More than five years after their first encounter, Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas are set to run it back with the stakes a little higher this time around. Their strawweight bout scheduled for five rounds is taking place Saturday, January 11 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The UFC Fight Night 249 headliner is a rematch of an October 2019 bout, which Ribas won by unanimous decision to hand Dern the first loss of her career. At the time, it was just Dern’s third appearance in the UFC and the second for Ribas.
Now heading into UFC Fight Night 249, Dern is No. 6 in the official UFC rankings at 115 pounds, with Ribas at No. 8. Both women hope a victory could get them closer to strawweight title contention.
