Melsik Baghdasaryan

Nobody hands you anything at featherweight. Melsik Baghdasaryan — "The Gun" to fight fans — has built a 8-4 record the hard way, one fight at a time since leaving Armenia's regional scene.

This is power striking with numbers behind it — 5 KO/TKO wins, 5.04 significant strikes landed per minute. Opponents don't get outpointed so much as dismantled. Add the southpaw stance, and the puzzle gets harder still.

The last fight went to Murtazali Magomedov (Submission (Twister) R1) — a setback, and the interesting question is always what a fighter does with one.