Jose DelgadovsAustin Bashi

He showed some slick grappling in his next fight, locking up a rear naked choke on John Yannis in the first round, but now he's got another booking lined up with Francis Marshall in August, so this fight matters for keeping his spot. Here's the thing about this matchup. Delgado's a switch stance fighter who can crack from either side, and he's finished two straight before that Fili scrap. Bashi's more of a grappler who landed 3 of 18 takedowns in that Rodriguez loss but went 1 for 1 against Yannis with over five minutes of control time. The question is whether Bashi can get this fight to the mat before Delgado finds his range.

Delgado throws heavy and isn't afraid to work in the clinch where he can land those fight ending knees. Bashi needs to be smart with his entries because getting caught coming in is how you end up on a highlight reel. If Bashi can survive the early storm and drag this into deep water, his grappling could be the difference. But Delgado's shown he can go three rounds when he needs to, landing 141 strikes against Nathaniel Wood even in a loss.