A win over Austin “The Locomotive” Marshall would be Travis Mansfield’s biggest win to date—and, in the opinion’s of oddsmakers, his most shocking.

From the first day of training camp until its conclusion six-weeks later, coach repeated the game plan like a broken record, “You’ve got to use your speed and punch him in the mouth when his hand dips toward his midsection.”

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It was no surprise to Travis when Marshall’s left hand dropped; Travis, according to plan, tattooed him with an earth-shattering right hook, sending “The Locomotive” off his tracks and face first into the canvas. 

Word Count: 100

Prompted from MMA Storytime’s 100 Word Flash Fiction Challenge at: https://mmastorytime.com/2020/04/06/100-word-flash-fiction-13/.

Prompted from the Word of the Day Challenge at: https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/surprise-2/.