Makhmud Muradov

He names Muradov as his pick, built on Khizriev's cardio-fade risk versus Muradov's higher-level UFC experience, but repeatedly calls the matchup tough and close and adds betting stay-away language on top.

Muradov is a solid, range-oriented striker with long, rangy punches -- his kicking game stands out among his best tools -- plus good accuracy, good counters, and a well-timed, high-risk flying knee. He is a good wrestler (the analyst explicitly ranks him slightly below Khizriev at the same rung) with a good double leg and great sweeps, swarming with ground-and-pound once on top. His closest career test, a near-loss, is cited as evidence his grappling can hold up under pressure.

Picks him for being bigger, stronger, faster and more polished than Barberena -- no stay-away or hedge idiom attached to this pick.

Muradov is a solid, crisp outside striker with good counters, kicks and striking speed, and his grappling is improving -- he has shown sweeps and swarms with ground-and-pound once on top. The analyst calls him the more polished, faster, stronger fighter and expects him to pull away in the later rounds.

He calls Borralho his 'clear pick' and estimates he wins 'nine times out of ten,' willing to back him even at a shorter price, with only a brief nod that the matchup isn't completely lopsided.

A capable boxer with sneaky, powerful knees (three career wins by knee) who the analyst says has a real but narrow path: using his hands and knees to catch Borralho's exposed chin before the fight goes to the ground. He is the taller fighter but barely holds a reach edge, and the analyst expects him to be taken down, controlled, and finished the large majority of the time.