By the time the camera finds Jade again, the damage looks quieter. The swelling that had pulled at his face in the third round has been worked down, smoothed into something far less dramatic.
His left cheek no longer bulges the same way, the darkness under his eye muted. There's still stiffness in his jaw, but nothing that suggests a man in trouble. If anything, he looks composed.
Moments later, the referee's voice cuts through the arena.
"Seconds out!"
The corners move at once. Stools are dragged back, towels vanish, water bottles cleared away. The ring empties until only the two fighters remain inside the ropes.
The tension sharpens as the crowd senses it too. The restless noise from before tightens into anticipation, everyone waiting to see if the madness of the third round was a prelude, or a warning for something much more dangerous.
"Round four is where answers start coming," one commentator says.
