Gillian Robertson is a slight favorite against Cortney Casey at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov on Saturday, June 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is one of seven fights on the preliminary card on ESPN. Robertson is 7-4 in her career, while Casey is 9-7 in her career. There are a total of five fights on the main card on ESPN on Saturday night with the headliner a bout between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card, with all seven on ESPN and ESPN+.
Let’s look at the bout between Robertson and Casey and UFC predictions.
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Gillian Robertson (7-4, 4-2 UFC)
Robertson came into the UFC with a record of 3-2 and she has four wins and two losses in the UFC. She is coming off a loss to Maycee Barber last October by first round TKO. She had previously beaten Sarah Frota by 2nd round TKO in July of last year and Veronica Macedo by 2nd round submission in February of last year. She lost to Mayra Bueno Silva by first round submission in September of 2018. Her first two wins in the UFC were against Emily Whitemire by first round submission and Molly McCann by 2nd round submission. Robertson has been a pro since 2016. She has one win by TKO/KO and five by submission. She has two first round finishes.
Cortney Casey (9-7, 5-6 UFC)
Casey came into the UFC with a record of 4-1 and she has five wins and six losses in the UFC. She has two wins and three losses in her last five bouts. She just beat Mara Romero Borella last month, winning by first round submission. She previously lost to Cynthia Calvillo by unanimous decision in February. She won a split decision against Angela Hill in August of last year, but lost to Michelle Waterson by split decision in April of 2018 and lost a split decision to Felice Herrig in December of 2017. Casey has been a pro since 2013 and she has three wins by TKO/KO and three by submission. She has seven first round finishes.
Casey is fighting on a very short turnaround, but she said she came out of last month’s fight in good shape. “My job is to fight, that’s my job.” Casey said to the media, “They (UFC) called me, I talked it over with my coaches, I talked it over with Drakkar (Klose) I had to take a few moments to shake my arms out, move my legs, I really didn’t take that much damage (last fight) I’m good, my body is good to go and that’s pretty much what we decided. Might as well go out there and fight again.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Robertson 2.18/ Casey 4.72
Striking Accuracy: Robertson 50% / Casey 38%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Robertson 2.75/ Casey 4.63
Defense: Robertson 54% / Casey 53%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Robertson 3.44/ Casey 0.34
Takedown Accuracy: Robertson 47% / Casey 30%
Takedowns defended: Robertson 0% / Casey 39%
Submission average: Robertson 1.3 / Casey 0.7
UFC Predictions
This is a tough fight to call, as it really does look even. I do give a slight edge to Robertson, as she has the better overall stats, but Casey has fought better competition. I have to give the edge to Robertson simply because Casey is coming back on such short notice. I will take Robertson and I also lean to the rounds going over the total.
UFC on Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov takes place at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, June 20 with five fights on the main card, headlined by Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov and seven preliminary bouts. All 12 bouts will be shown on ESPN/ESPN+.
Main Card ESPN/ESPN+
Heavyweight - Curtis Blaydes -405 vs. Alexander Volkov
Featherweight - Shane Burgos -136 vs. Josh Emmett
Women's Bantamweight - Raquel Pennington -145 vs. Marion Reneau
Welterweight - Belal Muhammad -140 vs. Lyman Good
Catchweight (160 lbs) - Roosevelt Roberts -225 vs. Jim Miller
Preliminary card ESPN/ESPN+
Lightweight - Bobby Green -237 vs. Clay Guida
Women's Strawweight - Brianna Van Buren -207 vs. Tecia Torres
Middleweight - Oskar Piechota -135 vs. Marc-André Barriault
Women's Flyweight - Gillian Robertson -125 vs. Cortney Casey
Lightweight - Frank Camacho -115 vs. Matt Frevola
Women's Flyweight - Roxanne Modafferi -120 vs. Lauren Murphy
Lightweight - Max Rohskopf -170 vs. Austin Hubbard
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