UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2
| UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 11, 2025 | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 249, UFC Vegas 101 and UFC on ESPN+ 107) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on January 11, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
Background
[edit]A women's strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas is scheduled to headline this event.[2] They were originally scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley on December 14, 2024 but the bout was moved to this event in order to serve as the main event.[3] The duo previously met at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson in October 2019, where Ribas won by unanimous decision.[4]
A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion Germaine de Randamie and former LFA Women's Bantamweight Champion Jacqueline Cavalcanti was reportedly scheduled for this event.[5] However, de Randamie announced her retirement and the bout was scrapped.[6][7]
Fight card
[edit]| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Mackenzie Dern | vs. | Amanda Ribas | ||||
| Middleweight | Chris Curtis | vs. | Roman Kopylov | ||||
| Middleweight | César Almeida | vs. | Abdul Razak Alhassan | ||||
| Featherweight | Christian Rodriguez | vs. | Austin Bashi | ||||
| Welterweight | Santiago Ponzinibbio | vs. | Carlston Harris | ||||
| Welterweight | Punahele Soriano | vs. | Uroš Medić | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Marco Tulio | vs. | Ihor Potieria | ||||
| Lightweight | Thiago Moisés | vs. | Trey Ogden | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Magomed Gadzhiyasulov | vs. | Bruno Lopes | ||||
| Flyweight | Jose Johnson | vs. | Felipe Bunes | ||||
| Lightweight | Nurullo Aliev | vs. | Yanal Ashmouz | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Ernesta Kareckaitė | vs. | Nicolle Caliari | ||||
| Welterweight | Preston Parsons | vs. | Andreas Gustafsson | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Fatima Kline | vs. | Victoria Dudakova | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nolan King (2024-11-16). "UFC announces 2025 schedule including slew of new events". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ Alexander Behunin (2024-12-03). "Swerve! Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas 2 promoted to UFC Vegas 101 main event (not UFC Tampa)". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Sayan Nag (2024-08-19). "Report: Amanda Ribas-Mackenzie Dern rematch set for UFC Tampa on Dec. 14". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ Josh Evanoff (2019-10-12). "UFC Tampa Results: Amanda Ribas dominates Mackenzie Dern". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Diego Ribas (2024-10-25). "Jacqueline Cavalcanti faces former champion on the first UFC card in 2025". agfight.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ Farah Hannoun (2024-10-31). "Former UFC champion Germaine de Randamie announces retirement from MMA". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ Alexander K. Lee (2024-11-06). "Morning Report: Michael Chandler warned Jon Jones 'I'm coming to steal the show' at UFC 309". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
