The Challengers Part 2 by VeXeDZERO

This lovely ladies, who shall remain nameless for the time being, will be participating in a special project that I have cooking. In order to help it along I commissioned the incomparable to make some visual aids, the second batch of which you see above.

For now, suffice to say that from left to right the ladies are: a Maori Muay Thai fighter, a Chinese MMA fighter, an Australian streetfighter, a Czech wrestler and an Israeli Krav Maga fighter.

The first batch:

ETA: And the project has gone live! You can read the story these ladies are involved in here:

Running the Gauntlet by PitWarWalking across the mats of the open-air gym, Sophia ‘The Bloody Ruby’ Argantael glanced at the fresh dawn sunrise as it began to fill the nearly-deserted venue.  Nine other fighters were lining up alongside a large black square mat.  They had drawn lots to each receive a number that would dictate the order of their matches.  While that was all sorted out, Sophia had warmed up on her own elsewhere in the facility, to avoid letting any of them scope out her style before they fought.  Because she was readying herself to take on and take down all of them, one after another.
The challenge was a classic publicity stunt, put on by the grinning promoter that sat on a folding chair behind the line-up of challengers.  He and his two silent goons were the only other audience members, the entire gym having been cleared out for the contest.  All nine amateur fighters had come to Thailand to get a chance to win a contract and brag that they had taken down th


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