Women’s Martial Arts Championship

Lauren_Russo:

Fighting_with_Caroline: !set body 40
@Fighting_with_Caroline's BODY is set to 40 / 40

Fighting_with_Caroline: !set head 30
@Fighting_with_Caroline's HEAD is set to 30 / 30

jazzyher35: !set body 30
@jazzyher35's BODY is set to 30 / 30

jazzyher35: !set head 25
@jazzyher35's HEAD is set to 25 / 25

jazzyher35: Tails

Fighting_with_Caroline: !flip
Flip the coin.... heads!

Fighting_with_Caroline: I’ve already taken two big wins in my short time in WMAC, but those were basically just warm up compared to today’s match… the first round of the inaugural tournament! I’m a little nervous, but I’m mostly confident. This tournament is seeded, and I’m the 1 seed, on paper, I’m the best fighter here, taking on an unranked opponent. You never know when someone hasn’t fought before though… they could be a hidden gem. I don’t worry about that, entering the scenic gym room we’re fighting in today… as the seeded fighter, I get to host… leaving behind sunny Miami and bringing my prey home to Boston. Other than that though, nothing has changed. My still clean white sports bra, black trunks, and white and black gloves adorn me as I walk out onto my home ring and start warming up… focused, determined.

jazzyher35: Being the unranked fighter adds a sort of burden on my shoulders as I'm matched up against the first seed. I shake my head a refocus myself. I was excited to be apart of my first ever tournament ever. I make my way into your home gym and catch a quick glimpse of you. I make my way to the dressing room you told me to change in. I quickly get dressed, and slip on a red sports bra, red and black venum trunks. I then grab my gloves and my mouth piece out of my gym bad and step out of the locker room. I make my way towards the ring and hop onto the apron. I slip between the ropes and make my way to my corner. I slip on my gloves adjusting the velcro with my teeth. I push my mouth guard in and begin to get focused. I bounce lightly on the balls of my feet light tapping my gloves together.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I smile as you approach the ring… a total mystery to me. I give you a knowing nod as you start to warm up, giving you a fair amount of time to get ready, cause I’m not gonna give you a second once we start swinging! Finally, I ask across the ring. “Ready?” And when you are, I call for the bell! *DING DING* I’m going kickboxing for the entirety of this tournament, and I know you are too… which makes this fight fairly straightforward, but not easy. I close the distance fairly quickly, wanting to take ring control early… but I didn’t get too close, instead stopping a little early to see if you did your homework. I raise my right leg off the canvas and target your hips with a solid side kick! I use my forwards momentum as I dropped my leg back to the ground and stepped forwards on my left foot, sending a fast left jab to your nose, opening as I usually do in the hopes that I would put you on the back foot for the rest of the fight!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !kick body
My kick connected and did ⚄ 5 + ⚀ 1 = 6 damage. BODY down to 24.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick head
My quick move connected and did ☒ 1 + ☒ 1 = 2 damage. HEAD down to 23.

jazzyher35: "Mmph!" Your kick to my body catches me slightly causing me to stagger to the side. "Ngh!" Your glove slips past my guard allowing you to connect both shots. I bite down on my mouth piece as this wasn't going to be at all easier for me. I slowly inch towards you emphasizing defense. I then try to get in there with a blow to your gut trying to send you reeling backwards. I then follow it up with a hard kick to your face trying to catch you in a daze. "I'm ready for you this time!"

jazzyher35: !punch body
My punch connected and did ⚅ 6 + ⚁ 2 = 8 damage. BODY down to 32.

jazzyher35: !kick head
My kick connected and did ⚃ 4 + ⚅ 6 = 10 damage. HEAD down to 20.

