Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett
- Justin Gaethje
- Age: 37
- UFC record: 8-5
- Key Wins: Knocked out Dustin Poirier, Tony Ferguson, Edson Barboza, and Donald Cerrone. Beat Michael Chandler. Majority decision over Rafael Fiziev.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Paddy Pimblett
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 6-0
- Key Wins: Submitted King Green, 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 Michael Chandler, Luigi Vendramini, and a well rounded 11-4 fighter. Beat Tony Ferguson and Julian Erosa.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Gaethje by 1st round knockout.
Kayla Harrison vs Amanda Nunes
- Kayla Harrison
- Age: 35
- Pro Record: 19-1
- UFC Record: 3-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out an 8-1 striker, a 4-1 striker, and a well rounded 4-1 fighter. Submitted a well rounded 6-2 fighter and a well rounded 5-1 fighter. Beat Ketlen Vieira, Aspen Ladd, a well rounded 11-2 fighter, and a 6-2 grappler.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: near plus plus (75)
- Amanda Nunes
- Age: 37
- UFC Record: 16-2
- Key Wins: Beat Irene Aldana, Germaine de Randamie twice. Once by knockout, the other by decision. Knocked out Holly Holm, Cris Cyborg, Raqual Pennington, and Ronda Rousey. Submitted Megan Anderson and Miesha Tate. Beat Julianna Pena, Felicia Spencer, and Valentina Shevchenko twice.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Harrison by 2nd round submission.
Sean O’Malley vs Yadong Song
- Sean O’Malley
- Age: 31
- UFC Record: 10-3
- Key Wins: Knocked out Aljamain Sterling, Raulian Paiva, Thomas Almeida, Eddie Wineland, and Jose Quinonez. Beat Marlon Vera and Andre Soukhamthath.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Wrestling: near plus plus (75)
- Song Yadong
- Age: 28
- UFC Record: 11-3-1
- Key Draws: Fought Cody Stamann to a draw.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Ricky Simon, Marlon Moraes, Julio Arce, Felipe Arantes, and Alejandro Perez. Beat Henry Cejudo, Chris Gutierrez, Marlon Vera. Split decision over Casey Kenney.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: O’Malley by decision.
Derrick Lewis vs Waldo Cortes Acosta
- Derrick Lewis
- Age: 40
- UFC Record: 20-10
- Key Wins: Knocked out Tallison Teixeira, Rodrigo Nascimento, Marcos Rogerio de Lima, Chris Daukaus, Curtis Blaydes, Alexei Oleinik, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Travis Browne, and Alexander Volkov. Beat Francis Ngannou.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Waldo Cortes Acosta
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 9-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Shamil Gaziev, Ryan Spann, Lukasz Brzeski, a 5-0 striker, and a 9-1 striker. Beat Serghei Spivac, Robelis Despagne, Andre Arlovski, Chase Sherman, and Jared Vanderaa.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Cortes Acosta by 2nd round knockout.
Jean Silva vs Arnold Allen
- Jean Silva
- Age: 28
- UFC Record: 6-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Melsyk Baghdasaryan, Drew Dober, Charles Jourdain, a well rounded 4-0 fighter, a well rounded 7-2 fighter, and a 5-2 striker. Submitted Bryce Mitchell and a 5-2 striker. Beat an 11-0 striker.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Arnold Allen
- Age: 31
- UFC Record: 11-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Calvin Kattar and Dan Hooker. Beat Giga Chikadze, Sodiq Yusuff, Nik Lentz, and Gilbert Melendez. Split decision over Makwan Amirkhani.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Silva by 1st round knockout.
Rose Namajunas vs Natalia Sliva
- Rose Namajunas
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 3-2 at 125 lbs. 13-5 overall.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Submitted Joanne Calderwood and Michelle Waterson. Beat Miranda Maverick, Amanda Ribas and Tecia Torres. Split decision over Jessica Andrade.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Natalia Silva
- Age: 28
- UFC Record: 7-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out Victoria Leonardo, Tereza Bleda. Submitted a 3-0 grappler. Beat Alexa Grasso, Jessica Andrade, Viviane Araujo, Andrea Lee, and Jasmine Jasudavicius.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Silva by decision.
