The X Factor: If Hioki comes in focused on working his ground game, he should run into no problems. The problem with that is Hioki seems convinced that having a long reach automatically makes him a great striker. That unconventional logic has gotten him in trouble before, and Mann has the game to turn the lights out on Hioki’s logic.
The Bottom Line: Consider this fight Hioki’s own version of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” If Hioki remembers that he knows how to use the potty and hit the gogoplata from mount, he’ll have Mann in knots in short order. Bank on Hioki acing his ABCs and making Mann his latest scalp.