Emiko vs AssAssIn part 1 Uncensored (Patreon)

Emiko has recently started in Mixed Martial Arts, with two fights under her belt, both going her way via technical knockout. Her coach and manager, the near 6 foot, 200+lbs grappler, Chiaki Saiga, known as the Teacher, tends to recommend that her fighters participate in unsanctioned bouts. Rather than the safety padding of an amateur bout, she prefers that her fighters who already have fight experience increase their amount of experience in real combat. As female fights are limited in professional organisations, especially for higher weight classes, unsanctioned bouts are an efficient way of participating in extra fights. It also reduces the amount of research opponents can do on her fighters as recordings will be hard to come by.

Emiko has had a very successful career in Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai and has even competed in Lethwei, bouncing between weight classes to get more bouts. She had increased her weight class from the 135lbs division to 155lbs where fights are more competitive, but harder to come by. Since Saiga-san has come into her life she has set her sights on MMA. Her naturally heavy physique has made finding fights difficult, without cutting masses of weight. But through Chiaki she has hopes of competing in an openweight MMA league. Her training with top grapplers at Chiaki’s Queens of Combat gym has seen the Killer Nurse add the dimension of grappling to her game, a game she has been excelling at.

Counter to Chiaki and her up and coming fighter, Emiko, is Sayaka “Black Flame” Dillon. A successful bantamweight Mixed Martial Artist who has also competed in openweight bouts, Sayaka also has MMA business ambitions. She wants to rival Chiaki and while Chiaki knows this, the Teacher does not see Sayaka as a threat. Moreover she knows Sayaka has connections with the fight underworld in the Americas and therefore uses her to get a fight for her rising star.

Sayaka indeed finds an opponent for Emiko to face. She goes by Killer or Assassin, sometimes crudely written as “Ass-Ass-In”. This fighter, born in Jamaica and raised in the UK has found herself in Hawaii, training with Sayaka. Assassin is known to Chiaki and Emiko due to her credentials in Kickboxing, where she tends to compete from upwards of 145lbs. But unknown to the Japanese pair is that Assassin has been preparing for her pro MMA debut by competing in Vale Tudo bouts underground, where she has been honing her skills in Kajukempo, coached by Sayaka. Therefore Emiko and Chiaki have predicted that this will be a stand up fight with the Killer Nurse having the advantage on the ground if the naturally heavier fighter proves too much on the feet.

The fight between Emiko Kamiya and the Killer Assassin takes place somewhere in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, in a closed down Nightclub. The one stipulation is that the fighters compete in micro bikinis. Despite Emiko’s upper-class upbringing she is undeterred by this. She is a focused individual who has tunnel vision towards her goal of being a top Mixed Martial Artist. This comes in handy as the audience are not the type who care about political correctness, especially when drugs and alcohol are involved. While there is minimal security at the venue, there are other fighters present who seem to keep the more belligerent members of the audience in line. While their usually are no recordings of these bouts, except bad camera phone footage, Chiaki scans for cameras and notices a few pointing at the ring. A smirk appears on her face as she can tell they’re not for security purposes.

The competing fighters meet for the first time, both clad in tiny bikinis, Emiko in pink and Assassin in yellow. While Assassin seems loud and brash, perhaps from being heckled by the crowd to shake her more than ample behind, she is respectful to Emiko. She makes it known as best as she can that she knows the Japanese fighter’s record in Kickboxing, while trying to intimidate her by invading her personal space. At the same time Chiaki and Sayaka exchange sarcastic barbs while they make sure that both agree to the rules of this match up. The fight will be 3 rounds, 5 minute each and take place under the “Unified Rules” of MMA, standard in most Mixed Martial Arts bouts in the US. In particular there will be no knees or kicks to the head of a grounded opponent. At long last, the two combatants square up in the tatty 20×20ft boxing ring, with the referee confirming the rules, the managers standing by and the half drunk crowd surrounding the edges of the squared circle.

(Attached the sketched and inked versions of the pages as well. The cell shaded style above was a little experiment. Just not natural to me)