Livelihood bestowed in five-minute chunks,

If three rounds or a handful, there’s an ending.

Both muscular women and shredded up hunks

Have half a paycheck on the outside that’s pending.

Paid some to make weight, the rest is for a win;

Any union would find this pay rate a sin.

Breathe a sigh of relief upon the scale,

An MMA God/Goddess knows you’ll prevail.

Prompted from MMA Storytime’s Rispetto Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://mmastorytime.com/2020/12/28/mma-storytimes-rispetto-poetry-prompt-challenge-49/.

Prompted from Word of the Day Challenge at: https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/ending/.

Prompted from Fandango’s One Word Challenge at: https://fivedotoh.com/2020/12/28/fowc-with-fandango-goddess/.