The King of Fighters '94 Rebirth

Chapter 16: Perseverance

"I'll make you feel the pressure of fighting the closest fighter from the national champion." Jason once again fumed with the 'useless' blow that his opponent was using against him that made he went back to the attack in the hope of pressure him again against another corner. "I studied this fighter, he's always dangerous and violent but why can't I feel any threat coming from him?" Jason Martinez thought attacking him with jabs and one-two sequences which repeated what had happened at the beginning of the fight, Heavy D! reacted the same way this time dodging to his left and approaching himself from one more corner. "I'm retreating again..." When Heavy D! seemed to notice what he was doing he ended up projecting himself on the defense one more time and tried to counterattack with a quick jab that forced his challenger to dodge to the right surrounding again his adversary. Jabs forced Heavy D! to retreat to another corner this time once more assuming a defensive posture and looking well around him searching for a gap, he then tried to counterattack with the objective of hitting Jason on the face with a straight right, foreseeing a jab crouching himself, but receiving soon after his straight right another hook, this time a right hook, hitting his left face, what caused a shock of simultaneous blows between the two remain standing after the impact. With great difficulty Heavy D! feeling the blow went for the offensive when the bell ended up sounding flagging the end of the first round.

"It's the end of the first round here at Citizens Business Bank Arena!" The fight was narrated and transmitted, the two went back to their respective corners where they would get treatment from their coaches and assistants. "The pressure must be great, what were you thinking after all?!" The Heavy D!'s couch expressed himself taking off his oral protection and giving him water just to spit the blood on the bucket. "You know how I fight; I just ask you to not give me hints on this fight, I need you to trust my instincts this time." The time interval was of one minute and soon the fighters were already called to stand up for the fight and their assistants went back to their places.

"Round 2, boxing!" The referee shouted followed by the sound bell beginning the second round where once again the boxers walked to the center of the ring and traded a touch of gloves to the fighting sequel. "I can't underestimate him, in the previously round he managed to disable my offensive strategy with the time and a counter botched blow, he needs more pressure." An unexpected breakthrough was given by the first in the rank boxer, he didn't want to give a chance to his opponent to take his own pace, jabs to distract and gain territory were unleashed by him on Heavy D! which a good part of the punches defended and a few hit him in the face without much damage. By the right side of the fighter was already Jason unleashing a combination of one-two forcing him to back off or to go against him. "Is surrounding me again, he intends to corner me." The first punch that was a jab was defended but the second straight right got him on the face making him to feel the strength from the fighter that was also right-handed. The face of Heavy D! retreated to the left with the damage and soon went back to its position, face to face with his opponent once more. "Did you feel that? This time the fear will make you retreat or lose the focus of your rigid defense." Jason was thinking rationally, following the logic the strategy would be to move around won't letting the opponent rule the fight, happens that Heavy D! wasn't the type which satisfied with the logic, he would feel pleasure confronting strong opponents and would regret if he would run away from anyone who had a greater potential to show. There he was standing on the same place with his high guard and with his back to another corner waiting his adversary's movements. "Are you kidding me?! Do you still want me to attack you even more?! A fighter who doesn't have the will of fighting cannot accept a challenge so risky as this!" Martinez was already angry and threw another jab quickly that was dodged by Heavy D! jumping backward and touching his back on the corner still with the high guard, his focus was to just guard. "You won't have time to run away!" Martinez by seeing the fighter's reaction ran quickly forward and a little to the right standing on his challenger face cornered. A straight right with boost was defended by his hands on the face, but was little to avoid a fighter with such high level that used an upper with his left fist on Heavy D!'s stomach which felt the weight of the challenge he was wanting so much. His arms retracted in the try to ease the pain and his face was exposed to future blows that came soon after, a straight right on his left face followed by a hook on his right face standing him on his foot but not for so long.

"Down!" The referee shouted his fall and began his countdown believing that the same could raise up yet, it was a fall that left him with his knees on the ground. "One!" Heavy D! raised his face in the middle of the shock with his eyes still closed. "What am I doing? Everything seems to turn around and I look pathetic, a legend like me can't give up so soon. He managed to fight until the second round in the moment dictating his own rules, if he has a pace..." The countdown was already advanced. "Seven!" the referee would not stop until his face began to show he was serious and his eyes finding his enemy again positioning himself quickly for the fight. It was necessary that he was analyzed to know if he would suffer a TKO (Technical Knock Out) but he seemed well until the fight was allowed to continue, Jason did not have patience to wait and managed to rush the referee's exit from his front to deliver one more blow. "Boxing!" The shout was fast and soon after came Heavy D!'s defense with his right fist protecting his face from one more left hook. Jason received a jab as an answer soon after which besides the strength was not too much, it measured the distance between the two fighters and kept Jason under alert. A straight right was given by him hitting for the first time his opponent with something threatening, a blow that really had strength. The bell rang once more marking the end of the second Round.