A few Fs made the crowd wince.
"Did you see that girl on yellow?" someone murmured. "She got tossed like a doll, then stood up like nothing happened."
"She's got heart."
"But no coordination."
Even parents were reacting.
In the front row, a mother covered her face after her son got slammed and scored a 49.
"He'll hear from me later," she muttered.
Nnenna sat quietly, her eyes focused on the matches before her. She wasn't nervous anymore. Not overconfident either. Just still. A calm kind of alertness.
Her gaze didn't just follow the movements of the fighters, it studied them. The stances, the footwork, the over extensions, the weak guards. She was learning.
One match ended with a hard thud, and then the referee called out, "Next contestants: Student Nnenna and Student Kai."
A buzz passed through the crowd.
"Who?"
"Finally the match I've been waiting for!"
"That's the girl skipping to year four, right?"
"Isn't she too soft for martial arts?"
