Ares Addison Angel rested one hand on the cage while taking a swig of his water bottle and then he set it down and wiped his mouth. He was sweating and he'd taken a beating tonight but he could keep going. He had a few more opponents to go through yet if he wanted the money and he had every intention of beating down every last one of them. If The Big Man thought he was going to win out on the wager he was sorely mistaken. Ares still had plenty of gas left in the tank. He rolled his shoulders and neck and loosened up and jumped up and down to get ready for his next opponent.
"COME ON, BIG SHOT! COME ON! WHO'S NEXT, HUH? WHO'S NEXT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK?" Ares called up to the VIP Seats where The Big Man was sitting back and watching the show while smoking a cigar and enjoying a nice cup of Brandy. It didn't take long for him to send out his next fighter. Rick 'Shotgun' Ward. A Dock Working Boxer who doubled as an Enforcer and Legbreaker for The Big Man.
He certainly had the look for it. The guy was built like a truck with thick eyebrows and a close shaved goatee with a ball on the end. The man took off his cap and shirt, leaving him clad in just his dark blue jeans and dark blue handwraps, as he approached the cage and they opened up the door and let him in. He looked down on Ares and scoffed. "You've gotten lucky, Triple-A, but it stops here. You can either back out now or I can smash your skull into the floor."
"You're a sweetheart, Ricky, but don't worry about me. I'm The God Of War." Ares replied confidently with a cocky grin. "Lets dance."
Ares was smaller and younger than Rick, comparatively skinnier, with a few noticeable scars on his flesh from the rough life he'd lived after all this time but as far as Ares was concerned that was his advantage. He had considerably more fight in him than Rick because of the simple fact that this was his way out. If he wanted to get out from under Lagomarsino's thumb then he needed to win The Big Man's Little Game. The Money would be more than sufficient. Now he just had win.
"Your funeral." He replied and stepped in to attack Ares.
He started by rapid firing Jabs from his left hand while quickly advancing on Ares who was forced to back away from him while slipping his punches before dodging to the side but Rick followed after him still rapid firing his jabs to keep him on the run before switching it up with a quick feint from his right hand before throwing in a left cross that Ares ducked under, slipped around him and landed a quick kick to his stomach but Rick just tanked it and advanced on him with a quick combination of punches that forced Ares on the defensive until he bumped up against the steel cage. He quickly ducked down underneath his punch and dodged out of the way, rolled to his feet and got back up on his feet. Meanwhile, Rick's punch collided with the cage and dented it and pushed it outwards! He turned back around without hesitation and charged Ares again this time attacking him with a series of rapid fire uppercuts from his right hand while cocking back his left. As Ares was dodging left and right to dodge his barrage of uppercuts Rick stepped in and threw a heavy haymaker into Ares' stomach! His punch was driven into Ares' stomach like a cannonball and drilled into him so hard that Ares doubled over before he fell backwards, landed on his back and slid across the cage until he hit the steel. He rolled over onto his stomach and coughed up a load of spittle and gack onto the floor while holding his stomach while his coughing fit continued. Rick wasn't content to just leave it like this though and he charged him, leaped into the air and tried to bring his fist down hard on the back of his head but Ares recovered enough to get out of the way, roll over on his stomach again and used the cage to get back on his feet. Rick's missed punch dented the floor of the ring and he just kept coming! He quickly closed the distance between Rick and himself! He attacked with another constant barrage of punches but Ares slipped and dodged around his punches before he moved around him, ducked under a punch and retaliated with a powerful low kick to the back of Rick's left leg! He stumbled a bit but recovered and switched up his style by suddenly lunging towards him, grabbing Ares, running forward, hoisting him up and slamming him down to the floor! Ares cried out in pain but was able to get his arms in front of his face as Rick got on top of him and began raining punches down on him. Those bone breaking sledgehammer punches fell down on him like Anvils and it was all Ares could do to block them. He tried his best to roll with the punches but he wasn't able to do much from this position.
