Brad TavaresvsMarc-Andre Barriault

This is a classic crossroads fight where someone's getting sent packing. Tavares has always been a solid technical striker who can grind out decisions, like he did against Gerald Meerschaert. But those knockout losses are piling up, and at middleweight that's a dangerous trend. Barriault is the more explosive guy when he's on, throwing heavy leather and hunting for the finish. That Pyfer loss stung, but before that he was putting guys away.

The matchup comes down to whether Tavares can use his experience and technical boxing to keep Barriault at range, or if Powerbar can close the distance and unload those nasty elbows in the clinch like he did to Silva. Both guys are Orthodox, both need this win desperately. Fans know what's at stake here, someone's likely getting cut after this one. It's win or go home time for two middleweights who've seen better days but still have enough left in the tank to make this interesting.