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Old school wrestling tournament...

A professional wrestling tournament, old school style and similar rules, with a few additional stipulations...

No closed fists. No kicks, nor punches, pretty much minimal striking full stop. Drop kicks are ok, as are clotheslines and shoulder blocks. If your opponent is down however, leg drops, knee drops, and elbow drops are all approved. Throws, slams, suplexes, pile drivers and any other way you want to give gravity an assist against your opponent is also allowed, but...

Victory is by submission or sleeper hold only. Pin falls don't count. Unless your opponent gets disqualified, the only way to win is to make them tap or nap. So here we have a group of grapplers that all know multiple ways to make that happen, but each has their unique traits. From left to right...

Gwen

The powerhouse of this group. An accomplished grappler and brawler, the no striking stipulation is a bit of a disadvantage for her. Despite all the other ways she knows how to make you, she does have a preference for simply getting her arms around you. Gwen has been known to break ribs and spines.

Hinako

A rounded and elite MMA and shoot style fighter, possibly our tournament favourite? A lethal striker, one of her most dangerous weapons has been removed, but if you make a single mistake, so is your foot or your leg.

Kyong

A black belt judoka, these rules favour Kyong relative to most of the other wrestlers here. Expect to see the other grapplers bouncing off the mats as Kyong forcefully assists the effects of gravity. Be careful if she isolates one of your arms, or your neck. Rumour is she's been working her leg locks recently also...

Lien Hua

Possibly our second favourite? Under normal circumstances is a solid challenge for Hinako no matter what the fighting style, but... If any of these wrestlers was likely to risk a DQ, Lien Hua is one of them. She also likes using nerve techniques when she chases the submission. Are you really at risk of injury, or is it just that the pain is becoming unbearable?

Raven

Similar to Kyong, Raven is not a striker and these rules benefit her. Her style is more strict BJJ, so not as skilled with throws and slams. If she gets top position against you on the ground though, she has been known to smother her opponents into submission.

Teah

An aerialist and high flier, when Teah attacks using a cross body, drop kick, elbow drop, knee drop, or splash... Well if she gets the chance, that's going to be connecting from the top rope.

Freya (aka the Valkyrie)

Another high flier, Freya wants the audience reaction. The louder and the angrier the better. Expect several warnings, four counts, late releases, and another high risk of DQ.

Vixen

These are some deep, dark, and cold waters for Vixen. The idea of the challenge is too much to refuse though.

Lilith likes to survey her club members and audience attendees, what kind of wrestling shows do they like?

Turns out there's a lot of calling for old school matches, suits, boots. That and submissions more so than pinfalls.

The call goes out, Teah is one of the immediate volunteers. Time to try out the apparel. This first suit is a bit more modest at the back, but very flattering in the front. The second suit is much less modest at the back, but still pretty flattering up front.

I'm really having quite a bit of fun with this light setup. The shadows it casts and the way it puts a very literal spotlight on the subject, who, in this case, is Dani. Now if there's one grappler in my roster that knows how to make use of a sleeper hold as well as Dani, that would only be Jacelyn.

The suits are sheer and very tight. These two have obviously be struggling against each other for some time as evidenced by the sweat on their bodies and in their hair. It's a safe bet that both women have tapped out a few times to this point as a result of being choked by the other. In this instance it's Jacelyn who has gotten her deceptively muscular arms around Dani's neck.

Elizabeth and Corveena have been matched up tonight at one of Lilith's shows. Smaller audience, more intimate crowd, lighting to match. In the centre of the spotlight like this it's hard to see much more than your opponent. No striking tonight, it's wrestling to submissions. Only tap outs for the point.

Elizabeth boasts - she's not the one who is going to be tapping out tonight.

The suits are very tight, slightly sheer even. The fighters start from standing.

Elizabeth's grappling background is mainly BJJ, but she has done a little bit of Judo. All the same, when it's a D1 wrestler who's throwing you to the ground it's still going to take the wind out of your lungs. Blood in the water, Corveena attacks Elizabeth's neck.

Ego and pride what they are, Elizabeth stays true to her word. Her face turning purple, she's not tapping out. Corveena overheard that conversation. Like Lilith explained to Elizabeth. "When your opponent taps you let go. If you decide you want to be an asshole they can hang on as much as they like."

Corveena doesn't get the point for choking Elizabeth out. But as Elizabeth regains consciousness, Corveena kept active.

The audience is murmuring it's approval, you can sense the patrons leaning forward to watch more closely at the edge of the light. Elizabeth's boast of not being the one to tap out...

I asked my muse @bexyfights a question. When you've got your legs wrapped around your opponent's waist, your breasts pressed against the back of her neck, and your arms around her throat... Are there any occasions where having another woman do that to you is as much fun as when you do it to them?

The answer was something along the lines of, "Well what does this woman look like?"

The "FM Fight Club" was originally published in the online DAZ store more than 12 years ago. That was my original fighting environment prop with the gym, heavy bags, mats and ring.

But it was a 3Delight surfaces and lights environment and, when I switched to Iray, I struggled to make it work and look "decent". Almost all recent images involved removing the roof and letting "sky" light in. You see the trick is you want shadow and depth and enough light, but not too much. You also don't want a light setup that is so complicated that your laptop melts into a pile of goo trying to do more than 2-3 render iterations in an hour.

