Bruna Brasil

big grappling advantage, improved

A good striker who works the body well and has kicks to all levels, including kicks up the middle and step-in knees that the analyst says are specifically useful for stopping forward pressure -- which he frames as the key to this fight. She also carries good clinch work with good trips and knees. The defensive concern is a lean-back habit that can get her caught, and the analyst notes her last five results haven't looked great.

leaning her, could still flip

As of 2026-02-01 she owns the technical edge on the feet between these two, a capable striker whose best tool is her kicking, landing to the body and up the middle, including a shot that helps stop forward pressure. Her clinch game, with knees and trips, is also a plus. Her main issue is a habit of backing up and leaning back defensively, which the analyst calls a real liability against an opponent with power.

He repeats twice that he expects Wang Cong to win, then immediately flags the exact way she lost last time (getting head-kicked after her hands dropped) as a real risk of repeating, plus separate caution against betting her as a big favorite.

Brasil is a technical kicker without a lot of one-shot power, using varied kicks to the head and body as her main weapon from range, plus a reliable tie-up with trips and knee strikes.

judges McCann the fighter better able to impose her own game plan here and takes her by decision outright; the only uncertainty voiced is over the method of victory, not the winner.

A good striker who works the body and kicks at every level, with a clear tie-clinch advantage (trips and knees) he rates above McCann's clinch game anywhere except against the cage. Her own red flags -- low volume, a tendency to get backed up, and a lean-back defense -- are the exact habits that let a forward-pressing fighter like McCann take over.

Says plainly he does not feel good about the pick given the physical mismatch, but commits anyway, siding with the technically better clinch fighter over the physically bigger one.

9-3-1 at strawweight, taller and longer-armed. Our paraphrase: a good striker who works the body and lands kicks to all levels including fight-ending head kicks given her height, with good trips and knees in the clinch, but she is said to get backed up and to lean back defensively because of her height, which the analyst flags as exploitable.

Calls it a razor-thin matchup and says he wouldn't pick it if the channel didn't require one (hedging idiom), plus a stated refusal to bet it -- caps at coinflip despite naming Bannon twice.

Brasil strikes well with a Muay Thai base, targeting the body with kicks thrown straight down the center, and holds a real clinch edge (trips, knees) from that background. She tends to get pushed backward, and her defense on the feet is named as a weak spot, as it was in her prior loss. The analyst gives her the clinch but still favors Bannon's pace.

The pick rests on a general edge in available weapons, and he closes by saying only that he feels 'pretty good' about her. The one route he leaves open is never closed: Gomes' relentless forward pressure and durability are said to be able to make the fight very interesting and to cause trouble over fifteen minutes. He does offer counters (teeps and body work, knees from the tie-up, trips), so this is not a bare pick, but the pressure concern is conceded rather than answered. Defensible alternative: clear.

Brasil is the taller, longer woman with a Thai-boxing base, a wide striking menu, and a slight grappling edge. The case against her is Gomes' heavy kicks and constant forward pressure, which could wear on her across three rounds. The analyst still sides with Brasil on the strength of her wider set of tools.