Erin Blanchfield is conscious of the problem in entrance of her however appears to really feel prefer it’s enterprise as typical heading into UFC Vegas 107. Blanchfield takes on Maycee Barber in a batle of prime 5 flyweights that may actually informt he divisional hierarchy when the 2 meet on Saturday, Might thirty first. Blanchfield vs. Barber serves because the UFC on ESPN 68 headliner with the previous fielding a number of quesitons from on-site reporters in the course of the combat week media day proceedings. When addressing her street heading into this bout in addition to her ideas on the quantity 5 ranked 125 pounder she will probably be testing expertise in opposition to within the coming days, Blanchfield stated,
“I’m feeling actually good. I’m tremendous excited. What excites me most about this matchup? I believe it’s one other nice matchup within the prime 5—one other predominant occasion. Yeah, I’m simply excited to point out off what I’ve been engaged on.”
“I do suppose with a very good efficiency, I get the shot on the title. At this level, it’s not nearly successful, but additionally the way you win. So, I plan on successful in spectacular style.”
“Maycee’s a fairly aggressive fighter. She’s very ahead strain, loads of huge hooks. That is her first five-rounder, so I might see her perhaps being somewhat bit extra reserved, however I believe that’s going to return out of her in some unspecified time in the future.”
“My keys to success are the identical as all the time: keep disciplined, combat my combat, and keep technical.”
Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber and the place the winner is in proximity to the belt
Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber is an intriguing bout when contemplating the X’s and O’s of how the pair match up stylistically however there’s additionally loads of intrigue concerning the place the victor is within the contender queue. It could appear to be Valentina Shevchenko is about to subsequent defend her belt in opposition to both Natalia Silva, who’s ranked primary at flyweight, or an excellent combat with the champion at 115 kilos, Zhang Weili. The one two combatants forward of Barber and Erin Blanchfield (Manon Fiorot and Alexa Grasso) are each coming off of losses to the aforementioned Shevchenko and Silva, respectively.
