The world around him had faded out as it always had when he was ready for a fight the fight zone was the only thing that mattered to him all of his senses concentrated on it.

As soon as his opponent lifted the rope like a spider the vibration the sound of his movements. His brain began to record and he closed his eyes and slowly backing into his corner. Listening to how he moved his telling him a lot about how he moved his body how his weight was supported. He began recording those things in his mind like he always did. As he backed into his corner he did his pre-fight ritual which will that he had done every match since his first fight.

Red takes both of his hands to chest and turning left hand down flat and his right hand upwards very much look like a Buddhist palm looking stands. The world did not exist for that moment his body was perfectly still except for his breath. He stood extremely flat-footed his weight perfectly even. 10 seconds went by exactly as he controlled his breathing and his heart slowly began to slow down. He slowly opened his eyes not at all looking into his opponent looking directly into his opponent's chest.

If there were some of his fans about, for people that looked up the fighter on YouTube and the Internet. They all knew he always took that stance. No matter what he did after that was something that he always did. All of them knew that once he stepped into the ring he turned into the beast. Many that knew him were waiting to see what stance he took since he was known for picking a particular style or mixing styles for a fight. Those that have followed him for a long time knew that his stance may be misleading to his attack plan. Designed to mentally mess with the fighter. A good martial artist knew what the that a stance and what style of martial arts was most likely used based on the stance. Red was known for mixing that up and using that mental understanding of fighting To his advantage. One of his most notable famous fight underground MMA fights was when his stance was a traditional boxer yet he fought drunken boxing style mixed with Tiger style.


His right foot slowly as his body began to transform into his stance. Without any waste of movement slowly brought his hands up into the shape of an L his elbows are barely even with his jawline. His tent chin tucked in his right leg in front slightly bent and a third of his weight up toward the front pad of his foot. His back-heel did not touch the sand is most of the weight on the ball of his foot even in the steel-toed boots.

The announcer must've been talking saying something in the middle of the ring. Red heard none of it he only heard the breathing of his opponent every sound was completely blocked out to him he was hyper-focused on the fight except for the ones coming from inside the ring. The ring itself became a living breathing world to him and it was the only world that existed while he is in a fight.

Red watched the man's hands go down slowly begin to back away which was the international sign to get it on. He naturally moved up toward the center of the ring reaching out with his front right hand once they got close enough that they can touch gloves as a classic fighters gesture to a good fight.

But the man took back his jester their fist would pump Red would take a half a step back. His eyes still never leaving the man's chest. Every step every movement that he took seem to have no energy or physical movement wasted. Like most fighters in that particular stance and knowing how to use her body was a little bit of sway in his body listening and tighten his muscles so he wasn't over rigid keeping them loose and ready for the fight.