To get to this moment, there’s a heavy toll;

The joy of fans, eager for tastes of violence,

Standing under the spotlight, part of the goal;

Nightmares: being front and center to silence.

The cage door opening is like Christmas Day;

Weekend warriors in a game you don’t play.

Live in the present, dreams of becoming champ;

A guile effort, a legendary stamp.

Prompted from MMA Storytime’s Rispetto Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://mmastorytime.com/2020/12/18/mma-storytimes-rispetto-poetry-prompt-challenge-44/.

Prompted from Ragtag Daily Prompt at: https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/rdp-saturday-joy-2/.

Prompted from Your Daily Word Prompt at: https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/your-daily-word-prompt-present-ydwordprompt-december-19-2020/.

Prompted from MMA Storytime’s Word of the Day at: https://mmastorytime.com/2020/12/19/mma-storytimes-word-of-the-day-weekend/.

Prompted from Fandango’s One Word Challenge at: https://fivedotoh.com/2020/12/19/fowc-with-fandango-guile/.

Prompted from Three Things Challenge at: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/three-things-challenge-452/.