Yohan Lainesse

He names this as one of three bouts on the card he dreaded having to call, says it's razor-thin, and states the deciding factor is purely a hometown tiebreak, not a skill argument.

Yohan Lainesse is a powerful, awkward-angle striker and a fast starter who tends to fade, now moving up in weight; on the ground he is rated strong on top (powerful takedowns, ground-and-pound) but weaker on bottom, and he has shown a tendency to get backed up despite his power.

He opens by saying he sees a real, two-way route to winning for each man before settling on Malott for having more routes to the win; the pick is real but the fight is explicitly treated as competitive both ways, and he will not bet the win market at all given the price.

A fast starter with very powerful, awkward striking that can put people away early, but his cardio is graded poor and he fades if he does not finish quickly, and he tends to get backed up under pressure. His path to victory is landing that power before Malott weathers the storm and his own cardio and backing-up tendency become the problem.

Explicitly low confidence ("not mega confident"); leans toward Lainesse ("lean towards lioness"); final pick stated as "my pick lioness".

Lainesse is picked here on the strength of a four-inch reach advantage and real power, shown when he nearly finished Gabe Green before fading badly over the final two rounds. The analyst calls this his only UFC fight and frames the near-finish as borderline stoppage-worthy. He expects Lainesse's reach and power to be the deciding factor, with a note that his cardio needs to hold up better than it did last time.