Mark Vologdin

Picked against, with the analyst favoring the opponent's pace and style along with a much deeper competition history.

Set for his UFC debut after previously appearing on the Contender Series. He's a good striker who can work from either stance, kicks well, moves a lot, and carries real power, with an in-and-out rhythm, landing a shot and circling back out before opponents can respond. He was genuinely tough to hurt heading into a particularly brutal Contender Series fight, though there's honest uncertainty about whether that fight changed his durability going forward. His grappling is solid -- he'll mix in takedowns, sprawls well, applies good pressure from top position, and squeezes submissions unusually tight thanks to short arms. His cardio holds up well. The major concern is size -- he's notably small for the weight class, closer to flyweight dimensions than a typical bantamweight.