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Andrade might never be a champion again after that fight. She cannot beat Santos and she cannot beat Shevenko. What is the options for her? Maybe move up or down a weight because with Blanchfield dominating her like she did I think Andrade will struggle in this league and might need to find a easier 1. She is powerful and I think she cuts a lot maybe she can move up a weight class?

There is no news on William Knight yet so I think he might still be in contract and will not be cut. He needs to change things up maybe a new coach because he was not listening to his coach screaming in his face.

Blanchfield had a great fight against Andrade. I cannot see how people are getting surprised. Blanchfield has better technique compared to Andrade. On the other hand, Jessica does not have good technique. All she has is just her strength. She went into this fight and just was swinging like a madman. Without her strength, I believe she does not have much to offer. Against a good fighter, just like in this fight, she is not going to be able to perform well. Even when she was getting choked, she was not being able to defend that at all.

Yup and I'm fking surprised that she did really well in using her reach and outstriking Andade.  I thought Andrade could use her powerrr and get some respect then corner Blachfield by the cage where Andrade could Taz her way to a W.  Looks like the UFC match makers knew what they were doing when they made Blanchfield skip the line and gave her Santos then Andrade when it didn't pan out with Santos.


I think the UFC will match her up vs Shev.  women's 125 needs new blood as Shev has already beaten almost all of the contenders but a couple.

That's just how we see it often in this fighting competition because both of them have enough skills to beat each other and we have seen another upset again. I think she cannot handle her when the fight reaches the judge's decision and when he beat her via submission, it was all over against Andrade.

Blanchfield can take this experience to beat his next opponents and practice more to win in this kind of way to always ensure her victory.

UFC Fight Night: Krylov vs. Spann



Date: February 26, 2023
Main Card: SUN, FEB 12 / 5:00 AM EET
Prelims: SUN, FEB 12 / 3:00 AM EET

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov vs. Ryan Spann            
Middleweight: André Muniz vs. Brendan Allen            
Heavyweight: Augusto Sakai vs. Don'Tale Mayes            
Women's Flyweight: Tatiana Suarez vs. Montana De La Rosa            
Welterweight: Mike Malott vs. Yohan Lainesse
Lightweight: Erick Gonzalez vs. Trevor Peek         

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Women's Flyweight: Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Gabriella Fernandes            
Lightweight: Jordan Leavitt vs. Victor Martinez            
Lightweight: Joe Solecki vs. Carl Deaton III            
Catchweight (130 lb): Ode' Osbourne vs. Charles Johnson            
Lightweight: Rafael Alves vs. Nurollo Aliev            
Women's Bantamweight: Hailey Cowan vs. Ailin Perez            
Bantamweight: Garrett Armfield vs. José Johnson   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Krylov_vs._Spann

For me, Erin Blanchfield destroyed Jessica Andrade so much and what I really never expect her to do was the stand-up and she even dominated it, but I already knew about her getting those submissions on Andrade and she will be so much confident about it, it's like she will be very dominant with the submission attempts mostly her wrestling is amazing,

For me, Blanchfield is ready for Valentina Shevchenko but she needed more time I think 2 more fights and she is ready to face the champion if you look at Andrade and Shevchenko's fight it was like what Blanchfield have done to Jessica Andrade but she didn't struggle with choking Andrade but Shevchenko really did struggle, for me Blanchfield has a better IQ when it comes to wrestling that fights with McCann is really unbelievable dominating the fight like Molly was just a kid, it was pretty awesome to watch and Molly McCann really deserves it,

Andrade was made a mistake since she's very aggressive and it's make she lose her stamina. I was expect Blanchfield can able to beat Andrade via decision, but since she won via submission, it's make people think Blanchfield was clearly beat Andrade. I don't think Blanchfield can beat Shevchenko, it's better to have a rematch with Andrade of fight with Fiorot or Santos. Fiorot have a bad ground fight, so Blanchfield have a high chance to beat Fiorot.

