Here's the match video of Erin Blanchfield vs Jessica Andrade from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. This fight is at Flyweight. Erin's opponent was supposed to be Taila Santos. But she has recently opened her own gym with her husband and her corner guys were unable to get visas. So Jessica stepped in on a week's notice. That's possibly a tougher fight for Erin. But I believe she's an elite fighter and watching her interviews during the week, she didn't seem to care who the opponent is. Erin is 23 years old and she trains at Renzo Gracie in Elmwood Park, NJ. Of course Jessica is from Brazil and she trains at PRVT which is now in Las Vegas. I understand she just signed a new UFC contract. Round one looked like a feeling out process. I scored it 10-9 for Erin for landing slightly better strikes. But in round two she immediately went for a takedown and won with a rear naked choke. I assume her coach told her to do that. Erin said afterwards that she wants the winner of the Valentina Shevchenko vs Alexa Grasso Flyweight title match next. Erin was a bit of an underdog but I expected her to win. She could be the next champ. Enjoy the video!
Wow, she was very good and very quick. Erin showing a lot of fighting skill there Frank. You may very well be right. She could be the next Flyweight champion. We will see sir. Thanks for the video.
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