Aniela vs Cindy

Cindy Huntress travelled from North America to Germany determined to test herself against the European women of FightingStyle, but her first encounter with German wrestler Aniela quickly became far more hostile than an ordinary competitive submission wrestling match.

From the beginning, Cindy arrives with something to prove. Confident, powerful and carrying a noticeable chip on her shoulder, she clearly wants to demonstrate that she can overpower the European female wrestlers on their own territory. Aniela has absolutely no intention of making her introduction to Fighting Style an easy one.

What was supposed to be a straightforward women's submission grappling match gradually develops a nasty edge.

As Cindy and Aniela wrestle for control, the intensity keeps increasing. Every takedown, headlock, body scissors and scramble seems to make the rivalry more personal. Both women begin fighting through gritted teeth as increasingly aggressive hand fighting replaces the more controlled exchanges seen at the beginning of the match.

Before long, they are walking dangerously close to the boundaries of the rules.

Hands push across faces as each woman attempts to disrupt the other's breathing and concentration. Attempts to establish grips produce hard slapping contact as Cindy and Aniela aggressively battle for control of each other's arms and upper bodies. During frantic positional scrambles there are even accusations of sly kicks towards the head, adding yet another layer of hostility to an already bad-tempered wrestling match.

The tension becomes so obvious that the atmosphere feels closer to a competitive catfight wrestling match than the technical submission grappling contest that was originally intended.

Neither woman wants to back down.

That stubbornness is what makes Aniela vs Cindy such a memorable piece of vintage FightingStyle women's wrestling. There is genuine technique and submission wrestling throughout the contest, but underneath everything is the feeling that these two women simply do not like what the other is doing to them. Every rough exchange produces an even more aggressive response.

FightingStyle became known for producing genuinely competitive female wrestling involving women who wanted to win rather than merely perform for the camera, but even by those standards this encounter has an unusually mean-spirited atmosphere. The referee and producers repeatedly have to watch the action closely as the two competitors push their submission wrestling match towards increasingly dangerous territory.

For fans searching for FightingStyle wrestling videos, competitive women's wrestling, female submission wrestling, aggressive women's grappling, rough female wrestling and catfight-style wrestling, Cindy Huntress against Aniela is a fascinating example of what can happen when competitive pride turns a sporting wrestling match into something much more personal.

Two determined women. One wrestling mat. Neither willing to give an inch.

Watch Cindy and Aniela's competitive submission match gradually transform into one of Fighting Style's most bad-tempered and intense women's wrestling encounters.