Chapter 2

It's 8:00am and Max woke up very happy knowing that he didn't have to do anything today except do a few warm-up exercises before his match. Max's #1 ranked match would be happening at 11:30am, the second to last match for today. Max changed out of his sleep wear and put on a black sleeveless shirt with white words saying "Maximum Power" on the front, black and grey shorts, black ankle wraps, and blue van shoes. After Max put on his gear, he headed downstairs for some breakfast.

Max got downstairs to see his Mom making breakfast. Max grabbed his plate from the table and went to the counter to grab his food that's already made. Max grabbed some pancakes, sausage, and eggs and went back to his seat and started eating.

"So Max. Are you ready for your match today?" said Angie.

"Yeah. I'm ready, but I hope I do good in my match."

"You will do good. The only thing you need to do is keep your head clear and only focus on the match when you are in it."

"Thanks. Where's Dad?" said Max, while looking around the room.

"Oh your Dad went to go get you a Gatorade."

"Ok because I want him to help me out in my warm-up drills before my match."

"Well until he gets here, you just need to finish your breakfast."

Max went back to eating his breakfast. When he finished, he put his dishes in the sink and went outside to do his daily exercise before his Dad comes home.

2 hours later, the whole family left early to see how everyone is doing in their matches. Max mostly wanted to go early to support his friend, Christopher in his match and wants to get warmed up again. The family got there and Max went to the changing room to see his friend, Christopher and wish him good luck. Christopher went to the ring because his match was up next and Max went to sit with his family until his match comes up.

The match that Christopher had was good and when it got to the 2nd round, Christopher won his match by K.O. Christopher went to the dressing room and Max followed, mostly because he needed the trainer to tape his arms up before his match and he wanted to see if his friend was ok. During the match, Christopher got kicked in his left knee and he was hobbling. Max got to the back and went to the trainer's room and when he got to the trainer's room, he saw his friend on the bed, holding his knee.

"Hey Chris. Are you alright?"

"Yeah just a little tweak in my knee, but nothing to worry about. Your match is next; so do you need to wrap?"

"Yeah I guess. Can you help me?"

"Sure. Give me the tape."

Max gave the black tape to his friend and he wrapped up part of his arm and his wrist. The owner came into the trainer's room and told Max to go to the ring because his match was next and Max did as he was told. Max got to the ring, took his shirt off and waited for his opponent to come. Max's opponents name is Alec Torres and he went for the belt last time, but lost by submitting.

Max's opponent came to the ring and both competitor's touched gloves, went to their corner, put on the mouthguard, and the match started. The 1st round went pretty good with both fighters taking even amounts of blows to each other, but Max is getting tired fast. The 2nd round started and the match was just as good as the last round, but this time Max was getting hit around a lot more. Max turned around, facing the crowd and when he turned back to face his opponent, he got punch in the face pretty bad and almost went down, but he managed to grab the ropes to keep himself up long enough for the ref to let Max get a breather.

'I'm not doing so good. This guy is pretty good. Think Max, what do you have to do to beat this guy?" thought Max.

Max go up and went back into his stance. Alec walked up to Max and started hitting again, but Max blocked them all. Max was still trying to figure out what to do next besides blocking. Max ducked and did a right cross to Alec's face and Alec stepped back little.

'That's how I'm gonna get this guy down.'

Max ran towards Alec and superman punch Alec directly in the face. Afterwards, Max ran behind and did a sleeper hold on Alec. 30secs later, Alec fell to his knees and his eyes rolled in the back of his head and then his eyes shut. The ref saw it and checked on Alec, but he called for the bell and Max won. The bell rang and Max let go and was so happy that he won after going through so much in a short time.

The audience cheered and Christopher hobbled to the ring and congratulate Max on his win. Both guys exited the ring and went to the locker room to relax until the final match starts. Both were talking in the locker room and then, the Champ entered the room.

"Nice win their Max, but not good enough. When you decide to actually fight instead of just flailing your arms around then I'll be waiting, but then I still won't have any problems when I defend my title." said Steve.

"What's up with you. Come on man, it's a great afternoon and soon you will put that title on the line and finally lose that title to this guy and new #1 contender, Max." replied Christopher.

"I don't think I'm gonna lose this title anytime soon. I've had this title since last year and no one has come close to winning this title from me. But there is one good thing about this and that is, I get to face someone different."

"What do you mean by that?" replied Max.

"Don't get your hopes up because it doesn't mean anything. See you later loser." said Steve as he left the locker room.

"What a jerk."

"Who cares about him. Soon that title will come off his waist and be around mine."

"Well it will be soon because I heard that he will defend the title against you on Monday and the manager of the gym has hired someone to record the match and post it on the website." Said Christopher.

"Good to know, but it's happening too fast. I just won."

"Well are you hurt?"

"No just a little dazed, but that's it."

"Well then you have nothing to worry about. Just rest tomorrow and you can be rest up enough to fight him on Monday."

"I guess so."

"Let's go and sit down, the smell is starting to get to me."

"Alright."

Both guys walked out of the locker room and went to sit with their families and finish watching the event.

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