Never Surrender Page #3

And when I squeeze

the life out of you,

people can pick

you up in pieces.

Diego, I'll see you

in the cage.

I've been training

very hard for this.

We'll see who's

the best fighter.

Crusher versus Carter,

Come on,

put 'em up, Diego!

- Come on, fight!

- This is a different kind of a fight

for your man.

I wonder if he will adapt.

I have seen fighters get really hurt

from this if they weren't prepared.

He doesn't seem to be

too prepared from what I see.

Keep looking.

What exactly is your plan

for him, if I may ask?

It will be fun to see

how far he goes.

Fun?

Yes, like in the movie!

Will he go

to the dark side?

Besides, why do you care

what happens to him?

I don't.

Diego, Diego, Diego!

Diego, Diego!

Congratulations,

Mr. Diego.

Well, I couldn't have

done it without you.

And you're right-

this is something else.

What's next?

You gotta be kidding.

You won. You get your prize-

that's the rule.

- Maybe you and-

- Go enjoy your prize.

I'll see you

tomorrow morning.

- Hi.

- Hi there, gorgeous.

Are you ready for this?

I know what you want.

# There must something,

sworn to tear me down #

# Oh yeah #

# My pain is building #

# Tearing me inside out #

# Oh yeah #

# Will I finish

last again? #

# Here I wait

for this to end #

# I forced the pain

I struggle with #

# And I am open to you. #

Sandra, is that you?

- Who the f*** are you?

- Diego Carter, right?

Name's Stone.

Sandra sent me.

Yeah, my mansion's bigger.

You fight enough fights,

you get a bigger mansion.

- You are in the tournament too?

- I am in the tournament.

Like I said,

Sandra sent me here.

I see you two

have already met.

I'm here to train you

if you'll listen.

I know your opponent Marco-

he's a badass.

I recognize you.

You're the world cage

champion, five years ago.

Mmm, six.

What happened to you?

All of a sudden, you disappeared.

I guess I needed

a change of setting.

All right.

You fight hard,

but you need to fight smart.

Feel his next move.

- Capoeira?

- Yes, tough to beat-

unless I teach you.

Nice moves, Diego,

but I don't go down that easily.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

So what do you think?

Are you going to hang around for a while?

The tournament?

Heh. Sure.

This could affect your standings

in the more legitimate fights.

Who cares?

There's more money here anyway,

plus the perks.

Yeah, the money,

the women, the fights-

they set it all up

to attract guys like us.

But there's

a downside, Diego.

People get hurt here-

really hurt.

I won't get hurt.

I don't see an "S" on your chest.

Everybody gets hurt.

Cheers to that,

my friend.

Tell me something.

Monique is

Stone's consort, right?

Yes.

They seem to have something

special between them.

They do.

Stone has been doing this

for a long time,

and Monique has been doing it

with him for a lot of it.

It's weird to see two people

that really care for each other

in a place like this.

In Russia they say that

even on the battlefield

a rose can bloom.

That's what

I love about you.

It doesn't matter.

You need to forget about everything

except your next fight.

The problem is

there are some very powerful

distractions here.

You are about

to see something awesome.

Tonight,

a very special event.

Welcome to the tournament.

This is real fighting.

This ain't

no M.M.A. bullshit.

I'm undefeated. I got some

surprises for you in the ring-

sh*t you've never

seen before.

I'm gonna come in there

and f*** you up.

I grew up in the streets

of South America.

I've been fighting

since I'm 12.

I have more than 100 fight on the street

and I never lost a street fight.

And I never will,

so let's just get in the cage

and see who's the best.

Let's do that.

Carter versus Marco.

Looks like our man's

doing all right.

What's going on?

What happened to Diego's advantage?

Hmm, looks like Marco

picked up some new tricks.

Good job, bro.

My man!

Taking care of business.

I couldn't have done it

without your help, my friend.

No charge.

We've gotta party, amigo.

You gotta be kidding me.

I can hardly move.

Come on, Diego-

a nice hot tub,

some champagne

and beautiful women?

That settles it! Last one to the pool

has to wear their bathing suit.

- All right.

- And don't forget your prize, buddy.

I don't suppose this falls

under your job description?

Looks like we need some more

champagne. Come on.

Hey, Stone,

which one was the best consort

you ever had?

I don't want one.

I got Monique.

- That's all I need.

- Come on, man.

If she doesn't care,

why should you?

Because I do,

that's why.

Before Monique,

fighting was everything.

She saved me.

You go fight, Diego,

just make sure you don't

lose yourself along the way.

Thanks, Stone.

Let's go get some drinks.

Sounds good to me.

You better watch out, Diego.

I could have had you right there, bro.

I tap out.

Hey, man, we're gonna head on out

to the casa. You cool?

- I'm good.

- And good luck on your next fight.

Sandra's a good girl.

She'll take good care of you.

Thanks, guys.

- It's about time you got back.

- What are you doing here?

- Where's Sandra?

- She took the night off.

Look, I can't

do this tonight.

Oh, I see.

Well, I can help you

with that.

Looks like our guy

is having fun.

You don't understand.

You don't have to do

anything tonight.

Okay.

I mean, if you

don't like me-

I like you fine.

You're very beautiful.

It's just that something easy

is not that exciting.

Well, all the girls

are easy here, Diego.

- That's the point.

- It doesn't have to be that way.

The fighters are here because

of the money generated by the fights.

The women are here

to keep the fighters happy-

it has to be easy.

We're brought here

to work, Diego.

And there's no work except

for the type we do at the tournaments.

And the people

who run it...

don't take no

for an answer.

You're not doing me any favors

by not sleeping with me tonight, Diego.

Because tomorrow night...

I will be given away

or kept.

There must be

something I can do.

There are too many people

making too much money off the fights.

If you tried anything...

they'd kill you.

Then they'd kill half

of the other girls

to teach us all

a lesson.

Our best hope is that maybe

when the tournament is over,

they'll let us go.

- That's a long shot.

- It's all we have.

- Is Sandra in the same way?

- She has it even worse, Diego.

She belongs to Seifer.

She has to be at the beck

and call of that devil.

Seifer?

Tell me about him.

He grew up

on the streets of Russia.

And he was sent to prison

when he was a teenager.

That's where he

started fighting.

Rumor has it he killed

several men in the ring.

After that, he escaped

and fled here to America.

It was his idea to combine

the prostitution rings

and the underground

tournaments.

I can't imagine what kind

of monster could be so cruel.

What are you doing?

You seem down,

my darling.

Is something

the matter?

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