MGM Grand Training Center, Las Vegas, Nevada — December 20th, 8:05 AM (Local Time)
Early morning light spills through the wide glass panels of the facility, cutting across rows of unused equipment and a still ring in the center. The place is quiet in that pre-training stillness, the kind that comes before gloves start snapping and voices fill the air.
Today's session hasn't started yet. Miguel Cabello is in a small lounge room off the main training floor. A television is mounted on the wall, tuned into a live broadcast of the fight. The room is quiet, lit by the glow of the screen more than anything else.
He's seated back in a chair, relaxed in posture, watching without saying anything, observing the fight as it unfolds. Assistant coach Pedro stands near the doorway, arms folded, looking between Cabello and the screen like he's already decided this is a waste of time.
