[ Ultimate Fighting Championship ( = "UFC") is a mixed martial arts ("MMA") competitions brand with very few officially disallowed moves. Ronda Rousey, one of its contestants, is notable for having kept a fairly long streak of consecutive wins. This real-person-fiction ("RPF") screenplay presents a hypothesis of how she achieved that. ] [ The year is 2011/2012 . Holly Holm, the martial artist who would defeat Ronda Rousey (during their second UFC match), is standing in a shopping mall. She had invited Ronda for a day of hanging out together, with the ulterior motive of getting her to fight in a fair way. Ronda approaches her. ] Ronda: Holly, right? Holly: That is right. Nice to meet you, Ronda. Ronda: My pleasure [they shake hands.] +++: Let's get straight to business: I presume you know I know why you invited me for a day of "fun, socialising, and geeking out". Holly: To break your streak? If so, then yes! Ronda: Well, it worked. You've won the psychological war. It's a shame really… it would have been fun to keep it. You know how I am an entertainer first and a martial arts' fighter later. Holly: Heh… aren't we all? Ronda: Yeah! [She thinks for a moment.] +++: Hold it! But what if we fake a streak? It’s been a while since there was one in pro-MMA and it’ll be a good publicity stunt for UFC. Holly: Heh… I like your way of thinking, Ronda! Conspiracies are a time-honoured tradition. [References: Shlomif’s FAQ - “Are you aware of any Jewish world-domination conspiracy?” ; FAQ: "Are you an agent?"] Ronda: Great! Wanna roll dice on who will be the streak-owner? Holly: Nah… it was your idea, so it’s going to be you. Ronda: really? Thanks! [She hugs Holly.] Holly: [uses her smartphone] OK, the other UFC contestants approve of staging a streak as a publicity stunt and will lose the fights to you on purpose. Ronda: Sounds good! Holly: heh, heh. Now that it is settled, let's have fun and geek out - as promised. +++: You know, I was chatting on IRC the other day, when someone noted that he read about a man who started with a paperclip and after some stages of barter ended up owning a mansion. Ronda: heh, hacks! I presume you won't agree to buying me a mansion, today? Holly: Naturally not… but I can buy you a paperclip. A pack of 50 paperclips is also within my budget. Ronda: hah… I can try trading them for 50 mansions, and start a real-estate agency! [ Holly bursts out laughing; Ronda follows. They leave the frame. Cut. ] [ Part of my motivation for writing this screenplay was that some Internet friends complained that some of my recent fics crossovered too many franchises and/or were too fantastical. So here you go - a real person fiction (“RPF”) story with a conspiracy hypothesis, but little if any supernatural magic or technology. Do note that this screenplay has been followed by "crazier" fics: • Sample session of “the game” • The 10th Muse: “Reenacting the Trojan War” ] [This text is Copyright by Shlomi Fish, 2022 and is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike 4.0 Unported Licence (CC-by-nc-sa) (or at your option - any later version).]