LAS VEGAS – Amanda Ribas thinks she’s done everything right to beat former champ Rose Namajunas in Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 53 headliner. Ribas (12-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will look to secure the biggest victory of her career when she meets two-time strawweight champion Namajunas (11-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in a five-round women’s flyweight main event at the UFC Apex (ESPN, ESPN+). The Brazilian made her octagon debut in June 2019 with the dream of one day being at the top of the bill on a UFC card. She’s experienced highs and lows since then, but now she finally realizes one of her most significant career goals. “Since the first time that I signed a UFC poster, I was imaging my face there,” Ribas told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “Yesterday I signed with my face, and since the first day at camp I was like, ‘OK, the time is now.
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Amanda Ribas prepared for ‘the best Rose Namajunas ever’ in UFC on ESPN 53 main event – MMA Junkie