Unrivaled Page #6

Oh, yes!

That's it, that's it.

That's it, that's it.

I didn't throw it, man.

I didn't throw it.

Good fight.

Anything you wanna tell me, Pressure?

Winner by judges' split decision:

Ringo Duran.

Way to go, Ringo!

Look, he's not talking

to anyone right now, okay?

No pictures.

No-- I'm not talking--

Raphael, they really want interviews.

Well, let me ask him.

No, he's not really talking right now.

No, he's not really talking right now.

No picture-- my sign?

Well, I'm a Leo.

Yeah, I don't know yet.

Why? Why?

Because the f***ing fight just ended.

The blood's not even dry yet.

It's "The Patriot" now.

Everybody wants to know how you feel

about fighting Duran

in a championship bout.

You tell the press

I'm gonna rip f***ing

Ringo Duran's head off!

Yeah, Christopher "The Pressure" Holland

is absolutely looking forward

to fighting Mr. Duran

for the championship title.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, direct quote.

We got our blockbuster, my friend.

We got our blockbuster.

Want a nut?

No, thank you.

I don't want any nuts.

Suit yourself.

F*** off.

Hey, Alonso, that was

a great match last night.

Saw it on Pay-Per-View.

It was really exciting.

- Well, the crowd seemed to like it.

- They liked it?

The crowd?

Yeah, you liked it, huh?

You son of a b*tch!

You son of a b*tch!

Do you know how much

f***ing money you cost me,

you son of a--

Come on, man,

you don't gotta do this.

You don't-- you don't

gotta do this, man.

- Stop!

- Stop? Stop?

I thought you already made

your decision.

- You don't wanna live, right?

- Yeah, I wanna live.

- You wanna live?

- I just can't take a dive, man.

Can't take a fall?

Bang!

Son of a b*tch.

You know how much money

you cost me?

You're lucky that you can

still be useful to me, yes?

- Yeah, I can be useful.

- Good.

Christopher here is gonna finish

what you started two weeks ago.

Now you-- you are going

to guarantee us

the outcome of that fight

or you're not gonna live

to see the first round.

I ain't gonna kill anybody, man.

Alonso, don't you know

you don't have to kill a man

to kill him?

- Hello, Razer.

- Aw, sh*t.

What's wrong with you f***ing guys?

- How are things with Pepper?

- Amazing.

Can you believe a girl like her

with a guy like me?

Yes, I can.

Sometimes, Ringo, you throw sh*t

out to the universe

and it comes back as sirloin.

- She's still teaching you poetry?

- Yep.

But I don't get half of what

she's saying most of the time.

- Does it bother you?

- No, not at all.

Makes me want to become better.

Run!

Alonso!

Come on, run.

Run!

Link!

Link, you okay?

- Is that kid dead?

- It was a f***ing accident, man.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Come on.

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

He should still be in for observation.

The kid has no insurance.

They said the best place

for him would be in bed.

He's gonna be okay.

I saw him get hit.

He's just a little guy.

Is he okay?

Where is he?

Where is he?

- Pepper, he's sleeping.

- Kara, where is he?

- What the hell happened to your arm?

- Arm is fine.

I just got him.

I just got him.

He just found me.

Got yourself a nice new couch.

It's nice.

- What?

- This never would have happened

if I didn't let him hang around

with me so much.

You think not?

Well, what about

what you've done for him?

I mean a kid like this

with no real physical ability,

no real kind of coordination--

to experience the things that he has...

- The kid idolizes you, man.

- Yeah, he picked the wrong idol.

I don't know.

No one ever forced this kid

to be in your corner.

He just showed up every day,

day after day, all on his own.

Yeah, look where that got him.

Have I ever told you the story

of what really happened

at your mom's last fight--

versus Saffire Cassaday?

- Have l?

- I've read about it.

F*** that, man.

I'm not talking about

a goddamn newspaper account.

I'm trying to tell you

what really happened.

I was there.

I was in the corner

for five merciless rounds.

Your mom got into that ring

versus Saffire Cassaday,

she's trading blows

with one of the meanest,

deadliest competitors

we'd ever come across.

That Cassaday-Duran fight was touted

as the female David and Goliath,

except this time your mom

was the one that was 12:1

and, man, did they ever put on a show.

But Gracie, she was determined, right?

I mean the look in her eyes--

wow, locked right in.

And she was doing all right--

keeping Saffire back,

keeping her off balance.

Gracie had that beautiful right kick,

would sweep up out of nowhere.

But then the third round--

Saffire connected.

She kicked her leg something fierce.

Well, I tell you, you could hear

the snap of bone

clear up into the upper bowl.

Gracie fell back.

And by the time the ref

got there to her,

she was already back up on her feet.

She was back up on her feet.

You understand?

Her leg was shattered, man,

and she's trying to keep

all of her weight on her right side.

I mean, imagine what it's like

trying to walk with a broke leg,

but she's gonna finish it.

A title fight, okay?

A kickboxing fight.

Had two more rounds to go.

And I knew that wasn't

your garden variety,

average bone-crushing pain

that she was going through.

With every punch, with every kick--

and there were a ton of them--

every strike, your mom was looking

at the face of God with that pain.

She was still going through it.

By the last round, it wasn't pretty.

She was white,

she was shaking and sweating,

and, oh God, my-- my soul

just kind of ripped apart for her.

So I did it.

I reached for the towel.

I was gonna like

just throw it into the ring

and then I caught your mom's eye.

She's shaking her head at me, no.

"No," she said.

She's not about to give this one up.

She's not about

to start quitting, not now.

I mean after all

she's been through with the leg

and the rivers of blood and the sweat,

all the sacrifices that she made.

She's a mother.

She had you.

She felt she'd be

throwing all that away.

So she-- she just took it.

For two more minutes

I saw a woman with no legs under her

stand and take that beating.

I saw a woman,

a mother with no strength

left in her arms whatsoever

and she's punching back.

I saw a fighter that night in that ring

and no one's gonna take that

away from her, not never.

Gracie-- she may not

be around no more,

but that night, that ain't dead.

I'm not her.

What, did you say something?

I said I'm not her.

Neither is Link.

I think you'll find

that there's more of her

in both of youse than what you think.

You know, when life

throws this sh*t to you

and throws you these kinds of curves,

what else can you do?

You fight.

You gotta fight.

- Did I win?

- No.

Welcome to the MCW 100:

The Undiscovered.

This is the main title championship

between the current

reigning champion of the world,

the undefeated, undisputed

Christopher "The Pressure" Holland,

and his new contender,

king of the amateurs, Ringo Duran.

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