UFC UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 Final

Women's Strawweight · main event

Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Ribas

Mackenzie Dern
United States

Mackenzie Dern

17-5

Winner

VS
Amanda Ribas
Brazil

Amanda Ribas

13-7

Winner

Mackenzie Dern

Submission (From Mount) · Round 3 — 4:56

11 January 2025 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Mackenzie Dern beat Amanda Ribas by submission in round 3 at 4:56.
  • Mackenzie Dern landed 82 of 107 total strikes and 1 of 3 takedowns, with 4:34 of control time.
  • Amanda Ribas landed more total strikes — 99 to 82 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 19-19, 19-19, 19-19.
  • They have met once before: Amanda Ribas won by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson.
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Tale of the tape

Mackenzie DernAmanda Ribas
17-5Record13-7
31Age on fight night31
5′4″ (163 cm)Height5′3″ (160 cm)
63″ (160 cm)Reach66″ (168 cm)
115 lb (52.2 kg)Weight115 lb (52.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
RVCATeamMarcelo Ribas Team
Glendale, Arizona, United StatesFromVarginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fight statistics

82of 107 · 77%Total strikes landed99of 151 · 66%
53of 72Head strikes43of 90
15of 21Body strikes45of 48
14of 14Leg strikes11of 13
1of 3Takedowns2of 2
1Submission attempts0
4:34Control time5:47

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Mackenzie DernRoundAmanda Ribas
34/47strikes1/1TD0KD2:36controlR127/50strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
24/25strikes0/1TD0KD0:19controlR237/49strikes1/1TD0KD3:31control
24/35strikes0/1TD0KD1:39controlR335/52strikes1/1TD0KD2:16control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

9R11010R29

19total19

Sal D'amato

10R199R210

19total19

Ron McCarthy

10R199R210

19total19

They have met before

12 October 2019Amanda Ribas won by unanimous decisionUFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson

Form going into the fight

Mackenzie Dern

  1. WLoopy Godinezunanimous decision2024
  2. LAmanda Lemos2024
  3. LJessica AndradeKO/TKO R2 3:152023
  4. WAngela Hillunanimous decision2023
  5. LYan Xiaonanmajority decision2022

Amanda Ribas

  1. LRose Namajunasunanimous decision2024
  2. WLuana PinheiroKO/TKO R3 3:532023
  3. LMaycee BarberKO/TKO R2 3:422023
  4. WViviane Araujounanimous decision2023
  5. LKatlyn Cerminarasplit decision2022

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