🗣️ Mark bellows: “My Mother Believes in Me!”

🐾 Mark's beast Eurasian Wolf hungers for the fight ahead.

Mark's defensive stance reads Tigris's aggressive approach perfectly — a 10% tactical edge!

R1: Tigris delivers a savage one-two combination at Mark yet Mark weathers it and stands firm.

R1: Mark uses weight advantage to drive Tigris backward and Tigris feels the bite of well-placed steel.

R2: Tigris feints a retreat then explodes forward at Mark but Mark turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R2: Mark uses the shield as an anvil and the blade as a hammer on Tigris and Tigris doubles over momentarily from the blow.

R3: Tigris uses superior speed to land two cuts before Mark can react but Mark angles the body to deflect most of it.

R3: Mark uses the shield as an anvil and the blade as a hammer on Tigris carving through leather and flesh on Tigris.

R4: Tigris exploits a fatal gap and CRITICALLY wounds Mark!

R4: Mark uses shield feints to create openings against Tigris yet Tigris keeps rhythm and composure.

R5: The arena shakes — Tigris CRITICALLY hammers Mark!

R5: Mark wedges the shield into Tigris's guard then stabs and Tigris stumbles, vision blurring for a moment.

R6: Tigris spins low and brings both edges up into Mark — Mark takes worse in training, this is nothing.

R6: Mark controls the engagement with shield positioning, then strikes Tigris tearing through Tigris's defense like paper.

R7: Tigris spins low and brings both edges up into Mark but Mark has endured far worse than this.

R7: Mark locks onto Tigris and pressures forward with shield and sword splitting skin and sending Tigris reeling.

R8: Tigris dances inside Mark's guard and opens a cut — Mark shrugs off what would fell a lesser warrior.

R8: Mark proves unstoppable with a CRITICAL strike to Tigris!

R9: Tigris accelerates the tempo, overwhelming Mark with both swords but Mark times a half-step back perfectly.

R9: Mark uses the shield as an anvil and the blade as a hammer on Tigris and Tigris curses, blood flowing freely.

R9: Blood pours from Tigris as they struggle to raise their guard.

R10: Tigris presses forward, dual swords singing through the air at Mark yet Mark maintains posture despite the graze.

R10: Mark locks onto Tigris and pressures forward with shield and sword landing clean as Tigris tries to circle away.

R11: Tigris unleashes a blistering flurry of dual steel on Mark though blood appears, Mark fights through it.

R11: Mark dominates the clinch, shield up, blade working at Tigris and Tigris realizes they're in serious trouble.

R12: Tigris creates a blade barrier then strikes through at Mark yet Mark continues forward, undeterred.

R12: Mark uses raw strength to bully Tigris with shield and sword landing square and drawing the crowd's roar.