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

Check out our staff members’ picks for the UFC Fight Night 219 main card in Las Vegas, featuring Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield.

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 [autotag]Jessica Andrade[/autotag] (24-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) takes on [autotag]Erin Blanchfield[/autotag] (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, [autotag]Zac Pauga[/autotag] (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) takes on [autotag]Jordan Wright[/autotag] (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, [autotag]Josh Parisian[/autotag] (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets [autotag]Jamal Pogues[/autotag] (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 [autotag]William Knight[/autotag] (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and [autotag]Marcin Prachnio[/autotag] (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, [autotag]Alex Hernandez[/autotag] (13-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) takes on UFC record holder [autotag]Jim Miller[/autotag] (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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