[quote=@Rilla]
what he did is commonly called an interrupt, which is as its name implies.

His sheet doesn't mention leg strength, which is what he used to do it, but does include burst strength, though I'm not sure what that is. 

I'm inclined to think he can, maybe not quickly, but it also leaves him still mid-air, and if you're clever, at your mercy to do your own counter.
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Burst strength is the ability to use as much of the muscle's power as possible in the shortest period of time. He has considerably more fast-twitch muscle than the ordinary fighter does, fatiguing faster than one would expect from a superhuman, but also being capable of very powerful muscle contractions. Basically, he will be trying to quickly overpower Alexis before the centrifugal force even gets strong enough.