And we get to see Mason doing some training...by his father's former MMA instructor! You guys remember Jason from 'Tiger Trainer' and in this one, he's an old guy...in his mid-50's, but he can still do MMA training like a youngster.


Chapter 12: Mason's Training

Mason was standing in a MMA arena where he faced Max's former MMA instructor, Jason as they were getting ready to do some training together and Mason was more determined than ever to complete his training to get stronger than ever with just a simple sparring session with him. Though Jason's in his 50's, he still has the strength, speed and agility of a young fighter with an edge and Mason was ready for this.

"You ready, Mase?" asked Jason.

"You're going down, old man." Mason said, with a little smirk.

With that, both of them began sparring with each other as Jason began thrashing Mason around, but Mason knew how to fight back fast and he slid underneath Jason and flipped him down the mat several times and attacked him, but Jason was never one to be outsmarted so easily. He got himself up and they kept kicking, punching, flipping and clawing each other to an extent.

After that, Mason and Jason were walking around each other and Mason lets out a smirk on his face while Jason smirked back as well and both of them continued sparring and for some reason, Mason started getting a lot better with his fighting stance and gained much more strength than ever before and all that training he did was Jason completely helped raise his confidence level boost up even further and it sparked a huge fire inside of him to be the best at everything he can be...even without bragging rights.

Jason has fared much better as well and though he's aging, he still fires up his fighting stances and keeps training and has really picked up the pace, especially after all those years of training with Max from age 10 until the tender age of 14 and it made him not only a much better fighter, but a better trainer as well.

Mason kept on fighting Jason and attacked him straight up with the usage of kung-fu techniques with an MMA edge and he flipped and wrestled him down harder, but Jason thought up of a sneaky way to show him who's boss...he turned to the tables on Mason as he fought him hard and wrestled him twice as hard.

Mason started yowling in pain as his leg got twisted and soon after, Jason lets him go and he chuckled softly while Mason gets himself up and he said, "Why twist my leg?"

"Because this is what happens when you try to get too full of yourself. Confidence really is key, but don't put yourself in overconfidence because it's a way of letting your opponent take advantage of that and if you focus on being overconfident, your strategy will always backfire." Jason answered.

"Man...I could've easily beaten you." Mason added.

"Trust me, Mase...you don't want to feel any part of my unrelenting fierce battles." Jason said, with a smirk.

Mason rolled his eyes at that and both tigers got out of the arena and Jason said, "But all in all...great showmanship."


Stay tuned! We're gonna focus more on Max and Saori and the kids! One note: there are two Jason's in this fic; one is Max and Saori's youngest son (the three year old) and another is the one that was Max's MMA instructor...so it's only fitting that Max named his seventh child after his MMA instructor.

Voice of Jason: John C. Reilly