Sora v The Mark

The following contest is scheduled for One Fall!

Introducing first: Sora

and his opponent: The Mark

The arena lights grow dim as The Instinct by Mick Gordon plays
At the music's drop, The Mark stands at the top of the ramp.
He wears a slightly tattered uniform with a hood over his head.
The Mark makes his way to the ring

Nanael: So this is The Mark. He doesn't look pleased to compete tonight.
Taki: I think he's a creep! Using darkness to hide that ugly face, GACK!

Sora gains the initiative exploiting his quickness!!
Sora charges his arm
and hits The Mark with a Hook Punch

Sora holds The Mark
and hits him with the forearm by performing an Uppercut

Sora grabs one The Mark's arms and spins, swinging him into the ropes, then lunges himself as well
Sora runs toward The Mark
The Mark parryies the Rolling Elbow Smash not without effort

The Mark moves towards Sora and jumps
to hit him with the elbow by performing a Elbow Drop

The Mark pulls Sora still groggy, by his hair
The Mark performs a backflip, using the top rope as a springboard
landing on him, setting for a pinfall with a Springboard Crossbody

Sora kicks out
The Mark lifts Sora up, still groggy

Sora leaves the ring

The Mark takes a breath gaining stamina

Sora goes up again in the ring

Nanael: Sora leaving the ring for just a second before coming back in. He may have underestimated The Mark in this fight.

Sora gains the initiative exploiting his quickness!!
Sora charges his arm
striking his forehead with his arm's side, performing an Overhand Chop

Sora swings his whole body back
The Mark grabs Sora's arm blocking the Big Punch

Sora puts a hand on The Mark's face
and scratches him bringing it down putting his fingers in the eyes with an Eye Rake

Sora grabs the rival's head preparing himself to strike him
tries to strike him with a powerful heading performing a Hard Headbutt

Sora grasps The Mark
and slams him down to the mat performing a Body Slam

Sora approaches his laying opponent
The Mark avoids the Knee Stomp and counterattacks
The Mark quickly puts Sora on the cover position
and tries to cover him by helping with the ropes, executing an Irregular Pin

Sora kicks out
The Mark lifts Sora up, still groggy

Sora leaves the ring

Sora goes up again in the ring

Nanael: Sora again leaving the ring before coming back in. What's going on in his mind right now?
Taki: What should be on his mind is beating down this freak of nature.

The Mark approaches Sora
and hits him to his throat with a Throat Thrust

The Mark holds Sora's head
and then he strikes it with his knee many times, by performing a Knees Lift

The Mark grabs his stunned opponent's arm while standing
and twists it, putting pressure on the shoulder and elbow, submitting him with a Standing Armbar

The Mark keeps his weak submission hold

Sora escapes from the hold

The Mark crushes Sora's head on the ground
to perform a Head Pound

The Mark keeps his weak submission hold

The Mark keeps his weak submission hold
The Mark releases his grasp

The Mark pulls in the shadows.

The arena grows darker, darker, darker still.

Sora gets up!!

The Mark raises the cloak of darkness, feeling recovered under the Shadowfall

Nanael: Whoa... did you... feel that?
Taki: He just made the entire arena grow dark and he's looking refreshed like nothing has happened!

Sora gains the initiative exploiting his quickness!!
Sora prepares his arm
and hits the adversary with a Punch

Sora grabs The Mark's arm
and swings him to the ground with an Arm Drag

Sora slips an arm under the neck of the laying opponent
and brings it on his free forearm closing him in aRear Naked Choke

Sora takes The Mark's arm
The Mark avoids the Arm Lock easily, taking the initiative

The Mark lifts his opponents chin and looks eye to eye with them executing a Cold Stare

Sora gets up!!

Nanael: The Mark just gave Sora a look that made him jolt up!
Taki: I wouldn't feel comfortable being in a ring with him, but looking eye to eye with him? It makes me shiver at the thought!

The Mark gets next to Sora bringing down an arm
and hits rapidly with his forearm his opponnent's jaw executing a European Uppercut

The Mark gets ready to hit Sora
performing a Low Kick to his waist

The Mark steps back holding Sora tightly against the ropes
performing a Chop At Ropes hitting Sora's chest, followed by a chant of WOOOOOOO!

