Zack Gomes

==Summary==
Zack Gomes is a college freshman and former boxer. Along with Mike Stokes, Tim Newhouse and Justin Epstein, he was trained by the legendary Case Walker for a mixed martial arts tournament known as "the Beatdown."
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Zack Gomes, Smoke and Thunder
Origin: Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
Gender: Male
Age: Late teens
Classification: Human, Mixed Martial Artist
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Zack is the former middleweight AAU All City boxing champion with a record of 5-1 and he was a semi-finalist at the Beatdown, as he defeated Nieves and Charles but lost to Mike Stokes, the announcer of the tournament compared him to a ninja), Accelerated Development (Zack trained in mixed martial arts for less than 100 days and nearly won the tournament), Acrobatics (Seen here and here)
Attack Potency: Street level
Speed: Athletic Human with Peak Human combat speed (Comparable to Mike Stokes)
Lifting Strength: Above Average Human (Comparable to Mike Stokes, in the first round of the Beatdown, he threw Nieves, and later lifted Mike to celebrate his victory)
Striking Strength: Street level (Superior to Mike Stokes, Zack knocked down Justin with a single punch)
Durability: Street level (Zack withstood a beating from Ortega, he got up after Justin body slammed him on the pavement out of nowhere, traded punches with Mike Stokes)
Stamina: Athletic (Walker's training included group jogging)
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None.
Intelligence: Above Average
Standard Tactics: None notable.
Weaknesses: Standard human weaknesses. As a boxer, he had a tendency to drop his shoulder. A doctor warned him that if his left retina detached anymore, he could go completely blind in that eye. He also warned Zack that he had received too many blows to the head and that the symptoms would not heal without medical procedure.
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Gomes is highly skilled in boxing. He learned wrestling, Capoeira and Brazilian jiu-jitsu from Case Walker, and he became a southpaw to protect his partially detached retina. While sparring with Tim, he used a scissor takedown, and Walker taught him the meia lua de compasso, which he used to defeat Charles in the quarter-finals. He defeated Nieves with a triangle into a gogoplata.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Teenagers
Category:Humans
Category:Live-Action Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Martial Artists
Category:Movie Characters
Category:Primary Protagonists
Category:Protagonists
Category:Never Back Down