In the early 1990s Gary met Annie. This was not your normal meeting between a young man and woman. Gary was having lunch when his waitress and her sister got into a vicious fistfight.

One fight was not enough to sort out the animosity between the sisters. A few months later, they arranged to fight each other again, this time with no interference.

Her fights against her sister woke up Annie's competitive spirit. She needed to fight again, but the only women they could find only did topless boxing matches. However, after facing her, a whole new world of female fighting opened up for Annie.