Hill vs Rountree, Smith vs Mingyang, Chikadze vs Onama Fight Picks – April 26, 2025

Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree

  • Jamahal Hill
  • Age: 33
  • UFC Record: 7-3
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Johnny Walker, Jimmy Crute, and Ovince St Preux. Beat Glover Teixeira, Thiago Santos, and Darko Stosic.
  • Striking: near plus plus (75)
  • Power: near plus plus (75)
  • Wrestling: plus (70)
  • Khalil Rountree
  • Age: 35
  • UFC Record: 10-5
  • Key Losses: Submitted by Tyson Pedro.
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Anthony Smith, Chris Daukaus, Karl Roberson, Modestas Bukauskas, Paul Craig, and Gokhan Saki. Beat Eryk Anders. Split decision over Dustin Jacoby.
  • Striking: plus (70)
  • Power: plus (70)
  • Wrestling: near plus (65)

Chris’ Pick: Hill by decision.


Anthony Smith vs Zhang Mingyang

  • Anthony Smith
  • Age: 36
  • UFC Record: 7-8 at 205 lbs. 11-11 overall.
  • Key Wins: Submitted Vitor Petrino, Devin Clark, Alexander Gustafsson, and Volkan Oezdemir. Knocked out Jimmy Crute and Shogun Rua. Split decision over Ryan Spann.
  • Striking: plus (70)
  • Power: plus (70)
  • Grappling: near plus (65)
  • Zhang Mingyang
  • Age: 26
  • Pro Record: 17-6
  • UFC Record: 2-0
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Brendson Ribeiro, a well rounded 7-2 fighter. Submitted a 4-0 grappler.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Grappling: above average (60)

Chris’ Pick: Smith by decision.


Giga Chikadze vs David Onama

  • Giga Chikadze
  • Age: 36
  • UFC Record: 8-3
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Edson Barboza and Cub Swanson. Beat Alex Caceres, Omar Morales. Split decision wins over Jamall Emmers and Brandon Davis.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Wrestling: near plus (65)
  • David Onama
  • Age: 30
  • UFC Record: 5-2
  • Key Losses: Majority decision loss to Nate Landwehr.
  • Key Wins: Submitted Garrett Armfield. Knocked out Gabriel Santos, a well rounded 3-0 fighter. Beat Roberto Romero, Jonathan Pearce, and Gabriel Benitez.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Wrestling: plus (70)

Chris’ Pick: Onama by split decision.


Michel Pereira vs Abus Magomedov

  • Michel Pereira
  • Age: 31
  • UFC Record: 3-1 at 185 lbs. 10-3 overall.
  • Key Losses: DQ loss to Diego Sanchez. Lost to Tristan Connelly.
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Andre Petroski, Danny Roberts. Submitted Ihor Potieria, Michel Oleksiejczuk and an 8-2 striker. Beat Andre Fialho, Niko Price, and Khaos Williams. Split decision over Santiago Ponzinibbio.
  • Striking: plus (70)
  • Power: plus (70)
  • Wrestling: near plus (65)
  • Abus Magomedov
  • Age: 34
  • UFC Record: 3-2
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Dustin Stolztfus, Jessin Ayari, an 11-2 striker, a well rounded 15-5 fighter, and a 10-3 grappler. Submitted Brunno Ferreira and a 12-0 striker. Beat Warlley Alves.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Wrestling: plus (70)

Chris’ Pick: Pereira by decision.


Ikram Aliskerov vs Andre Muniz

  • Ikram Aliskerov
  • Age: 32
  • Pro Record: 15-2
  • UFC Record: 3-1
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Warlley Alves, Phil Hawes, and a well rounded 13-2 fighter. Submitted Mario Sousa, Dennis Tiuliulin, and an 11-3 wrestler. Beat a well rounded 4-0 fighter.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Grappling: near plus (65)
  • Andre Muniz
  • Age: 35
  • UFC Record: 8-2
  • Key Wins: Submitted Eryk Anders, Jacare Souza, Bartosz Fabinski, a 5-0 striker, and a 6-0 striker. Beat Uriah Hall and an 8-2 grappler. Split decision over Jun Yong Park
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: a little above average (55)
  • Grappling: plus (70)

Chris’ Pick: Aliskerov by 1st round knockout.


