Hong Kong’s over-the-top Western boxing champion Ching Fai was once imprisoned for “fake boxing”, after his release from prison, he fell into a gambling debt of more than 200,000 downtrodden middle-aged, in order to avoid debt and ran to a fitness center in Macau to earn a living, at the same time, the mainland’s second-generation rich man Lin Siqi’s father because of investment failures and bankruptcy, resulting in his similarly fell into Macao to rely on part-time work to support the day-to-day alcoholism! He is also forced to work in Macau to support his father, who spends his days drinking to drown his sorrows.
In order to motivate his father to get back on his feet, Lin Si-Qi signs up for an MMA competition. Ching Fai and Lin Si-Qi become master and disciple, and Ching Fai begins to teach Lin Si-Qi his fighting skills. Lin Si-Qi is able to fight in the competition, but ultimately has to withdraw from the tournament due to a serious injury, and Ching Fai, guilt-ridden and wanting to help his disciple to get back on his feet, decides to fight in the MMA competition instead, and ultimately wins the match.
2013 / Hong Kong, China Mainland China / Drama Action Sports / Lin Chiu-hsien / Zhang Zhang Hui Peng Yuyan
Plot Summary:
Ching Fai (Cheung Ka Fai), an outdated Hong Kong boxing champion, is addicted to gambling and in debt after losing out in the boxing world, and flees to Macau to avoid his debt collectors.
In the shared room, Cheng Hui met a mother and daughter, the mother (Mei Ting), suffering from mental illness, the little girl (Li Xin Qiao) not only have to go to school but also to take care of her mother.
Cheng Hui and the little girl hit it off so well that the two of them often dress up as animals and rehearse skits to entertain the little girl’s mother.
Meanwhile, Lin Siqi (Eddie Peng), a second-generation rich man, suffers a family tragedy when his father (Gao Jie) loses his business and is left with nothing and spends his days in a bar.
In order to encourage his downtrodden father to start a new life, Lin Siqi signs up for MMA.
To do so, he enrolls at a boxing club where he meets Cheng Hui, who is working at the club, and takes him as his mentor to learn boxing.
After a few months of study, Lin Siqi won several fights in MMA and became the new boxing champion.
Immediately, he is challenged by another master (An Zhijie), and Lin Siqi retires with an injury.
Meanwhile, a debt collector finds Ching Fai, and during the fight, accidentally injures Mei Ting’s mother and daughter.
For this, Ching Fai feels deeply guilty and, not wanting to involve others again, begins to retrain his mixed martial arts skills…