Amanda Ribas and Mackenzie Dern will headline the primary UFC occasion of 2025.
On Wednesday, MMA Preventing confirmed that the deliberate strawweight rematch between Ribas and Dern which was set for UFC Tampa has been pulled from the cardboard and moved to function the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 101 on Jan. 11. Alex Behunin was first to report the change.
Ribas and Dern beforehand confronted off at a UFC Tampa occasion in October 2019, with Ribas taking a unanimous resolution and handing Dern the primary lack of her skilled profession. Since that win, Ribas (13-5) amassed a 5-4 report within the promotion, bouncing between each the strawweight and flyweight divisions. Most just lately, Ribas competed up at 125 kilos, dropping a unanimous resolution to Rose Namajunas at UFC Vegas 89.
Dern (14-5) has fared barely higher, accumulating a 7-4 report, all at strawweight. Most just lately, Dern received a unanimous resolution over Loopy Godinez at UFC Abu Dhabi in August.
Guilherme Cruz and Damon Martin contributed to this report.
