Mark Madsen

He repeatedly hedges toward a decision, saying he leans decision 'more' than a Gordon finish even as he still expects Gordon to win, and warns judges could score it either way before settling on Gordon.

A high-level Greco Roman wrestler whose upper-body throws and takedowns the analyst rates highly, with a cage game built on pushing opponents into the fence, working knees, and finishing with big slams. His striking is still developing and exists mainly to set up the wrestling, and he has a real hole in his own leg-kick defense even though his own leg kick is a real weapon. As of 2023-11-07.

says he rates Dawson highly here and expects him to get the win, argued with a real mechanism (style matchup, age) despite an acknowledged cardio worry he treats as addressed

An Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, undefeated in MMA and the UFC, who the analyst argues is deceptively misread: Greco-Roman wrestling (upper-body clinch and throws, no leg takedowns) is a very different tool than the folk-style wrestling Dawson brings, and the analyst thinks folk style simply transfers better to MMA. His striking is said to have improved some, though he is still not a good striker. His likeliest path is controlling Dawson against the cage and threatening a takedown to bank minutes.