Adrian Kytes vs Big Barda - Battle of the Cosplayers

Barda couldn't trap the arms - didn't move fast enough for it - but the hold was solid otherwise, locking up behind Adrian's back and starting to increase the pressure. She stood with Adrian secure in her grasp, swinging her around a bit and trying not to get lost in the domination - it would be all too easy to do serious damage here, the balance had to be respected.

"Any chance of you tapping out?" She grunted, giving another squeeze.

So Adrian had her arms free, not that it was going to do her that much good in the short term as Barda swung her around, forcing her to grab the big woman's shoulders so she didn't end up immediately ragdolled under the immense pressure. "Nn-no chance!" Adrian yelled defiantly as she held on through the crushing, reaching up with her free hand to start punching away at the Amazon's face, in an attempt to get the big woman to break the hold if she didn't want a broken nose. The question was, could Adrian do enough damage fast enough to get out before she broke.

Barda was plenty strong, but getting punched in the face isn't a good thing to take no matter how strong you are, and Adrian had plenty of sting to go around - Barda could oh take about five good hits before she had to let go, stumbling back and pushing Adrian off as she did.

Note self - next time, be sure to trap the arms, too. Especially if you have fight Adrian again. Also, buy Aspirin.

Adrian collapsed back down to the mat when Big Barda released her, the former cosplayer just lying on her back as she tried to get some air back into her system and give her aching ribs and back a little bit of a break before trying to shuffle towards the ropes, attempting to get a bit of sactuary in this grueling match.

Fortunately for Barda, Adrian was too rocked by the bearhug to immediately capitalize - Barda opened her eyes and saw the smaller girl reeling as well, pulling herself back up by the ropes, getting solid footing again - bad news for Barda. If she let it happen.

Shaking her head, she charged forward, footsteps shaking the ring, and swung her arm out as passed Adrian to try and hit her with a clothesline.

Puffing and panting, Adrian pulled herself back to her feet. Earning herself a small applause for her resiliency, before the light cheering turned to a shocked gasp as the former cosplayer turned into what felt like a steel girder flying straight for her head. Sending the smaller girl straight over the top rope, bumping off of the apron and straight onto the arena floor.

"One!" The referee started, beginning the 10 count. Adrian was still face down and lucid, if eating the clothesline wasn't enough, the fall might have been as she stayed face down on the outside, not really responding to anything.

Wow. That worked out a lot better than she imagined.

Barda was tempted to go after her and make sure she would stay down - or even do something borderline insane like come down from the ropes and drop on her. But she figured the best move would be to play it safe - Adrian had gotten that sort of drop on her before, and she didn't want it to happen with the bare floor outside the ring.

Still, getting a count out was a lame way to win and a real lame way to lose - Adrian deserved better. Barda dropped down and tried to scoop Adrian's prone form up and roll her back into the ring.

"Nnnhhh..." Adrian groaned on the floor as Barda dropped back down, resetting the count at 3 to try and get the former cosplayer back in the ring. "Mommy I don't wanna go to school today..." she let out, clearly not thinking straight if at all, as she was rolled back into the ring, near the corner. Still not a lot of life from the veteran it seems, the rookie amazon looked to have the match nicely wrapped up right now.

Barda felt like a kid eyeing the cookie jar - maybe go for an elbow drop while Adrian was down? She looked like the fat lady was singing an aria in her head, but Barda had been here before. The little high-flyer had the uncanny ability to bounce back.

She bit her lip and decided to just go for a simple pin, grabbing Adrian's leg and hooking it up while she poured her weight on. "Please stay down, please stay down..."

"One...!" The ref's hand came down in a hard slap, as the audience joined in the count.

The referee would get the count of one, but it wouldn't go exactly as Barda was hoping it would. As she bent down to cover the fallen cosplayer, Adrian would suddenly snap back into life, hooking her arm around the amazon's head and rolled her up with a surprise small package... well... big package, it was difficult to get someone so massive hooked tightly, but it would be enough of a surprise to hopefully get Adrian a surprise win.

Turns out Barda wasn't the only one who could play possum