The storyline is simple, Jack Tyler got kicked out of school because he fought during an American Football game. In his new school he met a flirtatious  girl who invites him to a party later that night. Once arrived at the party he meets the host, Ryan McCarthy. Ryan challenges Jack to fight him. First Jack didn't want to fight but when Ryan makes a prickly note about Jacks deceased dad Jack loses his cool and starts fighting. Unsurprisingly Jack loses against the extremely skilled Ryan. From that moment the hostility between the 2 was born. Jack meets Max, who convinces him to take mix martial art lessons from a real master. The tension between Jack and Ryan keeps growing, ending with a final fight at 'The Beatdown', a local tournament in which the best fighters participate. 

The main topic of the movie is mixed martial arts, fighting, but it goes way further than that. You can learn something about relationships, about how to do the good things, how to digest someone's death, and most important how to not surrender when it gets hard or in other words, how to never back down. 

When watching this movie I always get adrenaline myself and that's what I like most of it. I would recommend everyone who likes fighting movies to watch this movie. It won't be a dissapointment!