UFC Fight Night 219 predictions: Who’s picking Jessica Andrade on short notice over Erin Blanchfield? - Yahoo Sports

	Andrade vs. Blanchfield	Pauga vs. Wright	Parisian vs. Pogues	Knight vs. Prachnio	Hernandez vs. Miller
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 13-8	blanchfield2023 Blanchfield (55%)	pauga2023 Pauga (65%)	parisian2023 Parisian (64%)	knight2023 Knight (64%)	miller2023 Miller (64%)
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 16-5	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	parisian2023 Parisian	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 15-6	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller
Matt Erickson 15-6	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	hernandez2023 Hernandez
Brian Garcia @thegoze 14-7 trophy copy 2017 Champion	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	parisian2023 Parisian	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller
Simon Samano @SJSamano 13-8	blanchfield2023 Blanchfield	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 12-9 trophy copy 2018, 2022 Champion	blanchfield2023 Blanchfield	pauga2023 Pauga	parisian2023 Parisian	prachnio2023 Prachnio	hernandez2023 Hernandez
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 12-9	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller
Nolan King @mma_kings 11-10/em>	blanchfield2023 Blanchfield	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	hernandez2023 Hernandez
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 11-10	blanchfield2023 Blanchfield	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 10-11	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	parisian2023 Parisian	prachnio2023 Prachnio	miller2023 Miller
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 10-11 trophy copy 2014 Champion	andrade2023 Andrade	pauga2023 Pauga	pogues2023 Pogues	knight2023 Knight	miller2023 Miller

The is back on its home turf this week, and a short-notice women’s flyweight bout tops the card.

UFC Fight Night 219 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, former women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (24-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) takes on Erin Blanchfield (10-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) at flyweight. Andrade took the fight on just a week’s notice when Taila Santos couldn’t travel with visa issues.

Andrade is slight favorite at -135 at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Blanchfield, who is fighting in her first UFC main event, is +115. Our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are siding with Andrade at a 7-4 clip.

In the co-feature, Zac Pauga (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) takes on Jordan Wright (12-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) at light heavyweight. Pauga is the biggest favorite on the main card at -280, and he’s our lone unanimous pick.

Also on the main card, Josh Parisian (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets Jamal Pogues (9-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at heavyweight. Pogues is a -250 favorite, but he has just a 7-4 lead in the picks from our staff members.

The closest fight on the entire card at the betting window is at light heavyweight between William Knight (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and Marcin Prachnio (15-6 MMA, 2-4 UFC). Knight is a -125 favorite, but he’s got a huge 9-2 lead in the picks.

And to open the main card, Alex Hernandez (13-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) takes on UFC record holder Jim Miller (35-16 MMA, 24-15 UFC) at lightweight. Hernandez is more than a 2-1 favorite, but it’s Miller who has a big 8-3 lead from our staff members.

In the MMA Junkie consensus picks, Blanchfield (55 percent), Pauga (65 percent), Parisian (64 percent), Knight (64 percent) and Miller (64 percent) are the choices.

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