Castaneda has a decision route through mixed-target striking and movement: MMA Mania’s written round-by-round report of the Kang fight documents body attacks, low kicks, counter hooks and rear-body-lock takedowns. Those are concrete scoring mechanisms, with two material limits: the fight was in 2023 against a different opponent, and the source is a written report read by the analyst, not independently reviewed footage. Alateng has a direct answer: against Rodrigues he caught a kick, swept the support leg and re-established top position after later standing exchanges. The Rodrigues sequence comes from UFC’s official written recap, not footage review. Castaneda therefore needs to recover position after kicks and land effective combinations before contact becomes sustained offense underneath. The preference is Castaneda by decision because this mixed scoring route has a documented three-round example; the current career-rate gap is not its proof. Alateng can reverse the pick by converting caught kicks or close exchanges into damaging top attacks. KO and submission remain possible when either man creates damage or advances position; decision is a preference for repeated scoring exchanges, not a default derived from their records. There is relevant counterevidence: Marcos dropped Castaneda early and continued landing, according to the official 2024 report. Alateng’s inside rally against Blackshear and kick-catch entry against Rodrigues are documented countercases; neither guarantees he can reproduce Marcos’s result. Against Blackshear in 2025, Alateng struggled with variety and volume but rallied inside in round two. These reports support competing possibilities; they are neither reviewed footage nor proof of stylistic equivalence.