Fighting_with_Caroline: When I see my combo land on you I become even more confident, the glare on my face turning into a slight smile as you slowly looked to come back into the fight, carefully emphasizing defense until… “Unghhh!” I groan out, struck hard in the stomach as your glove found an open g quickly, forcing me to bend over in pain… which set me up for your following kick right into my lowered face! “Anghhhhh!” I screamed out in pain, staggering back a few steps as I held my face in shame! I had underestimated you, and you put me in my place with one swift motion! My chest started to heave much faster now… this fight got very real very quickly! I tried not to panic though, hoping to use the distance I created between us to my advantage, pumping out another hard side kick, this time to the left side of your ribs as I looked to work over your body… before I tried to once again close the distance, and shove a fast jab into your solar plexus to knock the wind out of you, and buy me some more time to recover from your combo!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !kick body
My kick missed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move failed.

jazzyher35: I'm feeling slightly more confident rather than the nerves that took over in the beginning. My eyes widen as I notice you throw your kick to my body. I immediately hop backwards avoiding any punishment to my gut. I see your jab miss, but I noticed where you were aiming. I slowly close the gap and try to find a way back in. Just to feel things out, I start out with a quick jab to your face trying to test out your guard. To follow up with that I try to throw a kick to your solar plexus trying to hear the sweet sound of air leaving your lungs. Sweat begins to trickle down my forehead as the ringlights highlight the scene. I slightly part my lips to breathe in through my mouth.

jazzyher35: !quick head
My quick move connected and did ☒ 3 + ☒ 1 = 4 damage. HEAD down to 16.

jazzyher35: !kick body
My kick missed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: The nerves really settle in when you effortlessly avoid my attempts to get back at you… my attempts having done nothing at all! I’m unsettled as you take advantage of my failure, not able to get my guard up in time as… “Unghhh!” My sore face is struck again my a fast jab that broke me right down! My head rolls back as sweat flies off of it! Luckily, in my retreat from you I back up far enough to see your kick coming, dropping my guard as I block the powerful kick, and avoid a total catastrophe! Even though I’m hurt, I know for a fact it’s now or never as you’re still recovering your position… so I try to strike, jabbing out first with a right jab at your sternum to try to make you take an awkward breath before I really go for it, sending a harsh left hook at your liver! It’s a risky shot, but I need to try to find some ground in this fight!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move connected and did ☒ 3 + ☒ 3 = 6 damage. BODY down to 18.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch body
My punch missed.

jazzyher35: "Ghuh!" As my lips were parted you could hear a feint sound of air leaing my lungs. I slightly wince at the pain, but push past it. I refocus and realize your working over my body as I work over your head. I try to continue applying more pressure wanting to see how you take it. I go for a quick double jab to see if either of them makes it past your guard and adds more damage to that pretty face. I use my lead foot to take two swift steps forward and rotate my hips to follow the jabs to add slightly more power than the last. "Huff..huff..."

jazzyher35: !quick head
My quick move connected and did ☒ 3 + ☒ 2 = 5 damage. HEAD down to 11.

jazzyher35: !quick head
My quick move failed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: You step in fast… and your fist lands! “Unghhh!” I groan out, my face popping back again as you give me all I can handle! I’m forced to retreat yet another step, the ropes looming large behind me now as I take exhausted breaths… my head is pounding now as a result of your repeated punishment, but I can’t do anything besides bring my guard up to block the second one, doing so successfully! My breathing is been sharper now though as you threateningly loom over me! I just try to keep it together, jabbing out with my right down at your stomach as I try to convince you I’m only going for your body… before I wind up as hard of a left hook as I can, trying to slam it into your chin!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move failed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch head
My punch missed.

jazzyher35: I try to continue taking it to your head I press you further and further back. The ring starting to feel larger than what it seems as we exchange. I quickly evade the shot at my body as I sidestep it. I see you slightly wind up your hook to my chin, so I duck underneath it and try to dish out on of my own seeing as yours whisps past my head. I go for a right overhand cross to your jaw trying to get you back for yours. I then further try to press you throwing a simple front kick to your gut to push you onto the ropes

jazzyher35: !punch head
My punch missed.

