Sara McMann

Coinflip, and about as explicit as this grade ever gets. Before any name is attached he disposes of the bout: he is "leaving it off the card" and recommends the viewer do likewise. He then writes off both corners in one clause — "neither of them are trustworthy" — and only reaches a pick on a condition, framing it as what he would do if forced "to make a pick". The supporting reason is hedged right at the verb: "i just feel like" is how he introduces it, and what follows is merely that she holds "the better wrestling", a comparison rather than a grade. The one unqualified clause is about her background being high level, and a credential is not a prediction. A side named for the sake of having one, alongside direct advice to stay off the fight, is the inert grade by this brief's bar.

138 MMA picks McMann while telling his audience to skip the bout altogether. The case is built on her most recent outing, which he describes as a smothering top-control performance — she put her opponent on the mat, held her there and landed from the top — and he is openly impressed by it, saying the control was at a level he had not seen from her for some time. That she managed it past forty, and came back with the win, is the detail he says stands out. The pick then turns on wrestling: he feels she holds the better of it and calls her grounding in it high level. He puts no rating on any phase of either woman's game and says neither can be trusted, so what the note carries is the observation rather than a grade.