Djorden Santos

Backs Belgaroui as a "huge imbalance of power"; the only hedge is on HOW the fight ends, not on who wins.

Santos is described as a forward-moving, high-pressure fighter who jabs and works low kicks, and who is unusually tough physically. The analyst dislikes a rhythm issue where Santos pauses between strikes and sometimes throws looser overhand shots. On the ground he is a hard worker who defends takedowns well and can get to an opponent's back. The analyst sees his best (and really only) route to the win running through the grappling.

says he feels very confident and expects a massive betting favorite

A steady, unspectacular fighter the analyst says wins by doing nothing badly wrong rather than anything special: forward pressure off the jab, a decent leg kick, and good durability. His wrestling defense is solid - he stuffs takedowns and circles to the back - and he is described simply as a grinder on the mat. The analyst frames his only realistic path here as wearing out the much better-rounded Suserkaev.

Calls it a Barlow spot for sure and says Barlow gets the job done -- a stated striking/takedown-defense mechanism with no hedge on the win.

Described as consistently decent across the board rather than standout anywhere: a decent, jab-based striker with a decent leg kick who is durable, and a decent grappler with solid takedown defense who takes the back when he stuffs a shot and grinds opponents on the mat. The analyst frames his level as 'consistently decent' -- enough to get him into the UFC but not more.

He names Diaz outright, but immediately undercuts his own conviction by joking he could end up looking foolish, and separately expects a close, largely even striking match -- the support behind the naming is thinner than the explicit pick alone suggests.

138 calls Santos a decent, unflashy striker who works off his jab and comes forward, with a decent leg kick and good durability. He is described as a decent, grinding grappler with decent takedown defense who can stuff a takedown and work to the back, though 138 is not confident that path translates against this particular opponent.