Two months had passed, and a lot had shifted across the MMA world.
While Damon stayed mostly quiet, focused on his training and home life, the internet had started to boil again, this time, with clips of Alex Tereira.
Short videos, reels, and slow-motion breakdowns of Tereira drilling sprawls, wrestling with Olympians, and practicing cage escapes flooded social media. Analysts praised his efforts.
Fans debated if it would be enough. His takedown defense was improving, no doubt, and it was clear he was taking Damon seriously.
"Steel sharpens steel," one post read, paired with footage of Tereira working double underhook breaks in a wrestling gym in Dagestan.
Another showed him grappling in Brazil with top-tier jiu-jitsu coaches, sweat pouring down his back as he fought off rear body-locks and leg rides.
Damon watched a few of them. Not all. He wasn't obsessed.
