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[A YouBoob LiveStream]
Two women stood in the ring, one Thai, one foreign. The crowd noise makes it clear who the favourite is, the homegrown hero facing off against a devious Farang. The Asian girl smiled and beamed at the crowd, raising her hands in jubilation and thank you. Her blonde opponent made no such overtures, she is silent, an angry glare her only form of communication.
The bell rang and warfare was unleashed.
The sport of Muay Thai is said to be heavenly, almost-Divine to the Thai people. But the fighting put on that night is as far from the site of God as one could suppose. The local hero started with an exchange of blows, but quickly found herself overwhelmed by the sheer aggression and rage of her foreign opponent. Blood stained both the girls and the white canvas of the ring as fists and elbows busted open cheeks and lips.
In time it becomes clear that it is the Farang girl who will inevitably win, and the crowd's boos and shouts accompany her overwhelming force. She does not relent.
Fist after fist. Knee after knee. In front of Maria Flores is not a small Asian woman, a woman who has done her no wrong, but the visage of a redhead who threatened to end her life. There is no quarter, there is no mercy, the bell rings signalling her victory, and she does not relent. She is hauled away from her downed and broken opponent.
As if a spell has overtaken her, she jumps the barricade and approaches the announcer's table. The stream follows her as she does so, the shaking camera making it clear that it was not expected.
Leaning over the table she speaks directly into the mic, "My name is Holly FUCKING Hope-Again... And I'm thinking I have unfinished business."
Maria Flores entered the ring, but it is Holly Hope-Again that leaves it.
