The
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to ESPN airwaves for the
second straight week.
Headlining
UFC on ESPN 54 is a key women's flyweight fight between
Erin
Blanchfield and
Manon
Fiorot. Both main event fighters successfully weighed in under
the 126-pound limit. As for the rest of the card, everyone made
weight except for
Julio Arce,
who came in 1 pound over the featherweight limit for his fight
against
Herbert
Burns. The fight will continue, with Arce being penalized a
percentage of his purse that will go to Burns.
This marks the second headline fight for Blanchfield (12-1). Just
24 years old, "Cold Blooded" is currently riding a 9-fight win
streak. She hasn't lost since joining the promotion and is coming
off impressive wins over
Taila
Santos,
Jessica
Andrade and
Molly
McCann. The
Renzo Gracie
Jiu-Jitsu product stepped on the scale at 125 pounds on the
dot.
Meanwhile, this marks the first main event for Fiorot (11-1). 10
years her opponent's elder, "The Beast" hasn't lost a fight since
her professional debut in 2018. The French fighter's UFC run
includes wins over
Rose
Namajunas,
Katlyn
Cerminara and
Jennifer
Maia. Fiorot officially weighed 125.25 pounds.
UFC on ESPN 54 begins with prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 7 p.m.
ET/4 p.m. PT. The main card then airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT.
UFC on ESPN 54 Weigh-in Results:
Erin
Blanchfield (125) vs.
Manon
Fiorot (125.25)
Joaquin
Buckley (170) vs.
Vicente
Luque (170)
Bruno
Silva (186) vs.
Chris
Weidman (186)
Sedriques
Dumas (185) vs.
Nursulton
Ruziboev (185)
Bill
Algeo (146) vs.
Kyle Nelson
(145)
Rhys
McKee (170.25) vs.
Chidi
Njokuani (170)
Nate
Landwehr (145.25) vs.
Jamall
Emmers (145)
Lupita
Godinez (115) vs.
Virna
Jandiroba (115)
Julio
Arce (147)* vs.
Herbert
Burns (145)
Dennis
Buzukja (145.25) vs.
Connor
Matthews (145)
Ibo
Aslan (205) vs.
Anton
Turkalj (205)
Victoria
Dudakova (125) vs.
Melissa
Gatto (125)
Jacob
Malkoun (185) vs.
Andre
Petroski (186)
Caolan
Loughran (135) vs.
Angel
Pacheco (135)
*Arce missed weight by 1 pound and has been fined a percentage
of his purse.