Get to Grips

Ash DeLeon vs Jax Atwell, X-Fights 55 (BG East)

Ash and Jax both are riding the crest of a number of fine matches in 2021. This mat match cinches a big year for both men. It presents the pair as trainer (Ash) and trainee (Jax). Ash models a few classic mat-wrestling holds and strategies. Jax, says Ash, has a lot to learn; specifically, DeLeon wants to break Atwell's tendency to go light and easy when he should be rough. Ambitious and quick to learn, Jax does his best to please, but he's obviously more interested in the erotic possibilities in this match than in either learning new holds or fighting to win.

Ash doesn't think much of Jax as a wrestler, but he sees a sleek, hot physique ("a nice piece of meat") that will be fun to pound on. Soon, an aroused Jax Atwell discovers the joys of dominating his opponent, more motivated by cock than in purely athletic competition. I'm with Atwell on this one. Rip-and-strip is one of the better deviations from textbook collegiate grappling. Both these guys have caught my interest in previous matches released this past year - Ash for his soulful eyes and dark curly hair and Jax for his slim but strong body and his deep voice, which I feel on the back of my neck and down my spine.

Speaking from past experiences, I find domination and coercion as profoundly better aphrodisiacs than the customary flowers and box of chocolates. To control and to be controlled offer surprisingly similar pleasures, so "victory" has never been as big a goal for me as body contract and control. Body contact, which American culture has demonized for the past forty years, following two decades of sexual revolution, now exists mainly in sports - for men particularly, in wrestling, boxing, and MMA. These activities have proven health and self-defense benefits, to be sure, but for me they are s-e-x. I think Ash and Jax would probably agree.

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