Noah Gugnon

He closes by naming Steele as the pick, built on Steele's grappling edge over Gugnon's decent ground game.

Good striker with a slight edge over Steele on the feet; unloads hard once he backs opponents to the cage and fires back when hit. Can mix in takedowns and finish with heavy ground and pound, but is only a decent grappler overall and is clearly outmatched there by Steele.

Calls it only a 'slight edge' and calls the fight a hard one for him to read at all. Raises an unrelated matchmaking worry before still landing on Janicic.

Gugnon rates as a powerful, good striker who drives opponents to the fence and unloads there, firing right back even while absorbing punishment, which the analyst calls impressive. He throws a strong leg kick and is read as someone actively hunting a finish. His grappling rates decent, with heavy work on top once he gets there, though his takedowns themselves are only so-so. He gets credit for the likelier first clean shot, even though the analyst stops short of picking him outright.