[Grimmjow does not see it coming. He doesn't even sense that Ichigo is remotely close by, and he has not yet realized just how severely his senses have been dulled.

So Ichigo connects almost perfectly, and the sound Grimmjow makes is far from dignified as all the air is forced from his lungs and he tumbles across the ground. He is discovering in real time that his Hierro is gone, and his pain tolerance? Nonexistent. He's gonna be down. For a minute.]