Jose Ochoa

He leans Ochoa and then immediately hedges, noting the opponent is the kind of live underdog he is wary of writing off.

A well-rounded flyweight whose best weapon is one most fighters underuse. His knees are the standout, and unusually he lands them both in the clinch and from open striking range rather than only when tied up. Around that he brings fast hands, heavy volume, real power, and a habit of attacking the body relentlessly. The grappling is better than it needs to be: a strong sprawl makes him hard to put down, and his defensive answer to a takedown attempt is to sprawl and immediately hunt the front choke, which turns the opponent's offence into his own. The analyst's summary is that he is a striker first who can hold his own if the fight goes to the mat.

Picked on the reasoning that he's the more dangerous striker and is expected to land more damage even if the opponent wins minutes on the mat.

A well-rounded striker -- sharp knees, real power, tight combinations, heavy volume, quick hands, and strong body work add up to a lot of tools, and that skill set carries into a genuinely dangerous Thai clinch where the knees keep coming. The one catch is he can be taken down specifically out of that clinch. From open range, though, he's a solid grappler in his own right, with a good sprawl and a real knack for getting back up even after being grounded from the clinch; off that sprawl he hunts front chokes, using them as a deterrent against a second takedown attempt. Ground and pound rounds out his game. He's clearly the more dangerous striker in this particular pairing.