Tia Baker vs. Belinda Northman: Smother Match

This wasn't a situation that Tia was particularly thrilled about. Not a hug that she could say was an enjoyable one. The strength that Belinda was showing off was a bit surprising and leaving Tia groaning and struggling to keep herself in one piece there. She didn't really have time to deal with Belinda's theoretical questions since the pressure from that bearhug was really straining her and draining some of Tia's stamina. "Aghh....figured out...what?" She managed to groan out struggling and squirming as she tried to free herself from this tricky position.

Even if she could sense some lightness in those words, being considered weaker was never something that Tia liked to consider. The girl groaning and struggling to keep her voice in check as Belinda tried to swing her around like a toy. At this point she was just getting frustrated by the situation and knew she had to do something to turn the tables and had to do it soon.

Certainly the strategy seemed sound and Tia realized victory would be easier when one or the other was tired. But for that reason alone she had to bounce back in this fight! Tia tried to pull back her right knee and time it for when she was swinging in front of Belinda to get that knee driven into her stomach. If she didn't force Belinda to drop her soon Tia was going to really struggle going forward. Just fighting back while getting squeezed down like that wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the world to do.

Belinda couldn't help but enjoy herself a bit, as she was holding onto her rival in this tight bearhug and swung the lovely Tia back and forth, from left to right, all in order to try and dominate, hurt and bring down Tia's stamina a bit. This bearhug was meant to drain as much of Tia as the cute blond could, and it seemed as if it was working quite well. She heard how the girl was struggling and hurting in the mighty bearhug, and somewhat she could hear the slight hint of frustration in Tia as she was asserting *dominance* over the girl.

Though that dominance seemed rather short lived, for it didn't take long before Tia had found a way to get out this predicament. Belinda had just gotten enough time to start and settle into the hold and enjoy it to it's fullest, now that she was putting a strain on Tia, yet no sooner was that hold broken by Tia, as she swung her leg back and the girl's knee sound buried into the abs of Belinda. The young blonds mouth shot up and a slight amount of spittle flew out, as once again Tia had managed to target a very good spot on Belinda.

The blond was forced the release her hold of Tia, dropping the girl down as she herself would start to stagger back, her arms moving to hold and shield her now hurt stomach, now that all she could do was cough and do her best to recover after that knee strike.

Not that Tia was interested in flying spittle, but at least she managed to get a shot in on Belinda and break that hold. The satisfaction of getting some payback wasn't lost on the girl, Tia just hated being owned like that and if she got a chance for payback you could bet she was taking it.

As she was dropped Tia landed on the mat on all fours breathing hard and catching her breath. Her sides were hurting like hell and she was really exhausted after that strike. The best she could do was crawl to a far set of roped and use them to help heave herself up. While she'd love to make an offensive act against Belinda right now she couldn't manage it. If she rushed at Belinda in that drained state she might be the one losing the match. Not the most exciting activity Tia would admit, but it was extremely necessary for her to rest and keep a close eye on her opponent. At least if her knee did any significant damage she had the time to spare.

Belinda was stumbling backwards a bit, her arms holding her waist tightly, attempting to hug away the pain and brace her own body for the echoing and pulsing pain that was Tia's knee strike, at least when it hit right on the center of Belinda's stomach. It was certainly not and easy blow to take, and it had left Tia in a heap of trouble, forcing the beauty to cough and struggle to stand for the moment. Her red eyes being half closed, watching her opponent as the cute Tia was making her way towards the ropes, crawling ever faster.

What was there for Belinda to do now though ? what could she do ? Belinda had no choice but to attempt and push herself, she had to take a chance right now, whilst there was a chance to take. The cute blond would attempt to stumble forward, almost go into a bit of a rush to try and reach Tia, before her rival got to the ropes. If she could pull that off, the cute blond would attempt to grab a hold of Tia's legs, by her ankles, all to in the movement try and step up over the girl's back, and pull those legs up in under her armpits, with her back, facing the same direction as Tia's face was, all in order to then attempt and seat herself down on Tia's back. With that, Belinda would attempt to place Tia in a boston crab submission hold.

It wasn't like Tia was proud to have to crawl off to recover like that. But really it was all she could do at the moment. She had to rest up and recover a little so she could bring the fight back to Belinda. She wasn't close to giving up here even if she had taken more damage than expected in this kind of matchup. Leave it to Belinda though to decide to turn this into a real brawl and make it a tough one. Still, Tia beat her once in that spar and she'd beat her again here. At least she as hoping so as she continued to head for the ropes hoping she'd get some time to rest up and come up with a plan.

It was all going rather smoothly until suddenly she heard the sound of someone moving in a hurry. By the time she looked over her shoulder, Tia could already feel those hands grabbing onto her ankles! "Wh-what are you doing there!?" Tia cried out as she suddenly felt Belinda moving pretty quickly over her and before Tia knew it she was getting bent into that Boston crab!

Tia cried out in pain as she felt her body getting bent definitely in the wrong direction. Her hip shooting out in pain as the girl quickly gritted her teeth trying not to cry out from the pain. "Get...off..." She gasped out squirming on the mat in agony. Tia knew this wasn't a submission match so she had to get herself out of this and focus on what would actually make her lose. The girl trying to crawl towards those ropes again, though in a much harder state to do that with the pain she was experiencing right now.

Belinda soon enough found a firm hold on Tia's ankle, which served as a good starting point. The moment she gripped those limbs of her rival she saw her turn her head and of course she managed to catch the surprise in her voice. Belinda had really scrambled to get up as she had and was now about to take a good position. Even though she may had strained herself a bit in order to do so, it seemed like the smartest option, for now she had the chance to do something rather big and even get some resting time to catch her breath at least in somewhat decent capacity. " I'm kicking your ass ~! " Belinda shouted out in a teasing yet friendly tone to her rival.

