I am going to ask a question and I want you to answer instantly because whatever your instant gut reaction is here is how you should pick this fight. Do you think your mother's fat? First of all, can't believe you thought that about your own mother, she would be heartbroken if she knew how you felt, second the real question is, “can Aoriqileng take Kai down?”. If you think he can, then he has to be the pick, we have seen that Kai is pretty damn useless off his back. I personally don't think so, I think Kai will get the hands going and have another solid performance. Aoriqileng can certainly wrestle, but he also has no problem swinging so maybe in front of a home crowd he wants to put on a show. Kai is going to be the pick, but until I see him stuff a bunch of takedowns, I won't fully trust him in any spot.

Aoriqileng

Aoriqileng is a well rounded guy with incredible pressure and pace. He can fight a technical fight or get sucked into a brawl. He uses his striking to setup takedowns and he does have 7 takedowns in the UFC, but he is mostly a striker. He is coming off the TKO loss to Cody Haddon where he was on his back foot the entire fight and then ate a huge knee to the guy against the cage.

Kai Asakura

Kai Asakura is a fast and aggressive striker that thrives in the Pride style rules that allows knees, and kicks to the head. He is lightening fast, very creative and has a ton of killer instinct. He never lets off the gas and has no issue putting himself in harms way to find a finish. He is very mobile and very hard to corner. The problem is, he has no takedown defense whatsover which is what forced him out of flyweight and into bantamweight. He is coming off the beautiful KO win over Cameron Smotherman.