It's a different perspective on life when something like that happens. You let fewer opportunities pass you by. I say this as someone who faced a near death experience as a young man and incorporated that into my life philosophy afterwards
Otto looks very much undersized at 197. Supposedly he won the spot, despite being at a lower weight class, because he was decisively beating Tal Shahar in the room
Smith has beat Ramos, Spratley, Kaylor and Jordan this year alone. He also initiated action on almost all of the points in which McKee scored on counter. I think the weight will come down to matchups.