Who Is Fighting On The First UFC Card Of 2025?
The first fight card on the 2025 UFC schedule, UFC Vegas 101 takes place on Saturday, January 11. It will be live from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The main event of the card is a rematch between top-10 ranked women strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas. Dern (14-5) is the No. 6 fighter in the official UFC strawweight rankings.
A member of the UFC roster since 2018, the 31-year-old Dern is an accomplished grappler, with multiple world titles to her name in the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Dern has had an up-and-down run with the UFC over the past four years. She opened her UFC career with a 5-1 record, with her sole loss being a 2019 decision setback to Ribas. Since then, Dern has gone 4-4 with the promotion. She has not won back-to-back fights since 2020-21.
Dern ended a two-fight losing skid in August when she scored a decision win over Loopy Godinez. Amanda Ribas (13-5) is the No. 8 fighter in the women’s 115-pound division.
She is also ranked No. 10 at 125 pounds.
Ribas signed with the UFC in 2017, but her promotional debut was delayed following a positive drug test.
Ribas made her UFC debut in June 2019 with a submission win over Emily Whitmire.
Ribas went 4-0 with the UFC between June 2019 and July 2020 with two submissions and two decision wins.
Since then, the 31-year-old has alternated wins and losses, accumulating a 3-4 record while fighting at 115 and 125 pounds. Ribas’ most recent outing was a March 2024 decision loss to former two-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas at 125 pounds.
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UFC Vegas 101 full fight card
- Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
- Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
- César Almeida vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
- Christian Rodriguez vs. Austin Bashi
- Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris
- Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria
- Thiago Moisés vs. Trey Ogden
- Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes
- Jose Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes
- Nurullo Aliev vs. Yanal Ashmouz
- Ernesta Kareckaitė vs. Nicolle Caliari
- Preston Parsons vs. Andreas Gustafsson
- Fatima Kline vs. Victoria Dudakova
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