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'Big Man' Bryn Baxter laughed as he watched the fight. In the end Ares was just another execution on the mat. Another sad sack of shit who was too confident and tried to go for the Prize Money and just ended up as another corpse. Not that he minded. It was entertaining for him and their guests and it kept his men's skills sharp. It would almost be sad if it wasn't Ares of all people but that just made it hilarious. The heavyset giant man in a fancy silver suit that was a custom fit for him adjusted his sunglasses and leaned back to smoke his cigar while he watched the execution.
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Rick continued to hammer Ares down on the mat until he grabbed his neck and raised his fist up to slam his fist down on him only for Ares' hand to quickly raise up, deflect his punch and strike his eye! Rick cursed and grabbed his eye in pain! Rick used this chance to grab his thumb and break it and throw him off! They both got away from each other and Rick got up on his feet and ran over to the wall of the cage to recover. He sucked in air and gently rubbed his aching pained arms while Rick got up on one knee and held his eye in pain for a moment before he finally lowered his hand and got up on his feet revealing his bloodied eye. Both fighters took a breather and then Rick closed his eye and began advancing on Ares who'd been resting his arms. He attacked Rick once more and threw another haymaker punch at him but Ares dodged his punch, leaving Rick to dent the cage again, and then he slipped around to his blind spot and spun around and kicked his leg again to force him down and then he kicked him in the back and sent him careening forward into the steel cage. He got right back up again however and swung a powerful backfist at him but Ares dodged him again and moved around to his blind spot again. Rick turned around to keep him in his field of vision and he returned to his all out assault and barrage of punches on him while Ares kept his distance and ran around to to the side and he gave another low kick to his leg and then another and another ultimately causing Rick to fall down to his knee so Ares could deliver a hard spinning kick to his back that made him fall on his face. Rick still got right back up though, albeit slightly hobbling from the continued leg strikes and continued throwing punches but now he was mixing it up with elbows as Ares dodged around his punches and elbow strikes until he dodged to his side but then he suddenly grabbed his arm and then he turned around and punched him across the face and knocked him to the floor and sent him sliding across the floor on his arm until he grabbed the floor and he turned around on his back and rubbed his mouth. "Okay.....owwwww....." He grumbled. He turned his head and spat blood onto the floor and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as the boxer began closing in on him but he stayed down until the boxer got close enough and he sat right up and kicked Ares straight in the balls! He grunted and doubled over slightly and then he squeezed his legs together and caught Ares' leg! Then he grabbed his leg, pushed it down, leaned over, grabbed at him but succeeded in grabbing Ares' arm instead and tried to punch at his face and then Ares deflected his punch aside and then grabbed his wrist. The two of them struggled against each other but he ultimately won the struggle and pulled him up to his feet, reached out, grabbed Ares by the neck and got ready to drive his fist into his face but Ares kicked him away and backed off holding his throat. Rick tried to attack him again but his leg buckled and he fell forward! Rick quickly capitalized on this, ran forward and kicked him in the face as hard as he could to knock Rick down flat on his ass! With the boxer knocked down on his back he leaped over on top him and continued punching his wounded eye repeatedly! Rick was eventually able to grab him and throw him off but the damage was done now with blood pouring down from his wounded eye down his face!
"AHHHH! AHHHHH! YOU LITTLE SHIIIIT! AHHHH!" He swore. "I'M GONNA KILL YOUR ASS!" Rick shouted as he tried to get up on his feet but then Ares ran forward and executed a flying kick to the side of his wounded leg and broke it! There was a Sickening Crunch from the impact of his kick and Rick fell over to the floor again. As he rolled over onto his back holding his leg and growling in pain and rolled around on his back Ares walked over to him, got on top of him, grabbed his face and began absolutely laying into him with a ruthless hailstorm of punches on him until the half-blind boxer with the broken leg was left a bloody mess on the mat! Ares stood up, gasping for breath and backed up against the wall of the cage and rested against it.
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"Well damn...I didn't expect that." The Big Man admitted. "Not bad kid. Not bad." He pressed a button on his chair. "Get me The Mangler. He's up next."
