Final Preventing Championship (UFC) is making its return to Canada on Sat., Nov. 2, 2024, with the UFC Edmonton combined martial arts (MMA) occasion at Rogers Place. Headlining the ESPN+ struggle card is the flyweight showdown pitting No. 3-ranked Erin Blanchfield towards No. 5-ranked Rose Namajunas, with the winner transferring inside placing distance of a 125-pound title shot (behind Manon Fiorot).
Blanchfield is presently a slight betting favourite at -120 towards +100 for the underdog Namajunas. That’s based on our fiscal pals over at BetOnline.ag, who additionally pegged heavyweight hurter Derrick Lewis because the +120 underdog for his co-main occasion reverse undefeated Brazilian bruiser Jhonata Diniz (-140).
As well as, Rodrigo Nascimento (-145) is favored to beat Alexandr Romanov (+125).
“I feel [Namajunas] is healthier at 115,” Blanchfield beforehand instructed The MMA Hour. ”I feel simply transferring up a weight class ten kilos like 115 to 125, it’s a giant share of your physique weight particularly once you’re that small. She received towards [Amanda] Ribas, however Ribas can be somebody who’s fought at 115. She’s not that huge of a lady. She had the one struggle towards Manon and he or she misplaced that. I feel she’s an awesome fighter. I feel he’s acquired a variety of talent, however I feel she’s going to be a bit of outsized at 125.”
We’ll discover out in lower than three months.
