Jamie Mullarkey

Jamie Mullarkey is the kind of fighter coaches love to feed onto a card: an aggressive Australian lightweight who comes to trade and turns most of his bouts into firefights. He earned his UFC spot through grit on the regional scene and has never lost the all-action mentality.

His resume reflects the trade-off of that style. He's picked up real scalps, like a knockout of veteran Michael Johnson and a win over John Makdessi, while also getting caught by rising prospects such as Mauricio Ruffy. The losses come in fun fights, not careful ones.

For fans, that's the appeal. Mullarkey reliably delivers pace, power and bonuses, a gatekeeper-level lightweight whose name on a fight card is a near-guarantee of a scrap.