in the flyweight division at UFC Vegas 97 you got Felipe do Santos taking on Andre Lima this is Brazil vers Brazil so that takes away my angle for picking the Brazilian win it's close this is kind of a tossup fight too both guys kind of close Andre Lima uh nearly a two to1 favor but i' I'd say it should be closer than that but Lima 9 and0 dos Santos 8-1 both guys 57 Lima 25 dos Santos 23 so these are two Rising prospects do Santos 2-in reach Advantage both guys stand right-handed now let's get into the nitty great terms of activity that's do Santos 4.5 significant strikes per minute to 3.8 so you're looking at 10 to 15 in the fight takedown game dos Santos hasn't flashed anything just yet Lima can get like one every four rounds dos Santos beat Victor out to Morano but he gave up nine takedowns and trailed 40 to 3 evidence signicant strike so how did he get a split decision Victory that's crazy lost to manell cop at UFC 293 but went to a decision and look good there right close fight 112 to 99 he trailed in significant strike so very confusing it's a tough guy to predict Andre Le has been perfect beating Mitch per Roso by Split Decision he had 51 significant strikes at 32 then uh he had a disqualification win against eigor srino and beat rickon zened them at Dana White's Contender Series so he's going through the contender series which is hot right now right these guys get in there they win there they come into the UFC they look pretty good the UFC is trying to get them some wins but the bottom line here is do Santos I really don't know what to expect from you I I don't know what to expect you know Lima is perfect at 9 and0 but I'm going to take a chance here with dos Santos I'm hoping he goes back to two fights ago even though he lost against elop he looked good in that nearly getting a 100 significant strike so that's a guy I hope shows up he only gave up one taked down in that fight you know that this could be the problem here because he's going to be more active on the feet Lima is certainly going to go for takedowns why wouldn't you and Dos Santos has got to show that he can defend him uh in a better way and if he can't this prediction will be a bust so that's the X Factor but in my opinion do Santos wins by decision two rounds to one it's going to be a very close fight expect him to win even potentially split decision but he's going to move to 9- one on significant strikes in that decision flyweight division UFC Vegas 97