Brandon Royval vs Manel Kape
- Brandon Royval
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 7-4
- Key Wins: Submitted Matt Schnell, Kai Kara France, Tim Elliott, Joby Sanchez and a 5-1 striker. Knocked out Matheus Nicolau a 7-1 grappler. Beat a well rounded 7-1 fighter. Split decision wins over Tatsuro Taira, Brandon Moreno, and Rogerio Bontorin.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Grappling: plus (70)
- Manel Kape
- Age: 32
- UFC Record: 6-3
- Key Wins: Knocked out Asu Almabayev, Bruno Silva, Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Ode Osbourne, and a 14-1 striker. Submitted a 14-5 striker. Beat Felipe dos Santos and David Dvorak.
- Striking: near plus plus (75)
- Power: near plus plus (75)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Royval by split decision.
Amanda Lemos vs Gillian Robertson
- Amanda Lemos
- Age: 38
- UFC Record: 8-5
- Key Wins: Knocked out Montserrat Ruiz and Livinha Souza. Submitted Michelle Waterson and Miranda Granger. Beat Iasmin Lucindo, MacKenzie Dern, and Mizuki Inoue. Split decision over Angela Hill.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: plus (70)
- Gillian Robertson
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 5-1 at 115 lbs. 13-7 overall.
- Key Wins: Submitted Piera Rodriguez, Mariya Agapova, Priscila Cachoeira, Cortney Casey, Emily Whitmire, and Molly McCann. Knocked out Marina Rodriguez, Polyana Viana, and Sarah Frota. Beat Luana Pinheiro, Michelle Waterson-Gomez, and Poliana Botelho.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Lemos by 2nd round knockout.
Giga Chikadze vs Kevin Vallejos
- Giga Chikadze
- Age: 37
- UFC Record: 8-4
- 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: near plus (65)
- Kevin Vallejos
- Age: 23
- Pro Record: 16-1
- UFC Record: 3-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Seung Woo Choi, Luiz Garagorri, an 8-0 striker, and a well rounded 6-0 fighter. Beat Danny Silva.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Vallejos by split decision.
Morgan Charriere vs Melquizael Costa
- Morgan Charriere
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 3-2
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Chepe Mariscal.
- Key Draws: Fought a 9-2 grappler to a split draw.
- Key Wins: Submitted William Gomis and a well rounded 9-3 fighter. Knocked out Nate Landwehr, Gabriel Miranda, Maolo Zecchini, and a 17-4 grappler.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Melquizael Costa
- Age: 29
- UFC Record: 4-2
- Key Wins: Submitted Nuerdanbieke Shayilan. Knocked out a 14-2 striker. Beat Julian Erosa, Christian Rodriguez, Austin Lingo, a 4-0 striker, a 9-3 wrestler, and a 13-4 striker.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Costa by decision.
Cesar Almeida vs Cezary Oleksiejczuk
- Cesar Almeida
- Age: 37
- UFC Record: 4-1
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Roman Kopylov.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Abdul Razak Alhassan and Dylan Budka. Beat Ihor Potieria and a 9-1 striker.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Cezary Oleksiejczuk
- Age: 25
- Pro Record: 16-3
- UFC Record: 1-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out a 6-0 grappler and a 14-5 striker. Beat a well rounded 8-1 fighter, a well rounded 8-1 fighter, and a well rounded 19-1 fighter.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Almeida by 1st round knockout.
Joanderson Brito vs Melsik Baghdasaryan
- Joanderson Brito
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 6-3
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to William Gomis.
- Key Wins: Submitted Jonathan Pearce, Lucas Alexander, a well rounded 5-0 fighter, and a 6-0 grappler. Knocked out Jack Shore, Westin Wilson, Andre Fili, and a well rounded 9-3 fighter. Beat Diego Lopes.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Grappling: plus (70)
- Melsik Baghdasaryan
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 4-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Collin Anglin. Beat Tucker Lutz, Bruno Souza, and a 4-1 wrestler.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Brito by 1st round knockout.
Jamey-Lyn Horth vs Tereza Bleda
- Jamey-Lyn Horth
- Age: 35
- UFC Record: 3-2
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Veronica Hardy.
- Key Wins: Submitted a 9-3 grappker. Knocked out a well rounded 3-1 fighter. Beat Vanessa Demopoulos and Hailey Cowan. Split decision over Ivana Petrovic.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Tereza Bleda
- Age: 23
- Pro Record: 6-1
- UFC Record: 2-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out a 9-1 wrestler. Beat Gabriella Fernandes and a well rounded 7-0 fighter.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near (65)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Not Bleda’s last fight, but the fight before that, she lost to Natalia Silva and that L has aged well. Bleda was out struck, but wasn’t completely blown out. Even took Silva down and accrued almost 5 minutes of control time on the ground.
Chris’ Pick: Bleda by decision.
Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
- Steven Asplund
- Age: 27
- Pro Record: 6-1
- UFC Record: 1-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out a 4-0 striker and a well rounded 3-1 fighter. Beat a 5-1 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
- Sean Sharaf
- Age: 32
- Pro Record: 4-1
- UFC Record: 0-1
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Asplund by 1st round knockout.
Allen Frye vs Guilherme Pat
- Allen Frye
- Age: 27
- Pro Record: 6-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out an 11-3 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
- Guilherme Pat
- Age: NA
- Pro Record: 5-0
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: a little above average (55)
Chris’ Pick: Frye by 1st round knockout.
Luana Santos vs Melissa Croden
- Luana Santos
- Age: 25
- UFC Record: 4-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Tainara Lisboa and Mairya Agapova. Knocked out Juliana Miller. Beat Stephanie Egger and a well rounded 4-1 fighter.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Melissa Croden
- Age: 34
- Pro Record: 7-2
- UFC Record: 1-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out Tainara Lisboa.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Santos by split decision.
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Marcus Buchecha
- Kennedy Nzechukwu
- Age: 33
- UFC Record: 2-1 at heavyweight. 8-6 overall.
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Nicolae Negumereanu.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Chris Barnett, Ion Cutelaba, Karl Roberson, Danilo Marques, and Carlos Ulberg. Submitted Devin Clark.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Marcus Buchecha
- Age: 35
- Pro Record: 5-2
- UFC Record: 0-1
- Key Wins: Submitted a 14-3 striker, a 5-0 striker, and a 5-1 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: average (50)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Nzechukwu by 1st round knockout.