Belinda Northman vs Cicilia De'Reignhardt

Because she was watching Belinda's free leg, she was able to bring her other arm down to defend herself, a palm shooting out to catch the Swede's knee and keep it from impacting with her gut! However, she wasn't quite able to get enough of a grip to hold it, the woman's foot shooting back down quicker than gravity itself could take hold! That was... impressive...? Truly not a strong enough word to express the awe Cicilia had for her speed and yet, even then Belinda wasn't yet done with her showy offense!

In less than an instant, Belinda was on her... literally, latching onto her waist with her free leg and tucking her neck under her arm as she locked her in a Guillotine hold! Cicilia's eyes widened as she stumbled forward a step, the swede doing her best to control the boxer's head to bring her down to the ground with her weight and strength!

...But Cicilia would not fall... She instead lowered her stance and centered her gravity, clutching onto Belinda's back tightly as she struggled to stay up on her feet, her eyes clenched shut in pure effort!

"RRRRGH...." She growled... If she could just stay up on her feet... She could abuse this hold... She was within her grasp, now all she needed to do was lock it in!

"...You... got to try harder...." Cicilia struggled, her immense strength resisting Belinda's control! "...than THAT!" It was like trying to wrangle in an Elephant or a Rhino with nothing more than a rope! Possible... but god-awfully hard! Cicilia peeked open one eye, staring at the turnbuckle off in the distance... she knew what she had to do...

Pulling Cicilia into that Guillotine choke hold as the raven haired woman had to place herself in a wider stance to keep them upright. She was surprised that Cicilia didn't fall down, but she shouldn't have been. From what she had seen of Cicilia so far the German was both strong and stubborn, at least as much as Ouka so that was no surprise.

The Swede would narrow her eyes as she would tighten her two holds! Squeezing up tighter on the waistline of the beautiful boxer, squeezing with those legs of hers as her right arm would tighten around that head! She would aim to choke Cicilia out as much as she could, leaning backwards as she aimed to try and bring the woman down!

"Oh?! Don't you worry about that!" Belinda let out as she would pull down on that head further and further, to try and drive Cicilia down onto her knees and break her down piece by piece, trying to get her down and then make sure to squeeze out whatever resistance that she could and weaken Cicilia as much as possible!

"Gggggh!" She choked as Belinda only tightened her grip and lowered her weight, pulling on the boxer harder in a determined attempt to bring Cicilia to the ground! She stumbled... almost fell even... But she caught herself with one mighty stomp ahead of her... a stomp that SHOOK the canvas beneath her... probably most likely nearly putting her foot through it! T'was likely it had taken more energy to stay upright FIGHTING Belinda than it would've to actually escape the hold but FUCK doing things the boring, easy way! She was determined to CRUSH her opponent with her overwhelming power and that meant it couldn't buckle to anyone!

...That being said, just because it wouldn't fall to a person, didn't mean it wouldn't fall to a lack of AIR! Top that off with the energy it took to stand up-right and Cicilia didn't have much time before her mind would start to swim! She had to make a run for it... and she knew just where to run too!

"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She roared, charging STRAIGHT for the turnbuckle ahead of her, every bit of focus she had going into keeping herself balanced and upright! If she managed to make it there, Cicilia would SLAM Belinda into the turnbuckle at FULL SPEED, CRUSHING her spine between the boxer's shoulder and the padded metal bar of the of the ring's corner!

...Hopefully, it would be enough for the Swede to drop her grip entirely... Cicilia was running short on air over here!

Belinda had to admit that Cicilia was a tough one, she wasn't looking as if she was going to drop any time soon, but as long as she could keep weakening Cicilia that was all she could hope for and with the way that Cicilia was fighting against this hold that would without a doubt be what happened, weakening of the German Boxer.

Hearing the loud roar of Cicilia, Belinda would lock over her shoulder seeing where they were headed, the blond would brace...knowing this was going to hurt she felt herself being crushed against the corner! Squashed between Cicilia's frame and the turnbuckles padding. The blond groaned, winced....but she didn't release her holds!

She had a momentary weakening in them, before she used the pain to fuel her! Trying to tighten both her choke hold and her waist lock! Trying to bring Cicilia down onto her knees! " F-fall already!" Belinda let out as she winced through the pain in her back, as she sought to bring her foe down.

*BAAAMMM!*

Cicilia PLOWED into the corner like she was a runaway train, slamming the champion between her and the corner with such strength, it would've buckled ANYONE!

...Well... Anyone that was even a tiny bit less stubborn than Cicilia herself! Considering that Belinda went toe-to-toe with Ouka all the time and almost always fought completely evenly with her, there was little wonder why she was able to stand up to such a blow... and yet, here Cicilia was shocked and appalled that her attack didn't do enough to stun the Swede! In fact... she could almost feel her grip grow ever tighter...

Upon command, the German's leg wobbled and fell, the boxer collapsing to one knee as she pulled and tugged at the arm around her neck, her fingers biting into the blonde's arm as she attempted to get some leverage!

"Gggh.... uuugh..." She groaned, her burning eyes fluttering with weakness, the lack of air in her lungs preventing her fires from burning! Fuel and heat were most prevalent... but without air? She couldn't burn a fire worth anything! Slowly, Cicilia began to fold over, her legs giving out underneath her as she fell forward, right into the completely hold Belinda had been attempting!

EVEN STILL, she fought against the lock around her neck, reaching out blindly for the ropes they were ever so close to now! Even without a minute of flailing, the boxer's fingers slapped against the lowest one's face and a half-second later, wrapped around them in a tight... but failing hold!

"R....ro.....pe.... B-b...rea....k!" Cicilia heaved!

