- Touch gloves, go to your corners,
come out when the bell rings.
- I want to challenge you to a fight.
(laughs)
Do you wanna fight me, TJ?
(energetic music)
- [Patrick] We have pretty good relationship as co-workers.
Train like boxers for 30 days.
I've never been in a fight before.
I've avoided getting punched in the face my entire life,
but it feels like I've also avoided
an essential life experience.
- I got in a bunch of scraps when I was a kid,
so I'm not necessarily afraid.
- Of course I'm scared.
His job kinda forces him to crack the whip a little bit.
He can be pretty intense.
- TJ is an insane person.
- He's definitely got some anger.
- Deep, deep rage inside of him.
- Maybe, like, he came from a sort of scrappy steel family.
- Serious.
- Very intense.
- I'm scared of him personally.
- I'm the first AD. Sometimes I have to yell.
- I've seen it; it's stern, it's tough.
- My job to be the bad guy.
- He talks a lot about his stage combat experience.
- I'm expecting the worst.
- I am not physically intimidated by Patrick.
- I do not equate Patrick and fighting.
- Buddhist kinda vibe.
- Too afraid to hurt people.
- You never thrown a punch in your life.
- If he can get one connection to the face,
I'd be very proud of Patrick.
- There are two types of people in this world.
There are lovers and there are fighters.
Patrick is one, TJ is the other.
- [Friend] Poor little Patrick.
- Better have a dope-ass trainer.
- [Announcer] Fighting out of the blue corner,
he is wearing black trunks with tiger striped trim.
Hailing from Las Angeles by way of Nigeria, Africa.
With a record of 31 wins, 20 by way of knock out,
introducing,
young Dick Tiger!
(upbeat energetic music)
- Oooo.
- Oh shit, ya.
- [Announcer] Winner by knock out, young Dick Tiger!
- I'm really starting to get jazzed to actually do it now.
So...
- My name is Elizabeth Wilson.
I'm a classical musician.
I'm Tiger's wife and I helped manage the gym.
- Were you scared before your first fight?
- You weren't scared at all?
- Not that you're gonna break a rib or nose?
- In most fights, you were the B side; the underdog.
He wants to awaken your inner tiger.
- I don't know if I have...
- You have it. You have it. - Everyone has it.
- TJ beware.
- I'm ready for it.
- I'm worried for Patrick.
(machine dings)
- One, two. One, two.
(classical music)
- [TJ] You can tell that he's never had
any kind of training like this before.
- [Patrick] If I'm gonna be as good as TJ,
I'm gonna have to work twice as hard. (grunts)
- Five
11
- I did pretty well. But, definitely as the day went on,
I got more and more winded.
Had to muster up a lot of energy. It was tough.
But, I guess basically I just need to knock out
Patrick in the first and then we're good to go.
- Slightly embarrassing that I couldn't do a push up
but besides that I feel great.
My back keeps twitching.
This is gonna be hell, quite honestly.
- Made in U.S.A. 16 ounces;
the way to go if you're gonna do a training camp.
- Alright, ya.
- If they're gonna be sparring, they need the groin cup.
- Nothing (yells)
- This is the V point shape head guard.
- I have a question.
How often do broken noses happen in boxing?
- You land the punch correctly and it's possible.
- I'm in way over my head.
- Most people know me as the mouth piece guy.
I make custom mouth pieces for world champions like
Andre Ward, Triple G, Anderson Silva.
We use a dental mold of the athlete's teeth
to make the mouth guard from scratch using professional
grade dental materials and making the mouth guard
to fit perfectly just like that.
- [TJ] (laughs) That's so sick.
On my mouth piece I put my cats, Piper and Barnaby.
- That's just funny man. - That's hilarious.
- [Patrick] I couldn't make up my mind
so I just sorta chose this.
- [Jeff] Give it a try.
(funky upbeat music)
(machine dings)
- More violently.
That's it! Boom!
Essentially this is agility training.
If I can keep your mind lit up, your brain turned on...
Subtract one-four, add one-zero, 4 minus 3.
Nice!
While you're in physical distress, it can
make you a more dangerous competitor in whatever sport.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
- Now I'm gonna be gone for a week.
Going out of town for a wedding.
Pat gets a couple days on me.
I don't want him to have too many days.
- This shouldn't be happening.
- Womb. Womb. Womb.
- [Elizabeth] Patrick, he didn't even hit you.
- I don't think he ever got into a fight as a kid.
He and his brother have never even fought.
He's just not a fighter.
- [Elizabeth] Let him rest a little bit and have
Emeka come in and do some sparring.
- [Elizabeth] Attack 1,2,3,4.
- [Patrick] That guy is fearless.
I don't think he feels pain when I throw a punch at him.
- [John] Watching him is like watching
somebody get tortured in there.
- Attack!
I noticed that you're not a fighter by nature
and then I see the fear in your eyes
and then you start to close your eyes and...
- It's not easy
- No nothings easy.
- I think this was a great idea.
It gives him an appreciation for the dedication it takes
and the commitment.
I think those are all good lessons.
- [Elizabeth] You're already anticipating
the hurt before it happens.
- Well what do you do.
- There's been a little game you and I have been
playing our entire lives and I've never won.
Do you know what I'm talking about?