In the course of other stuff, I recently tried out a couple of lighting props that I'd had for a couple of years but never really used. Turns out I could do some stuff with them that I thought was pretty good.

Inspiration time, my old gym... 45 minutes and 70-odd iterations later.

Try outs

Sandra speaks, "Tell us about yourself..."

"I like competing. I have to admit I like to win. Not team things, people can let you down. One on one, it's just me."

"Why this?"

"I was always wrestling with my brothers as a kid, but the wrestling team was a dare. And then, the first time I got them, my opponent, that look of desperation on her face just before the pinfall was called. I was hooked. I got good and stayed with it through school. After school finding clubs was harder, so I wound up taking up Jiu Jitsu classes instead. Again, when you catch them, that buzz when they get so desperate and then tap or, even better, go to sleep."

"But you lift too, yeah?"

"I was lean and had long hair and go noticed. I'm big into comics and I tried cosplay, and that hooked too. Modelling, cosplay... The breast surgery was a few years ago and that all helped. Never liked being skinny, wound up fitness modelling. Was never going to do runway."

"Why here?"

"A lot of competitors here, and I've heard you pay for video work?"

Sandra makes a note, her guest has asked so now it's ok to discuss. While Sandra is making notes, Lilith pipes in next.

"Live shows?"

"Well I've competed live in heaps of tournaments, and I've walked the stage live in heaps of swimsuit and cosplay contests. I'm kind of excited about doing a show."

While Lilith is making her note, Sandra pipes in again.

"Boxing or kick-boxing?"

"I'm ok throwing a punch or kick in a wrestling match, but straight up boxing... My technique isn't that good. Was never so much interesting to me. I'll throw hands if I have to, but a skilled striker would take me out pretty easy."

Sandra and Lilith at the same time, "Topless?", then slightly embarrassed looking at each other.

A chuckle, "Yeah, I'm down with that. Oil wrestling too. I've seen your catalogues and I've gotten reports on a couple of live shows from a friend."

"Friend?"

"Boyfriend. I was out of town. Disappointed he didn't take me. He made it up later though. I'm better on the mats than he is."

Lilith speaks again now, "Ok if we ask for a tryout? Just a test match up, to see how you move, how you fall, and some of what you can do."

"Of course. How about pro-style?"

Sandra and Lilith are both suitably impressed with their new tryouts look. The tryout is impressed with Kyong.

"She's hot...." The directly to Kyong, "I bet you've even hotter when it hurts."

Sandra clears her throat, "This is a tryout. Save that attitude for interview and promo work." All the same, Sandra is already thinking this one can generate heat. Can she generate pop in the ring?

Pretenses dropped, fist bump and the collar and elbow.

Lucy and Lien Hua are near polar ends of a spectrum style wise. Lucy with her catch wrestling, granite chin, and heavy hands, versus Lien Hua with the elegance of her flowing technique and the precision of her strikes.

Training together, both going at about 80%? This is a workout session. Neither woman is trying to injure the other, and when the submission is locked in the tap out is immediate. No ego today either.

It's been almost an hour, and both women are at three falls apiece. Lien Hua asks, "One more? Want to make it interesting?"

What does she have in mind?

"Drinks later? Loser pays?"

This last fall is obviously going to be a lot more competitive. Still, when the hand is extended, the hand shake is taken with a grin and a nod.

"Oh wait. Not only does the loser pay, but the winner gets to pick the good stuff? I'm thinking Cristal?"

Lucy thinks about it for a second. What would she order? The grin comes back when she remembers there are more than a few rare 18 year old single malts she's been curious about. Looking at the extended hand, she reaches forward.

Lien Hua's hands are not nearly so heavy as Lucy's, but they are blindingly fast. As the Crusher leans in to accept the handshake it becomes a stiff finger thrust, right into the Crusher's windpipe. Gagging and coughing the Crusher drops to the mats. Lien Hua isn't waiting, so she's reaching down to help Lucy back up.

And now she's trying to put her back down again.

Lucy can barely breathe. Tomorrow when she talks she's going to sound like a five pack a day smoker who sidelines singing for a death metal band. The pressure of one forearm digging into her neck and throat in parallel with her own?

"We didn't shake on the second thing, but I'm holding you to the first. I'm going to order the Verve instead. I'll even keep it non-vintage for you."

Lucy is conflicted. Which is her higher priority at this moment? Escaping this situation, sorting revenge, or budgeting for an expensive night out?

Tapping out while she has some chance of a future soprano singing career, budgeting tonight is the first priority, but payback will be bruising when it comes…

There’s a saying in the sports world.

”It’s not over until the lady sings.”

Dani has been laid out and Lucy is setting up her figure four leg lock.

I'm often taken and/or distracted by a new muse or figure, and then everyone gets to see lots of renders accordingly...

I think I created Lucy more than 15 years ago.

When you're a beginner, one of the really frustrating things is the way that a more experience grappler can just catch you again and again in the same thing.

Like Dani recently did to Morgaine. And has done here now again.

Morgaine’s suit is sheer to begin with. it’s also just maybe a bit small? Stretched across her body like that it’s almost see through…

Lilith is putting on a small private show tonight. A few people watching, no cameras allowed. In a small ring and a single ceiling spot.

Lilith is feeling good about the show, all of the wrestlers have performed brilliantly and put on a show.