Rhys McKee

'this is a stayaway fight... crack of root beer... just watch this one' caps the pick at coinflip

A UFC veteran cast as this card's underdog. Pressures forward behind a long, rangy jab, high output, damaging leg kicks, accuracy, and durability -- defense is called not the best and he lacks one-punch power at this level. Decent grappler: takedowns are there, and he never settles for bottom position, leaning on his long limbs to escape or control.

He names Frunza plainly ("we're going to take Frunza") but calls it himself "one of my less confident picks on the card," citing holes in Frunza's game and that it's a UFC debut.

A high-output striker who presses forward well, with long straight punches including an effective jab, and a fair leg kick, who uses the teep to hold distance. He has a path to win on the scorecards if he out-lands Frunza across the fight and can absorb the occasional bigger shot. He's a fair grappler who refuses to stay on the bottom. The analyst's read is that McKee can win the output battle but still gets dropped or hurt somewhere along the way.

He takes Njokuani specifically to finish early and spells out a live-bet hedge toward McKee if the fight gets past round one, even calling the later rounds a possible 'tossup' -- a real outcome-contingent hedge, not just a method/round note, which keeps this off a higher confidence tier.

McKee is a solid striker who works the jab and long, damaging leg kicks while holding range, and he is credited as very durable. His grappling is decent; he does not accept bottom position and instead works back to his feet or looks for chokes with his long arms. The analyst flags that his odds of winning go up significantly the later the fight goes.

States plainly that McKee wins this one, citing a reach/jab-speed mechanism and a durability edge, with no hedge, stay-away or coinflip language anywhere in the chapter.

A solid, high-volume striker who works the jab early to set up his cross, keeps range with the teep, mixes in leg kicks and lands accurately. His durability has improved since moving up to welterweight from 155. On the ground he has decent takedown defense and, even when taken down, refuses bottom position -- sweeping or scrambling back up -- aided by long limbs that let him threaten chokes.