MMAjunkie Radio co-host and MMAjunkie fight analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the co-main event for UFC 232.

UFC 232 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

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• UFC 232 main event breakdown: Can Alexander Gustafsson upset Jon Jones for gold?

Cris Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC)

Staple info:

• Height: 5’8″ Age: 33 Weight: 145 lbs. Reach: 68″
• Last fight: TKO win over Yana Kunitskaya (3-3-18)
• Camp: Cris Cyborg Fitness MMA (California)
• Stance/striking style: Orthodox/muay Thai
• Risk management: Good

Supplemental info:

+ UFC featherweight champion
+ Strikeforce and Incivta FC titles
+ Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt
+ 17 KO victories
+ 10 first-round finishes
+ KO power
+ Aggressive pace and pressure
^ Superb killer instinct
+ Evolved striking
^ Shot selection and technique
+ Strong inside the clinch
+ Solid wrestling and takedown ability
^ Favors bodylocks and lateral drops
+ Good positional grappler
^ Devastating ground striker

Amanda Nunes (16-4 MMA, 9-1 UFC)

Staple info:

• Height: 5’8″ Age: 30 Weight: 145 lbs. Reach: 70″
• Last fight: TKO win over Raquel Pennington(May 12, 2018)
• Camp: American Top Team (Florida)
• Stance/striking style: Orthodox/muay Thai
• Risk management: Good

Supplemental info:

+ UFC bantamweight champion
+ Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt
+ Judo brown belt
+ 11 KO victories
+ 3 submission win
+ 11 first-round finishes
+ KO power
+ Underrated footwork
+ Improved jab
+ Dangerous right hand
+ Hard leg kicks
+ Strong inside the clinch
^ Good hip awareness
+ Solid top game
+ Heavy ground strikes

Point of interest: Pressure

The co-main event for UFC 232 features a superfight between two champions who know how to make pressure their friend, especially when standing.

Starting her career as more of a brawling talent from Brazil, Cris Cyborg has found a place to call home in Southern California, working with Jason Parillo to sharpen up her striking. A coach who has helped refine fighters such as B.J. Penn and Michael Bisping, Parillo’s influence and subsequent work with Cyborg has shown to play a role in her evolution over the past few years.

Now, displaying a much more measured approach to pressure, the 33-year-old will steadily stalk forward while managing the distance to her preferred terms. Upgrading her overall stance, Cyborg seems to keep her balance much better, seldom throwing herself out of position.

Prodding with a jab to enter space, Cyborg needs all but the slightest bite (or sign of blood in the water) to swarm her opposition with offensive waves. However, given the opponent at hand, it will be interesting to see what level the featherweight champ tries to turn up to.

Enter Cyborg’s most formidable foe to date, Amanda Nunes.

Another fighter who came storming aggressively out of the gates, Nunes, like Cyborg, has also had to refine her natural but raw aptitude for combat. Training boxing since the age of 16, Nunes has rounded out her game with muay Thai since entering MMA.

Initially forcing her way into exchanges (and producing quick results in doing so), Nunes has slowly sharpened her skills, smartly adjusting her pressuring approach. Most notably, Nunes has improved her footwork, circling just outside of range as opposed to rushing right in.

Intelligently circling or taking the appropriate angles, the champion’s shot selection and accuracy also have improved, making the power coming off of her frame more potent in the process. This, coupled with Nunes’ upgraded jab, could help the bantamweight champ dissuade the pressure that may be coming her way.

Nunes has proven to use her jab much more efficiently to set up her crosses and hooks, as well as utilizing it as a check to either the head or body to help exit exchanges safely. In MMA, Cyborg has faced few fighters who can do some of the things that Nunes does well, which is what will make these exchanges interesting.

Next point of interest: Ground fighting