Arm wrestling.
- Oh! Okay!
- One, two, three.
(grunts)
- Are you trying?
- Ya! (grunts)
Go!
- Oh you're getting me, Pat, oh you're getting me.
(laughs)
(ice machine clanks)
- So, when I was sparring with Emeka,
I got hit in the rib and now it's bruised.
- I used to box back in the day in New York City.
(foreign language) I've seen a lot of new boxers
come in to the gym and they can't throw a punch for shit
and it's embarrassing.
- [Patrick] I wish I was better at this.
I wish I could do it. It sucks to feel like a wimp.
- That first time you're starting is when you learn
the most, so I've seen him improve.
- [Elizabeth] Everyday I see some progress.
- [Patrick] My ego has definitely taken a blow
by how bad I really am at this.
- By the end of the 30 days, I think he'll be ready.
(retching)
- So my name is Greg Lazgulyan.
I have 20 amateur fights.
I taught him, like, small technics, movements.
- Real first day back as far as getting the gloves back on.
- [Greg] He did really good, TJ, very nice feet.
- He got a nice clean shot, right here.
Knocked the wind outta me real fast.
- Patrick, he had good punches as for the power punches.
- Ow. It hurts to breathe in. It hurts to laugh.
- Compared to last week, for the most part,
he's improved a lot.
- I know a lot of people are like,
"TJ already thinks he's got it."
I'm gonna say right now,
on tape, better put it in the video, I don't.
- I think TJs gonna murder Patrick.
And I'm not saying that as a phrase.
I think a man may die on camera.
- Gonna be tough today.
- I'll see what I can do.
- It sucks but, the good news is that TJ is
injured too so... (laughs)
- On set today shooting a Try Guys Video.
Not training, so that's fun.
This week I would only get one day of training in.
Ya, my lovely MCL flaring up on me.
- I do feel proud that
I've been coming in as much as I have.
I haven't just been resting and whining...
(bones cracking)
(sad organ music)
- This is bullshit.
- I did the math.
Because he's been able to come in everyday,
by the end of this Patrick will have 20 training sessions.
I've only had 11.
So that's cool.
- It's hard to be motivated
when you don't feel 100% physically.
(grunts)
- One, two. One, two.
Four.
- My knee kept me from training
and I can't really put weight on it.
- [Patrick] My confidence is getting higher.
- Which just means I gotta work twice as hard.
He gets twice the lessons.
- [Friend] He could take a week off.
He could take a month off.
TJ is still the favorite.
- [Friend] We all think TJ is gonna win.
- [Friend] I feel like I gotta bet on TJ.
- [Friend] TJ's gonna whip Patrick's ass.
- [Friend] It is TJ's fight to lose.
- [Friend] Patrick is gonna surprise us.
- [Friend] It ain't gonna end well for Mr. Ward.
- [Friend] TJ got this one. - [Friend] I'm sorry Patrick.
- [Friend] Do I think Pat's gonna win? No!
(wham, wham, wham, wham)
(slow guitar music)
- [Announcer] Alright everybody! Gather 'round!
We've gotta big weigh in going on over here.
- 158.8 pounds for TJ Marchbank!
- 156.4!
(cheering)
(dramatic slow guitar music)
- [Elizabeth] Now for the main event,
we'll have three rounds of 2 minutes each.
- Lets have a good, clean fight.
No hits below the belt. Listen for my commands.
Protect yourselves at all times.
Touch gloves, go to your corners,
come out when the bell rings.
- Good luck.
(bell dings)
(audience cheering and clapping)
(wham, wham, wham)
(cheering)
(fast energetic music)
(bell dings)
- [Audience] Alright TJ, keep going!
You're winning this fight!
(bell dings)
(wham, wham, wham)
(audience cheers)
- [Announcer] Break, break, break, break.
(wham, wham, wham)
(bell dings)
(dramatic music)
(audience cheering and yelling)
- [Audience] Go! Go! Go!
(bell dings and audience cheers and claps)
- Okay and now for the results.
Judge one, 29-28 in favor of
Patrick Ward!
Judge number two, 29-28
in favor of TJ Marchbank!
And judge number three, 28-28.
It's a draw!
(audience cheering and laughing)
- Kinda disappointing.
- I'm surprised it was a draw.
- I am extremely surprised.
- I'm a judge and just judged today's fight subjectively.
When the ref read the results, I knew something was up.
Me and the other judges convened and we are like,
"How'd you score it?"
Neither of them scored it as a tie either.
- I don't know who won.
- We have reviewed the results
and determined there was a miscalculation.
- Holy shit! - It's a fix. It's a fix.
- The final results
(dramatic keyboard rhythm music)
Patrick Ward!!
(cheering and applause)
- There's a lot of things the happened in this ring that
are never gonna be close to
what a real fight is out on the streets. I know that.
- It's different. - It's different.
I mean, it felt cool to win.
I mean, you saw me day one;
no self-esteem, no confidence.
I wanna come back and continue just the workout.
- They really make you feel at home,
no matter what your level is.
There's a reason why people train for years
before they even get into their first fight.
It's tough. It's tough.
- Brutally hard.
- I'm glad we did it but I mean....
- Ya. Thank God it's over at the same time.
- Whoof!
(clapping)
(slow guitar music)