UFC fighter Amanda Ribas had a current encounter with a stalker.
Ribas says earlier than her UFC Vegas 89 principal occasion in opposition to Rose Namajunas, a Ukrainian man reportedly tried to satisfy Ribas a number of occasions. The Brazilian says she met the person throughout her UFC 251 combat week in opposition to Paige VanZant.
Since then, Ribas says the person has been making an attempt to satisfy her and speak to him, which has creeped her out.
“I don’t keep in mind his title, however he was a little bit of a loopy man,” Amanda Ribas instructed Ag. Battle (through MMAFighting). “On the primary day, I arrived on the resort — normally the followers are there for us to signal one thing, take an image — however this citizen was somewhat loopy. He saved screaming, ‘Lovely, lovely, lovely.’ That very same day, the man on the entrance desk known as my room and stated, ‘Amanda, Alex is right here desirous to go upstairs.’ Besides that Alex is the title of my supervisor. I stated, ‘Hey, the sensei is right here now’. He went and stated a loopy final title, I stated, ‘I don’t know.’ I assumed that was type of bizarre.
“The following day, once we arrived once more on the reception, the younger man was ready. However he stated he wished to speak to me, and I stated I couldn’t in the mean time. He spoke to my father, handed him a letter, a bracelet and a teddy bear. Thus far, so regular, as a result of it’s one thing that occurs. I even prefer it, I like to get items. Then I learn within the letter that he was in love with me as a person since 2020, that he met me in Abu Dhabi.”
“We went to do a little analysis. This younger man, on his social community, it was written that I used to be his spouse, that he lived in such and such a rustic and was going to maneuver to [my hometown] Varginha [Minas Gerais, Brazil]. There was an image of a teddy bear, everybody in my household, saying, ‘That is Marcelo, that is Arthur, that is Mirelly, that is Amanda, my spouse’. I had some loopy enterprise.”
Together with the items, the fighter reportedly received into the UFC PI and instructed folks he was Amanda Ribas’ spouse.
“The opposite day, this citizen managed to get into the P.I., I don’t know the way, and he was telling folks that I used to be his spouse,” Ribas laughed. “[My manager] Alex [Davis] came upon about it first, then he instructed me. Then he notified the UFC and so they left a safety guard with me 24 hours a day to be much more protected. Plainly they came upon that he’s a fighter, and he couldn’t combat in an occasion as a result of he had taken a sword (laughs).”
Amanda Ribas Coming Off Loss To Rose Namajunas
In her final combat at UFC Vegas 91, Amanda Ribas suffered a five-round choice loss to Rose Namajuans.
Ribas has alternated wins and losses in seven fights, as she’s 3-4 throughout that stretch and is 7-4 total within the UFC. Earlier than the loss to Namajunas, Ribas scored a knockout win over Luana Pinheiro. In her UFC profession, Amanda Ribas has notable wins over Paige VanZant, Mackenzie Dern, and Viviane Araujo.
Ribas is presently ranked eighth at strawweight and ninth at flyweight as she’s been competing in each weight courses. She doesn’t have her subsequent combat booked.
