Next, trainer Jeremy Williams presented the gift to the blue team for winning the last bout. As an added bonus, he brought out New England Patriot Willie McGinest. This was especially exciting for Jeff Fraza, being a New Englander himself.

The special present for being the victor was a $2,500 dollar watch for each member of the team. Cornelius Bundrage showed he was really enjoying his time on the show by saying, "Everything I get on this show, I will cherish forever and I'll give it to my kids when they get older."

The speculation among the house was that Steve Forbes was next in line for a fight. "I have no intimidations, no worries," showing that yes, he is definitely ready to go. "I'm going to win this thing, damn it."

Michael Stewart reminded viewers to not forget about him, that he has had 44 fights in his career, making him the most experienced of any of the fighters on the show. Fraza also chimed in, saying he was ready to go by taking a line from singer Tom Petty, "The waiting is the hardest part." He would have to wait, however, as he was not picked to fight on this episode.

Stewart was the first to "toe the line," asked by Sugar Ray Leonard who would he be challenging. To the shock of the contenders, he picked his good friend Ebo Elder. Steward said he picked Elder because "If I am unfortunate to lose, I can't imagine losing to a better man." When asked how he felt about being picked, Elder thought a second then responded, "Well, it wasn't the fight I expected." It also wasn't the fight the two fighters' wives expected.

As the two fighters went to see their wives, Stewart talked about his life growing up. In stats that resemble a young Mike Tyson, Steward told us, "I was in and out of state ran facilities eight times by the time I was 17." However, Stewart is one of the thousands of fighters who also attributed boxing to saving him from becoming even more involved in the wrongs of the world.

First up was Elder telling his family he would be fighting Stewart tomorrow. Elder's wife, Amy, was a little caught off guard, saying, "I'm really surprised you are fighting him." Amy then was shown on camera explaining how she and Stewart's wife, Lisa, had become really good friends during the taping of the show, but she felt everything would still be good between them no matter what happens in the fight between their husbands. Elder, who has known his wife since first grade, went on to tell Amy that he thought Stewart was a great guy and win, lose or draw, they can still be friends.

Lisa took a little stronger approach to Stewart choosing Elder as his opponent, flat out asking him, slightly ticked, "Why are you fighting him?" Stewart told her it wasn't personal, he thought it would just be good for them to fight and that he thought he had a good chance of beating Elder. Amy said "I've really hit it off with her (Lisa)." In just a few minutes Elder and Stewart would be hitting each other.

It was perhaps one of the only times in history two fighters scheduled to fight the same day would share a meal together. It was mostly silent, but Ebo did speak up enough to say, "I never ate breakfast with someone I was about to fight the same day." Stewart agreed.

Stewart went on to say how he went home, saw his family and he knew Elder had seen his, adding, "I hope we both go home safe."

After the commercial break both fighters were in the Contender Arena. First shown was Elder with trainer Tommy Gallagher. Gallagher told Elder to "stay loose and don't leave anything in the ring." When Elder's wife walked in with their two kids, she really proved that she is the wife of a fighter by showing her boxing knowledge, saying, "Stay out of his face and move to your right." It won't be long until she's training a stable of world champions.

Elder, unlike many fighters, said he liked hanging out with his wife and family before a fight, when most fighters like to be alone collecting their thoughts.

"We'll still be friends," is the first thing that came out of the mouth of Stewart as his wife, Lisa, and two daughters came into the locker room. Stewart, visibly more nervous than Elder, sat on a chair with his legs shaking. More of a traditional fighter, Stewart didn't have much more to say to his wife other than both would be going after each other.

As they showed the Contender Arena crowd for the first time, both wives were also shown. Amy seemed excited and ready for the fight to go on; Lisa clapped, but was obviously sad that her husband and her new best friend's husband had to fight.

After introductions and the referee's instructions, they were ready to go.

"Come on, Ebo," shouted Amy as the first round began. Lisa, still sad, was shown rooting on her husband. After what appeared to be a pretty close round, Elder ended it with a flurry, prompting Leonard and Sergio Mora to agree that the flurry had given Elder the round.

Elder would also go on to win round two. At the conclusion of the round, Elder's gold team teammate shouted, "Ebo, it's now 2-0." Elder nodded in approval.

"You got it, baby" greeted Elder as round three began. While Amy was obviously excited that Elder got off to a great start, a worried Lisa was nearly in tears. Williams, Stewart's trainer, pleaded, "Come on Mike, you've got to throw punches." As round three ended the Stewart's blue teammates agreed that, with only two rounds to go, Stewart now needed a knockout to win.

While Amy's Ebo was doing just fine, she still sought comfort from Stewart's teammate, Walter Wright, reaching out for a hug. Wright would tell her, "Don't worry, everything is okay." Unfortunately, for Amy, Wright couldn't have been more wrong.

Elder was wobbled by a left hook and he appeared fully a "queer street." But he seemed to be walking it off. Just as it appeared he was out of the woods, Elder was hit with a short left hook that dropped Elder hard, face first. Amy could no longer look, as she clutched her hands to her face, occasionally sneaking a peak through her fingers. Elder got up, but when asked to walk forward by the ref, he looked like someone failing a sobriety test. Stewart did what he had to do, winning the fight by knockout.

Elder then took the long walk through the dark hallway to the gloomy dressing room. In a pretty funny moment, Elder actually laughed when he looked at the damage he had accumulated in the mirror. Elder was perhaps thinking how even though everything appears to be going right, it can change just like that. In a sick way, that is funny.

Elder was consoled by his wife and daughters, as Amy reminded him, "You won the first three rounds, easy." Elder agreed, noting, "Sometimes you just get caught."

Stewart was actually sad that he had just beaten his wife's new best friend's husband, Elder. He said, "We were both chasing the same dream, now he's going home." Lisa, who was still shaking from the emotions from the fight, gave the victor a congratulatory kiss.

Elder was advised by a doctor to get a CAT scan because he had received a few powerful blows in the loss. Elder agreed as he walked to the ambulance. As Elder was strapped down in a stretcher, the doors to the ambulance were closed and they drove off, and another fighter's dream was broken in a very emotional edition of ESPN's "The Contender."