Rodolfo Vieira

Picked mainly on activity level -- the analyst says he's leaning this way because he expects him to simply do more.

A decent striker built around a simple jab-into-one-two structure -- he establishes distance behind the jab, then repeatedly lets the one-two go once he's found his range. He's durable, having absorbed a clean head kick in the past and survived it, though a single instance like that doesn't fully settle the durability question given how unpredictable head-kick finishes can be. He's likely to be the busier of the two strikers here even without being the more technically polished one, and a high-volume, less-clean striker can still win an exchange over a cleaner counterpart just by doing more. On the mat, he's clearly the superior grappler, arguably unbeaten there by the analyst's assessment -- he brings a massive submission arsenal, a standout rear-naked choke that serves as his go-to finish, strong back-taking that sets that choke up, and uses ground-and-pound less for damage and more as a tool to advance position and climb to the back.