jazzyher35: !kick body
My kick connected and did ⚀ 1 + ⚄ 5 = 6 damage. BODY down to 26.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I’m forced to stand in stunned silence as you dodge my fists effortlessly again! Showing me the same level of destruction I showed my opponents before you… a white belt on your hips, but a totally dominant fighter in front of me. You show me little mercy, quickly throwing a big cross of my own that I’m forced to duck, feeling the woosh of wind go by my head, the force of the strike palpable even if it didn’t rearrange my face this time! As I started to stand up again, your foot came up… and knocked me back fully into the ropes! “Unghh!” I groan out, bent over at the hip slightly again as I found myself in a really bad spot! I knew you’d be closing the distance quickly, so I got ready to start punching again, knowing I had to fight my way out of this! I started with a right jab for your sternum again… hoping that’s all it would take to get you vulnerable… as I tried to raise my right leg and side kick you in the ribs again, my head scrambled as I fell back on my old strategies!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move connected and did ☒ 2 + ☒ 1 = 3 damage. BODY down to 15.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !kick body
My kick connected and did ⚂ 3 + ⚃ 4 = 7 damage. BODY down to 8.

jazzyher35: *Shit.* My newfound confidence goes straight out the window as I believed I had you where I wanted you. As both your attacks connect to my body I reel backwards on my heels slightly feeling fatigue. The sound of air leaving my lungs fills the empty ring as I take a few steps back trying to gain traction. Sweat all over my body now as I have no response. I try to recover to gain back some of what I lost. However I keep my distance and my gloves up recovering.

jazzyher35: !recover
You recover ⚂ 3 + ⚃ 4 = 7 damage. BODY up to 15.

Fighting_with_Caroline: Finally, finally you fuck off! I’m nearly gasping for air against the ropes, but I’ve succeeded in getting you off my case, watching as you covered up and took a breather, your body probably exhausted from the shots I’ve pumped at you. I’ll admit, I don’t want to chase you down here, but I can’t just let the fight get back to the state it was in before, so I take up the role of the aggressor, and try to find a way to force you back further! It’s tough to pick at you with your guard up like this, but I try to find a way, jabbing out for your left eye with my right glove, hoping to bring your guard up before I try to power home my real effort! A strong left uppercut into your navel… I wanted to see sweat fly from that beautiful body!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick head
My quick move connected and did ☒ 1 + ☒ 1 = 2 damage. HEAD down to 21.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch body
My punch missed.

jazzyher35: As your jab makes contact it doesn't do much. I continue to take steps back somewhere near the middle of the ring just keeping a small distance, but eager to throw a knockout punch if shown the opportunity. I play it safe as I watch your shot to my body miss. I take yet another step back slightly out of the center. I'm hopping on my feet still keeping my defense mainly trying to guard my gut more than anything as I feel it now. I go for recovery rather than anything crazy yet.

jazzyher35: !recover
You recover ⚅ 6 + ⚂ 3 = 9 damage. BODY up to 24.

Fighting_with_Caroline: My attack comes at you quickly... but it does almost nothing... barely scraping your head as you back up even further... but stay out of the action, not exhausting yourself in the slightest! I grit my teeth together as frustration shows on my face! I can't figure out how to unlock you... and I'm wearing myself down in the process! I take steps in line with yours, leaving you as little room as possible to hopefully at the very least keep you nervous about what I can do to you... but you're covering your gut up well. Annoyed, I send a right jab to your ribs, hoping to work around the body guard as I desperately try to tire you out again... I follow that up with something a little harder, a left hook aimed right under your bottom rib, hoping that your iron guard breaks to show me a path in!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move connected and did ☒ 1 + ☒ 3 = 4 damage. BODY down to 20.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch body
My punch connected and did ⚅ 6 + ⚀ 1 = 7 damage. BODY down to 13.

jazzyher35: As you continue applying pressure, I decide to pull something out. As your glove remains into my body, I go for a risky move. I push past it biting deep into my mouth piece as a sweat mist flies off my back showing how much damage it did. I come back with a nasty hook headed straight for your chin trying to throw something for myself rather than just recovering. "Grr.."

jazzyher35: !punch head
My punch connected and did ⚄ 5 + ⚀ 1 = 6 damage. HEAD down to 5.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I thought I had the run of the place now... but you were committed to not allowing that! Even as I busted up your guard, and left you gasping for air, you defended yourself in an entirely different manner, no longer covering up, but instead letting your fist fly out for my chin... and connecting! "Hunghh!" I groaned out, staggered on my feet for a second as I shook it off... my head even heavier on my shoulders now... I hadn't taken a hit in so long, I'd forgotten how bad of a spot I was in. I tried to press through, but I knew I needed to take a breather... so I did just that, copying you with my guard as I backed away, giving myself a moment to heal...

