[i]Urrgh![/i]  He'd screwed this up, somehow.  He wasn't sure how Ryan was able to intercept that well in his bloodied condition, but since one of the man's traits was clearly the ability to power through alot of pain, he'd managed it and now they were [i]both[/i] hurting.  He'd managed to put the man on the brink, but...kidney shot!  God, the pain...!  Niko recoiled from it, getting a small amount of distance as that part of him felt like it was on fire.  Ryan boasted, but Niko could see he was unsteady.  Dammit, this was what he wanted to avoid!  He was trying to take him down with him!  That reckless charge wasn't exactly fast, but Niko had little time to react to it.

[color=92278f][i]Why not just let the mat do the talking, then?[/i][/color]

He tucked and rolled into the man's legs to try and force him to trip overhead, and eiher the guy would fall flat and knock [i]himself[/i] out or he'd even ring himself out because he just can't stop.

[i]-Tuck-and-roll, Power 40[/i]