Donte Johnson

Picked against, though the analyst allows him several paths built on athleticism.

An undefeated prospect whose case rests on athleticism, and whose flaws the analyst attributes to inexperience rather than deficiency. He is explosive and moves well, darting in and out of range with real power and a good leg kick, and tends to attack in flurries. Two limits are named. The flurries leave him open to counters mid-sequence, because he has not yet learned to keep his defensive shape while committing to offence -- something the analyst is careful to call genuinely difficult. And the in-and-out movement is not sustainable across a full fight; he can hold it for roughly two rounds. The grappling is adequate: a decent sprawl and a quick appetite for ground strikes, but he has little to offer from his back. He is a former heavyweight and remains short for the division.

picks Johnson, concedes Brundage's route unrebutted

Moving up from a Contender Series heavyweight run to middleweight, Johnson is 7-0 with limited data. He is described as a good striker with sharp movement, leg kicks and explosive flurries, and quick to follow strikes to the ground, but with almost no known grappling resume.

He states a Johnson win is the overall expectation, but directly concedes Dumas could "put him out" with the head kick, and ends by saying he personally is staying away from backing it.

An athletic striker with good movement who darts in and out, carries decent power and a good leg kick, and likes to come forward in flurries, though he is open to being countered when he does. His grappling is largely unknown at the pro level beyond pouncing quickly with ground strikes once on top. He is dropping down two weight classes to middleweight after fighting at heavyweight and light heavyweight, which the analyst treats as a real open question about whether he has found the right weight yet. As of 2025-10-28 (this is the newest card-work read on file, but later database reads of him already exist).