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LOCKED IN 🔒@JessicaMMAPro
in at 124 for
#UFCVegas69!— UFC (@ufc)
February 17, 2023
After a trip to Australia, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Las Vegas and the UFC
Apex for
UFC Fight Night 219.
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The 11-fight card features Jessica
Andrade taking on Erin
Blanchfield on short notice after Taila
Santos withdrew from the headliner. Despite coming in as a
replacement, Andrade (24-9) is no stranger to main events, and the
former strawweight champion successfully checked in at 124 pounds
for the flyweight bout. Blanchfield (10-1) also made weight for her
first marquee matchup, coming in at 125.5 pounds. Every other
fighters on the card hit their successful marks for a smooth
weigh-in day.
While the best performances from “Bate Estaca” have come at
strawweight, Andrade has recently excelled in the 125-pound
division. She recently picked up wins over Cynthia
Calvillo and Lauren
Murphy at the weight after losing a title fight to flyweight
queen Valentina
Shevchenko. Between those flyweight victories, the Brazilian
dropped back to strawweight to throttle Amanda
Lemos with an incredible standing arm-triangle choke.
Looking to knock off the former 115-pound champion is Blanchfield.
The New Jersey-based fighter has lived up to her “Cold Blooded”
nickname by rattling off four straight victories inside the
Octagon. Most recently, she derailed the Molly
McCann hype train via kimura, and submitted J.J. Aldrich
with a guillotine choke. The 23-year-old rising star kicked off her
UFC career by winning clear decisions over Miranda
Maverick and Sarah
Alpar.
UFC Fight Night 219 will stream live on ESPN+ in its entirety on
Saturday. Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while the main card
starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 219 Weigh-in Results:
Jessica
Andrade (124) vs. Erin
Blanchfield (125.5)
Zac
Pauga (205.5) vs. Jordan
Wright (204)
Josh
Parisian (266) vs. Jamal
Pogues (249.5)
William
Knight (206) vs. Marcin
Prachnio (205)
Alexander
Hernandez (156) vs. Jim Miller
(155.5)
Evan
Elder (155.5) vs. Nazim
Sadykhov (155.5)
Mayra
Bueno Silva (136) vs. Lina
Lansberg (135.5)
Khusein
Askhabov (146) vs. Jamall
Emmers (145)
Philipe
Lins (203.5) vs. Ovince St.
Preux (206)
A.J.
Fletcher (171) vs. Themba
Gorimbo (171)
Clayton
Carpenter (125) vs. Juancamilo
Ronderos (125)