Caolan Loughran

'Fletcher is the better fighter' with a stated mechanism: get the fight down and finish via rear-naked choke, using grappling on his own terms.

As of 2025-03-16, this is his newest known read. A forward, jab-heavy striker who leans on an overhand with moderate (not standout) power and a good leg kick. His wrestling sets up off his strikes and he is content to sit in half guard and work ground and pound rather than scramble for a finish.

flags this as a genuinely hard matchup to call, leans toward Hadley on output and danger, but openly concedes a losing path where Hadley gets controlled/'laid on' -- a real, unrebutted route conceded to the other side.

A forward-pressure striker who sets his takedowns up off his strikes, then prefers to hold dominant position and grind rather than force a finish once he's on top. His name is heavily garbled by the auto-captions throughout; identity is settled by the board and the event record, not by the audio.

He floats both sides of the bet, says he hasn't committed to anything, and settles on Pacheco "kind of leaning" toward a volume-on-the-cards win, calling it a wait-and-see fight.

Loughran is a forward-pressure striker who jabs, throws the overhand and leg kicks, and sets up his takedowns off that striking. He prefers top position in half guard, where the analyst says he is safest while still landing. He is coming off a win over a credible opponent and is a sizable favorite here.

Admits he considered the underdog Loughran but ultimately sides with Lapilus, citing a specific past win over a stylistically similar opponent as the mechanism, with no stay-away or coinflip hedge on the win itself.

An undefeated (8-0), solid striker who comes forward with combinations and power, setting up takedowns through the threat and violence of his own strikes; once on top his ground-and-pound is a real weapon.