Angela Hill can see Mackenzie Dern popping out on high when she runs again her 2019 conflict with Amanda Ribas this Saturday evening inside The APEX.
A bit over 5 years in the past, Ribas landed an enormous unanimous resolution win over Dern at UFC on ESPN+ 19, snapping the BJJ sensation’s seven-fight win streak. Now, the 2 fan favorites will run it again because the promotion kicks off 2025 with a bang in Las Vegas.
Hill sees Amanda Ribas having a ‘Tough Night time’ in opposition to Mackenzie Dern
The primary time round, Ribas was capable of stifle Dern’s world-class grappling and muster her second profession win underneath the UFC banner. Since then, the Brazilian has added 5 extra wins to her resume, however her latest struggles to remain within the win column has ‘Overkill’ pondering Saturday’s scrap favors Dern.
“Leaning in direction of Dern, simply because Ribas doesn’t look pretty much as good at strawweight … I really feel like she appears to be like extra weak,” Hill mentioned on her 2Straws podcast. “I really feel like Dern has the identical skill to simply throw every little thing into her punches, come ahead, perhaps drop her earlier than she jumps on high of her. And I really feel prefer it may be a tough evening for Ribas simply due to that.”
After seeing her fight-five win streak snapped in opposition to Marina Rodriguez in 2020, Ribas has alternated wins and losses, including victories over Virna Jandiroba, Viviane Araujo, and Luana Pinheiro whereas falling to Katlyn Cerminara, Maycee Barber, and ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas.
Dern, like Ribas, has seen her personal struggles contained in the Octagon. She is at present 1-2 in her final three together with back-to-back losses in opposition to Jessica Andrade and Amanda Lemos.
In her most up-to-date outing, she delivered a dominant exhibiting in opposition to Lupita ‘Crazy’ Godinz in August.
