When the lights shined the brightest of her entire career, so did Erin Blanchfield. In the UFC Fight Night 219 main event Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Blanchfield (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) took a step up in competition and submitted former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (24-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) with a rear-naked choke at the 1:37 mark of Round 2. The bout was Blanchfield’s first main event and first time fighting the upper-echelon of the women’s flyweight division
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