Following nearly a full month hiatus, the UFC is finally set to return to action this weekend with a Fight Night event taking place at the organization’s home base at the Apex in Las Vegas.
Popular strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas are scheduled to go head-to-head in a rematch five years in the making in the first main event of 2025.
Ribas won a three-round unanimous decision over Dern in October of 2019 and is favoured to emerge victorious a second time, this time over five rounds, despite the fact Dern has improved and is currently ranked No. 6 in the 115-pound division compared to Ribas who sits as the No. 8 contender.
The 14-bout card also features the anticipated UFC debuts of recent Dana White’s…