Writing How to depict a scene like below?

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I got a bit stuck in trying to depict a scene that is similar to the above pic (a picture speaks a thousand words, fml) and I happen to lack words for it, so I will try and do a not-so-quick run through of the motion.

1. Guy (MC) is in a "barehand sparring practice" with his makeshift class and their opponent is their senior by a year. This happens every annual admission and the actual purpose is to hammer obedience into the new students but MC got lucky, really lucky when the person-in-charge is a senior-student-turned-teaching-assistant and sadism occurs. I also forget to mention that this work contains mana, ie body enhancing spells that the seniors have and the juniors don't.
2. Rule of fight is simple, one side win when the other surrenders or jumps out of bound.
3. First fight started with a bloodbath as a new kid thought that the senior in front would be gentle. The senior proceeds to beat him black and blue, covered his mouth and locked his arm to prevent surrender/ tap out and continuously beat the newbie until he fainted with a broken face and body while incontenience struck.
4. The juniors protested but the TA haki-ed them into silence and proceeded to pick a couple within the crowd for further beating.
5. Then someone in the junior group who actually knows how to fight enters the ring and after a few struggle, he is close to victory. Then someone in the senior jumped in to do a double team against the junior, with TA citing "since you know how to fight, then this should be more fair." Needless to say, the junior tried to escape the ring but got shot in the leg by TA and the two seniors just sat on the guy and beat him senseless.
6. Then one of the seniors dragged a junior girl up, the other one had left to let him have his fun, to humiliate her as the woman beater proceeded to strip the girl bit by bit with every punches.
7. MC pocket sanded the would-be rapist and threw the girl out of the ring before wrestling with the senior. This was the tactic he came up with as he deducted that the TA would not shoot him when a senior is close. When both senior and him are facing the senior team and TA and MC was behind the senior with a neck lock, the other senior came along and knocked MC over as expected and MC continued using the still out-of-breath senior as a shield against his new opponent and TA.
8. Trouble struck when TA taught MC a lesson, bullets ricochet and the above pic is what happened when MC is downed.

So how am I supposed to write this portion with proper imagery? Or at least people can understand what I am saying like

"As James was down on the ground clutching his thigh that got a new hole, his two assailants swiftly reacted as they rushed forth to start stomping on the man lying on his back.

He tries to roll away from the duo to no avail as both of them are kicking in vigor at everywhere, especially at his wounded thigh."
 
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"As James was down on the ground clutching his thigh that got a new hole, his two assailants swiftly reacted as they rushed forth to start stomping on the man lying on his back.

He tries to roll away from the duo to no avail as both of them are kicking in vigor at everywhere, especially at his wounded thigh."
I mean, I try to be descriptive as possible but you know i'm new to really writing but as a former reader myself, I can understand what you're saying. Though that last line could be modified at bit, everywhere as in like the ground or his body? I know it's implied but sometimes my brain likes to shut down when I'm reading something so that line made me pause a bit lol. Sorry if I didn't help
 

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I mean, I try to be descriptive as possible but you know i'm new to really writing but as a former reader myself, I can understand what you're saying. Though that last line could be modified at bit, everywhere as in like the ground or his body? I know it's implied but sometimes my brain likes to shut down when I'm reading something so that line made me pause a bit lol.
Written in a rush and I was thinking of that scene in Ip Man 2 where the new student of Ip Man was winning as he beats up a guy from the other school (it was supposed to be a contest) and the guy's friends joined in to beat the new student up.

Also was thinking about To Not Die when the bullies ganged bang MC when he first started to try and beat up the thugs around his neighborhood.

"First lesson, bullies rarely travel alone. Divide and conquer."
 
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Written in a rush and I was thinking of that scene in Ip Man 2 where the new student of Ip Man was winning as he beats up a guy from the other school (it was supposed to be a contest) and the guy's friends joined in to beat the new student up.

Also was thinking about To Not Die when the bullies ganged bang MC when he first started to try and beat up the thugs around his neighborhood.

"First lesson, bullies rarely travel alone. Divide and conquer."
Oh holy hell? To Not Die has more episodes? I was busy reading this on webtoon and spending money, God
 

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are you talking about the whole thing or just the beat down
Beatdown, I had already made the flow of the fight but am stuck on how to depict the desperation of James getting pummeled on the ground, how the motion of the two guys stomping and what sort of actions James should be proceeding other than cradling his head between his arms and tucking his legs to his stomach for maximum cover. IIRC the back which got the spine is also a vital spot.
Carefully
Yes I know it is always carefully, but being too careful and I ended up an inactive man.
 

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Beatdown, I had already made the flow of the fight but am stuck on how to depict the desperation of James getting pummeled on the ground, how the motion of the two guys stomping and what sort of actions James should be proceeding other than cradling his head between his arms and tucking his legs to his stomach for maximum cover. IIRC the back which got the spine is also a vital spot.

Yes I know it is always carefully, but being too careful and I ended up an inactive man.
you're writing from an omnipotent pov I believe so depict what an observer would see.
a gunshot followed by a scream and him clutching his thigh. seconds after, the kicking starts and he turtleshells. he tries to endure it at first. the beating continues. they look for his head and wounded leg. he endures. they kick his spine and he's forced to arch his back and break his defense. they kick him in the stomach and the beating continues. he realizes it's futile and tries to shout his surrender but before he could do it gets a kick to the jaw dislocating/breaking it.
he tries to tap(?) out but they either break his arms or dislocate his shoulders. he's helpless. the beating continues for a while more before the match is finally called off (dunno how you wanna do that). james lies on the verge of death unconscious in a pool of his own blood.
 
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