The Mark loads Sora on his shoulders
and throws himself backward, trampling him with Samoan Drop

The Mark charges his right leg
Sora grabs The Mark's leg to block the Kick to Back
Sora grabs The Mark's leg and sits on The Marks back
and yards on it while leaning into The Mark forming a Argentine Leg Lock

Sora keeps his weak submission hold

Sora keeps his weak submission hold
Sora releases his grasp

Sora sits on The Mark's back
The Mark breaks free from Sora's Sitting Reverse Armbar , regaining the initative
The Mark climbs the top turnbuckle and raises his fists holding them together
and leaps toward Sora quickly lowering them, performing a Double Axe Handle

The Mark swings his leg
Sora grabs The Mark's leg to block the Kick to Back

Sora grabs The Mark's hair
Sora grabs one The Mark's arms and spins, swinging him into the ropes, then lunges himself as well
Sora charges his elbow
and hits The Mark in the back of the head with a Back Elbow Smash

Sora springs off the top rope and leaps at The Mark lying on the ground
and executes a 180 degrees horizontal rotation before crashing on The Mark connecting with a Springboard Corkscrew Splash

Sora springs off the top rope and leaps at The Mark lying on the ground
The Mark somehow, cushions the impact of the Springboard Corkscrew Splash

The Mark approaches his laying opponent
Sora blocks the Knee Stomp easely

Sora grabs The Mark's hair
Sora grabs one The Mark's arms and spins, swinging him into the ropes, then lunges himself as well
Sora hooks The Mark from behind
and attempts a pinfall with a Backslide Pin

The Mark kicks out
Sora lifts The Mark up, still groggy

The Mark approaches his rival loading his arm
and hits him to his throat with a Throat Thrust

Taki: The Mark likes using that Throat Thrust. It's like he's using his own hand as a knife against his opponents throat.
Nanael: And knives seem to be his specialty. But why send a knife to Lilynette at all? No one in this arena knows who he is, but he acts like he's been here for some time.

The Mark lifts Sora on top of his shoulder, carrying him across the ring
and makes him fall face first right on the top of the turnbuckle, executing a Snake Eyes

The Mark lifts Sora on his shoulders
and lets himself fall on his back, executing a Samoan Drop

The Mark gets on the top turnbuckle raising his fists held together
and jumps toward Sora quickly lowering them, performing a Double Axe Handle

The Mark pulls in the shadows around him

He covers himself in shadow for a moment before dispersing it, delighting in his Dark Comfort

Taki: I don't feel comfortable with how he's yanking shadows and doing that!
Nanael: I don't either. I'm not even sure how he's doing it.

The Mark charges his leg
executing a Kick to Back

The Mark grabs Sora's hair
The Mark grabs one Sora's arms and spins, swinging him into the ropes, then lunges himself as well
The Mark charges his elbow
striking him with an elbow performing a Back Elbow Smash
Sora HAS A CUT!!!

Taki: He cut open Sora! Wait, should I cheer for that?

The Mark glances at the announce table and sees Taki get a little excited over the cut before returning to his fight.

The Mark approaches his laying opponent
to hit him with a Knee Stomp

The Mark gets on the top turnbuckle raising his fists held together
and throws himself toward Sora hitting him with a Double Axe Handle

The Mark climbs the top turnbuckle and raises his fists holding them together
and leaps toward Sora quickly lowering them, performing a Double Axe Handle
Sora IS BLEEDING!!

Nanael: Taki, I think he wants you to like him. He made Sora bleed a little more.
Taki: I... don't know how to feel about that.

The Mark tries a pinning maneuver

Referee starts counting...

The referee is counting: Oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Sora kicks out
The Mark lifts Sora up, still groggy

Sora gains the initiative exploiting his quickness!!
Sora puts a outstretched hand on The Mark's forehead
The Mark shifts and avoids an Eye Rake taking the initiative

The Mark goes towards his rival
and gives a blow to his throat executing a Throat Thrust

The Mark grabs Sora's head
and strikes him with a Head Butt

The Mark leaves the ring

Sora takes a breath gaining stamina

Sora takes a breath gaining stamina

The Mark goes up again in the ring

Nanael: The Mark was just staring off to somewhere for a moment. What on earth was he thinking about?

Sora gains the initiative exploiting his quickness!!
Sora charges his arm
and hits The Mark with a Hook Punch

Sora steps back holding The Mark tightly against the ropes
performing a Chop At Ropes hitting The Mark's chest, followed by a chant of WOOOOOOO!

Sora grabs his rival and lifts him sideways to himself
and makes him whirl behind himself with mastery, making him slam his back with a Tilt A Whirl Side Slam

Sora tries a pinning maneuver

The Mark gets up and resolutely fights back

The Mark approaches Sora
and executes a Throat Thrust hitting Sora to the neck

The Mark charges the leg
to strike Sora's head with an Overhead Kick

The Mark gains momentum by bouncing off the top rope, and leaps backwards on Sora
and lands on Sora, performing a Springboard Crossbody

Referee starts counting...

The referee is counting: Oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The referee is counting: Twooooooooooooooooo

The referee is counting: Threeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Sora IS OUT!!!!!!
The Mark WINS THE MATCH AND DEFEATS Sora!!!

Nanael: And with a springboard crossbody, The Mark defeats Sora in his debut match.
Taki: He's just kneeling there in the middle of the ring, what is he-?

The shadows swirl and surround The Mark before the shadows disperse and The Mark is gone.

Nanael: What the-?!
Taki: Where is he? Where'd he go?!