Cade really didn't have to do this anymore, he didn't. He had no reason to, he had his company and it was successful. A security company that wa quite honestly, thriving. Thing is, he didn't want to forget what it was like to actually fight, he wanted to keep in touch with what it meant to fight, to be a good example for the guys he recruited to work for him. He'd never wanted to be some pretty little suited and booted CEO sitting in a high tower, he would end up so out of touch and in a way he felt like this kept him grounded, it was like a form of normality to him.
What wasn't a form of normality was a woman being here, signing up for one of these illegal underground fights.. and it wasn't like he thought it wrong, far from it. If anything he had a lot of respect for the woman for not being afraid to give it her best shot, it took a lot of guts to be willing to get up on a stage. He'd already done his fight, bruises earned and his bloody, bust lip even more earned but.. the other guy? The other guy looked a lot fucking worse than Cade.
There were two preparation rooms, sort of got treated like a mix of all, after match room, changing room, you name it but you were never in the same one as someone you were going up against. He wouldn't be up against the woman or the badly wrapped hands. After a large swig of water and the back of his hand wiping some of the blood from his lip he turned towards her and held out what he used to tape his own hands, get some better support when punching, not fuck up your knuckles. "Now I 'aint judging your capability of throwin' a punch but, you go out like that you'll fuck up your own hand real quick so.. c'mon, gimme your hand, lemme show you the best way."
He pulled up a wooden box so he could sit in front of her, elbow leaning on his legs and started to use his wrap to show her slowly bit by bit. "See, you're aimin' to protect your ligaments, any muscles, support your wrist and cover those knuckles right? So if you start with an 'x' like this, can't really doo much to fuck it up after that, you know what i mean?" once done he tucked the last piece in to another to conceal it. "How's that feel, better?"
No other fighter had offered her so much as a glance, half these guys thought this wasn't no place for a woman, let alone for one to fight. "Listen darlin' you know they wont go easy on you yeah? Don't go holdin' back, they'll fight dirty so fight even dirtier, give it ya fuckin' all from the word go, you got this yeah?" he wafted a hand like it was nothing. "Plus, I only help out winners." @secretscost