Rose Namajunas

Like, there is a good chance, the, you know, a non-zero chance here that Erin Blanchfield hits some takedowns, but I think the longer this fight is on the feet, the worse and worse and worse and worse it looks for Erin Blanchfield.

Um, and, and like I know we see her as this, like, top level grappler, and she should be seen as that top level grappler, but like, what has she done wrestling-wise that really makes you feel good recently? Is it the, the Ofer against Manon Fiorot in the takedowns there? Is it the two of eight against straw weight Rose Namajunas? You know, like, those don't make me feel good about her takedown abilities.

And, and you know, maybe, I guess, two out of three against Tracy Cortez is okay, but I tend to think the physicality of Jasmine Jasudavicius is a lot better than Tracy Cortez, right? Like, she's very, very physically imposing when it comes to her gr- I mean, like, look at, look at what she did against Fatima Klein when Fatima Klein came up and took that fight at, at flyweight.

Mm-hmm.

She put Klein on her ass four times in that fight.

She decided that she wanted to win this fight by being like, "I'm gonna grind out Fatima Klein." Granted, Fa- Fatima Klein isn't a 115-er, but like, you, I mean, you could say the same thing about Erin Blanchfield trying to out wrestle Rose Namajunas.

And, and I think as long as Jasmine keeps her length, pumps that jab out, frustrates her with a pair of takedown defenses, I think she could win this fight.

And I think, like, you could even use, granted it is a while ago and, and Erin's gotten better, but like, use the way that JJ Aldrich looked early in that fight with, with Blanchfield, where it, like, looked like she couldn't get a takedown in that fight before eventually getting, was it a standing guillotine or something like that?

She's got a lot of experience, and again, her wins, Taylor Santos, this is a nice win.

Tracy Cortez, Rose Namajunas, where she was able to outwrestle her.

She was able to outstrike her, um, outgrapple her.

This is a former world champion who's at the top of the level.

How does Rose do against Jasmine Jasdavicius? I, I would pick Rose Namajunas personally, but they like Canadians, and Jas is marketable, and I know people have different opinions, but like I, personally, I really like her and I think she's marketable.

I, I think the UFC sees that as well, and they've given her some easier fights.

A couple fights ago they were like, "We're going to craft you this path to a title shot." But you haven't had to fight the top girls in the division, but, you know, we'll book you on these Canadian shows and, yeah, you can say, well, Jessica Andrade was a former champion too.

She's already fought in five round fights.

So should be interesting.

Like, Aaron Blanchfield, she, she beat Rose.

Yeah.

She had nine, she had nine minutes of control time against Rose Namajunas.

Yeah.

Um, so yeah.

Blanchfield pulled out due to injury.

So for Aaron, this will be her first appearance since she submitted Rose Namajunas.

And that was last November at UFC 322.

Alexa Grosso has those two big wins since, though.

Mm-hmm

... uh, Rose Namajunas-

Yep

... and then one other.

some of the other top names who have lost to her.

Andrade, Grazzo, Namajunas.

Remember those names? We'll talk about that later on.

Pizzi, how are you, my friend? How's everything? What's the crack?

Well, she's ranked number eight.

Rankings are, you know, if you look at what she's done in her body of work, she's 10-1.

I was just saying, she beat Rose Namajunas, she beat Andrade, she beat Drazo, and she beat Valentina Shevchenko in a kickboxing match.

So, you know, as you look through the roster and look at who Shevchenko has beat and cleaned out, She's the one that should be fighting on Saturday night.