UFC Vegas 107: Blanchfield Vs. Barber Full Fight Card
After a one-week break, the UFC returns to business on Saturday, May 31, for the UFC Vegas 107 fight card. The event, which takes place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, has a pivotal women's flyweight matchup at the top of the card. In that scrap, the No. 4 ranked Erin Blanchfield battles the No. 5 ranked Maycee Barber.
Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber
Mateusz Gamrot vs. Ľudovít Klein
Billy Ray Goff vs. Ko Seok-hyun
Dustin Jacoby vs. Bruno Lopes
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Oban Elliott
Zachary Reese vs. Duško Todorovi
Jafel Filho vs. Allan Nascimento
Ketlen Vieira vs. Macy Chiasson
Trevin Giles vs. Andreas Gustafsson
Kurt Holobaugh vs. Jordan Leavitt
MarQuel Mederos vs. Bolaji Oki
Rayanne dos Santos vs. Alice Ardelean
Blanchfield (13-2) is the No. 4 fighter in the official UFC women's flyweight rankings. The 26-year-old Blanchfield was riding a nine-fight winning streak when she faced Manon Fiorot in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card in March 2024. Fiorot won that bout with ease, ringing up three 50-45 scores from the judges. The victory earned Fiorot a UFC 315 matchup against UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, a bout Shevchenko won via decision.
Blanchfield took a step back toward a title fight in November when she scored a decision win over former UFC women's strawweight champion Rose Namajunas.
Barber (14-2) is the No. 5 fighter in the UFC women's 125-pound division. She opened her UFC career with a 3-2 record, but is undefeated since dropping back-to-back decisions to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso in 2020 and 2021.
The 27-year-old Barber is riding a six-fight winning streak heading into UFC Vegas 107. Her most recent victory was a March 2024 decision win over Katlyn Cerminara.
Barber was schedule to face Rose Namajunas in July 2024, but she dropped out of that fight due to illness. Barber later revealed she had Epstein-barr virus.
In December she told Morning Kombat, "Everything's going great now. It has been a long journey. I was so bummed when – well, first of all, I was so excited to fight Rose because not only was I fighting Rose, but I was also fighting in Denver where I made my UFC debut. So for me, it was my first main event.
"It was a very huge opportunity for me, and I was so excited and then I was devastated when I was told, 'Hey look, you're not going to fight on this card.' Obviously the health is more important. So I was very devastated, but I have made a lot of progress coming forward, and I can't wait to be back."
We will have more on the UFC Vegas 107 fight card as fight night nears, including betting odds, picks, predictions and more. As well as full fight card results, reactions and highlights on fight night.
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