LAS VEGAS – Amanda Ribas is no stranger to UFC Fight Night 232 opponent Luana Pinheiro. In fact, they have quite a history together.
Ribas (12-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and Pinheiro (11-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will meet on Saturday’s main card at the UFC Apex in a strawweight bout that streams on ESPN+. It will be a reunion of sorts between the Brazilians, who during their formative years were housemates at a youth athletes club in Belo Horizonte.
“It’s fun because I lived with her when I was young,” Ribas told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 232 media day. “The same house, athlete house with 26 girls. Not just fighters, but players of volleyball, swimming too. Now we see each other, too, and fight with each other. It’s crazy, but good crazy. Now I’m here, and she’s here too, so it’s nice.”
