On May 31, 2025, the UFC Apex in Las Vegas will host a pivotal women’s flyweight main event between top contenders Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber. This bout headlines UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Barber, also known as UFC on ESPN 68 or UFC Vegas 107.

If you are as addicted to UFC as we are, a single week off can be hard and coming back to a UFC Apex card can make things thougher.

However, there are some great fights on this one, including a high-stake main event.

Erin Blanchfield vs Maycee Barber

Nathalia Silva has likely secured the next title shot with her recent performance against the former champion Alexa Grasso, but the winner of Blanchfield (ranked #4) and Barber (ranked #5) could fight the winner of the likely upcoming Shevchenko vs Silva title fight.

It's a fascinating fight as both women are in similar places in their career. The have very similar records, almost the same age, and they even have similar heights and reach:

Barber is on a 6-fight win streak, but she is the underdog against Blanchfield who has only lost once in the UFC: to Manon Fiorot, which just unsuccessfully challenged for the title.

She has since bounced back with an impressive victory Rose Namajunas, in which she performed especially well in the championship rounds.

In fact, Blanchfield's last 2 fights were 5-round fights while Barber never had a 5-round fight in the UFC.

That's likely partly why Blanchfield is a significant favorite coming into the fight:

When it comes to the stats, they are extremely close. Combat Edge is the best place to compare UFC fighters' stats with easy visualization straight from our fight page. Here you can access all fight pages for the UFC Vegas 107 event.

Here are the stats for Blanchfiel vs Barber:

As you can see, very close on the striking with Blanchfield getting the edge and volume, but she gets hit more than Barber.

What's harder to tell from the stats is that Barber likely has a power advantage.

On the ground, we can see that Blanchfield has a decent advantage in takedowns landed and a way more pronounced advantage with her submission game.

The stat that likely contributes the most in making Blanchfield the favorite is Barber's 54% takedown defense, which is below division average.

Smart money is on Blanchfield holding her own against Barber on the feet and being able to get the fight on the ground, where she can get ahead.

However, this is MMA and anything can happen.

Mateusz Gamrot vs Ľudovít Klein

In this one, Klein gets a shot at a top 10 ranking in facing Gamrot (ranked #7).

The odds have been extremely close between the two and they were virtually a coin flip on Saturday, but Gamrot has now made some gains for a 56% chance of winning on Polymarket as of time of writing:

Klein lost two fights early in his UFC career and because of it, many don't see him as potential top 10 contender.

But he hasn't lost a fight since 2021 and since moving to the lightweight division, in which he even holds a win against Ignacio Bahamondes, who has since been on an impressive 3-fight first-round finish streak.

Gamrot has more UFC losses, but two of them were close split decisions, including his last fight versus Dan Hooker. He holds wins against Jalin Turner and Arman Tsarukyan.

The stats are really interesting in this one:

They are both coming below the average in striking volumes, but for different reasons: Gamrot likes to wrestle and Klein is a power puncher.

On the other hand, they both get hit less than the average.

They are both coming above the division average when it comes to the takedowns. However, Gamrot is the wrestler in this fight and hits about 3 times as many takedowns as Klein.

He also holds a slight advantage in submissions, but they both haven't been significant submission threats in the UFC.

Dustin Jacoby vs Bruno Lopes

Jacoby vs Lopes is another interesting match-up on this Apex card.

Lopes is a relatively newcomer in the UFC's light heavyweight division. He punched his ticket with a TKO on the Contender Series last year and then took Gadzhiysalov's 'O' in his debut earlier this year.

This is a striker versus grappler. Lopes landed 5 takedowns in his debut and he has 5 submission wins. His only loss is to Brendson Ribeiro in his first bout on the Contender Series. Ribeiro is since on a two-fight win streak in the UFC.

Jacoby is a high level kickboxer who got back into the UFC through the Contender Series in 2020 and then went on an incredible 7-fight unbeaten streak. However, he ran into some incredible competition and went 1 in 5 after that.

He came back to the winning column in December 2024 with a knockout win against Vitor Petrino.

The stats are pretty clear in this one. If Jacoby can keep things standing, it should be a good night for him, but Lopes could ruin his night with a few well-timed takedowns:

Jacoby is a slight favorite, but Lopes is a live dog considering Jacoby's below average takedown defense.

Here's the full fight card:

Main Card (9:00 PM ET on ESPN/ESPN+):

  • Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber

  • Lightweight: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Ľudovít Klein

  • Welterweight: Seok Hyun Ko vs. Billy Ray Goff

  • Light Heavyweight: Dustin Jacoby vs. Bruno Lopes

  • Middleweight: Zach Reese vs. Duško Todorović

  • Flyweight: Allan Nascimento vs. Jafel Filho

Preliminary Card (6:00 PM ET on ESPN+):

  • Catchweight (180 lbs): Trevin Giles vs. Andreas Gustafsson

  • Bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira vs. Macy Chiasson

  • Welterweight: Oban Elliott vs. Ramiz Brahimaj

  • Lightweight: Jordan Leavitt vs. Kurt Holobaugh

  • Lightweight: MarQuel Mederos vs. Bolaji Oki

  • Strawweight: Rayanne dos Santos vs. Alice Ardelean