That is the UFC Vegas 89 dwell weblog for Amanda Ribas vs. Rose Namajunas, the ladies’s flyweight predominant occasion struggle on Saturday in Las Vegas.
A staple of the UFC’s strawweight and ladies’s flyweight divisions since becoming a member of the promotion in 2019, Ribas is one in all a really small variety of fighters to be ranked in two divisions within the UFC’s rankings. Regardless of all her success, although, she has been unable to punch her ticket to a title struggle in both division. However hopefully a signature win over a former champion may elevate her into true title competition.
The previous two-time UFC strawweight champion, Namajunas’s epic highs have solely been equaled by her puzzling lows. After beating Zhang Weili twice to cement herself because the strawweight champion, Namajunas then dropped the belt to Carla Esparza in one of many worst fights in trendy MMA historical past.
Most lately, Namajunas regarded to vary issues up with a flyweight title run, however fell brief in her divisional debut, dropping a call to Manon Fiorot this previous September. Now in her sophomore outing, she seems to get again on the profitable monitor in opposition to Ribas.
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