JJ Aldrich vs Veronica Hardy Prediction: Battle of two top Current Best Female Flyweight fighters

The fight between JJ Aldrich and Veronica Hardy is a preliminary card in the Ultimate Flyweight Ultimate Fight Night. This fight will be live-streamed via ESPN for MMA fans. This fight will be held in the early hours of Sunday at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, US. The American JJ Aldrich, with a professional record of 13 wins in 19 fights, is relatively higher than the Venezuelan worldwide champion Veronica Hardy, who has a record of 8 wins in 12 fights.

The number 20 current best female flyweight fighter, who also doubles as the number 73 current best pound-for-pound female MMA fighter, JJ Aldrich, has an amateur record of 7 wins and four losses and a professional record of 13 wins and 6 losses. Her amateur career spanned between 2010 and 2014, during which she fought 11 times, winning against Margaret Bloom, Heather Smith, Stacey Sigala, Kailin Curran, Angie Pereira, Jen Pomante, and Ashley Greenway, while losing against Raquel Pennington, Katrina Teer, Lindsay Jones, and Rachael Ostovich. She began her professional career on September 6, 2014, winning through a unanimous decision against Delaney Bailey in the strawweight division. In 2015, she fought only twice in the strawweight division, losing against Jamie Moyle while winning against Rosa Acevedo through knockout. She fought five times in 2016, in four strawweight divisions and one flyweight division, winning two strawweight division bouts against Kristi Lopez and Lynn Alvarez through unanimous decisions. She also won one flyweight division bout in 2015 against Kathina Lowe through knockout in Round 1. She lost two strawweight division bouts against Tatiana Suarez and Juliana Lima, the latter by unanimous decision. She had three winning streaks through unanimous decisions in her last game in 2017 and her two only games in 2018 against Chan Mi Jeon, Danielle Taylor, and Polyana Viana, respectively, in the welterweight division. In 2019, she won against Lauren Mueller through a unanimous decision in the flyweight division and lost against Sabina Mazo in the flyweight division through a split decision. After the loss, she had three consecutive decision wins from 2021 to 2022 against Cortney Cassey, Vanessa Demopoulos, and Gillian Robertson, all in the flyweight division. Two more losses were against Erin Blanchfield and Ariana Lipski, respectively, the former through a knockout in Round 2. She won her last two games in the flyweight division against Na Liang and Montana De La Rosa. The former through a knockout in Round 2, and the latter through a unanimous decision. Having recorded 13 wins in her professional MMA career fights, she aims to make it 14 by winning against Veronica Hardy on the 11th of May.

The Team House MMA fighter, who also belongs to the Great Britain Top Team, currently ranks number 31 as the best female flyweight and number 94 as the best pound-pound female MMA fighter. She has an amateur record of 2 wins and 0 losses against Angela Danzig and Chrissy Audin in the flyweight division. She has a professional record of 8 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw. Her first professional MMA fight took place on the 12th of March, 2016, in Kleine Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, where she beat Anne Merkt through a split decision in the catchweight division. Since then, she has kept five winning streaks against Camilla Hinze, Lilla Vincze, Valérie Domergue, and Karine Gervogyan, with only two knockout victories for Veronica Hardy. After her win against Kerine, she lost three consecutive fights against Ashlee Evans-Smith, Andrea Lee, and Gillian Robertson, two knockout victories for Ashlee and Gillian in the bantamweight and flyweight divisions, respectively. Veronica’s last fight in 2019 was a knockout win against Polyana Viana, while her only game in 2020 was a decision loss against Bea Malecki in the bantamweight division. Presently, she is on a winning streak, having won two consecutive fights against Juliana Miller and Jamey-Lyn Horth in the 2023 Flyweight Championship. Veronica looks to complete her 3rd winning streak by winning against JJ Aldrich on May 11, 2024, in St. Louis.

Aldrich has a higher winning percentage than Hardy. Aldrich is not only higher in age than Hardy but also has more winnings (13) than Hardy (8). This shows that Aldrich is more experienced than Hardy. Physically, J.J. Aldrich has more height than Veronica Hardy. Aldrich also has more reach than Hardy. With the above, JJ Aldrich can run through Veronica Hardy at UFC St. Louis. My prediction for JJ Aldrich and Veronica Hardy's fight is that the Americans will win early with a knockout worthy of a performance of the night bonus.