February 17, 2023 3: 00 pm ET
The is back on its house grass this week, and a short-notice ladies’s flyweight bout tops the card.
UFC Fight Night 219 takes location Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.
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In the primary occasion, previous ladies’s strawweight champ Jessica Andrade (24-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) takes on Erin Blanchfield (10-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at flyweight. Andrade took the battle on simply a week’s notification when Taila Santos couldn’t travel with visa concerns.
Andrade is small preferred at -135 at Tipico Sportsbook; the resurgence on Blanchfield, who is battling in her veryfirst UFC primary occasion, is +115. Our 11 editors, authors, radio hosts and videographers are siding with Andrade at a 7-4 clip.
In the co-feature, Zac Pauga (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) takes on Jordan Wright (12-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) at light heavyweight. Pauga is the mostsignificant preferred on the primary card at -280, and he’s our only consentaneous choice.
Also on the primary card, Josh Parisian (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) fulfills Jamal Pogues (9-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) a