Erin Blanchfield

The MMA community went wild touted Erin Blanchfield as a future champion after choking out Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night 219.

Looked good on the feet too. Way to pass the test. Andrade moves in with a combo. Andrade gives up the back trying to escape! This could be a wild upset, Erin Blanchfield is the future of MMA but it’s not to discredit Jessica Andrade because that woman is as bad as they come! Moves immediately to side control. Excited for this fight! [February 19, 2023] Blanchfield now lands a key TD! THAT'S THE FIGHT!! Couple of exchanges early in R2.

Well, of all the UFC Fight Night cards, this has certainly been one of them. The prelims were a little fun, but this main card has been a tough hang so far.

[top pound-for-pound women in MMA](https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/2/13/23596676/mma-pound-for-pound-rankings-islam-makhachev-knocks-off-alexander-volkanovski-to-take-no-1-spot), Jessica Andrade has spent the past few years of her career bouncing between 115 and 125 pounds. [Erin Blanchfield](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4534/erin-blanchfield), the flyweight main event on Saturday in at the UFC APEX. Blanchfield now wants to turn the talk surrounding her into title buzz with a win over one of the most feared women competing today.

Atop the main card sits a top-ranked flyweight fight between the UFC's former strawweight champion, Jéssica Andrade, and a surging 125-pound contender in Erin ...

Gorimbo rolled to his back to try and relieve the pressure, but the squeeze was on Fletcher earned the tap. We saw a guard pull from Gorimbo to open the second round, and was able to summon his inner Demian Maia to get on top. Lins rocked OSP with a straight left in the opening exchange, and then stepped on the gas. Länsberg crashed into the clinch to start the second stanza, but it was Bueno Silva that was connecting with elbows. After a brief timeout, the fight resumed and Bueno Silva started to work the body. Hernandez slipped, and Miller jumped on the back to attack with an RNC. The straight right of Hernandez was finding a home early and often in the second stanza. Down the stretch, Parisian was stuffing the takedowns and being the aggressor. and delivered a mean front kick to the face. Pogues seemed to have a big speed advantage, both in the feet and the hands. Wright was able to get off of the fence, but wasn’t able to make anything happen before time expired. Pauga was able to land a few more elbows, and Wright came up with a big right hand that got the attention of Jordan just before the bell.

Jessica Andrade and Erin Blanchfield squared off in the main event of UFC Vegas 69 live on ESPN+ from UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, February 18.

“Cold Blooded” came out on top calming the win via rear-naked choke at 1 minute and 37 seconds into the second round. Andrade vs Blanchfield full fight video highlights Check out Jessica Andrade vs Erin Blanchfield full fight video highlights below. Get UFC Vegas 69: Andrade vs Blanchfield 10-ranked contender Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Jessica Andrade and Erin Blanchfield squared off in the main event of UFC Vegas 69 live on

Erin Blanchfield wants her shot at gold after a dominant showcase against Jessica Andrade in the UFC Vegas 69 main event.

Blanchfield was quick to pull the trigger on a number of nasty combinations with several shots tagging Andrade and snapping her head backwards. Blanchfield’s reach was giving Andrade problems as the Brazilian kept coming up a little short when she stepped into the exchanges. Following a surprising start on the feet where Blanchfield was more than holding her own, she eventually turned back to her grappling and only needed one takedown to end the fight. It was a good experience.” “I knew I was going to have to deal with [her striking] and I’m glad I have the experience. “She hits really hard but I got that clinch and I could just feel that [submission] from there and took it,” Blanchfield said afterwards.

UFC Vegas 69 (Flyweight bout- main event): Erin Blanchfield (United States) defeated Jessica Andrade (Brazil) in the second round by a rear-naked choke.

Pauga, who won over Wright in his UFC debut, said, "It feels amazing, just to get on the board. In the final round, Pauga scored a flash knockdown but Wright rapidly recovered. In the second round, Zac Pauga went back to his clinch attack, but Jordan Wright was able to find some separation. Round 2: The second round began with Blanchfield attempting a head kick on Andrade, and the Brazilian pressurising the 23-year-old with punches. A big elbow from Pauga sliced open the forehead of Wright. Blanchfield drove on a clinch but Andrade was able to work her way out of it quickly.

