Ketlen Souza (+190) is a good play imo. She has great conditioning, athleticism, and is a dangerous finisher on the feet. Her punching power is average for the division but once she has an opponent hurt her fast hands take care of the rest. She is a dynamic striker that goes for big damaging shots to her opponents, and it allows her to win rounds at the very least if she doesn’t get opponents out of there.
Her opponent Karine Silva is a really good finisher on the mat, through both GNP and submissions. On the feet her striking is okay, but she puts a lot of power into her punches so when they land the impact is significant. While she has a fun style to watch play out there are big holes in her game for Souza to exploit. The foremost being Karine’s poor conditioning which was on display in her DWCS fight where she was breathing heavily out of her mouth by the beginning of the second round and won with a hail mary guillotine as her opponent was about to unload on her. She also has a lot of trouble getting fights to the canvas. I have only seen her shots and throws work against bottom of the barrel competition and think Souza is probably the better offensive wrestler.
There are holes in Souza’s defensive wrestling, but in recent fights she has begun digging underhooks, pushing down on the heads of her opponents, and defending takedowns correctly. Her getups have also been much improved as she used to wait for refs to stand fights up but in recent fights has begun going for leglocks, armbars, and triangles to sweep and using the cage to build back to her feet, which is what you want to see.
I think Karine needs a first-round submission or she loses this fight and probably gets knocked out in the second or third round.
