In the feature bout of the UFC 288 main card, women’s strawweights Jessica Andrade and Yan Xiaonan are set to meet in a top 10 contender bout. Will the former champion Andrade be able to bounce back from a loss to get back into the top of the strawweight division?
Read along for a betting analysis, preview, and an Andrade vs Xiaonan prediction ahead of submitting your picks for this weekend’s slate of fights.
Andrade vs. Xiaonan Information
Jessica Andrade vs Yan Xiaonan
Location of the fight: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey.
Date and Time: Saturday, May 6, 2023. 10 PM ET.
How to Watch: ESPN+
Last Fight Record
Andrade is trying to bounce back from a tough submission loss to Erin Blanchfield.
Xiaonan is riding the momentum of her win over Mackenzie Dern in October of 2022.
Andrade vs. Xiaonan Betting Analysis
Jessica Andrade
Andrade is a future UFC Hall of Famer, and a former world champion. She has been in the octagon with a lot of the best fighters in women’s UFC history. The Brazilian is 24-10, with 17 finishes–getting finished 7 times.
She has fought everyone from Liz Carmouche a decade ago, to her battles with Raquel Pennington, Jessica Penne, Joanne Wood, Rose Namajuna, Joanna, and Shevchenko. There is no way that Xiaonan will bring anything to the table that Andrade hasn’t dealt with before. That gives us a lot of confidence in her.
Yan Xiaonan
Xiaonan is an upcoming contender in the strawweight division. Looking to give her fellow Chinese fighter (Zhang Weilei) a new challenge to defend her title against. Xiaonan is 16-3 with 7 TKO/KOs in her pro-MMA career.
She has averaged over 5.45 significant strikes landed per minute. And only 3.53 significant strikes were absorbed in that minute in the UFC octagon. With a spectacular performance, Xiaonan has a strong case for a title elimination implications in her UFC next fight.
Updates
No injuries have been reported to the UFC or New Jersey Athletic Commission.
Andrade vs. Xiaonan Betting Preview
With a stacked card coming to the UFC this weekend, this women’s strawweight fight seems like one of the least exciting. That is a false narrative with women’s fights, because both Andrade and Xiaonan have been known to put on some incredible performances.
The former champion Andrade is a -205 betting favorite heading into this weekend against the +175 Xiaonan. This fight is currently at -130 to go the distance, even with the power of Andrade.
Even though Andrade just got finished by Blanchfield, Xianon is +600 to win inside the distance this Saturday.
The pace will be very fast in this 3-round fight–Andrade will always be in shape to push the pace for 15 minutes, will Xiaonan be ready for that kind of pressure?
Also, Andrade will be making her 3rd walk to the octagon in the first half of 2023. Will she be durable and ready for this battle of elite striking? The Andrade vs Xiaonan prediction will depend a lot on what version of Jessica Andrade we see on Saturday.
Andrade vs. Xiaonan Betting Prediction
Assuming Andrade is coming into this weekend in shape, and focused on executing her game plan. She has advantages all across the board over Xiaonan.
Andrade is going to fight with a lot of confidence in her own power. She will be walking down Xiaonan, looking to land heavy punches, kicks, and lead to level changes.
- The official Andrade vs Xiaonan prediction is that Andrade will get back into the winning column and get her hand raised on Saturday night.
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