Check out the full fight video highlights of Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield from the UFC Vegas 69 main event.

Andrade exposed her back, and Blanchfield went right for the rear-naked choke before even sinking the hooks. Blanchfield finally landed a takedown in the second round. Blanchfield had the volume on her side, while the power resided on the side of Andrade.

Erin Blanchfield has her eyes set on a title shot with whoever wins in the fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso after she dominated Jessica ...

I think the title fight is in two weeks, so I think it can line up perfectly. She said: "I knew beating someone like her [Andrade], especially if I finished her, that I could deserve that title [shot] next. She said: "I would definitely prefer Shevchenko.

Erin Blanchfield won every second of her fight against Jessica Andrade as she defeated a much more experienced opponent with ease Saturday.

"Give me the winner of [Valentina] Shevchenko and [Alexandra] Grasso next," Blanchfield said in her post-fight victory speech. "You know, I knew I always could. I wouldn't necessarily put those expectations on myself, but I put the expectation of winning the next fight, and I know that doing that is what leads to this. Blanchfield's striking was as sharp as it was varied. On the match itself, Blanchfield said, "The first round I knew was competitive and close, and I don't feel I had the fight won completely until I had my arm around her neck." Speaking to Insider backstage, she added: "I feel like I had the fight that I wanted to have."

Blanchfield (11-1, 5-0 UFC) locked in a rear-naked choke to force the tapout 1:37 into Round 2. “Cold Blooded” has won five straight fights in the UFC at 125 ...

His weapon of choice, however, was the low kick, and his attacks to that area had Knight (11-5, 3-4 UFC) grimacing on multiple occasions. Miller had his moments, as he briefly rocked Hernandez with a head kick in Round 1 and a left hand in Round 3, but he was often just a step slow in exchanges. Parisian (15-6, 2-3 UFC) kept Pogues on the defensive with forward movement and heavy strikes in close quarters. [Jessica Andrade](/fighter/Jessica-Andrade-100715)(24-10, 15-8 UFC) in the [UFC Fight Night 219](/events/UFC-Fight-Night-219-Feb-18-95326)headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Blanchfield (11-1, 5-0 UFC) locked in a rear-naked choke to force the tapout 1:37 into Round 2. Wright, (12-5 1 NC, 2-5 UFC), who went the distance for the first time in his professional tenure, has lost four consecutive outings.

It seems as if the jury is in on 23-year-old Erin Blanchfield and the verdict is that she is ready to face the top of the UFC women's flyweight division.

Ovince Saint Preux: UFC veteran Ovince Saint Preux dropped to 1-3 with the UFC since December 2020 with a knockout loss to Philipe Lins. That sounds great, but when the majority of UFC Fight Night cards fall into that category as of late, a maybe isn’t enough to tune into ESPN+ (nearly) every weekend. Whatever the case, Andrade squandered an opportunity to put herself in the title picture at 125 pounds with her submission loss to Blanchfield at UFC Vegas 69. Sanko deserves to be in the regular rotation of UFC color commentators. Laura Sanko: In her first color commentary gig on a UFC card that didn’t take place in the middle of the night, Laura Sanko avoided the fate of some of the promotion’s other commentary team members — saying something that took away from the broadcast. Lins has back-to-back UFC victories since he moved to LHW with the promotion. To Miller’s credit, he never took his foot off the gas, which might have been to his detriment, but Miller, throughout his long UFC career, has always been a fighter who looks for a finish as we found out when he nearly found the submission in the closing seconds of the third round. Bueno Silva is confident on her feet and patient and a scary fighter on the mat. The former Invicta FC competitor moved to 5-0 with her second-round submission win over former UFC women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade in the main event of UFC Vegas 69. During that time I’ve been beating the drum that the UFC matchmakers had no reason to rush her up the flyweight ranks because of her age. 10 ranked fighter in the official UFC flyweight rankings. Blanchfield looked excellent in defeating the favored Andrade, who was coming off a one-sided shellacking of Lauren Murphy in January.