Azat Maksum

Azat Maksum, better known as "Kazakh", brings a 15-3 record into every walk to the cage — and in a division as crowded as flyweight, every single win matters.

Wrestling is the skeleton key here — 3.5 takedowns a round on average. Everything opponents want to do standing gets interrupted, smothered, and dragged to the canvas. Add the southpaw stance, and the puzzle gets harder still.

The last fight went to Mitch Raposo (Decision - Unanimous) — a setback, and the interesting question is always what a fighter does with one.