Jieleyisi Baergeng vs Yunfeng Li Chris’ Pick: Jieleyisi by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Jieleyisi -135 Kierandip Singh Sahota vs Shuai Yin At times, Shuai looks like he has 60 tools, but his cardio isn’t great and from what I’ve seen, isn’t the same fighter in the second […]

Zhawupasi Daermisi vs Ren Ozaki Zhawupasi’s wrestling could be a 65. It’s really close. But he does seem one dimensional and his striking could be as low as a 50. Chris’ Pick: Zhawupasi by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be: Zhawupasi -225 John Dave Almanza vs Angad Bisht I watched Bisht’s last […]

Bin Xie vs Yibugele Yibugele’s wrestling is close to a 55, but not quite there yet. I like Bin’s cardio. His tools could be as high as 60’s. Chris’ Pick: Bin by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Bin -175 Ming Shi vs Ye Dam Seo Seo clearly lost to Josefine […]

Kangjie Zhu vs Tatsuya Ando I’m pretty sure I have Kangjie’s striking graded right as a 60, but the wrestling tool could be a 50. I wasn’t as impressed with what I saw from him there. Chris’ Pick: Ando by split decision. What odds I think the favorite should be: Ando -125 Shin Haraguchi vs […]

Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier When in doubt, zoom out. And after Poirier’s last fight with St Denis, not only did he show he’s not regressing yet, his 75 striking showed up again too. It’s on the low end of a 75, but Poirier’s durability and cardio is what makes the tool more than a […]

Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy Very possible Murphy shows up improved. And if he does, then it could be a close fight. But with the skills I’ve seen from Murphy up to this point, I don’t see how he out strikes Barboza. Chris’ Pick: Barboza by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be […]

Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento The only way Nascimento wins this is if he shows up improved. Lewis has lost 5 out of his last 7 fights, but this is a winnable fight for Lewis. Nascimento was knocked out by Chris Daukaus in 45 seconds. I don’t see this lasting long. Chris’ Pick: Lewis by […]

Alexandre Pantoja vs Steve Erceg Pantoja’s grappling is on the lower end of the 75 grade. It’s borderish of a 70. And I don’t think he has the cardio to be able to take Erceg down the whole fight. It’ll be close on the feet, but I think Erceg has more power, longer reach, and […]

Alex Perez vs Mateus Nicolau The market clearly thinks Nicolau has 70 tools. He closed as a -380 favorite over Schnell. Knocked him out. As expected. But. Striking between the two was close to equal. Then Nicolau closes as a 2 to 1 favorite over Brandon Royval and gets knocked out in 2 minutes. And […]

Alex Pereira vs Jamahal Hill After watching Pereira vs Prochazka, it’s apparent that Pereira has 65 wrestling and Prochazka’s wrestling is a 70. Which begs a question. Did Prochazka’s wrestling improve? Or did he already have 70 wrestling in the Teixeira fight? Is it possible Teixeira’s grappling is a 75? It sure looked like it […]