Jhonata Diniz

ANALYSIS
Diniz was scheduled to fight Derrick Lewis (undisclosed) at UFC Edmonton on Saturday, but the former will now face off against Tybura after Lewis was forced to withdraw from the fight. Diniz has yet to take a loss eight bouts into his professional MMA career, and he'll look to secure his third UFC win against an opponent who has dropped two of his last three.

ANALYSIS
Lewis was forced to drop out of the bout due to a medical issue, so the UFC canceled the fight, and Diniz will now need to wait a bit longer for his chance to improve to 3-0 within the promotion.

ANALYSIS
Diniz is 2-0-0 in the UFC and has yet to lose professionally, but he's about to walk into the biggest fight of his career against Lewis. This should be a fascinating co-main event for the difference in experience alone. Lewis is of course an elite heavyweight, but he has yet to string together back-to-back victories since 2020. Diniz will hope he can continue that streak.

ANALYSIS
Aided by the suspicious inactivity of his opponent, Diniz picked up the biggest victory of his brief MMA career. The Brazilian, as expected, had a massive edge on the feet. He landed plenty of effective low kicks and continued to push forward throughout the course of the bout. That pressure resulted in Williams all but abandoning his grappling game until Round 3, at which point Diniz had already piled up an insurmountable lead on the scorecards. Diniz's grappling is a major, long-term concern, even if Williams wasn't able to take advantage of it here. That said, he's a perfect 2-0 in the UFC, in addition to picking up a win on Dana White's Contender Series.

ANALYSIS
Only a month after landing a knockout win for his UFC debut, Diniz will look to go 2-0 across 2024 by defeating Williams. Unlike Diniz, Williams has multiple wins across his undefeated streak in the UFC.