The UFC Apex in Las Vegas hosted the primary UFC occasion of 2025 on Saturday. A rematch between sixth-ranked ladies’s strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern confronted eighth ranked Amanda Ribas headlined the struggle card.
The 2 first fought UFC Battle Evening 161 in October 2019. Ribas handed Dern her first profession loss. Six years faraway from their first assembly, each ladies entered Saturday’s showdown very completely different fighters.
Dern linked first with a leg kick. Ribas pressed ahead lacking with a counter. Dern landed a mixture. Ribas countered with a mixture. Dern continued to ship leg kicks Halfway by way of the spherical, Dern closed the gap and took Ribas down. Ribas managed Dern’s postured holding her shut. Dern spent the final half of the spherical in prime place however was unable to inflict injury. MMAWeekly scored the spherical 10-9 for Dern.
Ribas pressed ahead to start out the second body. Dern seemed to get the struggle to the bottom however Ribas ended up on prime. She labored inside Dern’s guard staying energetic sufficient to not get stood up. She peppered Dern with punches to the physique and head. Dern remoted an arm and used it to reverse Ribas. Dern ended the spherical on prime however MMAWeekly scored it for Ribas.
They traded leg kicks to start out the third. Ribas picked up her output. Dern clinched Thad seemed to get the struggle to the bottom however Ribas fended off the try. Whereas within the clinch, Ribas tripped Dern to the canvas. Dern once more remoted an arm and prolonged. Ribas tried to struggle off the armbar try however was pressured to faucet out.
The official time of the end was 4:56 of the third spherical.
