Rei Tsuruya

He calls it hard to predict where the fight happens and only says he's leaning toward Tsuruya landing takedowns, with the fight going the other way entirely if he can't.

Tsuruya's striking is given almost no description beyond throwing a basic one-two just to set up a takedown attempt, which is itself the analyst's point: standing is not his game. His wrestling is rated very well, though, with heavy takedown volume, relentless pressure to get the fight down, strong scramble work, and the analyst calls him a masterful back-taker who starts fast and pushes the pace from the opening bell. The analyst frames the whole fight as resting on whether he can actually get Borjas to the ground.

Calls it hard to call and explicitly says (his own word) he's leaning toward Tsuruya getting the takedowns; concedes he's in trouble on the feet if he can't.

Tsuruya is a limited, entry-only striker (a one-two mainly used to set up a takedown) but a highly rated grappler: solid overall, with really good takedown volume, very good scrambles, excellent positional advancement, a standout ability to take the back, and good ground-and-pound volume. He starts extremely fast and tries to get the fight to the mat immediately, avoiding exchanges on the feet whenever he can.

repeatedly says Tsuruya wins the first two rounds at a very high clip and gives a specific score prediction, while naming Gurule's one live path (a third-round finish) as unlikely

Explicitly described as not wanting to strike at all, using the bare minimum standing just to get the fight to the mat, where he is described as a genuine problem: he starts extremely fast, shoots relentlessly, scrambles, advances position, and gets to the back. He is also credited, newly this video, with real wrestling ability getting to the legs, on top of his established grappling.

He states only a slight lean toward Van, then pairs that lean with the full root-beer idiom plus direct, repeated advice to avoid wagering on either side of this particular fight. Per the standing rule that the idiom combined with explicit stay-away advice means coinflip, this is recorded as a named, slight lean at coinflip-level conviction -- not a null verdict, since he still names a winner.

138 calls Tsuruya an undefeated, quick-starting, elite-level grappler who avoids striking almost entirely because he knows grappling is his path and does not want to tip his hand standing. He is a high-volume, relentless grappler who scrambles well and excels specifically at securing back control, with ground-and-pound available once he advances position. 138 credits him with having beaten some genuinely talented grapplers already to reach 10-0.

States 'we're going' Tsuruya plainly; only uncertainty expressed is over the finishing METHOD (decision vs submission), not the winner.

An undefeated, incredibly fast-starting wrestler whose whole game plan is to grapple and skip the standup entirely -- relentless takedown volume, constant advancing position, back-takes, and heavy ground-and-pound. His only notable decision win came against a very good regional wrestler, which the analyst reads as strong proof of his grappling. Picked to win by out-working Hernandez on the mat.