GDT: UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield

[MMC]

Date: February 18, 2023
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Women's Flyweight bout: Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield
Light Heavyweight bout: Jordan Wright vs. Zac Pauga
Heavyweight bout: Josh Parisian vs. Jamal Pogues
Light Heavyweight bout: William Knight vs. Marcin Prachnio
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Alexander Hernandez

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Women's Bantamweight bout: Lina Lansberg vs. Mayra Bueno Silva
Featherweight bout: Jamall Emmers vs. Khusein Askhabov
Light Heavyweight bout: Ovince Saint Preux vs. Philipe Lins
Lightweight bout: Nazim Sadykhov vs. Evan Elder
Welterweight bout: AJ Fletcher vs. Themba Gorimbo
Flyweight bout: Clayton Carpenter vs. Juancamilo Ronderos​

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[MMC]

 

[MMC]

Not sure if Solecki is staying on the card, BSD pulled out but the fight is still on the UFC website so maybe they’re still looking for a replacement

 

[m9]

What an absolute dog of a UFC card.

Andrade is pretty much the only WMMA fighter who should be fighting in 5 round main events so even though I wanted to see how Santos bounced back this one is still fine.

 

[MMC]

Really weak FN cards this whole month, though at least next week has Tatiana Suarez's return

 

[MMC]

 

[pistolpete11]

Andrade is a badass. Quick turnaround. Short notice. Tough fight against someone much lower in the rankings and without much of a name. Putting a 3 fight winning streak on the line. There's no real reason to be taking this fight other than being a badass.

The card sucks, though.

 

[Taytro]

BKFC has a better card than UFC this week. A rarity that I don't want to see happen very frequently.

 

[CDJ]

Idk why Hernandez-Miller wouldn’t be listed as the co-main. I can at least trick myself into the card being meh with that solid main event.

Instead I have to hate watch the card

 

[16Skippy]

Meanwhile UFC 285 has a handful of ranked guys on the prelims lol.

I'm sure they're making more money this way but as a fan I'd like them to spread it out a little more.

 

[Neutrinos]

Andrade is a badass. Quick turnaround. Short notice. Tough fight against someone much lower in the rankings and without much of a name. Putting a 3 fight winning streak on the line. There's no real reason to be taking this fight other than being a badass.

The card sucks, though.

Andrade has a male's physique because of her PED use, and she made this transformation in order to beat up women in a cage. What a badass!

And what name recognition can she possibly hope for in the flyweight division? I follow the sport more closely than most fans, and I've never heard of the 2 women ahead of her in the rankings (Taila Santos & Manon Fiorot)

 

[CDJ]

never change babe

 

[m9]

Andrade has a male's physique because of her PED use, and she made this transformation in order to beat up women in a cage. What a badass!

And what name recognition can she possibly hope for in the flyweight division? I follow the sport more closely than most fans, and I've never heard of the 2 women ahead of her in the rankings (Taila Santos & Manon Fiorot)

Knows Andrade's detailed medical history but doesn't know the last title challenger

 

[Neutrinos]

Knows Andrade's detailed medical history but doesn't know the last title challenger

So, acknowledging someone's obvious PED use is, in your mind, claiming to know someone's "detailed medical history"?

I had no idea I knew the detailed medical history of half a century's worth of bodybuilders competing at Mr. Olympia competitions


And now that you mention it, I vaguely remember Santos at UFC 275, which just adds to my point about name recognition

 

[Neutrinos]

never change babe

Aw, look at you talkin' all sweet-like on Valentine's Day

Right back at ya, babe!

 

[m9]

So, acknowledging someone's obvious PED use is, in your mind, claiming to know someone's "detailed medical history"?

I had no idea I knew the detailed medical history of half a century's worth of bodybuilders competing at Mr. Olympia competitions


And now that you mention it, I vaguely remember Santos at UFC 275, which just adds to my point about name recognition

I don't care about steroids in MMA so it's all good

 

[VanillaCoke]

Andrade obv on something, but i also dont care about PEDs in sports outside of the Olympics.

 

[Neutrinos]

I don't care about steroids in MMA so it's all good

Andrade obv on something, but i also dont care about PEDs in sports outside of the Olympics.

In a combat sport, where the goal is to inflict physical damage on another person, it should be paramount that no fighter is given a decidedly unfair advantage by entering the cage chemically enhanced

If an OIympic sprinter uses steroids, they compromise the integrity of their sport

If an MMA fighter uses steroids, they may be compromising the long term health of another person

 

[m9]

In a combat sport, where the goal is to inflict physical damage on another person, it should be paramount that no fighter is given a decidedly unfair advantage by entering the cage chemically enhanced

If an OIympic sprinter uses steroids, they compromise the integrity of their sport

If an MMA fighter uses steroids, they may be compromising the long term health of another person

I guess it's a good thing Andrade has always tested clean then

 

[pistolpete11]

Jessica Andrade signs new contract ahead of UFC Vegas 69 headliner, banking ‘almost three times more’ than previous deal

Jessica Andrade used the short-notice UFC Vegas 69 call to secure a lucrative deal with the company.

www.mmafighting.com

Andrade gets a new deal that will pay her 3x what she was getting. Might help explain why she was willing to take this fight. I imagine the UFC would have wanted to resign her anyway, but maybe she was able to squeeze a little more out of them to take this fight.

 

[CDJ]

She deserves it, she may be a top 5 female fighter to ever do it

I’m HAMMERING Andrade btw, hoping the public pushes her to being a dog. Nothing against Blanchfield- I think she’s a future champ-I think this might just be a little too much too soon.

 

[I am not exposed]

Jessica Andrade signs new contract ahead of UFC Vegas 69 headliner, banking ‘almost three times more’ than previous deal

Jessica Andrade used the short-notice UFC Vegas 69 call to secure a lucrative deal with the company.

www.mmafighting.com

Andrade gets a new deal that will pay her 3x what she was getting. Might help explain why she was willing to take this fight. I imagine the UFC would have wanted to resign her anyway, but maybe she was able to squeeze a little more out of them to take this fight.

?

Odd decision for one of their top female fighters....

 

[pistolpete11]

She deserves it, she may be a top 5 female fighter to ever do it

I’m HAMMERING Andrade btw, hoping the public pushes her to being a dog. Nothing against Blanchfield- I think she’s a future champ-I think this might just be a little too much too soon.

Top 5 might be pushing it. At least Nunes, Valentina, Cyborg, Rose, Weili, JJ. Probably Ronda.

But yeah, she deserves to get paid. One of the best out there right now and she's pretty reliably in entertaining fights, win or lose.

?

Odd decision for one of their top female fighters....

I've gotta give a '?' to your '?'.

Why would wanting to resign one of the top female fighters be an odd decision?

 

[I am not exposed]

Top 5 might be pushing it. At least Nunes, Valentina, Cyborg, Rose, Weili, JJ. Probably Ronda.

But yeah, she deserves to get paid. One of the best out there right now and she's pretty reliably in entertaining fights, win or lose.


I've gotta give a '?' to your '?'.

Why would wanting to resign one of the top female fighters be an odd decision?

It is re-sign, not resign. Pet peeve of mine.

 

[Avs_19]

Every time Neutrinos shows up: