Superlatives Abound, England’s Nika, Wonderful Session Star, Incredible Submission Wrestler
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June 7, 2024,
Generational star?
That is high praise typically reserved for the greatest of all time in a given professional sport.
It is phrasing that is rarely used in the fully competitive female submission wrestling industry. Having said that, if there was a current female submission wrestler and wonderful Session Provider who comes close, we would have to say it is England’s Nika.
She truly is a star.
We have written plenty of articles about Nika at our associate site Grappling Stars Magazine (grapplingstars.com), but in case you haven’t had a chance to read about her, we would like to introduce you to her here.
Here are some superlatives that the writers at Grappling Stars had to say about Nika beginning back in December 25, 2022. What a nice holiday present.
“Shiny and new. We all love that. Especially when we go shopping. The new girl wrestler here, named Nika, is indeed shiny and new. Nika does appear to have MMA training and though many beautiful women who try female submission wrestling for the first time are new to our industry, they are not new to grappling and will have an advantage over an experienced fantasy wrestler.
Our first impression of Nika is that she is blessed with wonderful girl next door looks and sports a sexy athletic body.”
Nice superlatives.
Nika also provides wonderful sessions and what we have found, publishing since 2012, is that the best Session Women also engage in fully competitive wrestling as Nika does.
Here is her email for sessions. stmartyrsclinic@gmail.com
Having said all of that, let’s go ringside and look at some excerpts from her previous matches. Nothing like up close and personal.
Especially with a gorgeous babe like that.
NIKA VS YURI
The two warriors initiate with an upper body struggle, soon crash to the floor with Yuri falling on top of Nika.
Nika quickly scissors Yuri’s right leg to prevent a full mount.
As they continue to struggle, Yuri gives up her back which Nika is quick to take advantage of. Nika is well versed in MMA techniques. She pulls the long haired brunette towards her, traps her in a rear naked choke, tightens the squeeze and Yuri quickly taps out.
1-0 for Nika (2:57).
The two women remain on their knees as they tidy up and listen to instruction.
Once the fighting starts, Yuri gets the best of Nika from up top and takes her down to the mats. Yuri’s beautiful curvy form is working to her advantage here as she powers her way on top of Nika.
Elongated, they capture one another in body scissors.
For the moment, Yuri is squeezing hard and is appearing to have the better of it. Still, Nika has her in a scissor as well.
Nika breaks the hold and in a sporting gesture allows Yuri to get back to her knees to ready herself.
As they engage, this time Nika gets the best of it and captures Yuri by the neck, takes her down and applies a side body scissor and squeezes. This looks like a sure submission as Yuri is struggling.
Nika continues to squeeze.
And squeeze.
Amazingly Yuri struggles and breaks the hold. As she rolls up to her knees, Nika traps her in a floor to sitting body scissor and squeezes hard. For good measure she grabs Nika’s right arm for an arm bar, side body scissor combination.
Yuri manages to break the scissor but Nika, still holding on to the arm lock, slides her legs up and encases Yuri in a brutal head scissor as Yuri grimaces. The arm bar finally does Yuri in and she taps (6:47).
2-0 for Nika.
Well-stated. Let’s move up the timeline.
August 5, 2023,
Like Dorothy, if we could click our heels and wish for anything, lovely though it may be, we wouldn’t wish to go back to Kansas (especially during tornado season).
At least not as our first wish.
After watching Nika wrestle, she is the new tornado that has blown into our industry with dynamic energy and is making global news.
If we clicked our heels, we would wish for more money and opportunities for Nika to wrestle.
She is that good.
She is that special.
Wrestlers like Nika do not often come along, so while she is here, we are going to try and capture her glory.
Nika is new to the submission wrestling industry but not to MMA. Her martial arts training is very evident. Her desire to win is crystal clear.
Today she will be facing a veteran in Lexi Max, who FCI would classify at the intermediate level with substantial experience. She has a long list of victories but struggles when she meets the elite.
This will be an important test for Nika as she has met newer girls, with great success, in her previous matches.
If this were in the NFL, it would be like watching the expansion team having a great run, against under 500 opponents and is now about to battle an 8-6 team with a long history. This is where you find out how good you actually are.
Given her strong MMA skills, we are going to give the pre-match nod to Nika but we expect this one to be close. We already know that Nika is for real, but in all fairness, this might be her toughest test to date.
It’s match time.
NIKA VS LEXI MAX
Lexi Max is introduced first and she indicates the room is warm.
Nika leaps into the picture (literally), and what strikes us is how she is taller and stronger looking than her opponents, like Lottie LaLay and here, Lexi Max.
Nika is a beautiful specimen with girl next door looks and just the right amount of muscle.
Time to begin.
After initial upper torso fighting, Nika falls to the floor to attempt a floor to sitting body scissors. Lexi easily breaks the hold and falls on top of Nika in cross body pin style. Always the risk with a floor to sitting scissor is, if you don’t secure the hold, your opponent can immediately fall on top of you. Depending upon the skill level, sometimes they never let you back up off of the floor until you are submitted, as Bianca of Italy so masterfully did with Hungary’s muscle girl, Dolly.
Nika is a strong girl and she manages to force her way on top of Lexi and temporarily gain control as they struggle. Lexi is very experienced and she manages to turn the tables and be back on top as well.
Lexi now lowers Nika’s head and forces her into a semi-Guillotine Choke, and secures Nika’s head. Now she applies the floor to sitting body scissor. The big difference between hers and Nika’s is that Lexi secured Nika’s head first and grasping her from behind the neck, tightens the grip and applies the scissor at the same time.
Nika is in trouble.
Lexi holds on, squeezes hard and Nika taps out. Well done by Lexi. Nice veteran move.
1-0 for Lexi (3:34).
While we wouldn’t describe ourselves as shocked, we would say that we are a little surprised.
Having said that, there is still a lot of time left.
The two strong women engage from the top trying to secure the head and shoulders.
Nika wins out.
She takes Lexi down to the mats and attempts to apply a side body scissor. Lexi wisely blocks the scissor with her right leg. The struggle continues. Nika tries to secure an arm lock on Lexi’s right arm.
Nika lets go of the hold and flattens Lexi out on her back as she sits atop her. The gorgeous athlete spins around and attempts a face sit as she maneuvers for a submission. Lexi fights through the hold and even breaks it. Her joy is brief as she falls into a side body scissor, Nika squeezes, Lexi groans and taps out.
Were knotted 1-1 (5:25)
As they engage, Nika quickly tries the floor to sitting scissor, with disastrous results. The veteran Lexi easily breaks the hold and immediately falls on top of her. The Irish star is now in control and begins to apply a chin lock as Nika uses her strong beautiful shapely legs to kick out.
Nika breaks the chin lock hold.
She clasps Lexi in another floor to sitting scissor and Lexi responds by driving her elbows into Nika’s thighs. She breaks the hold. Nika is determined to use her legs to control Lexi, tries again, Lexi breaks the hold again, and lands on top of Nika with a cross body pin.
Lexi then maneuvers to mount Nika in the elongated position and goes for a smother but Nika protects herself by locking Lexi’s right leg to prevent a full mount. Lexi is in control and forces Nika to give up her back as she tries to pull her into a behind the back body scissor. The veteran slowly maneuvers to capture a rear naked choke, squeezes hard and Nika taps out.
2-1 for Lexi (8:55).
The girls take a break.
If appears to be a hot steamy day in London. Their hair is wet. They are sweating. A small break is in order.
Once they begin, they approach one another cautiously and Nika immediately does the floor to body scissor thing instead of gaining control from the top. A veteran like Lexi immediately breaks the hold and encases Nika in a very tight headlock.
Nika recovers and rolls Lexi into a side body scissor, squeezes hard and Lexi taps out.
Nika was fortunate Lexi didn’t make that headlock stick.
2-2 and all tied up (10:25).
NIKA VS LOTTIE
Introductions are made and one of the things that strikes us about Nika is, compared to her opponents, she is quite tall and athletic. She has a body of perfection. We would not describe her as muscular but her legs and thighs are very strong.
Lottie is on her knees waiting for her. After Nika performs a curtsy to the audience, she goes down to the mat floor and is ready to wrestle.
The tone of the match is set fairly early. Both wrestlers engage slowly. No one leaping aggressively at the neck area or doing a lot of hand slapping. Lottie slowly tries to encase Nika around the neck and the taller girl responds by pulling Lottie towards her and rolling her into a side body scissor. Nika doesn’t have the head secured tightly for a combination hold and Lottie wiggles her way free.
Nika is immediately on top of her and rolls her into the often ill-fated floor to sitting body scissor, loses the hold and Lottie is now on top.
Then the side.
They struggle as Lottie scissors Nika’s left leg to prevent a full mount and tries to apply a Guillotine Choke. Strong Nika manages to find her way back to the top as Lottie wisely keeps Nika’s left thigh clamped in a scissor.
Nika keeps maneuvering towards a unique hold. As Lottie is in the sitting position, on her knees, facing away from Nika, the athletic girl applies a reverse scissor while she is facing the floor, pushup style, and squeezes mightily. Trapped and under pressure, Lottie taps out.
Brilliant move by Nika.
1-0 for Nika (2:30).
Time to engage.
They begin with slow hand fighting and Nika is slightly pushed back and appears to be falling backwards to apply a floor to sitting body scissor. She eventually maneuvers Lottie into giving up her back, pulls the long haired girl backwards into a rear naked choke. Ideal position where your opponent should not be able to escape. Can Nika close the deal?
Not yet.
She made the mistake of applying only one hold and Lottie would not yield.
Nika repositions Lottie from behind the back and this time wisely applies the choke again coupled with a behind the back body scissor. She tightens the grip, Checkmate. Lottie taps out.
2-0 for Nika (3:47).
SUMMARY
Well, there you have it.
This is Nika’s wrestling world and welcome to it.
Next? You should contact Nika and invite yourself into her mixed wrestling world. We’re certain you will remember and cherish the experience for the rest of your life.
We felt we would be remiss if we didn’t introduce you to her for both sessions and her wrestling.
Now, while we won’t go as far as to say she is a generational star, in our opinion?
She is mighty close.
Nika – right
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