Kaue Fernandes

He names Fernandes and describes the mechanism in detail -- chewing up the legs to slow the opponent and break him down over the course of the fight -- but frames it as an expectation rather than a certainty.

A kicker whose main advantage is that opponents do not see it coming. The analyst's central point is that he telegraphs nothing before he kicks, which is why fighters keep absorbing damage to the legs, and the kicks themselves are fast and punishing. He works from the ground up, attacking the legs first and building to the body as the fight wears on, and his movement in and out of range is very good. The hands are underused, though he has begun throwing them more. His grappling is better than expected: he advances position, carries good top pressure, and scrambles well. One habit is flagged as a genuine cost rather than a strength -- he throws armbars constantly from his back, and while the threat is real, the attempts he does not finish hand his opponent long stretches of control time.