Josiane Nunes

He calls her the cleaner striker and the rightful favorite, but says the opponent's move up a weight class gives him some hesitancy about the matchup.

Our words: a clean, well-rounded striker with good power, good volume, a good leg kick and strong distance-closing, carrying a reach edge in this matchup despite being on the shorter side for the division. Takedown defense is a live question mark for her, though neither woman is a heavy grappling threat here.

Explicit naming twice: 'we're gonna go with' Cavalcanti (rendered 'jacn kavante'), then reconfirmed she 'is going to... win this fight' using her range on the outside -- no hedge on the win itself.

A heavy-handed, shorter striker (5'2 to Cavalcanti's 5'8) he calls a good striker with real power, good volume and a genuinely good leg kick, but she has no grappling to speak of and a takedown defense he says has already cost her a fight. Her main way of closing distance is a big, wild overhand, which he frames as a double-edged tool: it can land hard, but it also walks her straight into a teep up the middle.

States 'I feel very confident in Josiane Nunes' and that she wins 'pretty impressively'; no hedge voiced on the win at all.

Good striker with good power, good volume, a good leg kick, and the ability to close distance well, though her height disadvantage leads to some wild overhand shots. Her takedown defense is a real question mark, and the analyst notes a grounded fight is where this matchup turns dangerous for her, though his overall read is that her striking carries this fight comfortably.

The pick is named for the sake of having one, alongside advice to stay off the bet: he says he will not bet the fight and 'not a confident pick', and that he is going with this side only 'slightly'. The support is hedged ('I do think' she hits harder, 'probably' better volume) and he concedes the large size and reach deficit (the opponent can hit her from much further out). Named without a firm assertion and with a stay-off, so coinflip (inert), not lean.

The much smaller fighter here, a striker with heavy hands and a lot of volume who has a major size and reach disadvantage against a taller, longer opponent. The analyst picks her only narrowly, on punching power and output, and says he would not bet either side.