Montclair State Student Erin Blanchfield Continues to Work Towards Her MMA Dreams
On Feb. 7, 2020, inside a room before a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight, a fighter gets ready. She is one of three people with her coach and father alongside her. Instead of plugging her headphones or earbuds into her phone, she enjoys listening to the sound in the room. Eventually, Erin Blanchfield walks into the MMA cage located at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, and the fight begins. She wins by a second round knockout with punches after a head kick against Victoria Leonardo. “I talk...