Erin Blanchfield, the No. 2-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s flyweight contender, embarked on her professional mixed martial arts journey nearly six years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The victory ignited a spark that would eventually catapult her to the pinnacle of the grand stage of the UFC. She now finds herself on the precipice of headlining UFC on ESPN 54 this Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in the very same city where she got her start.
The event is anchored by a pivotal bout in the women’s 125-pound weight class, as Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot square off in a clash with irrefutable title implications.