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   Amanda Nunes

   "The Lioness"

   23-5-0

   The former champ, the GOAT. Power is great, and she is well rounded. Maybe she had a bad night, but she had a very rough performance vs. Pena. A pretty good first round, then seemingly gassed and got annihilated in round 2. This weight cut could be too much for her potentially, as she also fights at 145.
   
   -Looked great in part 2 vs. Pena. Fought southpaw, looked crisp standing, and showed her strength/wrestling and GNP. She seems clearly the best again.
   
   -Dominated Aldana. She retired after. Wrestling and stand up were both top tier.
   

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   Mayra Bueno Silva

   "Sheetara"

   10-3-1, 1 NC

   Muay Thai fighter. Long, which helps. Decent power. Didn't really blow me away at all thought. She is fairly competent. Showed the ability to survive on the ground too.
   
   -Got taken down right away by Egger. ate some tough looking GNP, but then found a submission. She is definitely dangerous on her back. Quick fight.
   
   -She beat Lina Lansberg nicely. Lina isn't that great, but she showed the good grappling, and some nice stand up. Pretty talented in a bad division.
   
   -Took out Holly Holm. Wasn;t quite as technical standing, but she had power. Then she won with a nasty standing choke. She is skilled, maybe not 100% as technical as some others, but she has power and finishing ability.
   

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   Julianna Peña

   "The Venezuelan Vixen"

   10-5-0

   Current champ. Her track record wasn't incredible, but she showed cardio and general well roundedness vs. Nunes to become champ. She was active from the bottom when she got taken down and avoided damage. And she outstruck Nunes pretty well and endured her power. She didn't really wow me, but she is solid.
   
   -Did OK standing in spots vs. Nunes when she got in close, but couldn't deal with Nunes skill. Her biggest weakness is her takedown defense sucks. She is very willing to work from the bottom. She has skills there but not good enough. Seems like the very clear #2 right now in the division.
   

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   Raquel Pennington

   "Rocky"

   16-8-0

   Good fighter. Nice stand up, cardio, accuracy. And good takedown defense. Has fought all the best in the division.
   
   Won a close fight with Viera. She just had a bit more power imo. But they weren't far apart, no grappling from either was successful.
   

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   Ketlen Vieira

   "Fenômeno"

   14-3-0

   Long for the division, has some ground chops but stayed standing vs. Tate. She is a very solid counter puncher. Didn't blow me away though.
   
   -Showed solid all around skills vs. Holm. Decent stand up with her length, nice submission ability. Some knees from the clinch. Great takedown defense. Just a very solid fighter, which is a lot in a very bad division. Good cardio too.
   
   -Lost a close one to Pennignton. Just not enough power to sway the judges imo, but shes about the same as where I thought.
   
   -Showed her wrestling vs. Pannie. Didn't do much damage, but showed she can take advantage of that weakness in an opponent.
   

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   Miesha Tate

   "Cupcake"

   20-9-0

   Dominated Avila. Just repeatedly took her down and did damage, then got the finish. At 135 she is still solid.
   

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   Holly Holm

   "The Preacher's Daughter"

   15-7-0, 1 NC

   -Solid all around. Pretty good boxing, wrestling. No real holes, but not very explosive. But that is enough to be elite in this division. Tough out for anyone.
   
   -Good performance vs. Yana Santos. She showed good grappling and takedowns which was interesting.
   
   -Close 1st round with Silva and then got finished in r2. She is technical and well rounded, but not particularly dangerous these days, which hurts her vs. the very best.
   

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   Irene Aldana

   15-7-0

   Solid fighter. Pretty technical standing, but not incredible, really nice grappling too, though she can get taken down. Won with a tricky upkick, she seems very skilled, but doesn't blow me away.
   
   -Tough performance vs. Nunes. Was super inactive throughout. Taken down too easily, had a couple OK counters, but just didn't have much.
   
   -Great fight vs. karol Rosa. Lost Round 1, terrible at checking leg kicks.But she has grit, and nice boxing, lots of volume this time around.
   

