“An arm drag and a throw off the ropes!”

“Fiona has taken control of the match early here, if she can maintain this momentum we may see an upset tonight.” Rhonda said.

Shin Choon-hee kipped up again, overall unfazed save for the slight grimace on her face and the slow rotations of her left arm. Choi Minji yelled something from the corner at Shin who immediately shouted back in an acidic tone. [i]”Jeoneun je seuseulo ssaul su issseubnida.”[/i]

“And what [i]may[/i] have been words of advice to Shin Choon-hee from her partner, Choi Minji. My… Korean is admittedly not good.” Dan Rich mused.

“You don’t speak a [i]single word[/i] of Korean.” Brent snickered.

“How do you know?” Dan asked with joking indignation.

“Alright, ring some off.” Brent said.

“Let’s, uhm… focus on the match.” Dan replied with a smile.

Shin Choon-hee brushed some stray strands of hair from her face and moved slowly toward Fiona, both arms raised. Once she was in range of her opponent, Shin quickly shifted all her weight onto the ball of her left foot and brought her right leg up and around. With surprisingly fast rotation, Shin spun in a perfect three-sixty move and went for a roundhouse kick to Fiona’s head. Shin’s kick whiffed by just barely missing, her heel inches away from Fiona’s face. Fiona tried to go for a quick counter only to be forced back toward the ropes as her opponent instantly followed up with a second spinning kick that came even closer than the first. A collective “ooh” rose up from the ringside seats. There was no doubt that if either of those attacks had landed Fiona would have been knocked flat. 

“Wow,” Brent exclaimed, “did you see how fluid those kick attempts by Shin were? How [i]fast[/i] they were?”

“Back to back and dangerous…” Dan Rich marveled, “Shin did not even [i]wobble[/i]. Fiona had best be cautious.”

Shin took several steps back toward the center of the mat maintaining a half-crouched posture. Despite her early disadvantage the expression on the tag team champions’ face had changed to one of smug confidence. Even though both kick attempts had missed they were in themselves a statement.