Sophia Kin vs Claire Eziyar

Claire saw Sophia's uppercut coming from below, but even though she tried to dodge it hit her chin, rattling her. However, she kept going; Claire would try to grab Sophia's arm with one hand while elbowing the back of Sophia's head with the other arm. She hoped this would daze her enough for her next move.

Sophia couldn't do much after her uppercut. "Ugh!!" The elbow suddenly knocked her down on her knees, before falling to all fours, clearly stunned from the vicious blow. Immediately, she felt like if she just received a headache, but she still tried getting up.

Claire quickly moved behind Sophia after the blow, hoping that this move would be the last one. Before Sophia could start getting up, the white-haired girl would plant one knee between her shoulderblades, using her weight to keep her down. If that worked, Claire would reach forward and grab Sophia's arms, then proceeding to bend them backwards and pull them.

Sophia couldn't withstand all of the girl's weight, and easily, she was placed on her front. Easily, her arms were grabbed, and she was placed in the hold that seems impossible to escape. She gritted her teeth, preventing herself from screaming from the intense pain. She tried to off-balance the white-haired girl in anyway possible, or else that is it for her.

Claire mustered all her remaining strength in holding Sophia down. "I can do this!" She reassured herself as she pulled back on Sophia's arms. Even so, she was tired herself, and the hold required endurance to be applied continuously. Claire gave another twist at Sophia's arms; if her opponent didn't submit soon, weariness itself would prevent her from keeping the hold any longer.

Sophia have to resort to a desperate move. Even in this position, she started to go on her knees through brute strength alone, although her legs were wobbling under the weight that is Claire on her back. Even with her arms and back being painfully tortured, she managed to get on her knees, and then started to try to stand up to completely topple the girl over.

"It can't be...!" Claire's pupils went wide when she felt Sophia rising under her, despite the submission hold and her own weight. She tried to hold on for some time, hoping that Sophia would crumble and fall to the mat again, but when she finally got to her knees Claire started to lose her grip. Hurriedly, she let go of Sophia and staggered backwards, watching as Sophia got up. She would have been impressed by Sophia's strength and resolve if she wasn't so tired already. Trickles of sweat ran through her whole body, and she breathed heavily.

Upon getting onto her knees, Sophia felt a huge weight lifting off her back. Immediately, she quickly tried to stand up and turned around to face her opponent, but her quickly movements and her visibly drained state made her stumble back towards the ropes. She held onto the ropes with one hand, apparently being very tired at this point in this match, panting heavily as well and her eyes wincing constantly. She glared at Claire with utmost concentration, before she silently resume her usual stance. "This is it..." She muttered under her breath, before she slowly approached the white-haired girl, readying herself for anything.

Claire got closer to Sophia. By her looks, Sophia had only some strength remaining in her, but that was hardly an advantage, as Claire was almost as tired as her, if not more. Her mind worked franctically; the next move had to put Sophia down, or Claire wouldn't have the strength to proceed further. She was in need of a finisher.

"It's now or never..." As Sophia got into her range, Claire started her assault. She sent a straight punch towards Sophia's face. Whether it hit or not didn't matter, for its purpose was to distract the already weary Sophia. Shortly after the first punch, she'd send another at Sophia's gut, this time putting all the strength on her arm to knock the wind out of her.

Sophia knew that she can't let her fatigue get to her, or else it could be costly. She easily saw the punch coming towards her, and moved her head to the side to dodge it. Quickly, she saw another punch from below, and used her right hand to block it firmly. But the force behind it was too strong and immediately, she felt herself being overwhelmed by the force. She needed to hide her weakening defense from Claire, and immediately after the attack is blocked, she lashed out her left hand, aiming for an uppercut.