Marwan Rahiki

Picks McMillen on pace, but concedes the other man "could very well knock out" him -- a live finish risk that's weighed, not dismissed.

Rahiki throws good long straight punches with real power, often in flurries, and carries a deep kick arsenal including spinning attacks that sometimes land and sometimes don't. His main flaw, per the analyst, is that he can overswing and open himself to counters. He was dropped once at the Contender Series but recovered through sheer strength to win. On the ground he hits hard with ground-and-pound, counters takedowns with his own throws, and gets back up if taken down himself.

skill-for-skill reasoning; Hardwick's power explicitly discounted as a threat

A good boxer who throws long, straight shots with likely more pop than Hardwick, plus sharp flurries, though he can get carried away swinging and leave himself open on the counter. His kicking game is good, dynamic if occasionally loose, and his grappling is good too -- really heavy ground strikes and a knack for countering takedown attempts with a throw to end up on top, plus a willingness to scramble back to his feet. On the Contender Series he was dropped and badly rocked by one counter shot but fought through it to win.