Description: Sergio and Katelynn Molina face off in a match that proves that sometimes the best tactic is nonstop wailing on your opponent. (Winner: Sergio)
White Arena, one of the two arenas at the Masters Stadium. Owned by Ken Masters, the White Arena is known for its bright colors and atmosphere. A large crowd has gathered for tonight's event, which just so happens to be another part of the Neo League fights that are becoming more and more popular within the fighting circuit. In the center of the ring, a young man wearing a black tuxedo (contrasting, yes, but it works,) holds a microphone and says, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's Neo League match! First, introducing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Shotokan Queen herself, Katelynn Molina!"
At that, Katelynn jumps over the ropes into the ring and the spotlight hits her, at which point she takes a moment to do a formal bow to the crowd and then give a smile and a wave, before going over to her corner to stretch a little.
The spotlight gives Katelynn plenty of time to wave and smile to the crowd, even showing a few of her stretches before the announcer speaks up once more. "And second, hailing from Italy is the master of water himself, Sergio!" He really does make it a pain, what with having no known hometown or last name. A second spotlight flashes on and highlights Sergio, both hands raised in a wave to the crowd, a grin on his face. So much better than the last fight he had with Katelynn, which was on a snowcapped mountain. Brr!
After his introduction he slides between the ropes and gets up into the ring, rotating his shoulders and cracking his knuckles. "Let's see if I can pull another one off. One win can be luck, but two means skill!" As always he's eager to get started.
COMBATSYS: Katelynn has started a fight here.
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Katelynn 0/-------/-------|
"Skill and luck are, indeed, two different things, but if you use your skills properly, then good luck may result from it," Katelynn replies as she bows to her opponent. She remembers being taken out by Sergio in the last fight they were in, and she's intent on showing that luck can work both ways, as well as skill.
After the introductions are done, a young man wearing a referee's outfit walks into the center of the ring and looks at the two fighters. "OK, ready?" After getting acknowledgement, the referee signals for the bell to ring. With that, Katelynn slowly advances on Sergio, prepared for anything.
COMBATSYS: Katelynn focuses on her next action.
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Katelynn 0/-------/-------|
"Heh. So people make their own luck? I've heard it before, and I guess it makes sense." Maybe he should have used the term fluke instead. Ugh, she bowed to him. Well, Europeans don't bow but he might as well show her /some/ courtesy, and gives a clumsy short one of his own. When in Rome, right?
"Oh yea, I'm ready!" He responds eagerly to the ref, the bell ringing not long after. And then there's Katelynn making her slow advance. Huh. Well, screw it, he decides. He's not the type to play it safe so he wont. He drops into his brawling stance takes two steps forward and then pulls his fist back and slams it forward, aiming for the side of Katelynn's head with a heavy handed and water surrounding punch, "Hrng!"
COMBATSYS: Sergio has joined the fight here.
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Katelynn 0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0 Sergio
COMBATSYS: Katelynn blocks Sergio's Fierce Punch.
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Katelynn 0/-------/------=|-------\-------\0 Sergio
As Sergio's fist comes directly at Katelynn, she raises her arm to deflect the incoming blow away from her. The water doesn't faze her too much either. In fact, she's kind of used to seeing things like that from Sergio. With the first attack deflected, Katelynn moves in for a counterattack. She brings her left foot up and twists it sideways while aiming it at Sergio's stomach.
COMBATSYS: Sergio fails to interrupt Light Kick from Katelynn with Medium Throw.
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Katelynn 0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0 Sergio
Drawing his fist back once his strike is blocked Sergio waits for the counterstrike that's sure to come. Rather than a fist it's a foot she attacks with, aiming for his side. Rather than move to escape it or stop it with a limb he actually lets it hit, snatching out with his hand the moment it does to try and grab it in order to pull Katelynn off balance and then toss her down to the ground. No such luck, though, as she's too fast for him and he can't make the grab in time, essentially giving her a free hit. "Heh, not bad."