Fighting_with_Caroline: !recover head
You recover ⚀ 1 + ⚂ 3 = 4 damage. HEAD up to 9.

jazzyher35: As you go for a recovery, I keep my gloves still protecting myself not wanting to let anything strike me. As I notice you slightly keeping your distance and recovering, I chase you down seeing as you are hurt. You don't know where you are. I twist my hips going for a brutal kick in hopes to gain an upperhand. I stand on my left leg, point my toes towards the canvas and raise it as it heads straight for that head of yours. My knee slightly bent so add more and more to the firepower it should have. "Take this!!"

jazzyher35: !kick head
My kick missed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I think you may have slightly overestimated just how weak I am... but I HATED this position... being chased down by you was difficult to manage on its own, but my shaky breathing wasn't helping... still, when you went for an audacious kick, I knew I had a chance to punish... and I needed to act! I ducked beneath your kick getting my whole body involved as everything I had dropped... then, trying to move in one swift motion, raised my right glove up rapidly, attempting to slam it into your navel in a harsh right uppercut with all the power I could muster! Then, I swing my left glove forwards in a harsh straight attempt for your solar plexus, hoping to connect with a big 1-2 that cripples you!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch body
My punch connected and did ⚅ 6 + ⚁ 2 = 8 damage. BODY down to 5.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch body
My punch missed.

jazzyher35: "ugh...." I groan loudly as it fills the empty room. I cover up just in time as your second punch smacks against my gloves. I hop back and take a moment to recover not wanting to go down. I was eager to take you down, but I needed the perfect moment. Both gloves covered in each other's sweat. I stand nearby the ropes behind me, and sink into my hips. I barely peak above my gloves watching your next moves. A slight panic settles in, but I maintain composure

jazzyher35: !recover
You recover ⚁ 2 + ⚀ 1 = 3 damage. BODY up to 8.

Fighting_with_Caroline: You turtle up after taking that blow! I can hardly say I blame ya... but I'm starting to tire of working through this guard... but I have to accept that you're just that tough to break down! With a shake of my head, I press on, giving chase to you once more as you settle in against the ropes, making your bed... now to force you to lie in it! I try to mask my intentions... but I also know that you can't guard everything, especially not everything on that banged up body... so I go fairly high again, targeting your sternum with a left jab in the hopes that your guard would drop... so that I could fire a right jab into your navel!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move failed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move connected and did ☒ 1 + ☒ 1 = 2 damage. BODY down to 6.

jazzyher35: As your first jab whisps past my body, I cover up expecting the blow to connect, but it slips right off my skin. Just as I thought you couldn't land another, I am wrong as... "Ngh!" It doesn't sting too bad, but definitely does sting. My already bruise up body takes a beating as you continue to target it. In one final attempt, I put everything into this kick as we are nearing an end. I once again twist my hips and point my toes down to add more firepower and thrust forward praying it catches that face of yours.

jazzyher35: !kick head
My kick connected and did ⚀ 1 + ⚂ 3 = 4 damage. HEAD down to 5.

Fighting_with_Caroline: Your kick does land... but my face is too resilient! Or, more likely, I caught the kick a little late... either way, it fucking hurts! "Nghhh!" I groan out, bloody spittle and sweat flying to coat the canvas as I stumble to the side, even more ragged than before... you can see the clear shaking in my legs now... but I did NOT come to this ring to get finished off and trashed by a white belt... no matter how good she is... and that willpower keeps me on my feet! It's tacky, desperate, and a little embarrassing... but not illegal, so I fire my left jab out quickly at your right boob, knowing you wouldn't be watching them... given I hadn't targeted them to this point at all! After that, I would wrap my leg around yours and try to get a quick roundhouse kick in at the back of your knee, hoping to force you to the ground... and hoping that you were too tired to get back up again!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move connected and did ☒ 3 + ☒ 2 = 5 damage. BODY down to 1.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move failed.

