Sofia Montenegro

Picks Benouaich but immediately says 'but I'm torn on this', and earlier calls the read 'tricky for me' and 'hard to say' on who lands cleaner shots -- a hedge on the win itself, not just the method.

A come-forward striker who works a one-two behind a high-guard, chin-down approach and unloads once she walks her opponent to the cage. Her grappling is used rarely but he credits her with good takedown timing and a quick heel hook that pushed her grade up, even though he briefly second-guessed whether that rated her 'good' or just 'decent'. He also notes she has fought up a weight class successfully before.

States directly that she should win the fight and settles on her as the pick, with Montenegro's only realistic path (a cage push or takedowns) explicitly addressed and dismissed as unlikely to hold up across three rounds.

A good striker with a simple, effective gameplan: forward pressure behind one-twos, hands up and chin tucked, unloading combinations once she has an opponent on the cage. The analyst is explicitly uncertain about her grappling given a thin MMA sample - he notes good takedown timing and one quick heel-hook attempt but says plainly he does not know what grade to give it, so it is taken 'with a grain of salt.' Framed overall as more of a striker who can grapple some.