Jose Delgado

Picked in a fight the analyst frames as genuinely close, with striking favoring one man and grappling favoring the other, landing on the striking side.

A solid, very skilled striker who maintains range while pressing forward -- a rarer combination the analyst singles out specifically -- with good combinations, good teeps, and heavy knees up the middle that help keep an opponent at bay. Real power and good head movement, though relying on that head movement can occasionally backfire when shots do land clean. Good grappler with a good body-lock takedown who floats from position to position, trying to beat the opponent to the next spot while landing ground strikes along the way.

Picks Delgado as simply the more dangerous striker in what's expected to be mostly a stand-up fight, adding that he already felt Delgado deserved the nod in his last outing.

Delgado is a sturdy, forward-moving striker who controls distance well and puts together good combinations, mixing in push kicks and knee strikes to the body along with real power. He relies heavily on head movement to avoid damage rather than actively blocking, which is a potential vulnerability even though it hasn't cost him yet. On the mat he's effective too, with solid body-lock takedowns, and once he gets on top he doesn't smother with heavy pressure so much as calmly move position to position, staying a step ahead while landing good ground-and-pound.