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   Karol Rosa

   17-6-0

   Had an awesome first round vs. Aldana, then seemed to get figured out. Nice leg kicks, well rounded fighter, just wasn't on Aldanas level at the end.
   

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    Macy Chiasson

    9-3-0

    I really doubt she stays at 135 after a bad weight miss, but a very solid fighter in al regards. Pretty good grappling in particular. Good cardio, just a tough out in every way, but also doesn't blow you away.
    

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    Melissa Tonya Mullins

    "No Mess"  |  6-1-0

    Dominated Irina. She is technical standing, and has wrestling and grappling. Didn't blow me away anywhere, but the fundamentals are solid.
    

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    Ailin Perez

    "Fiona"  |  9-2-0

    Dominated Evans-Smith with wrestling. Evans-Smith might be very bad, so it's tough to upgrade her tons from it.
    
    -Dominated Pudilova with her wrestling. She did get tired in round 3 and lost that round, but the wrestling and grappling are good enough to win fights in this division.
    

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    Tainara Lisboa

    "Thai Panther"  |  7-2-0

    Great debut vs. Jessica Rose Clark. She is a muay thai fighter, and had very sharp stand up. Her takedown D wasn't bad, and she did OK on her back at one point too. She has a lot of potential.
    
    -Showed her wrestling and grappling are pretty good vs. Oliveira. Didn't do much damage, but for this division she is OK.
    

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    Lucie Pudilová

    14-9-0

    Really solid performance vs. Wanan Yu. Stand up was decent, though not amazing. She had decent hand speed. But very good wrestling and grappling. Finished her foe on the ground with a submission.
    
    -Showed her strong wrestling vs. Edwards. Lost the fight because she didn't land enough damage, but with just a few strikes, she easily should have won the fight Stand up is just OK.
    
    -Got dominated on the ground vs. Perez for 2 rounds. But she has strong cardio, and had a good 3rd round. Not the best performance, but showed she still has some fight in her.
    

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    Irina Alekseeva

    "Russian Ronda"  |  5-2-0

    Man, she is wild. She is not technical at all, but she has great hand speed and power, and she had some nice grappling and a knee bar. Interesting prospect for a bad division.
    
    More of the same vs. Dixon. She is wild, but will walk through damage and deliver some big shots. Has some judo too, but vs. more technical foes she is just not good.
    

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    Tamires Vidal

    "Tratora"  |  7-2-0

    Good stand up fighter. Had power, won with knees. Was unsuccessful trying to wrestle, so not sure how great her ground skills, but she seemed like a solid, dangerous stand up fighter.
    
    -Showed her stand up is OK again vs. Rendon, but got taken down way too easily round after round and controlled. Didn't take much damage, but she has big holes.
    

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    Hailey Cowan

    "All Hail"  |  7-3-0

    Interesting prospect. She is an athletic beast, seems strong as hell. Has some nice speed. Didn't look bad standing, had some wrestling, but she seemed to lose a lot of the grappling exchanges in the end, and couldn't do tons on the ground. Did get taken down once too. She needs to polish up her boxing a bit and work more on grappling, but she has some great tools and could get way better.
    
    Decent fight vs.Horth. Had OK stand up, and a bit of wrestling. Needs to do more damage with takedowns and she could have won the fight. Was just beaten by a little bit standing. Did seem to get a little tired too.
    

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    Montserrat Rendon

    "Monster"  |  6-1-0

    Beat Vidal but I had her losing. Her stand up looked so bad, but she did have wrestling and grappling. Did very little damage with it though. I wasn't impressed.
    

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    Julia Avila

    "Raging Panda"  |  9-3-0

    Got dominated by Tate. Her takedown D was very, very bad.
    

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    Pannie Kianzad

    "Banzai"  |  16-8-0

    Showed decent well rounded skills vs. Lansberg. Some OK clinch work, stand up, and wrestling.
    
    -Had OK looking stand up vs. Viera, but the takedown D was a serious problem, and led to her losing, spent most of the fight on the bottom not doing much.
    

