It is an intense struggle!

"...you actually think I'm stupid enough to fall for these again!?" Bakugo suddenly shouted, blasting upward and blowing apart the drones before they could fire the capture foam at him, having expected her to try to use them, and spotting them almost immediately.

"...honestly, I was kind of hoping, but I'm not one to put all of my eggs in one basket!" Momo declared, kicking off her shoes, and shredding her socks with her Quirk, producing the rocket boots from the second event directly on her feet, while at the same time, flinging the mangled riot shield at Bakugo like a discus while his arms were up.

"Oof!" he grunted as the shield impacted him right in the stomach, and made him stagger back. Momo wasted no time, charging forward out of the smoke cloud with the boots increasing her speed, a metal bo staff being formed in her hands.

Unfortunately, Bakugo was a very driven individual, and recovered from the suprise hit quickly, blasting directly at the ground in front of Momo, the shock of the blast causing her to go ass over teakettle, the rocket boots still firing their jets, and threatening to propel her out of bounds while her momentum was uncontrolled. "Shit!" she cursed, quickly making a cable gun similar to one Mei used during the first event, and shot it at the ground. The sharp tip stabbed into the concrete as Momo held on tight, quickly calculating her trajectory in her mind, the position of the anchor point, and the length of the cord.

The end result? She reached the edge of the ring, before the line went taut, and redirected her momentum to swing her back around. Bakugo was just turning and saw Momo coming right at him, and she swung the staff with one hand, directly at his face. BONG!

"Ooooh!" several members of the audience winced in empathetic pain as Bakugo went down, his forehead practically steaming where he had been hit with a good amount of momentum behind the blow.

Mei had a different reaction from the competitor's box. "She's using my babies so well!" she squeed.

"Gah! Son of a bitch!" Bakugo cursed, rolling to avoid Momo coming at him again after dropping the cable gun. She swung the staff, while creating a capture gun in her free hand. He managed to roll away from the staff, but saw her leveling the capture gun at him. Thinking fast, he slammed both hands to the floor, and let off explosions from them, launching himself directly at Momo, inside the reach of her staff, just before she could fire the net.

"Gurk!" Momo grunted as Bakugo's shoulder slammed right into her diaphragm, and they flew several feet, before they hit the ground, separating from the **** of the rolling. Momo sat up, trying to take a breath, but the wind had been knocked out of her. She looked up, seeing Bakugo already on his knees pointing both of his hands directly at her. If she could draw a breath at the moment, she would have let out a curse.

"Get lost already!" Bakugo roared, firing off two blasts that were more councussive than fiery. Momo was unable to avoid them or defend herself as they slammed into her, and she was flung clear out of the ring.

"Yaoyorozu is out of bounds! Bakugo wins!" Midnight declared as Bakugo fell down to his hands, panting heavily. She then went to check on Momo, who groaned and wheezed, finally getting her breath back.

"...damn... at least I put a hurting on that explosive bastard..." Momo gasped as she sucked in greedy gulps of air.

"Darn it, she was so close!" Ochaco pouted. Mina sighed and patted her and Izuku on the back consolingly.

"Eh, she put up a good fight... pity I doubt I'll be able to avenge her though..." Mina pouted, realizing just who HER opponent was. "...still, I have no intention of going out like a bitch against Todoroki... wish me luck!" she told them, heading down.

Todoroki also made his way down, and encountered Endeavor in the hallway. Let's just say... there weren't exactly kind words exchanged between them.