The Ref was utterly stunned... stunned by Cicilia's thuggish strength, stunned by Belinda's determination, stunned by the match between the two! It actually took her a moment before she RAN to their side, DEMANDING she let go of the Juggernaut lest she be eliminated by disqualification!

1! She counted, uncurling a finger abruptly! 2!

Belinda's tight hold brought Cicilia down onto her knees and with it the blond would squeeze tighter and tighter with each passing second looking to break Cicilia now that she had her stuck in the guillotine choke hold. She would continue to drain out the air the German Boxer....

Then suddenly she heard the heaved out words of Cicilia, she had managed to grab onto the ropes and with it the Swede would quickly release. The second count just managed to hit until she was completely off of Cecilia. Slipping out from under the woman as she would try and get out of the corner.

The blond would back up a pit, panting out as she would raise her arms. Belinda would bring herself lower and place herself in a grappling stance. Honoring the rope break like usual, she would give Cicilia the chance she needed to get back into the match. "Phew...come on Cicilia, get up! We aren't done yet."

Cicilia was quite thankful that Belinda honored their breakup readily and immediately, the Swedish champion weaving herself off the boxer and moving herself just opposite of the corner, free of it's insidious confinement. The Ref didn't even get past "1" before the boxer was freed, Cicilia GASPING for air as she forced herself back up to one knee! Normally, such confinement would've made the boxer mad... but even after nearly being choked out, Cicilia couldn't help but feel invigorated!

This was an exciting fight! It was like one of the matches from one of her favorite animes, the two powerful warriors going back and forth until one of them fell to the other! Belinda would even be so generous as to give Cicilia a chance to get back on her feet, encouraging her by informing the boxer than there was still more to come! She only smiled back at her opponent, as genuinely as ever, pushing herself back up to her full height!

"Heh... Heh... Of course...!" She agreed, her chest rising and falling heavily, fresh-airflow cooling her down and blowing away the clouds in her mind. "I'm not done yet either, Belinda! Get ready... because the true fight starts now!"

The German lowered herself into her wrestling stance herself, the two women squaring off a few feet apart. The Boxer would be the first to approach this time, offering her hand out to Belinda so that the two of them could lock up like they were meant to at the start! Silently, Cicilia regretted that she hadn't taken her offer the first time... She hadn't slowed down, savored the moment... Perhaps Belinda would offer her that chance again here?

Should she take Cicilia's hand, intertwining their fingers, The Juggernaut would offer her other hand out so that they may lock-up in a test of strength, to truly see which of them were the strongest!

Belinda would watch as Cicilia started to move up towards her feet, she watched the German lower herself into a wrestling stance next. Belinda did the same as she would gesture for Cicilia to come at her. It seemed as if the German wanted to start to real fight now...which Belinda wasn't sure what she meant by that, it had clearly already started!

She watched as Cicilia started to move up and offer that lock up....Belinda was a bit wary of that right now, while she had no doubt she could probably hold her own against Cicilia for a while...she had not intentions of trying that out!

Looking to step forward, moving her hand out as if she was about to accept it. Their first set of hands locking together as the other arm of Cicilia would rise up once it was up and Belinda was about to offer her own hand again, the Swede would kick up! Trying to slam into Cicilia's abs for a front kick and hopefully double her over and leave her breathless for a moment!

Should that work, Belinda would quickly try and go for a bit of a highflying affair. Jumping up from a stand she would try and snap her legs around that head of Cicilia and suddenly yank her down and over, off her feet as she tried to drive Cicilia shoulder blades first into the canvas with a hurricanrana! Trying to land on top of Cicilia, seated on those shoulders and go for a pin!

...Yeah, she thought she would. Belinda didn't seem interested in Cicilia trying to rekindle what could've been at the start. She tried once before and that didn't go over too well... How likely was it that Belinda would take her offer a second time? The German was suspicious of Belinda's ulterior motives, that she would attempt to exploit the vulnerability of her upper body...

It seemed her suspicions were proven correct, even though the swede dared to lock hands with the juggernaut! Watching her legs carefully, the boxer had spotted her kick before it had even fully came up, barely able to bring down her free hand in time to CATCH Belinda's boot before it fully connected with her abs! To be honest, she was a little disappointed... It would've been fun testing her strength against a champion... but she supposed she spent that card early with her actions.

*Sigh* Lost opportunities were lost.

Grunting softly, Cicilia would quickly wrench Belinda's leg to the side, intent on spinning Belinda around on her free foot, all the while the German ripping her hand free of the blonde's insincere grip! Should she manage to do so, the boxer's arm's would lash out, pulling Belinda against her in a headlock, her arms tightening around her neck like an anaconda with it's prey! With a sharp JERK, she would attempt to throw them both to the mat with Cicilia on the bottom, her legs wrapping tightly around the swede's waist with the addition of a scissor hold! While it was not at all as strong as it could've been alone... at least this position would make it REAL hard for her opponent to fight back.

Every second she held Belinda like this, her grip would slowly tighten... If her opponent wished to save herself... she had better move fast!

Belinda was caught off guard by the reflexes of the boxer as she just managed to snag her leg, powering through her kick to that side of hers with sheer willpower alone and then grabbed a hold of her leg. Eyes widened when she felt her leg being dragged and she was thrown down onto her back, on the canvas. Cicilia wasn't far behind though, joining her down there as she took a hold of the blond's head and locked her up into a side headlock!

Trapping her head firmly underneath that armpit of the German, as the blond would quickly struggle. Her free hand would move up to grab at that arm, aiming to try and pull it off of her and find a way free. Her other hand would move up to Cicilia's shoulder, trying to push the woman away, with the raven haired fighter on her like this and those legs of hers soon snapping around her waist, things were becoming worse and worse for the young Northman by the second.