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Fight breakdown · 22 Aug 2026

Elise Reed vs Shanelle Dyer

Elise Reed is the strawweight with nine UFC fights and a 4-5 record, and she has lost three of her last five, most recently a second-round knockout by Denise Gomes in May 2025.

Elise Reed is the strawweight with nine UFC fights and a 4-5 record, and she has lost three of her last five, most recently a second-round knockout by Denise Gomes in May 2025. Shanelle Dyer has one UFC appearance, a second-round KO/TKO of Ravena Oliveira in March 2026. The model has Dyer LOCK; the read is trajectory against a long and uneven record.

The read

LOCK on a fighter with a single UFC bout is rare, and it means the model sees a structural gap. Dyer's path is the one she has already walked, sustained pressure that turned into a stoppage in the second round. Reed's path is her decision-round experience, and both of her recent wins came over three rounds, against Jinh Yu Frey and Jessica Penne. Most likely method is decision, which is the tell: the model expects Dyer to win rounds rather than blow through her.

What decides it

Published by FightIQ on 22 Aug 2026. Claims about fights and records are checked against our own graded card data before publication — the same data behind the public track record. How this was written, checked and published.

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