Emily Nelson vs Natasha Han

"Not likely," Emily said with a grin. Grabbing onto Natasha's head, Emily would turn and break into a run, dragging Natasha behind her before dropping down sharply to one knee, aiming to throw Natasha hard into her back.

Natasha let out a low cry as she felt Emily grab her head. She smirked lightly; Emily's knee alone wasn't enough to weaken her that much, not this early in the match. As she felt Emily turn, she would throw her arms around her waist, digging her heels into the mat to stop the woman from being able to break into her run.

If that was enough to stop Emily, Natasha then would try to lift her up again, hoping to be able to drop her into a hard atomic drop counter now.

Emily gasped as Natasha's arms snaked around her waist, arresting her movement. "Bloody hel--" was all she managed to say before the Russian lifted her up and brought her crashing down on her outstretched knee, which slammed hard between Emily's legs. Her eyes went wide as pain flooded her lower body, and she collapsed onto her side, curled into a fetal position from the blow. "Fffffffffffffffth....."

After the atomic drop, Natasha stepped back from Emily. She wasn't going to follow the attack up, not yet. Instead, she gestured at Emily to get back up on her feet, giving her opponent a chance to steady herself before she would attack again.

Emily staggered up to her feet, her face red and set with a grimace of pain...seeing Natasha backing away from her, she slowly staggered up to her feet, glaring at her warily.

Natasha nodded at Emily as she got on her feet, giving her a moment before raising her arms up defensively and moving in towards her.

Once she drew in close enough, she would try to force Emily into a lockup, trying to use her considerable strength to push another advantage over her.

Emily accepted the lockup and rushed in against Natasha, pushing against her as the two met arm to arm. As the two pushed against each other, Emily dug her boots into the mat, moving to twist her body to the side and send Natasha running towards the ropes.

Natasha was taken slightly offguard by Emily's sudden twisting motion. She would hit the ropes and lightly bounce off of them, heading right back towards her foe.

Running up to meet Natasha, Emily spun around halfway, aiming a drop-kick at her opponent's midsection.

Emily's kick hit it's mark, and Natasha went flying backwards. She landed on her back, which is exactly where she didn't want to be. She sat up slowly, starting to rise to her feet, but was left open to a follow up as she did so.