Never Back Down: No Surrender Page #3

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Come on, man, that

can't be true.

You saw what Old

School did to Cobra.

Yeah, guy's a freak.

Let's go.

Yo, Brody!

Brody!

Hell no, Brody, man, we're

supposed to be liftin'.

Spot me, bro.

Man, I'm outta here.

Call me when you

wanna win a fight.

I always knew you were gay.

Me? The brunette's a man.

Dude, I was kidding.

Guess who's two hours late.

Yo, Brody, man, what the f***?

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

I got it, I know.

But, look, just the

first couple days.

Still getting into

the swing of things.

I'm not gonna be

late all the time.

It's okay, champ, it's okay.

We'll get you back in shape.

But this guy you

brought with you...

This guy's a disruptive

presence to the camp.

But it is my camp, right?

Looks like the old school is

showing Brody James how it's done.

Round before you fire.

Holy sh*t.

Hugo Vega?

Mr. Vega, welcome.

Where's Brody?

Too early?

What the hell are you

doing here, Vega?

Came to see the guy

who beat my guy.

Which one of you is called Old

School, gave Cobra a concussion

and broke three of his ribs?

Jesus Christ, Case Walker.

Casey "The Headcase" Walker.

It's been years.

What you been up to, brother?

- "Brother"?

- Come on.

It was a lousy contract and your

team should've been on top of it.

You got nerve, I'll

give you that.

Well, let's make it right.

Got room on the undercard

now, thanks to you.

So, I came down to

see what you can do.

Thanks, but I'm done for today.

Hey. Hold on, be right back.

Hey, what the...

Hey, hey, hey.

What the hell are you doin', man?

What's your problem?

Do you know who that guy is?

Do you?

Don't be an a**hole.

I don't understand why sh*t's always

gotta be so goddamn difficult for you.

You want a shot, go show

the man what you can do.

Everything doesn't have to be

so goddamn difficult, all right?

Look, we really need him.

We need a fighter.

Excuse me, Mr. Vega. Excuse me.

Let me try out.

I mean, if you've got room on your

card, let me show you my stuff.

Sorry, kid, I got things to do.

Hey, I'll spar him.

Taj, come on.

It's okay, Taj.

Come on, just show

him what you got.

Take it to Old School.

All right, let's go, Taj.

You got it!

Let's go!

Taj, get 'em! Get 'em, get 'em!

Come on, kid, you're losing him.

Come on, Taj. Come on, come on.

Like I said, nothing to see here.

Let's get out of here.

It's okay...

I don't understand. He

wasn't even trying.

Yesterday, he was unstoppable.

All right, you handle publicity,

I'll recruit the talent.

Do you honestly think

that the guy you saw today is the

same guy that beat Cobra yesterday?

You don't understand, okay?

It's like this guy

looks at the world

through the wrong end of

the telescope, all right?

He's not all there.

He wants it his way or no way.

I can't do business with

somebody like that.

Well, sounds like you

two have some history.

Care to elaborate?

Yeah, I want you to focus

all of your energy

on generating interest

for the Braga-James fight.

- Understood?

- Understood.

- Understood?

- Understood, I'm on it, Hugo.

Well, "I'm on it" is not

good enough, okay?

I've got everything

riding on this.

Hugo, I'm calling in every

favor for this fight.

By the time I'm finished with

everything I need to do,

from the Internet ties

to the media buy-ins,

believe me, they will know

about this fight on Mars.

Why stop at Mars?

Hey, what the f***

was that out there?

Hey, man, if you want to fight for

Hugo Vega, that's your business.

I'm just here to

help you out, right?

- Yeah, but...

- Am I right?

So let's go do some

mitts, come on.

Dude, you lit his ass up.

Dude, don't be a dumb-ass.

He wasn't even freakin' trying.

Need somethin'?

Yeah, what do you call all that?

I've never seen anything

like that before.

Hey, man, why did you let

me pound on you like that?

"Pound"?

Yeah, Why'd you agree to spar with

me if you weren't gonna fight back?

Well, it looked like it

was important to you,

I was just trying to

make you look good.

I've got nothing to

prove to the man.

Hugo Vega is one of the top

promoters in the sport

and you just shined him on.

Can you teach us?

Been there, done that.

We're all in the same camp, bro.

We should all help

each other out, right?

Yeah? How you going

to help me out?

Come on, dude, this guy's not

gonna teach us anything.

Wait a second.

Look, I'll show you a few things after

I'm done with my workout, okay?

That's only after I'm

finished working out.

After you're done?

- Yeah.

- Okay. Got it.

Yeah, no hurry, man.

Just, whenever you

got some free time.

Okay, it's going to be awhile.

You done?

Okay, stop.

Gloves off.

Okay, question.

Why do you wrap your hands

in boxing and in MMA?

So you don't sprain your wrist?

Or break your hands.

Exactly.

That's because you don't

know how to punch.

You don't know how to punch

without hurting yourself.

Not your opponent,

hurting your damn self.

News flash, guys.

In martial arts, your hands, your

feet, your elbows, your knees

even your head were used as

weapons and were trained as such.

You understand?

See, striking is not just about putting

on gloves and hitting a heavy bag

and letting a heavy

bag stop your fist.

Striking is about

perfecting the technique.

Maximum result, minimal effort.

Okay?

Just like the precision

of a golf swing.

You transfer all the power

into one specific point.

See?

Stop that sh*t.

Okay, now look.

If I were an inch closer or further

away, they wouldn't have broken.

See, you have to find

your sweet spot.

So distance.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Distance along with proper technique

is where you're the most powerful.

Now you try.

I want you to punch

through the board.

Okay? Use these two knuckles.

Wrist straight, not

like this, like this.

Go.

See?

Now, hitting a heavy bag would give

you nearly a 100% success rate.

Not so with this.

Yeah, and it doesn't

hurt your hand.

Five hundred hand strikes.

Knuckles and shuto.

Five hundred kicks,

ball of the foot,

shin and instep.

Rub this on your

bruises tonight.

I can't believe I'm doing this sh*t again.

I must be some kind of fool.

...James will have his hands full

up against the seven-foot

"Psycho" Caesar Braga.

Braga is undefeated and has

decimated his last three opponents.

Tickets are now on sale

at the Bangkok Sporting...

I don't want to get hit with

any of his power shots.

I think I'll have Case

work with me on that.

...Bangkok heavyweight

championship!

It's gonna be a hell of a fight.

Hello, everybody,

hello, hello, hello.

Hey, everybody, nice to see you.

Brody, Brody, Brody.

Sawadee, Mr. Kanarot.

Good morning to you, too.

So, how is Thailand

treating you, Mr. James?

Like a king, so far.

I have a few questions for you.

You bring security

this time or what?

No need, I assure you.

Okay, are you nervous about

the fight with Braga?

I'm a bit nervous.

Nervous that I might

end his career

and his family would have to go

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