Ouch, that one hurts. Damn near knocks the wind out of him, too, and if he was just sparring with Spock, he'd feel safe calling a brief time-out to get his breath back. But with Samus, he has this funny feeling that if he does that, he'll be seen as weak, and if he just lies here, she's going to bring down a world of hurt on him. So he forces himself to at least try to get the hell out of reach for a moment.

"You're really good at this," he wheezes out, and there'd be more of an appreciative tone to his voice if he wasn't short on air at the moment.