Nurullo Aliev

"Give me Grant Dawson" after explicitly weighing the knockout risk from Aliev's power and still landing on Dawson's grappling/back-control edge.

Decent striker with a decent jab and leg kick and some good flurries, but not someone who wins purely on the feet -- he is not a real power puncher and tends to go down to the first clean shot that lands early. Solid grappler with excellent top pressure and a very good, well-chained takedown arsenal and good takedown defense, though he is patient to the point of rarely following up with ground and pound until he is fully in control.

He is "tempted" by the other man and only "ends up" picking Aliev, with an explicit concession Davis "should absolutely win" if the fight stays standing.

Undefeated going in; his hands are only passable on their own, but the threat of his wrestling is what creates his striking looks. On the mat he varies his takedown entries, smothers from top position, and defends takedowns well himself. The pick leans on him wearing Davis down on the ground rather than out-striking him.

States the mechanism plainly, predicting he will "smother him for three rounds" outright, and names where the fight is decided (it goes to the mat); no hedge on the win itself, only added color about possible home-crowd/referee leniency.

As of 2025-11-18, a decent striker with a decent jab and leg kick who the analyst says avoids striking almost entirely and rightfully so. His real game is a solid, smothering top grappling style: he chains takedown attempts, presses to the cage effectively, and once on top traps one arm with his body and one with an arm before landing ground and pound with the free hand. He takes his time advancing position rather than rushing.

Calls it a grappler-vs-grappler clash and leans Aliev because he reads Solecki as too submission-dependent to get there, but adds he still has a bit of worry given the short-notice factor.

Undefeated grappling-first fighter whose takedowns and relentless top pressure carry his record. Chains takedowns from the cage, then traps an opponent's limbs completely before opening up with ground-and-pound. Has a passable jab and leg kick but otherwise avoids trading on the feet. Returning after a long layoff.

He commits to Aliev by name twice, repeating the lean again at the close, backed by real mechanism (hard-to-stop chain-wrestling, a cardio edge) -- but he also calls it a genuinely tough matchup, admits he lacks confidence in the pick, and refuses to bet on the fight at all.

Making his UFC debut off a relentless grappling-based Contender Series finish, Aliev is a chain-wrestler who traps the arms and grinds out ground-and-pound rather than hunting submissions, with solid takedown entries that can come directly off an opponent's own over-swings. His chin, after a self-correction, is called solid -- he can be cracked and keeps functioning -- though he is not looking to strike and his own striking defense is a real weakness against a opponent with genuinely good power.