Yana Santos

He lands on the opponent by the thinnest possible margin, calls the matchup genuinely hard to read, points to Yana as the value side if the line is wide, and sends viewers to a simulator because he isn't sure.

A seasoned veteran and the cleaner, more technical striker of the two, with grappling that has improved a lot but still a body that can be pinned once it hits the mat.

States plainly 'I'm taking Macy [Chiasson] to win this one' on a specific mechanism (cage control, ground-and-pound) and says he would not be surprised if she finishes Santos early.

A good striker who lacks real power but makes up for it with volume, combination work, lateral movement and a growing arsenal including newer step-in elbows and frequent leg kicks. Her grappling is a decent work in progress: a good cage push and the occasional takedown to open up her striking. Her own takedown defense is explicitly said to have improved from poor to decent, though it is noted to fade over a full fight.

He gives an affirmative reason for the pick -- a trajectory read that Santos has more left to give -- with nothing that walks back the win itself.

A busy, mobile striker whose sideways footwork and a newly added elbow on the way in both earn praise, though real power is missing from her punches. He rates her as the sharper of two fighters he grades the same on the feet. Offensively her ground game includes a usable push into the cage and the occasional takedown of her own, but defensively it is the issue -- her takedown defense is shaky and she is vulnerable to being pinned.

The pick clause itself is unqualified -- he states plainly that she is the better fighter and that he has to take her. He describes her as a fighter with a complete game, in contrast to Chandler, where he struggles to name a strength beyond size and strength. The one conceded route -- Chandler eventually landing takedowns -- is softened by his own uncertainty over timing, rather than left standing as a real threat to the outcome.

He rates Santos the clearly more complete fighter: a clean striker who out-landed a tough opponent in her last fight (a result he thinks the judges got wrong in the other direction), with enough grappling to round out her game. He picks her outright and says she should be a bigger favorite than she is.

He explicitly says he can't be mega confident here and is only slightly leaning Santos, because both women share the same weaknesses; this is a hedge on the win itself, not on price.

A good, combination-based striker who mixes punches and kicks and generally keeps a good volume, though her power is described as lacking. She also mixes in decent wrestling, with a cage-push game she is comfortable using to control. Her recent form (two wins, three losses in her last five) is noted without a stated cause.

Both voices land on Holm without reservation: the guest names her plainly as her pick, and the host separately agrees and adds his own comparative reasoning. The one risk either raises is her age, which is acknowledged and argued past rather than left as a hedge on the outcome.

A high-volume striker who blends kicks into her hands effectively, though said to carry little power behind her shots. She is also called a strong wrestler, though both voices doubt that path will work against Holm specifically. She is coming off roughly a two-year layoff following childbirth.