MMA System: I Will Be Pound For Pound Goat

Chapter 304 Breaking Down Oland

A week and a few days passed. The festive season was in full swing.

Christmas was just around the corner, and the world seemed brighter with decorations and lights.

People rushed about with last-minute shopping, holiday music playing in every store.

For the holidays, Damon didn't have any big plans. He chose to spend Christmas with his mom at home, just like every other year.

In the middle of all the chaos, the thought of a quiet day with her, eating a meal together and taking it easy was enough to calm him down.

His opponent, Calvin Oland, had been unusually quiet. After his loud podcast appearance, mocking Damon and throwing shade, he had gone silent.

It was strange, but Damon didn't dwell on it too much. Trash talk wasn't his style anyway.

Even when talking about Oland on the post-match, he was just saying what he thought.

Meanwhile, Damon had been getting a lot of attention. Podcast invitations poured in from every direction, but he hadn't accepted any.

In fact, he'd never been on one in his life. It wasn't his thing. He preferred to stay under the radar and let his work do the talking.

Victor had suggested he consider attending one before the fight. Damon understood the reasoning, it would hype up the event and give fans more to talk about.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Damon had considered Victor's suggestion about the podcast.

It made sense to do one, but he wasn't sure if he was ready to step into that spotlight.

In the meantime, the fight tapes Victor had talked about finally got to Damon a week ago, and he didn't waste any time watching them.

Late at night, when the world was quiet, he binged through the tapes, carefully analyzing every move, every technique Calvin Oland had used in past fights.

It was tedious work, but Damon didn't mind.

He was beginning to enjoy studying opponents, breaking down their patterns, strengths, and weaknesses.

This time, though, there was a catch. Since he'd never met Oland in person, he couldn't use his system's [Fighter Breakdown]'s Scan function to scan him.

But Damon had discovered a loophole.

It was something he'd done before the [Fighter Breakdown] feature was unlocked.

He relied on the old-fashioned method of watching tapes, using them to recreate his opponent in a simulated environment.

Through the simulation, Damon could then scan the recreated Calvin Oland and unlock the details he needed.

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Damon chuckled to himself as he reviewed the notes.

The more he watched Calvin Oland fight, the more he began to understand him.

Oland wasn't just trash-talking for show. It seemed like he was simply speaking his mind, even in the heat of battle.

Inside the octagon, a fighter's mind could be a chaotic place.

Thoughts raced, some deliberate, others unbidden.

For Oland, it felt like those thoughts just spilled out of him, a kind of stream-of-consciousness that made him unpredictable.

Sometimes, it worked to his advantage, rattling opponents and giving him the mental edge.

Other times, it backfired, distracting him and leaving openings.

Damon leaned back, smirking. He wasn't too concerned about Oland's unorthodox style.

The more he analyzed, the more confident he felt that he could take Oland anywhere, standing or on the ground.

His wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu had been improving rapidly, and he felt sharper than ever. As for his striking... well, that was where Damon truly thrived.

"Pfft, too good," he muttered to himself with a grin.

The addition of Taekwondo and Kickboxing to his arsenal had made his kicks downright dangerous.

He had tricks now, moves that he wouldn't show unless the moment called for them.

Kickboxing had added layers to his game, though Damon still believed Muay Thai was superior overall.

The clinch, elbows, knees, it all felt more brutal, more effective. But he didn't dismiss Kickboxing entirely.

Instead, he absorbed what it had to offer, refining it and blending it with his existing style.

Especially the punches.

Every discipline had something to teach, and Damon made sure to learn from each one.

As he sat there, watching Oland's weaknesses written down.

All he had to do was fully be prepared.