Jasmine Jasudavicius wants the UFC women’s flyweight title next, and she wants it at UFC 336, MMA Sucka reported. That card is already announced for a return to Toronto in January, per MMA Fighting, which would give the Canadian a home-country crowd for the biggest fight of her career.
The ask comes on the heels of last Saturday’s co-main event at UFC Edmonton, where Jasudavicius walked in as the underdog and walked out with a clear decision over Erin Blanchfield. She used her grappling to shut Blanchfield down through the first two rounds, and by the final horn there was zero suspense about the scorecards. That’s a big deal against Blanchfield, whose entire reputation is built on being the better grappler in the cage. Jasudavicius is only the second woman to beat her in the UFC.
At the post-fight press conference, Jasudavicius said she thought Blanchfield had overlooked her. “I do think that she did underestimate me,” she said. “She’s obviously a talented grappler, but I’m big, I’m strong, I’m really good at grappling.”
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The win puts her at two straight and seven of her last eight. Before Edmonton, she rebounded from a loss to Manon Fiorot with a decision over Karine Silva.
The Champion Problem
The belt currently belongs to Natalia Silva, who beat Wang Cong at UFC 332 to claim the vacant title while longtime champion Valentina Shevchenko is out injured. If Shevchenko can’t return soon, the door could open for Jasudavicius.
The complication is history. Silva won a lopsided decision over Jasudavicius at UFC Austin in 2022. Jasudavicius argued that the fight tells you very little about a rematch now, since she went in with no real information on Silva and has changed a lot as a fighter since. “I would definitely prepare different for that fight and I think it makes sense for our paths to cross again,” she said.
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There’s also an outside-the-cage subplot. Ariel Helwani reported on X that the Manitoba commission fined Jasudavicius $10,000 after accusing her of having a Zyn pouch in her mouth during a past fight. Jasudavicius told Helwani the commission framed the fine as her best option, with a six-month or indefinite suspension as the alternative, and that UFC executive Jeff Novitzky planned to call the commission to try to recover some of the money. Helwani didn’t hold back. “Shame on the Manitoba commission,” he wrote, adding that it “Legit just stole 10k from a fighter, with no concrete proof it was what they thought it was.”
Quick Take
I’d book it. Blanchfield was supposed to be the grappling problem nobody at 125 could solve, and Jasudavicius solved it as an underdog without needing all three rounds to do it. That’s the profile of someone who has earned a crack at the champion. The 2022 loss to Silva is a real mark against her, but four years is a lifetime at flyweight, and a fighter who can out-wrestle Blanchfield is a very different puzzle from the one Silva saw in Austin. I’d still lean Silva in a rematch, narrowly, because her striking volume makes takedown entries expensive. Give me Silva vs. Jasudavicius 2 in Toronto in January and let Shevchenko’s recovery timeline sort out who gets the winner.
