Ryan Gandra

Picked with an explicit coinflip framing -- the analyst says he doesn't have a good read on this one and calls it roughly 50-50 either way.

Decent striking that becomes genuinely dangerous specifically in this matchup: he comes forward, sends a barrage, and is willing to eat a shot to give one, hitting hard enough that backing an opponent to the cage is a real threat even though the shots themselves look ugly. Good grappler with good takedown defense, decent takedowns, and very solid top pressure that can simply win a round by holding position once he's there.

Favors the better overall striker and grappler on talent, even while cautioning the odds make it poor betting value.

Gandra presses forward and can put together a strong volume-heavy attack once he backs an opponent to the cage, and he's actually the better grappler of the two with solid takedown defense and real top pressure, even though he usually chooses to stand and trade instead. That preference for wild, high-risk striking over his safer grappling path is the main knock against him, especially against a granite-chinned opponent who rarely seems to get hurt.