Flashback 1966: Ann Margret vs Yvonne Craig


As both beauties were renowned for having some of the most powerful (not to mention shapeliest) gams in all of Hollywood's catfighting scene, it came as no surprise that this contest came down to a battle of the legs. Kicks, kneelifts, and scissorholds were unleashed in a hundred splendid ways as both Ann and Yvonne battered one another around the penthouse in this special holiday match.
But few of the elite spectators had ever seen a leg employed quite as it was at this very moment...
Redheaded Ann was pressed back against the wall, held in place by raven-tressed Yvonne's left leg, which she had lifted with a ballerina's prowess, and was now pressing the arch of her foot to her opponent's throat, choking Ann. Yvonne couldn't suppress a small smile as she knew she was not simply beating her rival, but beating her with
style. The redhead frantically clutched at her tormentor's ankle, trying in futility to pry the brunette's foot away from her windpipe, the victim's face turning a deep shade of red as she struggled to draw breath. She was losing, she knew it, and she also knew she needed to change this fact very, very quickly.
Yet Yvonne was not the only one who had extensive ballet training, along with all of the accompanying flexibility. Drawing upon the last of her waning strength, Ann threw her left leg out, sweeping it upward, and landing a kick from the ball of her foot flush into her adversary's chin. The startled Yvonne flew backward to the floor, her eyes glazed as she landed with a hard thud, and she lay there panting hard for breath as she struggled to regain her wits.
Ann sank to her knees, greedily gulping in air. Yet although she wanted nothing more than to take time to try and rally her remaining power, she knew she didn't have the time to spare for that. So, ignoring her exhaustion, she crawled closer to her rival, then sat down between her legs. Then, even as Yvonne sat up, the redhead gasped her foe's ankles to hold her legs in place, and began to bicycle kick her own legs, landing a half-a-dozen lightning-fast kicks to Yvonne's face. The brunette sprawled onto her back again, badly dazed.
There were any number of way that Ann could have finished her opponent off, but she went for a signature move: she snared Yvonne's head between her thighs in a Figure Four Headscissors. The merciless pressure caused the brunette's eyes to go wide with panic as her face darkened, whimpers and squeals escaping her lips, her hands frantically slapping and tugging at her rival's legs, but to no avail.
It might well have seemed an eternity for Yvonne, but it was barely one full minute before she was driven unconscious from the squeezing, her body and mind no longer capable of resisting.
And with that, Ann was the winner, and she was officially declared as Santa's Little Helper!
