James Llontop

States 'I've got to go with [Ruffy]... we're taking him', noting the betting market (a heavy favorite) makes sense given the matchup; no qualifier on the win itself.

A boxing-style striker who works the body well, throws good knees, pushes to the cage to work dirty-boxing elbows, and makes every shot count in the ground-and-pound once there. Framed as a live, live-but-live-underdog style matchup against a heavy betting favorite.

Explicit, repeated commitment ('I'll take' Borshchev, then 'we're gonna take' him) built on a stated mechanism -- pure striking matchup -- despite floating that the market number favors the other side; per the standing rule, a pick going against the better price is a confidence signal, not a hedge.

4-1 across his last five fights, with the caveat that this is his UFC debut, he is a sound striker carrying solid boxing combos, body work, knees and great cardio. His grappling offense (cage push, elbows, ground-and-pound) is real but secondary, and the analyst notes he has a clear grappling defense hole: his last fight looked great right up until it hit the mat and ended there. That round-bounded collapse has no clean tag in this vocabulary.

Calls Llontop 'the better Striker' then commits outright, naming him as the pick for this fight.

A well-rounded striker-grappler: pressures forward with varied boxing combinations and mixes levels, sets up the body kick off the leg kick, and backs it with good knees. On the mat he pushes to the cage for elbows and shows calm, durable submission defense that lets him keep working ground-and-pound even from risky spots. Picked outright as the better striker over a short-notice opponent.