Most previews treat Tuivasa's long losing run as the defining storyline, painting this as a last chance saloon fight rather than a genuine pick'em.

There is a repeated view that Despaigne's size and reach give him the cleaner path, but that his own history of struggling against clinch and takedown pressure is the one crack in his game.

Tuivasa's late switch to a new camp has fans and writers debating whether fresh training partners can turn his form around or whether it is a sign of a fighter searching for answers too late.

Despite the lopsided public picks, several writers still caution that Tuivasa's raw power means one clean shot could flip the fight regardless of the general trend of opinion against him.