was unable to counter her rival as she got her again in a reverse headlock. “Not again...”, she thought as the terror of another submission hold on her back inspired, but that wasn’t the move the Samurai would go for.

Mia gasped in surprise as she saw Sienna’s leg over her neck as the Samurai got her on a powerful combo of a reverse DDT and a legdrop. The Mustang was sprayed on the mat, her brown locks all spread over her face as the sound was muffled for her because she had a lot of difficulty to focus on what was going on. Her grip with reality returned not when the redhead hooked her leg, but when she heard the referee going for the “TWO!” count.

Panicking at the chance of losing the match Mia jerked her body and managed to break the pin before the count could reach three. The Mustang was now getting a good beating, the crowd enthusiastic about the combat they were experiencing as Sienna went from a very one sided match to a cool comeback. The brunette slowly got on her feet, her back still hurting because of the punishment she had received. Right now she had to devise some kind of plan, some new strategy to reassess control of the match or she wouldn’t be able to survive much longer...

Sienna frowned as Mia kicked out at two. That could've been it, she'd put people away with that one before, but it seemed it was perhaps a bit early. She knew she needed to capitalize and keep the pressure on her opponent.

A brief glance towards the crowd revealed they seemed to really be into this, the two seemed to synergize very well together.  Sienna couldn't help but smirk ever so slightly, she was getting into it, too!

Fixation still upon her opponent and not allowing herself to get distracted, Sienna moved forward, grappling with her opponent. She could tell Mia's back wasn't feeling so hot after what they'd gone through, so she'd focus that. With a quick knee to the gut, she'd set up a brief instant to transition into an abdominal stretch, arching back and pulling as tightly as she could, working Mia's back, trying to over exert her back muscles and wear her down further. She couldn't afford to let the Mustang regain control.

Mia shook her head as she managed to slowly regain her footing after the barrage she took. It looked like she had the upper hand for some minutes but now it was Sienna the one on a roll. Even if that meant trouble for the Mustang there was something undeniable about that match and it was that the crowd was so excited and into it. Not everyday one gets to see a double debut where both fighters go at it full force in an exciting back and forth match, and the people knew that and were rewarding that. Right at that moment each person in the stands had their favorite they wanted to win. Both wrestlers wanted the win, but the boost in reputation would help the two of them in getting a fanbase.

But that wasn’t the moment to think about that since Sienna wanted the Mustang to remain in her dazed and pained state. When Mia noticed the redhead throwing a knee to her gut she only had time to get a very precarious block, only able to stop some of the pain from happening. But the hit was in fact a distraction as Mia realized Sienna suddenly moved to her back. “Damn, the girl is fast.”, thought the Mustang just before the Samurai caught her off-guard and locked her in an abdominal stretch.

“D-damn!!” The Mustang was now in a very bad position as her rival noticed how she wasn’t the best dealing with pain and decided to keep punishing her sore back. The hold was quite tight and secured, and Mia wasn’t that sure she could force her way out of it. But she would try, at least. She owed that to herself and to the people chanting her nickname from the seats. Mia would try her best to thrash on the hold, aiming to get a good elbow at her rival’s side if had the chance. She needed to get out of that hold fast or she would end up tapping.

Sienna would wrench the hold for all it was worth, trying to force a surrender from her opponent. In her desperation, however, Mia managed to disrupt Sienna's efforts, one of her elbows causing her to lose her grip. Knowing that simply trying to lock her back in place with the same hold was unlikely to work, Sienna opted to whip her opponent towards the ropes, waiting for her to come back on the rebound. In doing so, she realized perhaps too late she may have given the Mustang a moment of respite to regain control!

Even in her dire situation as her body was getting really strained from the painful hold, Mia managed to endure the pain for enough time to get a couple of elbow strikes to Sienna’s side. Those hits made the Samurai loosen the hold a little bit, just enough for the Mustang to try her escape. Seeing that she was going to lose control on the submission move and that Mia would eventually break free, Sienna decided it was time to literally let the Mustang go. The redhead grabbed Mia by her arm and executed an Irish Whip that sent the brunette to rebound on the ropes.

Mia was good at quick thinking and strategizing on the run. She needed to regain control of the match and her rival just gave her momentum and some instants to mount a comeback. Sienna was waiting for the Mustang’s return to maybe hit her or lock her in a new submission move. The Mustang needed to do something quick and unexpected. She had a plan. Just when she rebounded on the ropes she made it look like she was struck by momentum and unable to stop, creating the illussion that Sienna was under control. Then she would suddenly drop and wrap her legs around Sienna’s to attemt a drop toehold and luckily get the Samurai to fall on the mat.

As Mia came bounding back, she suddenly dropped Sienna to the ground with an unexpected maneuver! Sienna faceplanted, grunting lightly on impact with the mat. It wasn't a serious blow but it certainly took her out of the ''saddle'' so to speak, the Mustang was now free to regain the upper hand while Sienna recovered!

It was... refreshing, Sienna realized. This was a legitimate competition, in front of a large crowd. The thrill of it all began to build within her, she was getting genuinely worked up and elated to be competing like this! "Damn... c'mon then!" she found herself muttering to her opponent, a slight smirk crossing her face despite the fact she was likely about to eat some serious punishment.

Mia was successful in her drop toehold and Sienna faceplanted on the mat. That one obviously wasn’t a hold that would end the match or make serious damage to her rival, but it was a good way of beginning a change of pace, making the reins of the match switching hands again as it was now the Mustang the one who could assert control once more. The public approved the show by cheering and roaring in an enthusiastic rush.

They were the only ones excited about the match unfolding. Just for some instants Mia could notice her Samurai rival smirking at her while she challenged the brunette to do her best. The Mustang could also feel her blood pumping on her veins. She was actually really exhausted from the damage taken, but the crowd’s cheering and her rival’s attitude helped driving her to go beyond her limits. This surge of power and excitement going through her felt just too good. Mia was feeling for the first time the thrill of combat, the challenge to beat a worthy opponent in a fair fight, and she loved the sensation.

Once more the Mustang wanted to do something unexpected to catch Sienna by surprise. Most likely the Samurai would be expecting her to follow up her strike with some grappling and maybe a submission move, but the brunette had experienced what Sienna could do concerning submissions, and she honestly thought that the redhead would be able to turn her move against her. Instead of keeping pressing on Mia would run at the ropes, gaining some momentum for a couple of times while her rival regained her footing. When Sienna would finally be on her feet again and most likely wondering where her rival was, Mia would jump into her in a spinning high crossbody!