That was some good strategy on Sergio's part, but he was a bit off in his timing. As a result, Katelynn was guaranteed a free hit there, and she's not going to pass up the opportunity for a follow up attack.
"Think fast, here's another," Katelynn says as she brings her right fist swiftly towards Sergio's chest.
COMBATSYS: Sergio blocks Katelynn's Quick Punch.
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Katelynn 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio's all about risks, but there's no reason to make too many of them in a row. Katelenn moves to punch him in the chest and his left hand rushes up and intercepts the punch before impact, almost like a boxer checking a jab. "Fast enough for you?"
So far things are going alright, but they've also been pretty slow and boring. Nothing /really/ interesting has happened so far, so Sergio moves to change that. Rather than keeping up close he just takes a step or two back, reaching into his shirt at the same time and flinging a rope towards Katelynn. The rope spins around and is quickly enveloped in a vortex of water, spinning it to even greater speeds and keeping it right at the height of Katelynn's neck. "Your turn!"
COMBATSYS: Katelynn dodges Sergio's Whirlpool.
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Katelynn 0/-------/------=|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Another water effect, intent on washing Kateylnn away, right? Well, Katelynn jumps to the side and the whirlpool misses her completely. She shakes her head as she realizes just how close she came to being hit. But after that's done, she returns her focus to Sergio. She then backs up a little to give herself some space. Is she retreating?
Nope! She's throwing a forward kick while pushing forward with her other foot, and now flying directly at Sergio with a horizontal flying kick!
COMBATSYS: Sergio interrupts Missile Kick from Katelynn with Old Faithful.
- Power hit! -
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Katelynn 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
An aerial attack! Just the sort of thing that he has his good old standby for. Okay, so she's not really coming from above, but it's good enough! The flying kick comes towards him and his hand suddenly juts up in the air, an angled get of water suddenly bursting forward from the floor in front of his feet and hosing Katelynn down. It's not exceptionally powerful, but it's enough so that by the time she gets to him the impact is little more than a light tap. A grin forms on his face, and he waits for her to react.
That was totally unexpected, and Katelynn goes down onto the canvas, but the referee doesn't even have time to go over to her as she's back on her feet in a heartbeat. (No poetry remarks please!) She shakes the stars from her head and nods a little to Sergio. "Not bad, I think I may have underestimated you again." And with that she steps back a little to analyze the situation.
COMBATSYS: Katelynn focuses on her next action.
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Katelynn 0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
"Thanks." A grin to go along with it, "Lots of people do, s'don't worry about it. Just because I fight wild doesn't mean I don't use my head." ...that's a matter of opinion, for sure. She picks herself up, but for some reason doesn't come and attack him. Odd. Well, not everyone fights like he does. But if she's just going to stand around and do almost nothing he is too. While she wants to get a better bead on him, he just wants to take a quick break!
COMBATSYS: Sergio gains composure.
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Katelynn 0/-------/---====|-------\-------\0 Sergio
"Rest now while there's still time," Katelynn says as she watches her opponent take a moment to rest a little. "In a few moments, you won't even have time to think about resting." She cracks her knuckles a little and then brings her right fist back, focusing her chi into it, and then sends it flying at Sergio's stomach in the form of a bluish sphere.
COMBATSYS: Sergio blocks Katelynn's Energy Fist.
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Katelynn 0/-------/----===|=------\-------\0 Sergio
"Thanks. I will." Sergio does indeed take his time to get himself back into order. Soon enough there's a blue ball of concussive chi heading straight for him, and he raises his arms and crosses them over one another, the ball hitting them and brushing him back about a step, shoes sliding across the ring's floor. Time to get back at it! Dropping his arms, Sergio takes a few steps forward and then suddenly speeds up, rushing towards Katelynn and lowering his shoulder and holding his arms out. A wave of water forms behind him and rushes quickly to catch him, the force of it speeding him up as he leaps forward for a rather silly flying tackle.
