Amanda Ribas’ UFC rise was stunted at the end of January. The surging strawweight suffered her first Octagon loss to Marina Rodriguez at UFC 257, losing via TKO. That was Ribas’ first loss since a KO defeat to Polyana Viana back in 2015.
Rodriguez was a late replacement opponent for Ribas. Initially the top 10 prospect was scheduled to face rankings mainstay Michelle Waterson, who is currently ranked 8th. However, Waterson withdrew from the match-up for an undisclosed reason.
Ribas wants to run that original booking back, though. Recently she took to Twitter to let ‘The Karate Hottie’ know she thinks they should meet-up in the cage.