Two women's matches have been added to UFC on ESPN 1 Feb. 17 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. This will be the UFC's debut on ESPN as opposed to ESPN+. At Strawweight, Jessica Penne will face Jodie Esquibel. And at Flyweight, Lauren Murphy will face Ashlee Evans-Smith. All four fighters are at various stages of awful. Jessica is 35 years old. Her record is 12-5 and 1-3 in the UFC. And after her last fight she was suspended for two years for drugs. She trains at Alliance in San Diego and she also works in the office. I thought she would retire. In Invicta she fought at Atomweight. She's at a significant size disadvantage at Strawweight. Jodie is 32 years old. She trains at Jackson Wink in New Mexico. Her record is 6-4 and 0-2 in the UFC. I didn't like her when she was in Invicta. She was on TUF 23. The UFC brought her in as a late replacement last year. This is probably the last fight on her UFC contract. Lauren is 35 years old. She trains at MMA Lab in Phoenix. She is awful. She is a former Invicta Bantamweight champ. She won when her opponent blew out her knee. Did I tell you that Lauren's nickname is Lucky. That win got her into the UFC. She went 1-3 as a Bantamweight. Then she was on TUF 26 and again she got lucky when she beat Barb Honchak by split decision on the TUF 26 finale. She lost her last fight to Sijara Eubanks. She's not as good as she thinks she is. I find a lot of crappy fighters talk big and then look like crap in the cage. Ashlee is 31 years old. She trains with Carla Esparza at Team Oyama in California. Her record is 6-3 and 3-3 in the UFC. Her claim to fame was beating transgender fighter Fallon Fox in 2013. Her UFC run has been blah. She seems to alternate wins and losses. And even when she wins she doesn't look good. I favor her in this fight because she's not as bad as Lauren. But I wouldn't be surprised if they play patty cake for three rounds and it goes to a split decision.
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