COMBATSYS: Katelynn fails to counter Strong Throw from Sergio with Palm Blaster.
- Power fail! -
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Katelynn 0/-------/-======|=------\-------\0 Sergio
As Sergio attempts to tackle Katelynn, the karate fighter attempts to twist to the side and deliver a swift chi-enhanced palm thrust to the stomach. But her timing is off, albeit by just a tiny bit, but off nonetheless. She finds herself being sent to the canvas rather hard. The referee reaches two before Katelynn is back on her feet. She's a little dazed from that last one.
A hard, solid hit! Not wanting any more accusations to come up about him, the Italian quickly rolls off of Katelynn and moves into a crouch. The fact that he doesn't get to his feet might be surprising, but there's a reason for it! He's going to wait until his opponent begins to get up, or otherwise raises her head, before launching into a powerful jumping uppercut, his right fist flying upward as he twists in the air, water streaming out behind his fist and leaving a corkscrew of water in the air. "Water Dragon Punch!"
COMBATSYS: Katelynn fails to counter Strong Kick from Sergio with Palm Blaster.
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Katelynn 1/------=/=======|==-----\-------\0 Sergio
Again the incoming attack is supposed to be countered by a Palm Blaster, and again it backfires. Katelynn's hurting pretty badly...
When things are working, Sergio isn't the type to stop. From the looks of it he's got Katelynn on the ropes! While a kinder, perhaps more noble fighter would hold off Sergio does not. Once he lands from the incredible uppercut he drops down low and sends a hard sweeping kick across the floor, trying to kick Katelynn while she's down, or her feet out from under her if she starts to get back up, water streaming out behind his foot just like the his 'water dragon punch'.
COMBATSYS: Katelynn blocks Sergio's Fierce Punch.
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Katelynn 1/-----==/=======|===----\-------\0 Sergio
Somehow, Katelynn manages to keep herself in a defensive position and raises her guard to deflect the incoming attack. She steps backwards, trying to remain alert. After a moment of thinking things over, she takes a moment to close her eyes and focus some of her chi into helping her regain some lost strength.
COMBATSYS: Katelynn gains composure.
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Katelynn 1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0 Sergio
Sergio's kick ends up getting deflected backwards, but for some reason he is just plain not relenting until something happens that forces him to stop. If she wants to sit back and recover she can, but that's not going to stop him from whirling around in a roundhouse kick and trying to smash her in the side of the head with his foot, the water this time a simple sphere around it. "KYAH!"
COMBATSYS: Katelynn fails to interrupt Strong Kick from Sergio with Energy Fist.
-* CRITICAL FAIL! *-
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Sergio 0/-------/---====|
COMBATSYS: Katelynn can no longer fight.
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Sergio 0/-------/---====|
Katelynn sees the kick coming at her and brings a fist back to charge up another Energy Fist, but it was a bad choice, as the kick hits her hard. Very hard. In fact so hard she lets out a loud cry as she drops to the canvas. The referee almost immediately runs over to look at the downed fighter before signalling for the match to be stopped.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the referee has stopped this match. The winner by knockout is Sergio!" The announcer broadcasts. A mixture of cheering and booing can be heard. For now, Katelynn is barely even conscious after that massive failure.
Sometimes a fight is all about skill, sometimes it's all about luck, and sometimes it's all about keeping the pressure on. This victory was likely another win based solely on luck for Sergio, but he'll take it! After the roundhouse completes his foot comes down and he's ready to strike out with some other overpowered blow, but Katelynn's down on the ground, and not getting up. The referee comes over, and the match is done.
"Oh, wow. Looks like I did it!" He grins to the crowd and raises his fists in the air like he did before. Their either going to love him or hate him for this.
Log created on 23:21:51 12/05/2007 by Sergio, and last modified on 11:00:56 12/08/2007.