Fiona had allowed Shin to get in her head for a moment, and by the time she realized it she found herself on the receiving end of a punishing barrage. Kicks took her down to her knees, holding her left leg, and just before she could recover and get herself to move Shin came flying back in for a brutal running knee to the side of her head.

Fiona toppled over onto her side, thrown into a complete daze and falling entirely into Shin's control while she tried and failed to shake it off. She groaned softly when Shin's boot pushed against her ribs and rolled her over onto her back, her dark hair strewn across her face. She reached up to try to soothe her suddenly aching head, rolling only slightly back and forth as Shin stepped right over her towards the corner. [i]Every time, I'm not ready for how much force is behind those kicks and knees... I'm so dizzy already...[/i]

She saw Shin's aerial move coming, but again Fiona wasn't quick enough to react, and she took a devastating double knee drop to the body, the impact shaking the ring. Fiona's arms dropped down from her head to cradle over her midsection as Shin rolled back up to her feet, her breathing suddenly choppy and frantic. She could only watch as Shin mockingly bowed to the crowd over her, making it obvious to everyone that while Fiona had done only minor damage when she had control, Shin had answered it with [i]real[/i] damage.

"After a shaky start, it seems like Shin is settling in now," Dan Rich remarked. "That was a vicious sequence."

"Fiona has to be quick to find counters if she wants to stay in this," Rhonda pointed out. "We've seen her recover from a lot of punishment when she can get some offense of her own in, but Shin's like a freight train once she gets going, and tougher wrestlers than Fiona have folded fast against that."

"What's she got in mind next?" asked Brent, as Shin hauled Fiona up to her feet by fistfuls of her hair. She whined in protest, as did the referee, but Shin ignored both and sent Fiona running into the opposite corner. Fiona turned as her back slammed into the turnbuckles, nearly sending her back to the mat, but she caught the ropes and kept herself upright. [i]Here she comes![/i]

Shin came flying in at high speed at an angle, looking for a huge running straight boot right to Fiona's face, probably with enough force to knock her out. Fiona was just quick enough to pull herself out of the way with the ropes, leaving Shin in an awkward spot with one foot over the top rope. Sweeping around behind her, Fiona hooked one arm up beneath Shin's legs and pulled her down onto her back for a rollup pin attempt.

Unsurprisingly, Shin kicked out hard before the referee could even slide down for the count, but Fiona stayed on her feet. Shin came at her angry after the pin attempt, going for another tackle, and again Fiona was ready, dodging to the right and seizing Shin's left arm once more. Instead of going straight into wearing it down, she pulled Shin into her and threw a knee up into her rival's gut. Not letting go of the arm, Fiona jumped and launched a second knee strike, this time into the outstretched and vulnerable left arm she'd already started work on. That was bound to get it aching.

As Shin spun around from the force of the knee strike to her arm, Fiona backed up a step into the corner, pulling herself quickly up to the middle rope. Just as Shin turned back around to face her Fiona was flying into the air, going for a heavy dropkick to her chest. The impact with the mat wasn't going to be pleasant, but Shin was in for a lot worse if it worked.