jazzyher35: I sustain the hit to my body feeling like the world is crashing down on me. My torso is bruised and feeling horrible. After a long grueling match this has been. In one final and desperate attempt, I go for another kick to your head trying to close things out and praying you wouldn't get back up. I stand on my right leg this time, and use my left leg to bash your face in and end it all in one kick. I point all five toes down and let my foot fly straight towards your face praying it connects.

jazzyher35: !kick head
My kick missed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I'm utterly stunned as I find myself kicking at nothing... even in this state you were just fast enough to avoid that... and I see you firing up again... I'm supposed to be the confused one... but you're acting like it's the world cup final in here! I should be nervous, I'm in tremendous pain... but I already knew that this was over the second I saw those hips move, I'm ready... and I try to prove it, ducking down under the high kick as I feel it fly over my head... I look up at you with a smile on my face... but I don't rise immediately... waiting just a second until your navel spins back around again... and I plant two fast jabs, one after the other right into it... surely now that body has had enough...

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move failed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move failed.

jazzyher35: My eyes widen as you throw two jabs at my body. I cover up just in the knick of time. Both of your jabs make contact with my elbows as they absorb the impact. I stagger back from the shots, and for one final shot, I go for the same exact head kick. I know I missed with my left so I return back to my right letting my foot fly once again. The nailpolish reflecting off the room lights as I'm praying that this ends the match up

jazzyher35: !kick head
My kick missed.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I'm in utter shock as you lower your guard again... and again I hit nothing! You're in the ropes, breathing heavy... yet I'm afforded nothing! Worst of all... you're getting ready for another kick to the head, clearly desperate to finish me off in style... or something has gone seriously wrong in both of your arms... either way, you already fooled me once, and I'm not letting that happen on the third occasion! I duck down under it again, continuing our elaborate capoeira routine... though I don't bother going for the fast jabs this time, instead getting back to my feet before I throw my left jab out for your sternum again... hoping you wouldn't be defending it or something... before finally, desperate to finish this... I wind up my right fist as hard as I can... and just release it into your navel at full strength... I'm done fucking around!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !quick body
My quick move connected and did ☒ 1 + ☒ 1 = 2 damage. BODY down to -1.

Fighting_with_Caroline: !punch body
My punch missed.

jazzyher35: "UGH!" I grunt as my eyes widen up from shock. I double over according to your glove as it sinks straight into my body. My feet give out as I am purely being held up by your glove. My mouth piece hanging on by my front teeth. My spine showing through the skin on my back as its so deep into my gut. Sweat and saliva dripping onto the canvas

Fighting_with_Caroline: I pull my glove back out and watch as you fall to the canvas! I immediately sink my gloves onto my knees, practically panting at this point as sweat drips down my swelling face... I can hardly believe what I just went through... with such an unassuming opponent... but I was right to question my confidence at the start... even though I had two major wins under my yellow belt before this one, I didn't know what to expect from you, and I very nearly got more than I could handle... I wait to see if you get back up, but I'm not seeing much in that direction from you...

jazzyher35: I sink into the canvas holding my gut and bringing my knees to my stomach. I twist and turn side to side and close my eyes as the pain is too much to bare. The sweat pouring off my body and seeping into the canvas as I remain knocked out from your punch to my gut. A big large purple bruise mark left shown where you hit me. "You got me! You got me!"

jazzyher35: !reset
@jazzyher35's power bars are reset.

Fighting_with_Caroline: I see you writhing in pain on the canvas... and I know this thing is over over. With a smile on my face, I bow in your direction... but I know this was much closer than it should've been, walking out of the ring a serious mess... still a little wobbly on my feet, but I'll continue in the tournament, I've made the semi finals... and I fully intend on going all the way, despite my struggles in this one, exiting the building altogether as I leave you to lick your own wounds on the canvas!

Fighting_with_Caroline: !reset
@Fighting_with_Caroline's power bars are reset.

Fighting_with_Caroline: (END)

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