The UFC's 2025 event schedule begins at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card, UFC Vegas 101, is headlined by a strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern (14-5 MMA) and Amanda Ribas (13-5 MMA).
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Since, both have taken their own path forward toward title contention. Ribas is 2-2 in her last four, with her most recent win coming against Luana Pinheiro in Nov. 2023 with a third-round TKO. Her last fight came against former champion Rose Namajunas last March, losing a decision.
It’s a new year, a fresh start, and the UFC is finally back in action this Saturday following a three-week hiatus with UFC Vegas 101, headlined by a women’s strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas.
Five years or so ago, it was Ribas coming away with a decision win over the storied BJJ champion. Now, both ladies are looking to prove how much they have improved and how far they have come since that first encounter, early in both of their respective careers with the company.
In the UFC Vegas 101 co-main event, Santiago Ponzinibbio is paired up with Carlston Harris, with both welterweights hitting the odd speed bump of late.
The UFC has turned the calendar page and starts a particularly busy stretch with a Fight Night show at its Las Vegas home base, where strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas headline a 14-bout show in the rematch of their first get-together from 2019.
Ribas was a unanimous decision winner that night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. and she arrives to the second bout as the eighth-ranked contender at 115 pounds, two spots behind the sixth-ranked Dern, who's won seven of 11 bouts since and earned a unanimous verdict over Loopy Godínez last summer in Abu Dhabi.
The promotion will take its pay-per-view act to southern California next weekend before crossing the Atlantic for a Fight Night show on February 1 in Saudi Arabia and another pay-per-view event on February 8 in Sydney, Australia.
The B/R combat team is in position for Saturday's show at the Apex and will deliver a real-time list of its definitive winners and losers. Take a look at what we come up with and drop a thought or two of your own in the app comments.
For Dern, she is seeking her 10th UFC win in an attempt to win two in a row. She saidearlier this week to UFC.com she's had time to reflect on the loss to adjust her gameplan.
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Since, both have taken their own path forward toward title contention. Ribas is 2-2 in her last four, with her most recent win coming against Luana Pinheiro in Nov. 2023 with a third-round TKO. Her last fight came against former champion Rose Namajunas last March, losing a decision.
It’s a new year, a fresh start, and the UFC is finally back in action this Saturday following a three-week hiatus with UFC Vegas 101, headlined by a women’s strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas.
Five years or so ago, it was Ribas coming away with a decision win over the storied BJJ champion. Now, both ladies are looking to prove how much they have improved and how far they have come since that first encounter, early in both of their respective careers with the company.
In the UFC Vegas 101 co-main event, Santiago Ponzinibbio is paired up with Carlston Harris, with both welterweights hitting the odd speed bump of late.
The UFC has turned the calendar page and starts a particularly busy stretch with a Fight Night show at its Las Vegas home base, where strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas headline a 14-bout show in the rematch of their first get-together from 2019.
Ribas was a unanimous decision winner that night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. and she arrives to the second bout as the eighth-ranked contender at 115 pounds, two spots behind the sixth-ranked Dern, who's won seven of 11 bouts since and earned a unanimous verdict over Loopy Godínez last summer in Abu Dhabi.
The promotion will take its pay-per-view act to southern California next weekend before crossing the Atlantic for a Fight Night show on February 1 in Saudi Arabia and another pay-per-view event on February 8 in Sydney, Australia.
The B/R combat team is in position for Saturday's show at the Apex and will deliver a real-time list of its definitive winners and losers. Take a look at what we come up with and drop a thought or two of your own in the app comments.
For Dern, she is seeking her 10th UFC win in an attempt to win two in a row. She saidearlier this week to UFC.com she's had time to reflect on the loss to adjust her gameplan.