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    Alexis Davis

    "Ally-Gator"  |  21-11-0

    Veteran. Good wrestling, and submission defense. Her stand up is pretty bad, she got beat standing by a pretty weak looking stand up fighter, but the wrestling can win fights.
    

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    Cláudia Leite

    8-3-0

    Lost a really close fight to Cowan. She showed a bit of wrestling, but not amazing. Didn't do tons standing, but she is strong, and when it gets to the ground she can do some nice things with grappling. Not a bad fighter at all for this division.
    

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    Luana Santos

    7-1-0

    Beat Egger in a pretty underwhelming performance. She has good judo. Stand up is OK but not great, and her cardio wasn't great. Really had to stall to win.
    

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    Stephanie Egger

    8-5-0

    Got the back of Irina, but then got submitted. She has been submitted a few times. Has some decent offensive skills, but I've seen her get taken out on the ground a few times.
    
    -Lost to Luana Santos. It was semi close but she was pretty inactive, and her judo was stymied. She is a one trick pony.
    

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    Jessica-Rose Clark

    "Jessy Jess"  |  11-9-0, 1 NC

    -Very strong wrestler, but I didn't see much else from her. Didn't do much on the ground, and didn't look super impressive with stand up. She can definitely beat anyone with weak takedown defense.
    
    -vs. Egger, she could not take her down, then got outgrappled. Seems mostly one dimensional at this point.
    
    -Looked pretty good vs. Stoliarenko standing, but once she got taken down, she got smoked fast on the ground, lost via arm bar again.
    
    -Lost again to a submission. It's just a massive weakness for her. This time to a fighter with a muay thai background. She has some OK skills, but just makes too many big mistakes.
    

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    Nora Cornolle

    "Wonder"  |  8-1-0

    Impressive stand up fighter, as she squeaked out a victory over Edwards. But man, her takedown defense is rough. She was a muay thai fighter, so hopefully that improved, but she still looks very green on grappling. Bad takedown defense vs. a non wrestler.
    

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    Joselyne Edwards

    "La Pantera"  |  13-5-0

    Beat Ji Yeon Kim, who is actually a 125 fighter, so I was't super impressed. Her stand up is OK. She has nice length, front kicks help. But started losing in the later rounds. Was able to survive with a takedown because of her size advantage.
    
    -vs. Pudilova, she didn't show tons. She struggled with takedowns early, but got better as it went on. Landed some damage, but her stand up didn't even look amazing to me, she is just long. I just don't love what I see from her. Many think she lost the fight, and eitherway Pudilova should have been able to deal more damage.
    
    -Lost vs. a debuting Nora. She couldn;t stand with her, as she was more skilled. Somehow she got some sloppy takedowns, but she did absolutely nothing with them, and was eventually reversed. She is pretty mediocre.
    

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    Ravena Oliveira

    "Kenoudy"  |  7-2-1

    Got dominated by Lisboa. Didn't do great with grappling, and I didn't see much skill standing.
    

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    Ramona Pascual

    6-6-0

    Got lit up by Vidal. She was fighting at 145, and missed weight for this. Showed some OK defensive grappling, and her stand up isn't absolutely awful, but I don't see any high level tools from her.
    

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    Lina Länsberg

    "Elbow Queen"  |  10-8-0

    Weird fighter. Mostly wants to be in the clinch. Showed some stand up and wrestling, but I feel like her strategy is tough to win with, even though she has some skills. She is also 40.
    
    -Had a rough performance vs. Karol Rosa. She got taken down very easily, and stand up was unimpressive. I just don't think she has it anymore.
    
    -Another rough performance vs. Bueno Silva. Just not seeing any talent.
    

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    Bea Malecki

    "Bad News Barbie"  |  2-1-0

    -Seemed like a pure stand up fighter. Very tall and lanky, but extremely hesitant and tired out fast. Had a 7 inch height advantage but could do nothing with it. She got tired and her guard sucked, wasn't impressed.
    

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    Ashlee Evans-Smith

    "Rebel Girl"  |  6-6-0

    Got dominated by Ailin Perez. She showed next to nothing. Stand up looked subpar, 0 takedown defense, poor grappling.