Ryan Richards is a civilian again after a devastating injury. After serving fifteen years in the United State Navy as a corpsman, he doesn't quite know what to do with himself. Junior Maldonado, also a former military man, is embarking on his own new beginning in a new town. Fresh out of a disastrous relationship, Junior dedicates his energy toward building a new mixed martial arts facility with his best friend, former heavyweight champion, Colin Carmichael. There is an immediate spark when between Junior and Ryan when they meet, and as time passes, the two men find that they have a growing emotional connection that they've never experienced with another person.

Issei Hyodo is his name. He's starting his senior year at Roosevelt high. All the popular kids bully him every day. He lives by himself in a run down apartment which is near by a gym which he works at. He becomes friends with a trainer that knows mixed martial arts. Which works in Issei's favor since he's tired of getting picked on. Rias Blanco is the popular Cheerleader. She always found Issei cute and interesting and Issei has always thought of her as beautiful and out of his league. Will Issei be with Rias Blanco? James is the popular guy with the amazing body and rich parents. James always tormented Issei. He never liked him. Why? Because James was taught by his parents that people like Issei should be treated like scum.

Michael is a cage fighter who was one of the best, until something happened in the ring that made him walk away from everything he loved. His relationship with his ex wife is strained and he has to go through her in order to see his son Jeremy. He begins to fall into a bottle and gambling just to get a semblance of the same fix that he got when he was in the cage with other fighters. Michael wanted to get back into action, but every time he even begins to think about it, his thoughts go back to that one night five years ago. Dara is a young woman of 25 years old, who has been living with a tragedy that has haunted her life and her decisions. She finds herself drawn to competing inside the octagon, but everybody that she talks to tells her that she needs to have a trainer that can give her that edge. Her research brings her to Michael, but she doesn’t think it would be right for her to just show up on his doorstep. Eventually, they do work together and soon are letting the passion that they have for the ring spill into the bedroom.