Well for me Heavyweight fights right now have transitioned in a more technical manner and surely the fight between Francis Ngannoue and Ciryl Gane has impacted some fighters in shifting from their more aggressive approach to a more technical approach when fighting a technical fighter that is why even though Derrick Lewis switch from Heavyweight to the Light Heavyweight, the result will still be the same and Light Heavyweight has more technical fighter so his aggressive approach will not work anymore,


It was really crazy and he was the culprit in one of the 2 losses I have in the Multi-Master Challenge because of his physique I really thought that he could go out there and cut Marcin Prachnio from the octagon, but it was the other way around and watching it was really a frustration even the whole viewers and even his coach was pretty much furious about him, but after seeing his interview he really admits what he did he just froze back then and many surely have the right to be mad at him for not doing anything, but I think anyone can do the same mistakes and he admits and sorry about that,


Thanks, it was really lucky, and looking at the 2 woman fighters I surely saw instantly that Erin Burchfield is a better wrestler and grappler than Andrade so I went there and say that this is going to be tough for her because of Jessica Andrade's physique, but after seeing the fight she dominated even the stand-up, I was really surprised a 23-year-old girl is overcoming the obstacle but I really wish this fight won't go in her head and think that she can do anything from now on because the cautious approach is the most effective and safest approach fighting inside the octagon,

Speaking about Jon Jones I am really excited if what he can show us in the Heavyweight division and what he can do from here on,


This is truly going to be a new experience for Jessica Andrade and surely this is a short-notice fight so a rematch is a better set-up to really know if Erin Blanchfield really won, but this is up to both camps if they really want a rematch but I am seeing Erin Blanchfield technique is more like Valentina Shevchenko but with a better Wrestling of grappling, but for now I don't want to see Erin Blanchfield gets beaten early so a slower pace to the title fight, would be great aswell,

I'm looking forward to the Jon Jones fight, but I'm a little nervous. I'm not a massive fan of either fighters, but I'm hoping Gane doesn't get the belt, just because I don't find him all that entertaining. At least, Jon Jones offers some entertainment, and his generally quite rounded. I'll be putting him on my betting slip, that's for sure.

Yeah, a real odd one. I believe a very decorated Sambo fighter too. Not sure, what the level of his opponents were since I haven't followed his career, but he definitely had a lot of hype coming into the fight, but didn't look all that special. It might be that he just didn't feel comfortable on his debut, but at the end of the day I was expecting more from him. I had him on my betting slip also, as I'm sure a lot of users here did.

I was impressed with Erin Blanchfield but i still doubt she can be competitive against Valentina Shevchenko because she is too technical in her strikes and a well rounded fighter in the ground.

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The biggest failure was the debut of Khusein Askhabov, who was an undefeated fighter with 23 fights and he was outclassed by Jamall Emmers which begs the question whether all of his opponents were cans to have an undefeated record this long  .

I was just looking at the experience that Andrade has more than Erin's.  It didn't matter in the fight since Erin had landed more significant strikes and choked Andrade in the end. Blanchfield is just new, I think her team will not just feed him to Valentina too early. Valentina is a bigger monster.

I think it's an unexpected win for Erin the fact that she is the underdog yet Submission just made her confident.
I win some and lose some. I got more luck in boxing this weekend.

Santos might be the most logical next step for her, since that was the original match up. However, I think she's ready for Shevchenko. Her submission skills are some of the best, and I knew that if it got to the ground she'd have a chance. However, she actually did pretty good work on the feet too. Didn't look too fazed by the attacks from Andrade. Shevchenko is a lot more technical, but isn't as ferocious as Andrade so we at least now know Erin can deal with that sort of pressure, and she did it in style.

Considering, her relatively short UFC career, and young age she might actually be in for a long period at the top, a bit like Shevchenko.

Nice win for Blanchfield in main event against Andrade but I don't think she is ready for title fight with Valentina Shevchenko now, so it's better for her to work and prepare more.
This was not most memorable UFC event, maybe prelims showed more than main card, and I don't understand why UFC is still forcing events in their UFC Apex instead of normal arenas.
Maybe it's not a bad idea to sometimes skip week or two than to create semi boring events in UFCV Apex like this.

Damn, when I see your pics I was about to make a parlay with them, but then I get busy with some stuff and didn't place the bet... If I'm not wrong the multiplier with a parlay would be something close to x4. Too bad, better luck the next time. And by te way, nice pics.

