Mark Vologdin

Twice calls it 'really hard' to pick before settling firmly on Castañeda with no hedge on the win itself; classified lean given how much hedged difficulty surrounds the pick.

A good, well-rounded striker who fights from either stance with good kicks, constant movement, power and a dart-in-dart-out rhythm. His grappling is also good -- he mixes in takedowns off a good sprawl and good top pressure, and the analyst credits his unusually tight submission squeeze partly to his short arms. The analyst calls him durable but is openly unsure whether that holds after the heavy damage he absorbed in his Contender Series fight, and flags his size (described as roughly flyweight height) as a real problem fighting at bantamweight.