On Friday, UFC President Dana White introduced the headlining bout for the March 23 Battle Night time occasion in Las Vegas. Former two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas takes on ninth-ranked Amanda Ribas within the UFC Battle Night time 240 featured combat.
“Former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas will tackle quantity 9 ranked Amanda Ribas, March 23, on the UFC Apex,” White mentioned by way of Instagram Video.
“Rose is harmful, a terrific striker, knockout energy. She’s overwhelmed Weili Zhang, Joanna Jędrzejczyk. Ribas is returning to flyweight after a powerful wheel kick knockout over [Luana] Pinheiro, and this combat goes to be bada**. It is good to have Rose again,” White continued.
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Namajunas (11-6) moved as much as the flyweight division after her UFC 274 cut up choice loss to Carla Esparza. She misplaced to Manon Fiorot in his 125-pound debut. She’ll enter the combat with Ribas coming off back-to-back losses. With a win, Namajunas will transfer into the Prime 10 flyweight rankings.
Ribas (13-4) returns to the flyweight division after a one-fight stint as a strawweight. She earned a ‘Efficiency of the Night time’ bonus in her final outing knocking out Luana Pinheiro with a spinning wheel kick adopted by punches.
