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The ref slides between Matt and West and checks Matt to make sure can continue My eyes uard up"

Matt waves the ref off and West refocuses on the fight Matt’s trained and he’s experienced He slipped into eain He’ll want retaliation and he’ll want it on the floor "Stay off the floor," I screaes forward and West sidesteps the wrong way Both of thee vibrates with the ioes insane

Matt tries to throw a knee over West to straddle His elbow and foreare and West scrambles to move away, but Matt’s too trained to allow easy release

"Kick your hps up! Get under his legs!"

West thrusts up and Matt crashes into hi him back down He presses his forearain "Under his legs!"

But West panics with the loss of air and his hands shoot to Matt’s ar!"

The reaction is instantaneous He thrusts back up again and Matt’s grip loosens The crowd hollers their approval when West ducks and rolls out of the hold and brings the fight back to their feet

Matt and West round each other The crowd claps in unison, waiting for either to attack I glance at the ticking clock "Thirty seconds!"

Three rounds of three minutes each and the end is near His first competition and I know he needs to finish it out Both of them sith exhaustion Matt sto out of the way Matt will go for the knees again

We trained for this ain At this point, it has nothing to do with strength, but everything to do with heart

"Kick series!" I rattle the cage "Kick series"

West wipes at the sweat over his eyes and begins the dance on the floor His legs switch as he searches for the rightan attack, Matt parallels, then strikes

Matt throws a cross and West blocks and lands a front kick into his chest Matt stu West continues the attack, pinning Matt against the cage

The entire arena stos and the ref pulls West off Matt West circles the cage, pounding his fist to his chest and the crowd eats it up

With pale, he leans into e and wrap myself around him, but there are rules and there is respect and later I’ll show hiratitude "You did it"

West sucks in air and latches on to h the fence "I didn’t win"

"I don’t care" The decision by the judges against him should be fast Matt scored ht, but West stood three rounds and he sent ahas heart and he never gives up That, in the fighting world, e and I press ers touch and I closeere alone