Can Blanchfield get Andrade down and keep her there?

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are back to break down this week’s UFC event at the Apex Facility in Las Vegas, NV. With picks and odds for every fight on the card. From Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield in the main event down to Clayton Carpenter vs. Juancamilo Ronderos in the opening prelim.

It’s really kind of the UFC to rent out the Octagon to KOTC this week. The main event represents a big step up for Erin Blanchfield, taking on former strawweight champ Jéssica Andrade. Everything after that is filler.

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For those looking to dive deeper into a card that feels as though it’s all just undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.

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Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 69 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 7pm/4pm ET&PT

Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield — Picks, Both: Andrade | At 8:14, Odds 20:32
Zac Pauga vs. Jordan Wright — Picks, Zane: Pauga, Connor: Wright | At 22:35, Odds 29:48
Josh Parisian vs. Jamal Pogues — Picks, Zane: Parisian, Connor: Pogues | At 32:46, Odds 41:47
William Knight vs. Marcin Prachnio — Picks, Both: Prachnio | At 43:04, Odds 50:16
Jim Miller vs. Alexander Hernandez — Picks, Both: Miller | At 50:53, Odds 1:05:16

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4pm/1pm ET&PT

Nazim Sadykhov vs. Evan Elder — Picks, Both: Sadykhov | At 1:24, Odds 11:36
Lina Lansberg vs. Mayra Bueno Silva — Picks, Both: Bueno Silva | At 12:57, Odds 20:08
Jamal Emmers vs. Khusein Askhabov — Picks, Both: Askhabov | At 20:27, Odds 31:09
Ovince St. Preux vs. Philipe Lins — Picks, Both: Lins | At 32:15, Odds 37:29
AJ Fletcher vs. Themba Gorimbo — Picks, Both: Fletcher | At 37:43, Odds – Skipped
Juancamilo Ronderos vs. Clayton Carpenter — Picks, Both: Carpenter | At 44:51, Odds 53:54

For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:

For our last event, UFC 284 ‘Makhachev vs. Volkanovski’:

Zane picked 10/13 for 77% and Connor also picked 10/13 for 77%

Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC 283 in Jan, 2023:

Zane went 835/1293 for 64.6% and Connor went 790/1293 for 61.1%

2023 Stats:

Zane is 35/51 for 69% and Connor is 36/51 for 71%

2022 Stats:

Zane went 330/505 for 65% and Connor went 312/505 for 62%

2021 Stats:

Zane went 305/493 for 65% and Connor went 285/493 for 59%

July-Dec 2020 Stats:

Zane went 164/244 for 67% and Connor went 157/244 for 64%

Stats Reference Spreadsheet: Vivi Picks Stats_2.16.23.pdf

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