This is the most lopsided physical matchup on the prelims and one of the clearest style contrasts. Macy Chiasson is five inches taller and four and a half inches longer, a former The Ultimate Fighter winner who has spent eight years in the UFC's women's bantamweight top tier. Bia Mesquita is a jiu-jitsu great — ten world titles at black belt — who turned to MMA in 2024 and has not been taken past round two.
Chiasson's recent record explains why Mesquita is the lean. She has lost three straight decisions, and in two of them, against Ketlen Vieira and Ailín Pérez, the problem was being controlled: Vieira spent 9:00 of the last two rounds on top, and Pérez landed six takedowns and held her to eight significant strikes. Mesquita's entire game is getting on top and finishing.
The counter-argument is real. Mesquita's UFC résumé is twelve minutes long against unranked opposition, Mullins out-struck her and took her down, and nobody she has fought is as long as Chiasson. If Chiasson keeps it at range for fifteen minutes, her size and experience can carry the rounds. The lean is Mesquita, 58 to 42, at a conviction of 4 out of 10.