Randy Brown vs Nicolas Dalby

  • Randy Brown
  • Age: 34
  • UFC Record: 13-6
  • Key Losses: Split decision loss to Bryan Battle.
  • Key Wins: Submitted Alex Oliveira and Warlley Alves. Knocked out Muslim Salikhov and Bryan Barbarena. Beat Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Wellington Turman, Francisco Trinaldo, and Mickey Gall. Split decision over Khaos Williams.
  • Striking: plus (70)
  • Power: near plus (70)
  • Wrestling: near plus (65)
  • Grappling: above average (60)
  • Nicolas Dalby
  • Age: 38
  • UFC Record: 6-3-1
  • Key Draws: Fought Darren Till to a majority draw.
  • Key Wins: Beat Muslim Salikhov, Claudio Silva, Daniel Rodriguez, and Alex Oliveira. Split decisions over Warlley Alves and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: a little above average (55)
  • Wrestling: near plus (65)

Chris’ Pick: Brown by decision.


Matt Schnell vs Jimmy Flick

  • Matt Schnell
  • Age: 35
  • UFC Record: 7-8 at 125 lbs.
  • Key Losses: Knocked out by Hector Sandoval.
  • Key Wins: Submitted Su Mudaerji, Louis Smolka, and Jordan Espinosa. Split decision win over Tyson Nam.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: a little above average (55)
  • Grappling: near plus (65)
  • Jimmy Flick
  • Age: 34
  • UFC Record: 3-3
  • Key Losses: Knocked out by a well rounded 4-2 fighter and a 12-5 grappler. Lost to a 4-3 wrestler.
  • Key Wins: Submitted Malcolm Gordon, Cody Durden, a 6-0 grappler, a 10-1 grappler and a 5-2 grappler. Beat a 6-2 grappler.
  • Striking: average (50)
  • Power: below average (40)
  • Grappling: above average (60)

Chris’ Pick: Schnell by decision.


Evan Elder vs Ahmad Hassanzada

  • Evan Elder
  • Age: 27
  • Pro Record: 9-2
  • UFC Record: 2-2
  • Key Wins: Submitted Darrius Flowers. Beat Genaro Valdez.
  • Striking: above average (60)
  • Power: above average (60)
  • Grappling: near plus (65)
  • Ahmad Hassanzada
  • Age: 28
  • Pro Record: 11-3
  • UFC Record: 1-1
  • Key Wins: Submitted a well rounded 8-3 fighter. Beat a well rounded 4-0 fighter.
  • Striking: above average (60)
  • Power: above average (60)
  • Wrestling: above average (60)

Chris’ Pick: Elder by split decision.


Jaqueline Amorim vs Polyana Viana

  • Jaqueline Amorim
  • Age: 29
  • Pro Record: 9-1
  • UFC Record: 3-1
  • Key Wins: Submitted Vanessa Demopoulos, Cory McKenna. Knocked out Montserrat Conejo.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Grappling: plus (70)
  • Polyana Viana
  • Age: 32
  • UFC Record: 4-6
  • Key Losses: Submitted by Veronica Macedo. Split decision loss to Hannah Cifers.
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Jinh Yu Frey and Amanda Ribas back in 2015. Submitted Mallory Martin and Emily Whitmire.
  • Striking: above average (60)
  • Power: above average (60)
  • Grappling: a little above (55)

Chris’ Pick: Amorim by 1st round submission.


Malcolm Wellmaker vs Cameron Saaiman

  • Malcolm Wellmaker
  • Age: 30
  • Pro Record: 8-0
  • UFC Record: 1-0
  • Key Wins: Knocked out a 13-2 striker and a 5-2 grappler.
  • Striking: a little above average (55)
  • Power: a little above average (55)
  • Grappling: a little above average (55)
  • Cameron Saaiman
  • Age: 24
  • UFC Record: 4-2
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Terrence Mitchell, a 6-0 grappler, and well rounded 5-1 fighter. Majority decision over Mana Martinez.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Wrestling: above average (60)

Chris’ Pick: Saaiman by 2nd round knockout.


Chelsea Chandler vs Joselyne Edwards

  • Chelsea Chandler
  • Age: 31
  • Pro Record: 6-3
  • UFC Record: 2-2
  • Key Wins: Knocked out Julija Stoliarenko and a 3-0 striker. Submitted a well rounded 4-0 fighter. Beat Josiane Nunes.
  • Striking: above average (60)
  • Power: above average (60)
  • Wrestling: near plus (65)
  • Joselyne Edwards
  • Age: 29
  • UFC Record: 5-4
  • Key Losses: Split decision loss to Sarah Alpar.
  • Key Wins: Submitted Tamires Vidal, an 8-3 striker. Beat Ramona Pascual and Yanan Wu. Split decision wins over Lucie Pudilova and Ji Yeon Kim.
  • Striking: near plus (65)
  • Power: near plus (65)
  • Wrestling: above average (60)
  • Grappling: a little above average (55)

Chris’ Pick: Edwards by decision.

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