Mairon Santos

picks Santos but immediately calls it a close, competitive fight; qualifier lands on the win itself

As of 2025-12-02, a good striker who picks his shots carefully, controls range with kicks up the middle, carries a heavy leg kick and attacks dynamically with feints, though his volume can lag behind his skill. He is a good clinch fighter with strong knees and sound takedown defense in open space, but that defense falters against the cage. Putting him flat on the mat does not keep him there; he scrambles up again.

Frames the fight as who pushes pace on whom, picks Yusuff to out-work Santos while conceding Santos's power is the clear path to a Yusuff loss.

A good, shot-picking striker who controls range well with teeps, heavy leg kicks and feints to set up his dynamic attack, and turns into a genuine problem in the tie-up thanks to dangerous clinch knees. His selectivity costs him volume at times. His takedown defense is actually good in open space with a heavy sprawl, but it falls apart entirely once he is backed against the cage.

He names Santos plainly, but spends nearly equal time laying out a genuine, unrebutted upset route for Marshall (repeated cage pressure wearing on Santos's one real takedown-defense gap), and directly warns viewers to be careful backing the big favorite -- a conceded opposing path plus betting caution together cap this below clear.

138 calls Santos a far better, solid striker overall: good teep kicks, picks shots well, controls range, a dangerous leg kick, good feints, a dynamic attack, and a good clinch with knees. His takedown defense is good in open space but can falter once he is pinned against the cage, which 138 flags as Marshall's one real route to an upset.

Plain, unhedged commitment -- he states flatly that he is taking Santos to win -- built on a stated mechanism (range control via teeps against a fighter already shown to be rockable).

A 13-1 featherweight he calls a solid striker who picks his shots well, controls range, feints to set things up, and throws a heavy leg kick and good teeps -- tools he expects to keep the shorter Ofli at distance all night. His clinch has good knees but a real weakness: he can be outmuscled there by shorter, stockier fighters, and his otherwise good takedown defense is explicitly worse against the cage than in open space.