Mansur Abdul-Malik vs Wes Schultz Most of Schultz’s fights, he immediately goes to his wrestling and gets his way. Doesn’t show a lot of his stand up. Possible his striking tool could be a 60. Only 1 fighter has made it past 2 minutes in Abdul-Malik’s 5 pro fights. Trains with MMA Masters. It’s possible […]

Serghei Spivac vs Marcin Tybura I’m pretty sure Spivac’s striking is a 65, but wow, he really melted against Ciryl Gane. Spivac was out struck 105 to 11. Might be one of the widest gaps in striking in UFC history. Needless to say, it’s possible Spivac’s striking is closer to a 60. Chris’ Pick: Tybura […]

Cory Sandhagen vs Umar Nurmagomedov Chris’ Pick: Sandhagen by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Sandhagen -275 Shara Magomedov vs Michal Oleksiejczuk Hard to take away much from Magomedov’s last fight with Trocoli, who was already a mystery, being that he hadn’t fought in 3 years, and with Magomedov, […]

Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2 It does look like Muhammad has gotten better since his first fight with Edwards in 2021. Wrestling is on the low end of a 75 grade. And I know Muhammad’s striking is only a 70 as the striking with Burns was close to equal the first 2 rounds, before […]

Amanda Lemos vs Virna Jandiroba Whether Dern’s grappling is a 70 or a 75 doesn’t really matter. Dern did out grapple Lemos so I’m confident Lemos grappling is a 65. Market thinks Godinez has 70 striking but the numbers aren’t there to support that grade. Which means Jandiroba’s striking is still a 65 for me.I […]

Rose Namajunas vs Tracy Cortez And here I was thinking Cortez’s striking was only a 60, going into the Jasudavicius fight. First time Cortez really relied on the stand up tools and she out struck Jasudavicius 91 to 58. Grading Namajunas’ striking is quite the puzzle. On the one hand, I know 100% for sure […]

Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka 2 Prochazka could have a bit of a wrestling advantage. He took Pereira down in the 1st round in their first fight. But I don’t see him trying to do that for 5 rounds, nor would he have the cardio to do it being that both took this fight on […]

Robert Whittaker vs Ikram Aliskerov I know Aliskerov has a ton of hype right now. Three 1st round finishes in three UFC fights. Each lasting a little over 2 minutes. But. The striking numbers between Aliskerov and Hawes were close to equal. And despite the quick KO with Alves, the numbers show his striking was […]

Alex Perez vs Tatsuro Taira It’s possible Taira’s grappling could be as high as a 75, but I don’t it because his striking is definitely no higher than a 65 and I don’t think his grappling is that further ahead over his stand up. I was surprised to see the striking between Perez and Nicolau […]

Jared Cannonier vs Nassourdine Imavov Total coin flip fight on paper, but I give Imavov a slight edge in that he’s 11 years younger than Cannonier. Chris’ Pick: Imavov by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Imavov -135 Dominick Reyes vs Dustin Jacoby Despite losing his last fight, I can finally […]