Antony Rea (Pictures) is 8-4 as a pro. Like most of Cage Rage’s favorites, the Frenchman is a tough, aggressive, heavy-handed striker who is good at dictating the pace of the fight, and at his best when his opponent gives him the space to swing.

Rea’s more than just a striker though — he’s displayed excellent ground skills and has a cool head on his shoulders. He doesn’t fold under pressure but just keeps working for his chance.

Newcomer Remus “Viteza” Ciobnu is trained by Royler Gracie (Pictures)/David Adiv brown belt Eddie Kone in Wanstead, East London. I don’t know much about Ciobnu’s history and haven’t managed to dig up much on his record.

Although Ciobnu is obviously brave, it’s impossible to pick against Rea here. Unless the newcomer is very good, he’s not going to be able to take Rea down, let alone control him on the floor. Rea’s been in the cage with guys like Rich Franklin (Pictures), Daisuke Watanabe (Pictures), Marvin Eastman (Pictures) and Matt Horwich (Pictures). He lost three of those fights, but he always looked good in defeat.

The bottom line is that Rea’s for real and he’s got too much experience and too much skill to slip up on this one. He’ll pull out a victory by TKO in the first round.