Manel Kape vs Kyoji Horiguchi
- Manel Kape
- Age: 32
- UFC Record: 7-3
- Key Wins: Knocked out Brandon Royval, 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: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Kyoji Horiguchi
- Age: 35
- Pro Record: 35-5
- UFC Record: 8-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Manel Kape. Knocked out Ian McCall. Beat Amir Albazi, Darrell Montague, Chico Camus, Neil Seery, Ali Bagautinov.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
Chris’ Pick: Kape by 2nd round knockout.
Giga Chikadze vs Vinicius Oliveira
- Giga Chikadze
- Age: 37
- UFC Record: 8-5
- 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)
- Vinicius Oliveira
- Age: 30
- UFC Record: 5-1
- Key Wins: Knocked out Bernardo Sopai, a well rounded 15-4 fighter, a 12-3 grappler and a 12-2 wrestler. Beat Kyler Phillips, Said Nurmagoedov, Ricky Simon, a well rounded 12-3 fighter, and a 13-1 wrestler.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Oliveira by 2nd round knockout.
Luana Santos vs Karol Rosa
- Luana Santos
- Age: 26
- UFC Record: 5-1
- Key Wins: Submitted Tainara Lisboa and Mairya Agapova. Knocked out Juliana Miller. Beat Melissa Croden, Stephanie Egger, and a well rounded 4-1 fighter.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
- Karol Rosa
- Age: 31
- UFC Record: 8-4
- Key Wins: Knocked out an 8-3 striker. Beat Nora Conrolle, Pannie Kianzad, Joselyne Edwards, and Vanessa Melo. Split decision over Lara Procopio. Majority decision over Lina Lansberg. Split decision over Yana Santos.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Rosa by decision.
Christian Rodriguez vs Hyder Amil
- Christian Rodriguez
- Age: 28
- UFC Record: 6-4
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Andre Fili.
- Key Wins: Submitted Joshua Weems. Beat Austin Bashi, Cameron Saaiman, Raul Rosas Jr, and a 5-1 striker. Split decision over Isaac Dulgarian.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Grappling: above average (60)
- Hyder Amil
- Age: 35
- UFC Record: 4-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Jeong Yeong Lee and Fernie Garcia. Beat a 14-4 striker. Split decision win over a 9-7 grappler. Split decision over William Gomis.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Amil by split decision.
Bia Mesquita vs Melissa Mullins
- Bea Mesquita
- Age: 35
- Pro Record: 7-0
- UFC Record: 2-0
- Key Wins: Submitted Montserrat Rendon, Irina Alekseeva. Knocked out a well rounded 4-0 fighter.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Grappling: near plus plus (75)
- Melissa Mullins
- Age: 34
- Pro Record: 6-2
- UFC Record: 1-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Klaudia Sygula, a 7-0 striker. Beat Irina Alekseeva and a 3-1 striker.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Mesquita by 1st round submission.
Navajo Stirling vs Ion Cutelaba
- Navajo Stirling
- Age: 28
- UFC Record: 5-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out Bruno Lopes and a 6-1 striker. Beat Rodolfo Bellato, Ivan Erslan, and Tuco Tokkos.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: near plus (70)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Ion Cutelaba
- Age: 32
- UFC Record: 7-10-1
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Modestas Bukauskas.
- Key Draws: Fought Dustin Jacoby to a split draw.
- Key Wins: Knocked out Tanner Boser, Khalil Rountree, and Gadzhimurad Antigulov. Beat Devin Clark. Split decision over Ivan Erslan.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Stirling by decision.
Allan Nascimento vs Mitch Raposo
- Allan Nascimento
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 4-2
- Key Losses: Split decision losses to Tagir Ulanbekov and Raulian Paiva.
- Key Wins: Submitted Cody Durden, Carlos Hernandez, a 4-0 grappler, and a 10-3 grappler. Beat Jafel Filho, Jake Hadley, a well rounded 16-4 fighter, and a well rounded 8-1 fighter.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: plus (70)
- Mitch Raposo
- Age: 27
- Pro Record: 10-3
- UFC Record: 1-3
- Key Wins: Beat Azat Maksum.
- Key Losses: Split decision losses to Sumudaerji and Andre Lima.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Grappling: near plus (65)
Chris’ Pick: Raposo by split decision.
Andre Lima vs Kevin Borjas
- Andre Lima
- Age: 27
- UFC Record: 5-0
- Key Wins: Submitted Daniel Barez. Knocked out a well rounded 3-0 fighter and a well rounded 7-2 fighter. Beat Felipe dos Santos and a 14-1 grappler. Split decision over Mitch Raposo.
- Striking: plus (70)
- Power: plus (70)
- Wrestling: plus (70)
- Kevin Borjas
- Age: 28
- UFC Record: 2-4
- Key Wins: Beat Ronaldo Rodriguez and an 11-2 grappler.
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Lima really blew me away in his last fight out striking Barez 90 to 32. Crazy. Lima looks like someone who’ll be fighting for the title in the next year or two.
Chris’ Pick: Lima by 1st round knockout.
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Murtazali Magomedov
- Melsik Baghdasaryan
- Age: 34
- 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)
- Murtazali Magomedov
- Age: 26
- Pro Record: 10-0
- UFC Record: 1-0
- Key Wins: Knocked out a 9-0 striker and well rounded 5-2 fighter. Submitted a well rounded 5-1 fighter.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Grappling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Baghdasaryan by decision.
Michael Aswell Jr vs Gaston Bolanos
- Michael Aswell Jr
- Age: 25
- Pro Record: 11-4
- UFC Record: 1-3
- Key Losses: Split decision loss to Bogdan Grad
- Key Wins: Knocked out Lucas Almeida, a 5-2 grappler and an 11-4 striker.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: near plus (65)
- Gaston Bolanos
- Age: 33
- Pro Record: 8-5
- UFC Record: 2-2
- Key Losses: Submitted by a well rounded 6-3 fighter. Beat Cortavious Romious.
- Striking: above average (60)
- Power: above average (60)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Aswell Jr by decision.
Jhonata Diniz vs Jose Luiz
- Jhonata Diniz
- Age: 34
- UFC Record: 4-2
- Key Wins: Knocked out Austen Lane and a 7-1 striker. Beat Karl Williams and Alvin Hines.
- Striking: near plus (65)
- Power: near plus (65)
- Wrestling: above average (60)
- Jose Luiz
- Age: 29
- Pro Record: 5-1
- Striking: a little above average (55)
- Power: a little above average (55)
- Grappling: above average (60)
Chris’ Pick: Diniz by 1st round knockout.