Ray had woken up very early in the morning and left a note of where the fight was and at what time it was and that they needed to bring his laptop and flashdrive. It also had some instructions of what to do with the two items. He then jogged to Rarity's boutique in the darkness to see her work. Ray had just stepped in the door and sat down when Rarity walked in the room to find him. Rarity put her hoof to her lips and silently beckoned to him to follow her into the next room where laying neatly in a folded pile was his gear. He picked up his shorts and seen that they were a satin black color with gunmetal grey trim and royal purple letters spelling out "Rarity's Boutique" with her cutiemark beside it. Ray then picked the black gloves up and put both on they weren't as light as he would like but it wasn't anything he hasn't dealt with before. He then looked at his palm and saw that there was Rarity's triple diamond mark was stitched in and chuckled at the creativity. "So how are they darling?" asked Rarity.

"They're great for a first time thing, a little heavy but that won't really affect me." he replied.

"Great, you'll simply have to show me better ways to make these, they are a nice change from what i'm used to making all the time." she said.

Ray then stretched his arms out and accidentally knocked down a lamp which sent a loud thump all through the house. The two then heard somepony coming down the hallway and was headed toward them. A young filly had walked into the room rubbing her eyes to look up and stare at Ray who just stared back and casually waved. "Sweetie Belle that's no way to act around guests now apologize." Rarity said.

"I'm sorry, it's just that your so...big. I think you might be bigger than Princess Celestia." Sweetie said.

"I am bigger than her not by much, but that's what fighting and working out will do to ya." Ray replied.

"I don't think even Rainbow Dash works out as much as you. Are you going to participate in the fight?" she asked.

"Ya mean skittles, and yes I am come on and bring ya friends if ya want I wouldn't mind a few more fans." he said.

With that Sweetie took off to her sleeping friends house to wake them and ready them for the event. Ray changed back into his lucky set of clothes and gave the equipment to Rarity. "Will you hold these for me until the match is about to start?" he asked.

"Sure dear just meet me outside your locker room." she replied.

Ray nodded his thanks and headed for that bakery known as Sugarcube Corner.

Ray had just opened the door to have a familiar pink missile slam into his chest and pin him against said door by somehow hanging onto his hoodie. "OHMYGOSHIT'SYOUITOTALLYFORGOTTOTHROWYOUAWELCOMETOPONYVILLEPARTY!" said Pinkie

Ray calmly pried Pinkie off him and set her down so he could walk over to take a booth seat by the window while Pinkie followed. "Do you know where I can order?" he asked.

Pinkie was now standing beside him with a menu and a rather wide smile. He stared and slowly slid the menu out of the mare's hooves and looked at the long list then smiled when he spied his favorite childhood treat. He looked up at Pinkie and pointed at the menu with a small smile. "Okie dokie lokie" she replied.

Ray watched her turn into a giggling cruise missile that was headed for the kitchen to look up and see two familiar ponies walk into the bakery breathing heavily. Applejack nudged Rainbow Dash's attention over to him and headed over to his booth to sit down. The two slid into the booth on the opposite side of him and Applejack said "Howdy." with a southern drawl.

"What's up?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Nothin much, just gonna eat a little treat here and go compete in that fight." he replied.

Rainbow Dash was all in his face with an excited ''CAN WE COME?"

Ray leaned back while Applejack pulled Rainbow Dash down by her tail with a quick apology when Pinkie had came back with his treat. She slid a tray of cherry cheesecake onto the table and watched a Ray cut himself and the three mares a slice of it. Ray took a bite and just set his fork down and hug Pinkie who was more than happy to hug back. Ray then let go of the party pony to answer Rainbows question with "Yeah y'all can come to the fight, just bring Twilight and Fluttershy."

They had all talked for another hour before the three mares went to find their other two friends and Ray started walking toward the arena.

Ray was waiting in front of the locker room when Rarity had walked in with his gear. Ray took the gear and said "Thanks Rarity for making this for me, without it I would be at a real disadvantage with whoever i'm fighting tonight."

"No problem darling, now go and promote my store and make some MONEY!" Rarity said.

Ray had a blank face and arms crossed. "I was just kidding darling, now go impress all your soon to be fans."

Ray nodded with a smile and went into the locker room to change his clothes while Rarity went to take her seat. Ray then heard the announcer voice come on to say "Mares and gentlecolts welcome to The Asylum! We have to fighters here tonight in the red corner weighing in at 473 pounds...MIGHTY STRIKE THE MINOTAUR!!!"

With that a minotaur with red fur entered the octagon and pounded his chest and said with a very stuck-up and goofy voice "Where is dis teeny hoomen who thinks he can beat my sooper strung muzzles?"

The entire crowd roared with approval of his horrible trash talk when the announcer came back on with " And in the grey corner weighing in at 226 pounds...RAY ISSAC PATRICK!!!"

As soon as his name was announced "Till I Collapse" by Eminem started playing and a little more than a quarter of the crowd was cheering when Ray entered the ring. Ray looked over to see the Mane six, the CMC, and a few others cheering and clapping for him. The announcer came on again to say "There will be 5 two minute rounds there will be a winner based on either knockout, tap-out, or judge vote. A pony with a sign with the number one on it walked into the ring then exited as a bell was heard. Ray charged Mighty Strike just to sidestep at the last moment as the minotaur threw a fist giving Ray an opening that he didn't waste by striking Mighty in the jaw which caused the minotaur to hold his jaw completely exposing himself to attack. Ray sent two jabs into his stomach then sent an uppercut to Mighty's lower jaw which sent him reeling. Not wanting the giant to recover Ray spartan kicked him in the chest slamming Mighty into the cage wall. Ray then superman punched Mighty dead in the nose and watched as the minotaur's eyes teared up. Ray knew he wasn't going to be able to knockout the thick skulled beast but he would at least make him learn to never call him teeny ever again. Mighty had finally recovered from the human's assault and tried to slam both fists down to smash the man who was embarrassing him in front of everybody. Ray jumped back from the fists and leaped onto Mighty and started pounding the sides of his head then leaned backward to lay him down on his back. Ray maneuvered to Mighty's side and locked him in an arm-bar then applied more pressure as the minotaur strained to fight through the pain. Ray lifted his leg to slam it down into Mighty's gut knocking the wind out of Mighty who tapped out. Ray let go of his opponent's arm and looked out to an awe-struck crowd and yelled out "R.I.P!, R.I.P!, R.I.P!"

The silent crowd slowly started to chant with him while steadily rising in volume while Ray walked over to Mighty and offered his hand. Mighty looked at his hand and took it to be pulled up by the human who shook his hand "Good fight, you might wanna work on ya speed though" Ray said.

Mighty nodded his head and made a commitment to work harder and get better. Ray heard the announcer say "Winner by submission in the first round in the first 47 seconds and new Ponyville champion, RAY ISSAC PATRIIIICK!!!"
The crowd was fucking losing it as Ray did a celebratory front-flip and walked out of the arena.

Author's Note

well that one took a while to pop out didn't it nevertheless I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if ya did you know what to do. Didn't like something about the story just tell me what in the comments and i'll try to fix it in the future. Did like somethin?, well just tell me and i'll make it happen again. constructive criticism is appreciated. Good Night everybody!