Initially slated to co-headline UFC Tampa subsequent week, a rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Brazilian star, Amanda Ribas is now on deck to take foremost occasion honors at UFC Vegas 101 on Janaury 11. from the Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dern, the present quantity six ranked strawweight contender, most lately snapped a two-fight shedding skid again in August at UFC Combat Evening Saudi Arabia, touchdown a unanimous choice win over Mexican contender, Crazy Godinez in her first win in over a yr.
As for Ribas, the Minas Gerais native most lately dropped a foremost occasion conflict with former two-time divisional titleholder, Rose Namajunas at UFC Vegas 89 in March of this yr — in what got here as a quick return to the flyweight restrict.
Mackenzie Dern set to rematch Amanda Ribas at UFC Vegas 101 in January
And scheduled to co-headline UFC Combat Evening Tampa subsequent weekend beneath a welterweight foremost occasion between former interim champion, Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley, based on MMA Mania reporter, Alex Behunin, a rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas is now on deck for UFC Vegas 101.
The primary UFC foremost occasion of 2025 might be Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas, per sources,” Behunin posted on X. “They were supposed to collide next week at UFC Tampa but have been switched to #UFCVegas101.”
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The primary UFC foremost occasion of 2025 might be Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas, per sources.
They had been purported to collide subsequent week at UFC Tampa however have been switched to #UFCVegas101https://t.co/kVwHskAjxj
— Alex Behunin (@AlexBehunin) December 3, 2024
FIrst preventing at UFC Combat Evening Tampa again in 2019, Dern would endure her first skilled loss in a unanimous choice defeat to the above-mentioned Brazilian contender, Ribas.
Within the time since, Dern, a embellished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu participant has racked up notable skilled wins over the likes of Virna Jandiroba, Nina Nunes, Tecia Pennington, Angela Hill, and the beforehand talked about, Godinez.
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Nonetheless holding the quantity ten rank on the flyweight restrict, 13-5 contender, Ribas has racked up 4 knockout wins over her skilled profession to go together with an extra 4 submission successes.
Since her transfer to the UFC again in 2019, Ribas has bested the likes of Randa Markos, Paige VanZant, common-foe, Virna Jandiroba, Viviane Araujo, and Luana Pinheiro.
