[Pendant Match] Standard: Rei Tomizawa vs Natasha Loclear

Rei grinned as she manged to catch Natasha in the arm bar. Rei didn't mind it so much as long as she got the arm bar in and Natasha's arm was straight and parallel with her body and her legs were on either side of Natasha's arm as one lay across her body and the other around her neck/head area, it made no difference to her. Rei's arms pulled and hugged Natahsa's arm close to her own body with her thighs pinching Natasha's arm as her legs would push back against Natasha as she arched her body. Rei was using the similar mechanics to that of a crowbar (after all that's why it was called armbar) in order to create enough pressure on Natahsa's elbow. Rei would hold nothing back just wanting her to tap out before she reached the rope or before her arm would break.

"You better hurry..." Rei said clenching her teeth as she used all of her strength to try and put Natasha's arm through as much pain as possible with little regard to her arm's well being.

Natasha grimaced as Rei locked in the arm bar on her, the pressure on the joints of her arm immense as it seemed like the woman wanted to break Natasha's arm if she could. She bit down on her lower lip to stop herself from giving Rei the satisfaction of hearing her groan in pain, looking first at Rei and then to the ropes as she couldn't decide whether or not to keep going for the ropes or to force a break another way. In the end she went with both options, bringing her free hand over to grab onto her toes, bending them upwards with the sole intent on causing her some pain in return. Meanwhile she used the one leg still flat on the mat to help pull them closer to the ropes, if she could just pull them a bit closer she would take her hand off of Rei's toes and grab onto the ropes to force the break.

Rei grunted as her opponent began twisting her toes but, it wasn't as bad due tot he fact she was wearing her wrestling shoes. However, Rei perceived continued putting exponential amounts of pressure on her arm before Natasha reached the ropes. Rei began unfolding herself from the submission but, with Natahsa's hand on the rope and the other still in her grasp. She would take advantage of this and try to slam her foot into Natasha's jaw with a brutal upkick. Although Rei had a lot to learn in terms of striking, she could generate quite a lot of behind her kicks. Rei would waste no time and try to roll away from Natasha and get onto her feet.

Rei was truly trying to rip her arm out of its socket, at least thats how it felt to Natasha as her elbow felt like it was on fire until at long last she managed to grab onto the bottom rope, yanking on it as if that would make Rei let go of her quicker. She glared down at the woman as her legs finally unraveled from around her arm, shaking the limb a bit both to try to get Rei to let go and to get some of the feeling back into it as it was starting to feel a bit numb now, but Rei wasn't done yet it seemed as Natasha caught sight of her foot shooting towards her face.

Moving quick Natasha ducked her head off to the side just in time to avoid the kick, eyes open wide as she lunged after the rolling Rei to grab the girl by her ankles. If she could just get a hold of them Natasha would flip forward over Rei to land with her ass dropping down on top of Rei's shoulder blades, sitting up while pulling the woman's legs up over her own shoulders for a submission hold of her own. Otherwise she would be forced to get to her feet as quickly as possible in order to avoid any counter attack.

Rei let out a "tsk" as her opponent managed to avoid her kick by moving her head as she tried to roll away from her. Cursing under her breath as her opponent had caught her ankles but, learning from her past matches, she planted her hands on either side of her making it hard for Natasha to turn her over. Rei then tried to pull her legs close towards her to try and pull Natahsa into her guard but, she failed to do so seeing as the girl had the sense to runaway before Rei set up her offensive. Rei rolled away slapping the mat as she tumbled onto her feet. However, the girl wasted no time in going after Natasha. "RAhhhhh!" Rei was a less than competent striker but, she did have some talent for it and to mention power behind her strikes. Rei came in swinging with a hay maker to Natasha's head anticipating her opponent to dodge, she would try and grab her head in a frontal head lock and pull her down into a DDT.

Natasha was forced to abandon her plan of attack quickly or else risk getting kicked in the face or worse, scrambling back to the ropes to pull herself back up to her feet as quickly as possible. Her arm, in particular her elbow, was still burning in pain from the arm bar and would be a hindrance for a couple minutes at least, and of course Rei would go after it the first chance she got so Natasha knew she had to be careful.

Rei surprised her however as she went for a straight punch to her face instead, but instead of dodging it as the girl had predicted Natasha let her martial arts training take over, bringing her good arm sweeping up and to the side to guide the strike off to the side of her head. Her arm would entwine with Rei's thrown arm, grabbing onto her wrist to sharply twist and pull it upward while she spun so that Rei was facing her back. Natasha would then yank the arm forward driving Rei's elbow down against her shoulder with as much force as she could put behind it, a backward kick to follow meant to throw her back.

Rei blinked as her hay maker was deflected and her arm was trapped into a modified arm wrench of some sort from what she could understand with pro wrestling. Rei grunted as her arm was being twisted and yanked down as her joint was being hyper extended. Rei howled in pain as she broke down the submission piece by piece before trying to find out how to counter. Rei jumped off of the canvas as she fell back on her own before Natasha had a chance to throw out her kick. Pressing her feet on Natasha's back she'd try and force her arm back with all her strength. Rei knew that with her arm twisted it would be painful for her but, she still persisted. With Rei's wrist under control, she would be in a lot of pain but, she was baking that her arm would swlip though as her fingerless glove would slip off her if she pulled hard enough.

"Let...me go!"

A thought had been building in her head throughout the entire match, that if she was going to gain a win here it would not be through a standard wrestling submission hold. Rei had proven her equal there as they had exchanged hold for hold all night, so she knew that if there was a way to score the win it would likely be through another route, and while she had performed this move on instinct it certainly counted as a different approach.

"Fine then." Rei was no doubt be trying to find a way out using her wrestling knowledge but in the end Natasha could feel her simply trying to forcefully pull her arm free, feeling her feet against her back forcing Natasha to support both of their weight and she could no longer do that, letting the arm free from her hold thinking that Rei would then fall forward onto the mat. Spinning around as fast as she could, hoping to fully turn to face Rei before the girl hit the mat, reaching out to grab the side of the girl's head before bringing her knee up to strike the side of her head looking for a knockout blow.

Rei was relieved to have her arm freed but, she grit her teeth as Natasha pulled at the side of her head. The Cosplay fighter was struck hard on the side of the head with a hard knee. The girl collapsed onto her back her head weary as her brain had been rattled by the strike. The girl was still conscious though as she winced opening an eye as she rubbed the side of the head. Rei, despite her looks and her clumsiness, was difficult to put away, The girl had an iron chin but, even she had to lay down a little after that one as she shook her head from the aftershock. The Submission fighter's greatest weakness was showing her lack of arsenal beyond submission was proving to be quite the problem.

Her knee connected with the side of Rei's head with enough force behind it that most of the crowd watching went silent for a moment, Natasha wincing in sympathy as she knew that had to hurt. Rei collapsed onto her back leaving her facing the woman's head while she began to recover from the blow, though if she were to find a way to win this without both of them ending up being taken from the ring on stretchers it would have to be now while she had an opening.

Not wanting to give Rei the time to recover Natasha would step forward to pin down the woman's arms with her feet almost immediately after delivering her knee strike, reaching down to grab the woman's ankles and pull them into a vertical position. She would then jump up just enough so that she could lift up her legs and then come down to land on top of Rei's chest ass first, Natasha bending the girl's legs backward as she fell to stop her from kicking out with them while she pinned her down. Once completed the ref would begin the count.