@BeAware 30 years ago, I don't think Mike would have ever agreed to take a dive. Dude was just out for the respect and status, and the money was a really just a bonus. Today Mike, though? He's already gone broke before, from rich, and he really seems like he's found some degree of internal rest from the demons he was running from as a younger man - so I can see him going for the money. That said, I can also see him thinking Jake is a fake fuck, and wanting to knock that out of him