Fire erupted all around the circular shaped arena as Mario steppted his way onto the fray. Looking around and noticing how hard the magma hardened path was, Mario looked up, to see a three-headed, red-colored Cobrat bursting from the ground. The three-headed Cobrat snickered as the ground below him reformed, and he started firing red hot fireballs towards Mario. Mario screamed as he rolled to the left to avoid being blasted, realizing quickly who the three-headed Cobrat was - Tryclyde!
Questions aside, Mario jumped into the air and attempted to pound Tryclyde, but the Cobrat slithered out of the way, grabbing Mario by his tail and squeezing the poor plumber. Mario groaned in pain as he felt his bones being crushed, and he resorted to biting on Tryclyde's tail, causing him to be free. Getting back his strenght, Mario grabbed Tryclyde by the tail and started shaking the three-headed snake, tossing him into the other side of the ring. Tryclyde moaned in pain as he shook his head, only to get blasted by a fireball from Mario. Angered, Tryclyde turned around and started firing several fireballs at Mario. Mario replied back with his fireballs, although he was burned by one of Tryclyde's fireballs, being forced to stop, drop, and roll. Tryclyde chucked as he slithered towards Mario and body slammed the plumber, making him flat as he then grabbed Mario by the tail again and began squeezing him even tighter. Mario struggled, but this time, he manage to somehow slide out from Tryclyde's grip.
Tryclyde's eyes widened as Mario pounded him right in the face, enough for the three-headed Cobrat to be knocked out unconscious. As a golden key popped out from the magma hardened ground, Mario grabbed it and placed it away in his blue overalls, heading into the blue horizontal warp pipe that popped out from the right side of the circular arena, leaving behind the unconscious Tryclyde, who was to be the only boss not apparently killed in battle, the fire in the background erupting even more as lava began slowly pouring into the arena.
