“If you fight this guy like a bar room brawler, you’re going pay the price with your consciousness,” coach reminded between combinations.

Jake, a young, brash, undefeated, know-it-all, responded with a smirk, “It’s worked every other time.”

Coach had been working with Jake since he was a kid, and he was well-aware of how stubborn he could be, which was amplified even more by his success since becoming a professional mixed martial artist.

Coach pushed a little harder, “Your opponent doesn’t punch like an ordinary MMA guy; he was a former Golden Gloves Boxer.”

“Gold gloves will break on this iron chin,” was Jake’s clever retort as he tapped his gloves to the point of his face.

…

The first round began just like Jake wanted and ended as coach had predicted, with the refined boxer finding Jake’s off button using a right hook.

Prompted from the Six Sentence Story Prompt at: https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-112/.

Prompted from Fandango’s One Word Challenge at: https://fivedotoh.com/2020/06/14/fowc-with-fandango-ordinary/.