Could there be room for principle in la? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. The loved of his Brazilian wife, whose, wants to watch Mike in the ring earning profits, but to him competition is degrading. A female side-swipes Mike's car and after a strange sequence of events, shoots the studio's window. Mike rescues a action movie star in a fistfight at a bar later that evening. In return, Mike is befriended by the actor, gives a gift to him, offers him focus on his film, also introduces their and Mike's wife - business dealings are initiated by that the women. Subsequently, things go sour all at once, the debts of Mike mount, and going into the ring might be his sole choice.