The principle attraction on ESPN incorporates a girls’s flyweight battle between Erin Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot.
As acknowledged in my in-depth breakdown, it’s harmful to have a look at this battle as a striker vs. grappler affair.
Not solely is Fiorot extra energetic than the chances point out, however she shows glorious takedown protection off a whizzer and has quietly earned her Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. Nonetheless, Blanchfield — regardless of coming from a grappling base — has some misleading excessive kick setups that might serve her properly standing.
That mentioned, do not be fooled by the scores of this contest as they do not replicate the great work that Silva did on all ranges
Silva would not appear to thoughts open stance appears to be like, and can even swap southpaw to both land physique kicks or mirror lefties to land her personal leg kicks #UFCVegas77 pic.twitter.com/x1sJ2DGP1y
— Dan Tom (@DanTomMMA) July 12, 2023
Exterior of at the moment standing at 3-0 reverse UFC-level lefties, Blanchfield has a pressure-heavy fashion that appears to ultimately break fighters down.
Though I think that Fiorot has the gasoline tank to go 5 rounds, I imagine that Blanchfield’s fashion interprets higher over 25 minutes.
For that purpose, I’ll semi-reluctantly aspect with Blanchfield to ultimately capitalize on a Fiorot mistake and discover a submission by spherical 4.
