Amanda Ribas expects a different Mackenzie Dern in | MMA News
A girls’s strawweight bout headlines the struggle UFC occasion of 2025 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. Sixth ranked Mackenzie Dern (14-5) takes on eighth ranked Amanda Ribas (13-5) in a rematch.
The two first fought UFC Fight Night 161 in October 2019. Ribas handed Dern her first profession loss. Six years faraway from their first assembly, Ribas accepted the rematch for the chance to get nearer to a title struggle.
“This fight is really important for me and for her because we already fought against Virna [Jandiroba]. She is No. 3, so for me, in my mind, if I win this fight I can go to another fight and then to the belt. So it’s real important,” Ribas advised Sherdog.com.
In their first struggle, Ribas gained each spherical defeating Dern by unanimous resolution. Heading into Saturday’s rematch, Ribas is aware of they’re each different fighters than they had been in 2019.
“I know we are both different fighters. I saw that she’s getting better in boxing, so I can expect her faster,” Ribas stated. “I am different too. We’re working really hard.”
“I see this fight going different because my punch is harder. I know that. I know that I’m kicking more. I’m training a lot of takedowns too and how to defend that takedowns because in the first fight she almost took me down,” Ribas continued. “This (fight) I know this will be different because we are different athletes.”
Ribas will enter the rematch coming off a resolution loss to former champion Rose Namajunas in a flyweight bout. Dern snapped a two-fight skid in her final outing, defeating Loopy Godinez by way of resolution.
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