Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Asakura
- Alexandre Pantoja
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 12-3
- Key Wins: Knocked out Matt Schnell and Wilson Reis. Submitted Alex Perez, Brandon Royval, and Yuta Sasaki. Beat Steve Erceg, Brandon Moreno, and Manel Kape.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: near plus plus (75)
- Kai Asakura
- Age: 31
- Pro Record: 21-4
- Key Losses: Knocked out by Kyoji Horiguchi and Manel Kape. Lost to a 24-5 wrestler.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Heili Alateng and a 29-4 striker. Beat Topnoi Kiwram. Split decision over Manel Kape.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Pantoja by 1st round submission.
Ciryl Gane vs Alexander Volkov 2
- Ciryl Gane
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 9-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Sergei Spivac, Tai Tuivasa, Derrick Lewis, and Junior dos Santos. Beat Alexander Volkov, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and Tanner Boser.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Alexander Volkov
- Age: 36
- UFC Record: 12-4
- Key Wins: Knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Alistair Overeem, Walt Harris, and Fabricio Werdum. Submitted Tai Tuivasa. Beat Sergei Pavlovich, Marcin Tybura, and Greg Hardy.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Volkov by 2nd round knockout.
Nick Diaz vs Vicente Luque
- Nick Diaz
- Age: 41
- UFC Record: 7-7
- Key Wins: Beat BJ Penn in 2011.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: fringe average (45)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Vicente Luque
- Age: 31
- UFC Record: 15-5
- Key Wins: Knocked out Randy Brown, Belal Muhammad, Chad Laprise, and Bryan Barbarena. Submitted and knocked out Niko Price. Also submitted Michael Chiesa and Tyron Woodley. Beat Rafael dos Anjos.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Luque by 1st round knockout.
Aljamain Sterling vs Movsar Evloev
- Aljamain Sterling
- Age: 35
- UFC Record: 16-4
- Key Losses: Lost a split decision to Bryan Caraway.
- Key Wins: Submitted Cory Sandhagen and Cody Stamann. Beat Calvin Kattar, Pedro Munhoz, Jimmie Rivera, and Brett Johns. Split decision wins over Henry Cejudo and Petr Yan.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: near plus plus (75)
- Movsar Evloev
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 8-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out a well rounded 12-2 fighter and a 15-5 wrestler. Submitted an 11-3 striker. Beat Arnold Allen, Diego Lopes, Dan Ige, Hakeem Dawodu, Mike Grundy, Enrique Barzola, a 7-1 striker, a well rounded 6-2 fighter, and a 14-2 wrestler. Split decision win over Nik Lentz.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus plus (75)
Chris’ Pick: Sterling by decision.
Dominick Reyes vs Anthony Smith
- Dominick Reyes
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 7-4
- Key Wins: Knocked out Dustin Jacoby, Jared Cannonier, Ovince St. Preux, and Chris Weidman. Split decision over Volkan Oezdemir.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Anthony Smith
- Age: 36
- UFC Record: 7-7 at 205 lbs. 11-10 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)
Chris’ Pick: Reyes by 1st round knockout.
Nate Landwehr vs Doo Ho Choi
- Nate Landwehr
- Age: 36
- UFC Record: 5-3
- Key Wins: Submitted Austin Lingo and Ludovit Klein. Knocked out Jamall Emmers, a well rounded 6-1 fighter, a 13-2 grappler, and a well rounded 10-1 fighter. Beat Darren Elkins, a 6-2 grappler, a 9-2 grappler, and a 15-3 grappler (twice). Majority decision over David Onama.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Doo Ho Choi
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 4-3-1
- Key Draws: Fought Kyle Nelson to a majority draw.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Bill Algeo, Thiago Tavares and Sam Siscilia.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Landwehr by decision.
Bryan Battle vs Randy Brown
- Bryan Battle
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 6-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Kevin Jousset, Gabe Green, and Takashi Sato. Submitted AJ Fletcher and a well rounded 6-1 fighter. Beat Tresean Gore.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Randy Brown
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 13-5
- 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: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Battle by 1st round knockout.
Chase Hooper vs Clay Guida
- Chase Hooper
- Age: 25
- UFC Record: 3-0 at 155 lbs. 7-3 overall.
- Key Draws: Fought a 7-8 striker to a draw.
- Key Losses: Lost to Alex Caceres.
- Key Wins: Submitted Slava Borshchev and Jordan Leavitt. Knocked out Felipe Colares and Daniel Teymur. Beat Nick Fiore and a 4-0 grappler.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: fringe average (45)
- Grappling: plus (70)
- Clay Guida
- Age: 42
- UFC Record: 18-17
- Key Losses: Submitted by Jim Miller. Lost to Bobby Green.
- Key Wins: Beat Michael Johnson. Split decision wins over Scott Holtzman and Mark O. Madsen.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: fringe average (45)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Hooper by 1st round submission.
Tallison Teixeira vs Lukasz Brzeski
- Tallison Teixeira
- Age: 24
- Pro Record: 7-0
- UFC Record: 1-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out a a 6-1 striker and a 4-1 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
- Lukasz Brzeski
- Age: 32
- UFC Record: 1-4
- 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: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Brzeski by decision.
Joshua Van vs Cody Durden
- Joshua Van
- Age: 22
- Pro Record: 10-2
- UFC Record: 3-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Felipe Bunes and a 7-1 wrestler. Beat Kevin Borjas. Split decision over Zhalgas Zhumagulov.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Cody Durden
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 6-4-1
- Key Draws: Fought Chris Guttierez to a draw.
- Key Wins: Knocked out JP Buys and a 6-2 grappler. Submitted Matt Schnell and a 10-3 wrestler. Beat Jake Hadley, Charles Johnson, Carlos Mota, and Qileng Aori.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Van by 3rd round knockout.
Michael Chiesa vs Max Griffin
- Michael Chiesa
- Age: 36
- UFC Record: 5-3 at 170 lbs. 12-7 overall.
- Key Wins: Submitted Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush. Beat Neil Magny and Rafael dos Anjos.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Max Griffin
- Age: 38
- UFC Record: 8-9
- Key Losses: Lost to Curtis Millender. Lost split decisions to Neil Magny, Alex Oliveira, and Thiago Alves.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Kenan Song. Beat Mike Perry. Split decision wins over Jeremiah Wells and Tim Means.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Chiesa by 2nd round submission.
Rizvan Kuziev vs Martin Buday
- Rizvan Kuniev
- Age: 32
- Pro Record: 12-2-1
- UFC Record: 2-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out a well rounded 8-1 fighter, a 12-2 striker, a 5-0 wrestler and an 11-4 striker.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Martin Buday
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 6-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Josh Parisian. Knocked out a 7-1 striker. Beat Jake Collier and Chris Barnett. Split decision wins over Andrei Arlovski and Lukas Brzeski.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: average (50)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Kuziev by 1st round knockout.