How to build up a dramatic fight scene

How to build up a dramatic fight scene
1.      Set an epic location for the fight
2.      “Beowulf got ready, donned his war-gear. Indifferent to death; his mighty, hand forged, fine webbed mail would soon meet the menace under”
3.      Make the necessary preparation for weaponry
4.      “to guard his head he had a glittering helmet” … “and another item Unferth lent him… a Rare and ancient sword named Hrunting”
5.      Anticipate the death of the enemy
6.      “His days were numbered, the end of his life was coming over him,he knew it for certain.”
7.      Present your enemy in the worst way to make your defeat seem even more heroic.
8.      “Grendel’s mother, monstrous hell-bride, brooded on her wrongs. She had been forced down into fearful waters, the cold depths, after Cain had killed his father’s son, felled his own brother with a sword”
9.      Set up the hero to fail
10.  “But he soon found his blade-torch extinguished: the shining blade refused to bite. It spared her and failed this man in his need. “