A few days passed, and the day had finally come.
Damon had been waiting for this one—the World MMA Tournament Finals. He had followed every round leading up to it, watched the eliminations, noted every upset, and tracked the patterns that kept showing up.
There was a lot to study. Not just styles or skillsets, but outcomes.
And Damon had noticed something.
A lot of prominent names—especially from UFA—were missing from the final brackets. Not all, of course. But more than he expected.
A few middleweights from UFA had entered the tournament and failed to make it past the early rounds.
He didn't say anything publicly, but he noticed.
The contrast to his own run in the last tournament—the first one ever held—was striking. Back then, the talent pool felt deeper, heavier. More dangerous. The fights were tighter. The margin for error, smaller.
Still, despite some gaps this time around, one thing hadn't changed.
UFA still stood at the top.
