Final Fight takes place from within the fictional city of Metro City, in which both crime and violence has ruled the streets for years and that the citizens themselves live in a complete state of constant fear at the hands of the local street gangs. A former professional wrestler and street fighter turned newly-elected mayor, named Mike Haggar had made a personal vow to the public from within his past campaign in that he would help clean up the streets of crime so that the citizens of Metro City could finally gain the peace and happiness that they had sought for so long.
The Mad Gear Gang: the most powerful and dominant criminal organization of Metro City's criminal underworld, sees Haggar as a threat to theirviolent rule of the city, which causes the gang to initiate an immediate plan of action so that they could make sure and see to it that Haggar himself doesn't get in the way of their own criminal activities. While in his office one day, Haggar receives aphone call from a suspicious sounding man who tells him that his daughter, Jessica has been kidnapped by Mad Gear and warns Haggar that unless he doesn't want anything happening to her, he'll let the gang do as they please like the last mayor did. Haggar wastes no time in meeting up and informing both Jessica's boyfriend, Cody and his sparring partner Guy about the situation, and the two of them personally vow to aid and help Haggar rescue Jessica