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Deiveson Figueiredo
- Umar Nurmagomedov
- Age: 29
- UFC Record: 7-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Raoni Barcelos. Submitted Brian Kelleher and Sergey Morozov. Beat Mario Bautista, Cory Sandhagen, Bekzat Almakhan, Nathan Maness, a 12-0-1 grappler, and a 5-0 grappler.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus plus (75)
- Deiveson Figueiredo
- Age: 37
- UFC Record: 4-2 at 135 lbs. 14-4-1 overall.
- Key Draws: Fought Brandon Moreno to a majority draw.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Joseph Benavidez, Marco Beltran, and John Moraga. Submitted Cody Garbrandt, Alex Perez, and Tim Elliott. Beat Marlon Vera, Rob Font, Moreno, and Alex Pantoja. Split decision over Montel Jackson.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Nurmagomedov by decision.
Ateba Gauthier vs Andrey Pulyaev
- Ateba Gautier
- Age: 23
- Pro Record: 8-1
- UFC Record: 3-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out Robert Valentin and a well rounded 6-0 fighter.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Andrey Pulyaev
- Age: 27
- Pro Record: 9-3
- UFC Record: 1-1
- Key Wins: Beat a well rounded 6-2 fighter.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Gauthier by 1st round knockout.
Nikita Krylov vs Modestas Bukauskas
- Nikita Krylov
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 10-8
- Key Wins: Knocked out Alexander Gustafsson, Ed Herman, and Walt Harris. Submitted Ryan Spann, Marcos Rogerio de Lima, Francimar Barroso, and Ovince St. Preux. Beat Volkan Oezdemir.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Modestas Bukauskas
- Age: 31
- UFC Record: 7-4
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Michal Oleksiejczuk.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Paul Craig, Raffael Cerqueira, Andreas Michaildis, a well rounded 5-0 fighter and an 8-1 striker. Submitted Marcin Prachnio. Beat Zac Pauga and Tyson Pedro. Split decision over Ion Cutelaba.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Krylov by 2nd round knockout.
Alex Perez vs Charles Johnson
- Alex Perez
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 8-6
- Key Wins: Knocked out Matheus Nicolau, Jussier Formiga and Jose Torres. Submitted Jordan Espinosa. Beat Mark de la Rosa and Eric Shelton.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Charles Johnson
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 7-5
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Ode Osbourne.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Lone’er Kavanagh, Joshua Van, Jimmy Flick and a well rounded 6-0 fighter. Submitted a well rounded 6-0 fighter. Beat Sumudaerji, Jake Hadley and Azat Maksum. Split decision wins over Zhulgas Zhumagulov, a well rounded 7-2 fighter and a 5-1 wrestler.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Perez by decision.
Michael Johnson vs Alexander Hernandez
- Michael Johnson
- Age: 39
- UFC Record: 14-13 at 155 lbs.
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Jamie Mullarkey.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Ottman Azaitar, Alan Patrick and Dustin Poirier. Beat Daniel Zellhuber, Darius Flowers, Marc Diakiese, and Edson Barboza.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Alexander Hernandez
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 10-7
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Damon Jackson.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Diego Ferreira, Chase Hooper, Beneil Dariush and Chris Greutzemacher. Beat Kurt Holobaugh, Jim Miller, Oliver Aubin-Mercier, and Francisco Trinaldo. Split decision over Austin Hubbard.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Hernandez by 2nd round knockout.
Josh Hokit vs Denzel Freeman
- Josh Hokit
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 7-0
- UFC Record: 2-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out Max Gimenis and a 6-1 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Denzel Freeman
- Age: 34
- Pro Record: 7-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Steven Asplund. Knocked out a well rounded 8-2 fighter. Beat Marek Bujlo.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Hokit by 1st round knockout.
Ricky Turcios vs Cameron Smotherman
- Ricky Turcios
- Age: 32
- UFC Record: 2-4
- Key Losses: Lost to Boston Salmon.
- Key Wins: Knocked out a 4-1 wrestler. Beat a 9-1 wrestler, a well rounded 5-0 fighter, and a 10-2 grappler. Split decision wins over Kevin Natividad, Brady Hiestand, and Steve Garcia.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: average (50)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Cameron Smotherman
- Age: 28
- Pro Record: 12-6
- UFC Record: 1-3
- Key Wins: Beat Jake Hadley. Split decision win over a well rounded 2-1 fighter.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Turcios by decision.