Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2
- Leon Edwards
- Age: 32
- UFC Record: 13-2
- Key Wins: Beat Nate Diaz, Vicente Luque, Donald Cerrone, and Rafael dos Anjos. Split decision over Gunnar Nelson.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Belal Muhammad
- Age: 35
- UFC Record: 14-3
- Key Losses: Lost to Alan Jouban.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Sean Brady. Beat Gilbert Burns, Vicente Luque, Stephen Thompson, Demian Maia, Lyman Good, Chance Rencountre, and Randy Brown.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus plus (75)
Chris’ Pick: Edwards by decision.
Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes
- Tom Aspinall
- Age: 31
- UFC Record: 7-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Andrei Arlovski. Knocked out Sergei Pavlovich, Marcin Tybura, Serghei Spivac, Jake Collier, and a 6-2 wrestler.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Grappling: near plus plus (75)
- Curtis Blaydes
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 13-4
- Key Wins: Knocked out Jailton Almeida, Alexey Oleinik, Alistair Overeem, Shamil Abdurakhimov, and Junior dos Santos. Beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Alexander Volkov, Mark Hunt, and Justin Willis.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Aspinall by 1st round knockout.
Paddy Pimblett vs Bobby Green
- Paddy Pimblett
- Age: 29
- UFC Record: 4-0
- Key Wins: Submitted Jordan Leavitt, Kazula Vargas, a 7-0 grappler, a well rounded 8-3 fighter, a 10-2 grappler, and an 8-2 wrestler. Knocked out Luigi Vendramini and a well rounded 11-4 fighter. Beat Tony Ferguson and Julian Erosa.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Bobby Green
- Age: 37
- UFC Record: 11-10-1
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Rashid Magomedov.
- Key Wins: Submitted Tony Ferguson. Knocked out Grant Dawson and Al Iaquinta. Beat Jim Miller, Nasrat Haqparast, Alan Patrick, Lando Vannata and Erik Koch.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Green by decision.
Muhammad Mokaev vs Manel Kape
- Muhammad Mokaev
- Age: 23
- UFC Record: 6-0
- Key Wins: Submitted Tim Elliott, Jafel Filho, Malcolm Gordon, and Cody Durden. Beat Alex Perez, Charles Johnson, and a well rounded 7-1 fighter.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Manel Kape
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 4-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Ode Osbourne, and a 14-1 striker. Submitted a 14-5 striker. Beat Felipe dos Santos and David Dvorak.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Kape by 2nd round knockout.
Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze
- Arnold Allen
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 10-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Calvin Kattar and Dan Hooker. Beat Sodiq Yusuff, Nik Lentz, and Gilbert Melendez. Split decision over Makwan Amirkhani.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Giga Chikadze
- Age: 35
- UFC Record: 8-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Edson Barboza and Cub Swanson. Beat Alex Caceres, Omar Morales. Split decision wins over Jamall Emmers and Brandon Davis.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Allen by split decision.
Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil
- Molly McCann
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 7-5
- Key Wins: Knocked out Hannah Goldy and Luana Carolina. Submitted Diana Belbita. Beat Ji Yeon Kim and Ariane Lipski.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Bruna Brasil
- Age: 30
- Pro Record: 9-4-1
- UFC Record: 2-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Marnic Mann. Submitted a well rounded 2-0 fighter. Beat Shauna Bannon and a 5-0 grappler.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Grappling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: McCann by decision.
Caolan Loughran vs Ramon Taveras
- Caolan Loughran
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 9-1
- UFC Record: 1-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out a 9-0 striker, a 5-0 striker, and a well rounded 10-3 fighter. Beat Angel Pacheco.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Ramon Taveras
- Age: 30
- Pro Record: 10-2
- UFC Record: 2-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out a well rounded 5-1 fighter. Split decision over Serhiy Sidey.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: average (50)
Chris’ Pick: Loughran by decision.
Shauna Bannon vs Ravena Oliveira
- Shauna Bannon
- Age: 30
- Pro Record: 5-1
- UFC Record: 0-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out a well rounded 3-0 fighter. Beat a 3-0-1 striker.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Ravena Oliveira
- Age: 27
- Pro Record: 7-2-1
- UFC Record: 0-1
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Wrestling: average (50)
Chris’ Pick: Bannon by decision.
Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda
- Nathaniel Wood
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 7-3
- Key Wins: Submitted Johnny Eduardo and Jose Quinonez, Beat Andre Fili, Charles Jourdain, and Charles Rosa.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: plus (70)
- Daniel Pineda
- Age: 38
- UFC Record: 2-2 in 2nd UFC stint. 5-6 overall.
- Key Wins: Submitted Tucker Lutz. Knocked out Herbert Burns
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Grappling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Wood by decision.
Mick Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski
- Mick Parkin
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 9-0
- UFC Record: 4-0
- Key Wins: Submitted Eduardo Neves. Beat Mohammed Usman, Caio Machado, and Jamal Pogues.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Lukasz Brzeski
- Age: 32
- Pro Record: 9-4
- UFC Record: 1-3
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Martin Buday.
- Key Draws: Fought an 18-10 striker to a draw.
- Key Wins: Submitted a well rounded 6-1 fighter. Beat Valter Walker and a 20-5 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: average (50)
Chris’ Pick: Parkin by decision.
Oban Elliott vs Preston Parsons
- Oban Elliott
- Age: 26
- Pro Record: 10-2
- UFC Record: 2-0
- Key Wins: Beat Valentine Woodburn and a well rounded 6-2 fighter. Majority decision over a 17-4 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: average (50)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Grappling: average (50)
- Preston Parsons
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 11-4
- UFC Record: 2-2
- Key Losses: Submitted by a well rounded 16-7 fighter.
- Key Wins: Submitted a 6-1 wrestler and a 5-2 wrestler. Beat Matthew Semelsberger and Evan Elder.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: fringe average (45)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Grappling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Elliott by decision.
Christian Leeroy Duncan vs Robert Bryczek
- Christian Leroy Duncan
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 10-1
- UFC Record: 3-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Claudio Ribeiro, Dennis Tiuliulin, a 5-0 grappler, and an 8-0 wrestler, and a 10-2 striker.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Robert Bryczek
- Age: 33
- Pro Record: 17-6
- UFC Record: 0-1
- Key Losses: Lost to a 6-4 wrestler.
- Key Wins: Knocked out a well rounded 16-5 fighter, a 7-1 striker, a 9-1 striker, a 7-2 wrestler, and a well rounded 4-0 fighter. Beat an 8-0 striker, a well rounded 5-1 fighter, and a 7-1 wrestler.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Duncan by 2nd round knockout.
Modestas Bukauskas vs Marcin Prachnio
- Modestas Bukauskas
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 3-4
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Michal Oleksiejczuk.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Andreas Michaildis, a well rounded 5-0 fighter and an 8-1 striker. Beat Zac Pauga and Tyson Pedro.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Marcin Prachnio
- Age: 35
- UFC Record: 4-5
- Key Wins: Knocked out Ike Villanueva. Beat Devin Clark, William Knight, and Khalil Rountree.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Bukauskas by decision.
Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie
- Sam Patterson
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 11-2-1
- UFC Record: 2-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Yohan Lainesse, an 8-1 grappler and a 14-1 grappler. Knocked out a 9-3 striker. Beat an 18-6 grappler.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Kiefer Crosbie
- Age: 34
- Pro Record: 10-4
- UFC Record: 0-1
- Key Losses: Knocked out by a 16-11 striker.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Alex Oliveira. Beat a 5-2 striker. Split decision over a 6-2 wrestler.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Crosbie by decision.