With that proclamation the cute blond soon twisted shifted herself around and then planted herself down on the small of Tia's back, with the girl's shins tucked in under her armpits, all in order to lock in a rather popular move...the Boston crab. Of course it was a well known and often used submission hold, but she herself didn't think she had ever used it on Tia, and for that she find it a good time to test it out. With that she started to bend back on the girl, wrenching on the girl's lower back and hips, doing all she possible could to try and cause her not so long standing rival as much pain as she could for now.

" Don't think that will happen! Baker!!" Belinda let out, still with that friendly yet teasing tone in her voice, it was clear that she enjoyed being on top again and with this position she would be able to get back some much needed air all the while she was putting the hurt on the cute orange haired opponent. Even so, as she kept wrenching on Tia's back and hips, the girl was moving even closer towards the ropes and while the pace might be slower for now, this hold would come to an end, sooner or later.

Instead of getting any significant time to rest, it seemed that Tia was only getting put in a worse position here. Right now trapped in that hellish Boston Crab trying to figure out the best way to recover from this mess. Of course all she could think of doing was crawling her way over to the ropes. It wasn't the most dignified way to do anything, but at this point she had little choice in the matter. Each wrenching of her hips and back only forced Tia to stop temporarily from the pain and cry out in agony. It was only made worse from having to listen to that cheerful teasing from on top of her back. "You'll...pay for...aghhh!" Tia crying out again as she knew that now wasn't the time to be focused on chatting with Belinda. If she kept doing that the only thing she'd accomplish would be her own defeat.

So for the time being Tia tried to just focus on what she needed to be doing right now which was moving. It was extremely slow going though. She could feel her stamina getting drained the longer she stayed in this hold and the strain to her back and hips was piling up at the same time. Each moment she had to pause to endure the next wave of pain put her that much further from her goal. After several moments of struggling all Tia could do was put her all into a last ditch crawl towards the ropes trying to grab onto it and free herself from this terrible situation. Though even if she could manage to do that she'd still be extremely exhausted and barely in any condition to get up at that moment. Still, it was a lot better than staying in her current situation so the choice seemed easy to go for it.

Belinda keeping her position on top of Tia right now was having a fairly good time, being able to bring the pain to her one and only real rival was satisfying, it was a good feeling, not to inflict pain upon Tia of course. She liked the girl and kinda sorta saw her as a friend, but even so it did sort of feel good to be able to compete with the girl, the idea of a rival was basically just to have a competition of always trying to stay ahead of a person that one could think of as worthy, well Tia had proven that she was more than just worthy. She had been able to one up Belinda to a point where the young Northman had yest to succeed, no matter what kind of hold she put Tia in, it wouldn't matter unless she could get that win and even the score. Even so...it was really satisfying to keep Tia locked in this Boston crab hold.

Regardless of it being satysfying or not, Tia was making her way closer and closer to the ropes, much to Belinda's dissmay, it didn't seem as if this hold was gonna be able to give her the win just yet, even so that was foolish thinking. She had to win via a smoother, so this was really just a way to weaken and drain Tia as much as possible, but with how intense these two seemed to get in their little matches and bantering it did become difficult to remember for Belinda that this wasn't just your regular super competitive match. Without being able to do anything to stop Tia, the girl managed to reach the ropes, and without the ref needing to even say anything the young blond would quickly step off of Tia and let go of her, moving off of the girl and walking back towards the center of the ring, Belinda would raise an arm up into the air and shout out " That's how you put a Baker in their place!" once again trying to somehow make a pun or joke upon Tia's last name.

That crawl felt like the longest distance that Tia had traveled in a long time. The strain on her back and hips was pretty severe and the longer she stayed in that hold the more Tia could feel her energy getting sapped. It'd be tough to win the match if she stayed in that hold for too long so that just drove her to giving all she had to reaching the ropes. When she finally did it was a serious relief. Gasping out in relief and collapsing as she lay there panting heavily for several moments.

Still, it wasn't like Tia could stay there forever. The girl knew that but even as she rubbed her hip Tia knew she'd have to play it cautiously or look for some chance to even the score. Right now she was in a pretty pained position and that was only going to make the match more brutal. Hearing Belinda's loud taunting only frustrated Tia more. She liked a lot about Belinda, but in situations like this she found it tough not to get more determined to win. "Always with the jokes....Maybe after you lose you can write a book..." Tia panted as she started to get up. Stretching a little bit as she tried to calm her body down and recover enough to continue in this match. At this point she needed to patiently circle around the edge of the ring to look for some opening or wait for Belinda to come to her.

As Tia was still on the mat, holding onto her hips and panting heavily like she did, Belinda had to admit that it looked as if her rival was in a lot of pain and while it wasn't so nice to be hurting someone that she found to be a really nice girl and kinda sort of a friend, it was a good sign that things were going in her favor so far, and seemingly with how much pain and how long time it took for Tia to start to get up towards her feet.

" Oh course I have to joke, otherwise It won't get you fired up ~ It's no fun kicking your butt unless you actually try." Belinda let out with a bright kind smile, she spoke in a very friendly voice that carried a teasing little tone to it of course. She was technically telling the truth, as she really wanted to fight Tia in a good, fair and intense battle, she wanted Tia to fight at 110% and fire back with the same amount and with it come out on top of course.

Watching Tia keep her distance and walking along the ropes, circling the blond cutie like she was, Belinda started to drop down into her grappling stance and get ready, starting to slowly close in on Tia, attempting to close in enough and in the right time to try and trap Tia in a corner, attempting to make it so the girl's circling was going against her, if she could do that at least Belinda would shoot of a wink of her eye to Tia, as if she was trying to tell the girl that she was playing into her plan to defeat miss Baker.