They tease a lockup but Raine goes low with a kick and grabs a side headlock. She elbows Osborne’s head and drops him with a shoulderblock before going down to an armdrag. Osborne sends Raine to the corner but eats an elbow on a charge. Raine grabs a leg but Osborne counters into a surfboard and rams her knees into the mat. Osborne connects with a kick and covers for one. He telegraphs a back body drop and kicks Raine in the mid-section but soon ends up on the outside after a hiptoss sends the FRONTIER man flying over the top rope.
CJ catches his breath on the outside before heading back into the ring, where Sam Raine instantly goes for him. Raine rams Osborne’s head into the turnbuckle. Osborne answers with uppercuts that send Raine to the corner. Osborne charges but Raine turns momentum back on him with a kick to the chest. Raine hits with some strikes and covers for two. She continues with a couple of knee lifts before slowing things down with a shoulder stretch. Osborne fights out of it but Raine comes right back with a crossface chickenwing on the mat. She transitions into a bodyscissors and headbutts Osborne.
Back up, Osborne gets a boot up on a Raine charge and drops her with a running leg. He hits with a series of kicks and drills Raine with a running dropkick in the corner. Osborne heads to the top and comes off with a missile dropkick for two!
He tries for the superkick but Raine dodges him and rolls him up for two! Osborne gets a rollup of his own for two. He flips backwards off the turnbuckle to avoid a charge but Raine catches him with a dropkick to the face immediately after. Nice. Raine calls for the end but then CJ has other plans; REDEMPTIONS LAST RIDE!! And the pin is a formality after that.
Your winner, CJ Osborne!
And the former GFC Champion continues on his path, reaching the final after a hard fought victory. That was a tough one, for sure. There were several times in that match that I thought Raine was going to put Osborne down, but it wasn’t to be.