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I would like to nominate Musashi Flex by Steve Perry. There is a nice romance between Lazlo and Cayne. It is the prequel to the Matador Series.
The Musashi Flex
Follows the development of the 97 steps of sumito as well as the biochemical enhancement later used by Confed soldiers. The protagonist is a professional fighter, Lazlo Mourn, who walks the Musashi Flex, an illegal underground martial arts competition named after Miyamoto Musashi, which features both armed and unarmed combat.
blurb from back of book I got off Amazon:
Lazlo Mourn is a battle-scarred veteran of the extreme martial arts game known as the Musashi Flex. But just as he's ready to hang up his blades, his moves evolve toward a form of fighting unlike any the galaxy has ever seen...
Journalist Cayne Sola's ambition knows no bounds--and not even the most blood-hungry Flex fighter can match her fierce determination. She wants a big story on the games--and she'll get it...
A billionaire several times over, Ellis Mumbo Shaw has everything money can buy--except fame on the Flex field of combat. And one untested drug puts that within his reach...
Warrior. Infiltrator. Upstart. Their fates will intertwine--and be decided--in the bloody arena of the Musashi Flex. And if they survive, their story will become legend.
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