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My eyes stay glued to Josh fucking Howe as he prowls the cage, watching me as I get patted down by the ref.
“Luca,” Max says sternly.
I shift my gaze to him, and he shakes his head.
“Stay focused,” Max says. “You know what to do. Don’t give him a chance to think. Keep him moving, be quick, and always have a plan.”
I nod and blow out a breath. “Easy.”
“All good.” The ref steps back, gesturing for me to enter the cage.
“You got this.” Max nods to me, then I head up the stairs.
“Go, Luca!” Rosa yells from the side of the cage. I let my eyes slide to her, Noah and Adão for a moment as I head to my corner, giving them a nod and a small smile. They already fought and won, and I appreciate that they are cage side to lend support.
I quickly glance towards the back of the floor area towards the dressing rooms, and knowing that Ty is in there, safe and getting fixed up after his fight sends a wave of confidence through me. He fucking dominated… and I’m about to do the same.
I get to my corner and hop on my feet as I stretch my neck side to side, while I stare down the guy I’m about to fuck up.
Motherfucker is going to fucking pay for what he did to Ty.
The ref approaches the middle of the octagon and calls us both to him.
“Luca Mitchell,” Howe says with a sly smirk as he stops before me.
I nod at him. “Josh Howe.”
His brow furrows and his eyes flash with rage. “It’s Hens.”
“Huh?” I ask, but then it clicks. “Ooohh, Hens.” I say, giving him the finger guns with a click of my tongue. “Like a chicken. Ok yeah, got it now.”
“Fuck you, motherfucker,” Hens spits as he steps closer, but the ref quickly places a hand to his chest and pushes him back.
“Hey!” The ref stares him down as Hens continues to glare at me, and I chuckle. “Listen, Hens, I’m not putting up with any bullshit,” the ref says to him, clearly aware of his reputation. “I call the shots here.” He then slides his eyes to me and lowers his hand from Hens’ chest. “You both going to fight within the rules?”
I nod with a smile aimed at Hens. The same smile I used to save just for Ty to piss him off. “Yup.”
Hens’ jaw tics as he stares back at me, and I know he’s going to come in guns blazing.
He gives the slightest nod ever.
“Listen to me at all times.” The ref then steps back, indicating for us to step back from each other as well and into our corners to create space between us. “Touch hands if you want to, then begin.”
I take in the rage emanating from Hens and briefly consider not touching hands with him. He took advantage of Ty initiating sportsmanship with him, he’ll probably do it again. But I hold my hand out anyway.
I’m not fucking scared of him.
I keep my left arm up high and tight as I wait for him to tap my hand, and prepare to step to the left in case he does anything stupid. But he touches my hand. And even though it’s more like a swat to get it away, I’ll take it.
Hens comes right in with a kick to my thigh, then another low kick in an attempt to sweep my foot. I respond with a kick of my own, and it lands hard on his leg.
But as I go for a straight right, he comes at me, dropping low and bringing his shoulder to my midsection, pushing me back into the cage wall. He continues to hold me against the cage and gets a hit to my ribs as he just shoves his shoulder into my upper stomach so it’s hard to breathe.
Ok, so he obviously doesn’t have a plan. But I do.
I wrap my arm around his neck, holding his head tight to my side as I pull back and put him in a guillotine choke. As he drops low in an attempt to lessen the pressure on his neck, I get a leg around his waist, then lift the other one so he has my entire weight around his neck. He’s forced to drop to his knees, and I pull back hard with him still in the guillotine.
But I know it’s not enough. I know he can flip backwards to land on his back and get out of it. Which he does. Then he reaches back with fucking outstretched fingers heading straight towards my face. I turn my head at the last second, so I don’t get a fucking eye poke from him, which forces me to partially release him. And he takes advantage of this to escape my hold and roll over.