Now let's way for the next event, I know there will be a UFC night the next weekend, but I want to see UFC 285 the next month. That one will be an awesome event, is great to have Jones back.

Erin got it done! That's one hell of a statement to make, and I actually think he has a chance against Val, since she hasn't been looking her best in her recent outings, and Erin is a serious threat on the ground. I think she's proven that now, against Molly I can see why people were doubting her, but she made a real statement last night against a top three opponent.

Quite possibly, he's looked absolutely awful in most of his outings. Aside, from his knockout power he doesn't really have a lot going for him. He definitely doesn't have very technical skills. Although, he's a great fighter to bet against since he is so one dimensional, yet he's still got that knock out power that inflates his chances of winning, and therefore he's usually the favourite or close in odds to his opponent.

Here are the results.



source: Wiki

The fight card started a bit earlier than usual and hence missed the prelim fights. I was expecting Jim Miller to win the fight even though he was a heavy underdog but the rest of the results were as expected. One surprise was Jamall Emmers win who was a heavy underdog surprising everyone with his performance.

William Knight was my bet and he did not even try to fight. He stood there getting his leg beat up and was just nodding his head even his coach was angry at him. Does he get cut after this fight because at the least you expect fighters to fight but he was just a standing target. He tried 2 take downs but his leg was so bad that he could not complete them. I do not think he landed many punches maybe 3/4 the whole fight. I think Dana is going to be pissed off and might give him 1 more chance but if he performs like that again I can see him getting cut. A shame because he has 1 of the best physiques in the ufc.

Watching UFC fights is indeed more interesting if you are in the heavyweight class because from a fighter's point of view, the body posture is quite large and muscular when throwing punches and kicks and looks very hard so that anyone who witnesses it can give a special sensation of excitement.
However, for me, I like lightweight fights because the fighters look very agile and have stamina that doesn't get tired easily, so I don't get bored easily when watching those fights.
In betting I also prefer and often bet on lightweight and my mainstay fighter is Islam Makhachev.

Now here are the results of my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield

Jéssica Andrade VS Erin Blanchfield ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

For this fight, all have surely seen that Erin Blanchfield could be a potential threat to even the champion Valentina Shevchenko, surely Erin Blanchfield doesn't have the power with her stand up but her fast reflex are giving Andrade a hard time but when it comes to the ground she is really in a different caliber, and Erin Blanchfield has studies Valentina Shevchenko and her fight with Jessica Andrade because Erin Blanchfield have used the same method as Valentina Shevchenko hers was just precise and have the control over Jessica Andrade, that is why Blanchfield was so confident in her interview that she will be ranked 3 when she defeats Jessica Andrade,


Zac Pauga VS Jordan Wright ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Zac Pauga has gone the distance, I have watched the movement of Jordan Wright in his recent fights and it was very sloppy while Zac Pauga has the rhythm you will surely know who's more technical than Wright that is why I bet for Zac Pauga, and in the interview, he can surely control people is boxing was precise and dominant even though it was not a TKO because Jordan Wright is super durable but still because of that precise striking Zac Pauga is the winner,

Josh Parisian VS Jamal Pogues ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Jamal Pogues broke his right arm with standing in the 2nd round but the fight still continues, surely you can see from Pogue's rhythm that he is a thinking fighter when his hand broke from standing he has to control the fight with his wrestling prowess, and have gas out Josh Parisian in doing so, the fight have to keep on going on Jamal Pogues way it was really an amazing game plan and the man many now in the heavyweight class has now incorporating technicality in their game and I think Jamal Pogues can also take on Derrick Lewis for sure,

UFC event started earlier today so tune in live now guys and watch if you can, Ovince St. Preux was in prelims and he finished fight in less than a minute with a KO from Philipe Lins!
I am not so much excited about this fight card, but I always want to see heavyweight fighters in octagon, and there are many of them today in main card.

All my Predictions are like this:

Erin Blanchfield
Zac Pauga
Josh Parisian
Marcin Prachnio
Jim Miller
Nazim Sadykhov