Maheshate

Names his pick but closes by calling the fight loaded with variables, after conceding a clear and largely unrebutted route for the opponent to win.

A power-punching range fighter who manages distance well, lands stiff elbows and a sharp cross, and finishes with knees in the clinch, making him a legitimately dangerous finisher. The flip side is poor striking defense and poor takedown defense, a tendency to get overworked, and a style the analyst flatly calls knockout-or-bust, since he is not reliably landing clean combinations.

The pick only holds if the favored man chooses to wrestle rather than trade; the analyst says outright that the opposite approach likely ends in him getting finished.

A good and, by the analyst's explicit comparison, the more dangerous striker of the two: plenty of power, good range usage, nasty elbows, a slick cross, and good kicks and knees. His takedown defense is called out twice as a real weak point ('not so much'). The entire fight is framed around whether his opponent chooses to test that weakness. As of 2025-08-18.

He says he is 'not confident in this whatsoever' and that either man could be dropped or knocked out, calling neither defense good enough for a confident pick, before still naming Maheshate on a thin durability/home-region edge.

A good striker with real power who uses range well, mixing in nasty elbows, kicks and a slick cross. His own striking defense is poor, so he is willing to trade. The pick for him here rests on a perceived durability edge and not having to travel for the fight, not on a clean skill gap.

Picks the younger guy on a durability/'tread left' tiebreaker, calling both 'pretty skilled' with no hedge on the outcome.

Fights big and uses his range well despite being the newer UFC name on the card. Carries real power that can wobble opponents, and follows up with a step-in elbow the analyst calls dangerous. Shares the card's generic takedown-defense caveat with his opponent. Picked on the strength of being the younger man if the fight turns into a durability test.

root-beer idiom used plus an explicit low-confidence disclaimer about this particular card pick

A good striker who uses range well, with nasty elbows (a cut threat) and real power, particularly with a long, rangy straight punch. Has previously been taken down and controlled by at least one grappler, and both fighters are said to struggle with takedown defense generally.

Explicit non-bet: uses the root-beer idiom and plainly disclaims confidence, given only a small sample of tape on maheshate, even while naming him as the pick.

A significantly bigger fighter at range (6'0", 71.5" reach vs. Garcia's 5'7", 68"), with good boxing, good counters, and a powerful right hand that has already produced a highlight knockout. The analyst expects his size and power to let him land and hurt Garcia well before Garcia can close the distance to do damage, though the read is explicitly based on a very limited sample of tape.