Kevin Borjas

Rated the clearly better striker, but the analyst still leans away from him because of how one-sided the fight could get if it hits the mat.

A misleading recent record considering he's been matched against the toughest names in the division, with standup that the analyst now rates among the best on the card.

Picked against despite the analyst's personal fandom, framed as simply facing another step up against a legitimately elite prospect.

A record that looks rough on paper but reflects a run of tough, high-level opposition. Good striker with good combinations mixing in knees and elbows, good clean straight punches, very good kicks, and good body work. Good counters overall, though his lean-back/pull counter is a specific liability at lower weight classes against opponents willing to throw long combinations -- it works until the punches keep coming and he runs out of room to lean. One standout counter: catching a kick and throwing the cross while the opponent is anchored on one leg, which reliably scores even without a clean knockdown look. Good defensive grappler with almost no offensive grappling, a good sprawl, and a notably good cross-face off the sprawl; refuses to accept bottom position.

Leans toward the technically cleaner boxer in what he frames as a genuinely competitive, fun scrap.

Borjas is a clean, powerful striker who mixes knees and elbows into his combinations, counters well off caught kicks, and works the body effectively, having flashed a higher gear than his uneven record suggests. His grappling is mostly defensive — a good sprawl and cross-face that make him hard to hold down — without much of an offensive game to speak of. The flaw that could cost him is a tendency to lean back when countering, a habit that leaves him open against a sharper boxer.