Case is at first reluctant to train either of them, but he states that he will teach each of them differently and they must follow his orders without question. They find Case at his home in an old junkyard with a makeshift gym where Tim and Justin are already training. He was set to become a phenomenon in the MMA world years ago. Max proceeds to refer them to Case, who is described to have a lifelong history of martial arts that consists of being a Kyokushin and Shotokan karate black-belt, a former collegiate wrestler, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert and Self defense instructor. As part of their tryout, they brawl for a bit and Max tells them that while they are good, they need to get better. Outside Max's dorm room, Mike meets Zack with both taking an instant disliking to each other. Afterwards, he goes to see Max Cooperman, who had previously contacted him about entering the Beatdown. Mike gets kicked off the college wrestling team for starting a brawl and knocking out a teammate who made degrading comments about his father. However, he is saved by Tim and his martial arts master Case Walker, who are training in a vacant lot.
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Comic book store clerk Justin Epstein is walking home when he is run down and stabbed by bullies. Former high school wrestler Mike Stokes is the new kid in college and deals with issues involving his father leaving his mother for a man. Talented MMA fighter Tim Newhouse struggles to help his family when they are in debt following the death of his father.
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On his way out of the hospital, he overhears the receptionist talking about MMA while viewing the website for an upcoming underground event known as "The Beatdown". After losing a fight, boxer Zack Gomes is informed by a doctor that he has sustained a partially detached retina, and he may risk permanent blindness should he receive another hit to the head.