[centre][b]Joe Bernard[/b][/centre]

After greeting his manager, Joe went to the bar. "Hey, gimme a Pepsi." Said Joe to the waiter. As the waiter handed over an empty glass to Joe and then filled it with the contents of a glass bottle of Pepsi, Joe was greeted, to his utmost surprise, by the man he took the UFC Middleweight title from, John Barnes. "Hey there Joe! Somehow I never imagined you in a place like this drinking Pepsi." Said Barnes who patted Joe ion the back and then the two shook their hands as Joe had a smile on his face and was visibly surprised. "I never imagined myself in a place like this drinking Pepsi either. To be honest with you i'll pick a training gym over this place anytime." Said Joe who paused and took a sip from his glass of Pepsi. 

"But I had to come man! Because of two reasons. One. I was invited and it's rude not to honor an invitation. And two. I had issues with cancer in my family as well. Two of my relatives, aunt and grandmother. My aunt survived, but my grandmother was too old and weak to fight such a dreadfull disease. You had no idea how much it hurt me seeing them die slowly and very painfuly. But enough of that...I'm getting sensitive here. Tell me about you. What have you been doing since you retired." Said Joe after a short moment of sensitivity from him. One of few that will ever be seen at him.

"Well first off! Retirement sucks! And to answer your question, I returned to Minneapolis and opened up a gym there. Now i'm a certified MMA coach." Said Barnes as happiness could be seen on his face. "Yeah, you're doing good I can see that from the look on your face." Said Joe smiling and sipping from his glass of Pepsi. "A photo please!" Said a photograher as Joe and John sat one next to each other and they both delivered a thumbs up as the photographer took a picture of them together. "And another one please!" He said as he took another picture of the two. "Thank you!" He said as he checked his camera and walked away. 

"Well Mr. John Barnes it was good to see you again. And good luck!" Said Joe as he and Branes gave themselves a firm handshake. "Thanks Joe. You too. I'll be keeping an eye on you. Keep winning them fights okay." Said Barnes as he walked away. Joe looked at him and took another sip of his Pepsi as he started looking for his manager, Max. Barnes' mention of the word fight remainded Joe of something.

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[centre][b]Maxwell Terry[/b][/centre]

After greeting his fighter, Max started wandering through the place and admiring it. After shaking hands with some people he grabbed a glass of wine from a wandering waiter. Which was quite ironic because a couple of moments ago he warned Joe not to drink alcohol because he was driving but he himself came at this event with is car. Anyway, Max was a common sight at such events. He was extremely appreciated by the media for his open pockets, his kindnesss, and for the fact that he loved giving away money to charity. After having some pictures taken of him Max's cellphone started ringing. He imidieatly goes to a quieter place and answers the call. 

"Yes! Really? I understand. Thank you! Yeah! I'll let him know. Good night." Said Max as he closed his cellphone and went back to where everybody was, drank his glass of wine, placed the empty glass on a waiter's plate and started looking for Joe. The call was regarding Joe's next oponent. Then he remembered that Joe went to the bar so he went in that direction as well.