Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira Once and finally for all, I’m convinced Blachowicz has 70 striking and 70 wrestling. The wrestling was close to a 65 in the Magomed Ankalaev fight, but there’s no way Pereira’s wrestling is worse than a 65. Pereira’s 75 striking grade at middleweight carried over to light heavyweight and same […]

Derrick Lewis vs Jailton Almeida This fight is pretty straight forward. Lewis is going to have one shot at the start of the fight to knock Almeida out. And he could, he might. He has a chance. But if he swings and misses, Almeida takes him down and will get the submission within a couple […]

Ramon Taveras vs Cortavious Romious I wish I was able to see more of Romious, but his fights recently end so quick. I really like his hand speed. Striking could be as high as a 65 if he has the cardio to push the pace for 15 minutes. And did Taveras’ fight get stopped early? […]

Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski 2 I could be wrong with where I’ve graded Volkanovski’s skills at 155 lbs. But I think he beat Makhachev 3 rounds to 2 in their first fight. And I do think the wrestling is equal here. Yes, Makhachev had over 7 minutes of control time in the fight, but […]

Edson Barboza vs Sodiq Yusuff I know it would appear Yusuff is the A side. Young up and comer. 7 years younger than Barboza. He’s on the way up. But I’m convinced that Yusuff’s striking hasn’t moved past a 65 grade. His striking with Caceres was close to equal and I know Caceres doesn’t have […]

Rodolfo Bellato vs Murtaza Talha We all know how good Vitor Petrino is. Really good. Will probably fight for the title in the next couple years. Well, Bellato came close to knocking him out on their Contender Series fight. Bellato dropped him. Emptied the gas tank to try and finish him in the 1st round. […]

Bobby Green vs Grant Dawson Ultimately, Ismagulov’s wrestling is probably a 65. I don’t think Dawson’s wrestling is a top of the scale 80, but a 75 grade? No doubt about it. I expect Dawson to be able to take Green down just like he took Ismagulov down. Almost a mismatch, considering Dawson has the […]

Raheam Forest vs Danny Barlow Charlie Radtke’s recent UFC debut against Blood Diamond is really helpful. Because it turns out, Radtke is really good. Amazingly, Radtke out struck Diamond 27 to 19. And Radtke’s wrestling is also a solid 60. And who was Radtke’s last opponent before his UFC debut? Forest. I watched the fight. […]

Rafael Fiziev vs Mateusz Gamrot This fight comes down to Fiziev’s power vs Gamrot’s wrestling and cardio. I know Fiziev went 5 rounds with dos Anjos, but Gamrot’s a tier above. I do see Fiziev slowing down in the 2nd half of the fight. Gamrot has proven to be durable. But it’s close to a […]

Shamil Gaziev vs Greg Velasco Velasco took on a 3-0 striker in his last fight and on the surface, you look at the end result, Velasco won via ground and pound TKO in the 2nd round. Great. Velasco must have had superior wrestling. But that’s not the case. The opponent took Velasco down multiple times, […]