Bassil Hafez

Grants Hafez the technical edge but still commits to Elliott, crediting his gas, grit and toughness as the deciding factors; the only qualifier left open is the scorecard route, not the win itself.

Called the better striker technically: good knockdown-style power (not a one-punch finisher), a good one-two, and a tendency to throw only one or two strikes at a time rather than full combinations. His grappling is skilled -- good takedown volume, strong scrambles, and the ability to take the back -- described as an overall skilled grappler.

Leans on Gall's roughly two-year layoff as the deciding factor, but explicitly rates his own confidence very low and opens by calling the whole matchup hard to gauge.

Coming off a short-notice UFC debut. The analyst credits real knockdown power and a clean one-two, but flags that he rarely follows it with a third strike. His grappling (volume of takedowns, scrambles, back control) is called strong, and the analyst expects him to keep developing.

States flatly that Maddalena is the obvious pick; no hedge appears anywhere on the win itself.

A game short-notice opponent the analyst is careful to frame as a real UFC-level threat rather than an easy out -- power that drops opponents without being a single-shot finisher, a good leg kick with real hip turnover, and a good grappler who scrambles well and looks to take the back, though he is still developing.