The battle line was drawn—three-hundred sixty degrees of pain.
Government officials across the country set a ban on mixed martial arts, and police were ordered to fine, even arrest, anyone found to be participating in a cage fight: promoters, coaches, fighters, fans—everyone! Eventually, the idea of a cage inside an arena with a roaring crowd disappeared altogether; the sport went underground, back to its roots.
Locations were shared in private group chats on social media, and no location was ever used more than once. Every so often, a gathering was shut down by the authorities, but that didn’t sway the movement’s swell.
One warrior would challenge another to share the circle; nobody ever declined because, otherwise, you’d be outcasted from the secret society.
Prompted from the Six Sentence Story Prompt at: https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-103/.
Prompted from Your Daily Word Prompt at: https://allaboutwritingandmore.com/2020/04/14/your-daily-word-prompt-challenge-ydwordprompt-april-14-2020/.
Prompted from the Ragtag Daily Prompt at: https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/rdp-tuesday-ban/.
Prompted from Fandango’s One Word Challenge at: https://fivedotoh.com/2020/04/14/fowc-with-fandango-warrior/.
“Fight Club” anyone? 😁
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You just broke the first rule!
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lol
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A way around goverment overreach, how apropos.
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Right?!
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lol (liked Denise’s comment and your reply)
I do take the rules seriously and will ‘tap out’
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😂
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One would have to be desperate for money to be willing to engage in this sport or maybe a Gladiator. HaHa
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Some do it for no money, so I go with Gladiator.
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Yes! That film. Brilliant.
It’s savage, but they know what they’re doing, and have free will.
Great six!
*Gotta go now, I left stuff in the photocopier* *again*
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😂
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Where there’s a will there’s a way 🙂
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