Jake Mason
Fighter | “The Free”A gifted fighter who can win any room, and confuses the attention he gets with the connection he wants. His need for the spotlight may cost him the life he wants with Tara.
Serialized drama · Phoenix
Season one · 10 episodes
Family.Money.Control.
Serialized drama · Phoenix
MMA gets you in the door.
As Jake “The Free” Mason fights his way toward stardom, the people behind the spotlight threaten to take control of everything he loves.
How the show works
The series engine
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The bigger Jake gets, the more valuable everyone around him becomes.
That’s the show.
The leads
She is trying to fix him
Tara Munroe
The rising executiveA marketing talent with a career of her own, one that keeps pulling her into Connor’s machine. She loves Jake. She will not shrink her future to fit his world.
Character and mood images are AI-generated development references, not casting.
The core
Everyone around him is already in the fight
Daniel Mason
Family / ProtectionOlder brother. Veteran. Tells Jake the truth. Starts digging first.
Rob Mayfield
Loyalty / DebtCoach. Thinks he can take Connor’s money and keep the gym. He is wrong.
Connor Douglas
Money / ControlCalm. Generous. Patient. He is not buying a fighter. He is studying the people Jake cannot afford to lose.
The Crucible family
They loved him before he was famous
Andre Carver
Brotherhood / FunTraining partner. Scared of being left behind.
Lexi Diaz
Truth / EdgeSarcasm is her armor. Observation is her weapon.
CJ Ortega
ChaosRelentlessly funny. The reason the house still feels like a house.
Matt Franklin
Content / AccessFilms everything. His clips get more valuable as Jake does.
The pilot
One draw changes everything.
Official scorecard
19–19
Eye poke · Round 3
The Shot
A vacant title. Scouts cageside. Jake’s door to the big leagues.
The Draw
An eye poke in round three. Scored 19-19. Nobody wins.
The Offer
Connor sees Jake’s value. Blitz comes calling, off the record.
The Pressure
Tara’s career takes off. Mayfield’s debts close in. Daniel starts asking questions.
The Choice
Jake calls RUF himself and puts his name on the rematch.
Jake wants the rematch.
Everybody else sees what that rematch is worth.
Season one
The road to the rematch
The closer the rematch gets, the more Jake is worth, as a fighter and as a commodity. Everyone around him feels the pull.
- Jake gets more famous.
- More money comes in.
- Tara’s career grows.
- Mayfield gets squeezed.
- Daniel starts digging.
- Connor gets closer to everyone around Jake.
- Everything builds toward the rematch.
Season one · 10 episodes
Where the season goes
The look: Phoenix
Desert money after dark
The world that wants to own him.
PhoenixThe world that wants to own him
vs
The CrucibleThe world that made him
The look: The Crucible
Sweat. Cage. Old equipment. Real fighters.
The world that made him.
Comparables
Where the show lives
Landman
A dirty industry. A man who can do the work and still lose the house. Money with a face.
Kingdom
MMA as family. The damage starts outside the cage.
Friday Night Lights
Glory is the bait. Showing up is the religion. Not a hangout. A family and a gym under purchase.
HOUSEofFAME
The fight is not just in the cage.
The fight is who gets to own Jake’s future and whether the woman who loves him will stay till the bell
The team
Who’s in the corner
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Hawk Younkins
Creator | Executive ProducerMTV, NBCUniversal, WWE, Omni-Sports Entertainment. Former fighter, promoter and MMA color commentator.
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Frank J. Torchia
Executive Producer | President, Torch EntertainmentWish Man, Session Man, Relentless Patriot, Ciao Baseball. Discovery, A&E, AMC, Netflix, Lionsgate.
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Clint Santiago Dahl
Executive ProducerNorsemen Films and Gold Circle Media & Consulting. Film, TV and unscripted, from development to distribution.
