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New fight booked for September
Blanchfield is set to take on Sarah Alpar at UFC 266 on September 18, Nolan King of MMA Junkie reports.
ANALYSIS
Both Blanchfield and Alpar had their most recent fights canceled due to circumstances out of their control and will now match up with one another in a few months. At just 22 years old, Blanchfield will be making her UFC debut and is considered one of the top up-and-coming fighters in the flyweight division. She'll have a five-inch reach advantage over her opponent as she looks to start off her UFC career on a high note with a win.
Both Blanchfield and Alpar had their most recent fights canceled due to circumstances out of their control and will now match up with one another in a few months. At just 22 years old, Blanchfield will be making her UFC debut and is considered one of the top up-and-coming fighters in the flyweight division. She'll have a five-inch reach advantage over her opponent as she looks to start off her UFC career on a high note with a win.
Won't be fighting Saturday
Blanchfield will not be fighting at UFC Vegas 23 on Saturday after the Nevada Athletic Commission removed the fight since her opponent, Norma Dumont, was 3.5 pounds overweight, Nolan King of USA Today reports.
ANALYSIS
Blanchfield just signed with the UFC last week and was ready to step in on short notice to fight Dumont after her initial opponent had to withdraw from the fight. Dumont has 3.5 pounds overweight for her second straight weigh-in. The first time she was forced to forfeit 30 percent of her purse, but now the Nevada Athletic Commission is scrapping the fight altogether. Blanchfield's team was still willing to go on with the fight but will now have to wait to make her UFC debut which could now likely come at some point over the summer.
Blanchfield just signed with the UFC last week and was ready to step in on short notice to fight Dumont after her initial opponent had to withdraw from the fight. Dumont has 3.5 pounds overweight for her second straight weigh-in. The first time she was forced to forfeit 30 percent of her purse, but now the Nevada Athletic Commission is scrapping the fight altogether. Blanchfield's team was still willing to go on with the fight but will now have to wait to make her UFC debut which could now likely come at some point over the summer.
Making UFC debut April 10
Blanchfield signed with the UFC on Thursday and will make her promotional debut April 10 in Las Vegas, taking on Norma Dumont in a bantamweight fight, Ariel Helwani of ESPN reports.
ANALYSIS
Considered one of the top prospects in the 125-pound division, the 21-year-old Blanchfield will move up to the bantamweight ranks to take on Dumont as a short-notice replacement for Bea Malecki, who withdrew from the matchup, Blanchfield, who boasts a 6-1-0 career record, plans to move back down to the flyweight division after the fight.
Considered one of the top prospects in the 125-pound division, the 21-year-old Blanchfield will move up to the bantamweight ranks to take on Dumont as a short-notice replacement for Bea Malecki, who withdrew from the matchup, Blanchfield, who boasts a 6-1-0 career record, plans to move back down to the flyweight division after the fight.