Amanda Ribas


Amanda Ribas is a mixed martial artist from Brazil, competing in the Flyweight division of the UFC. As of July 14, 2020, she is #12 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings.

Background

The Varginha native is the daughter of Marcelo Ribas, a jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai as well as judo teacher. She trained under her father until she was part of one of the national youth teams in Brazil. She stopped training and competing for some years after suffering knee injuries. She started to train and compete again after seeing some of her colleagues training for an MMA tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

After winning the 2014 IMMAF World Championship in Women's Flyweight division, Ribas started her professional MMA career since 2014 and fought primarily in Brazil. She amassed a record of 6–1 prior to being signed by UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ribas was scheduled to face Juliana Lima at on July 7, 2017. However, Ribas was flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation and removed from the bout. The possible violation stems from a sample collected June 7. She was replaced by Tecia Torres. She initially received a two-year sanction by USADA after testing positive for Ostarine, but the suspension was terminated on May 3, 2019 as USADA determined that the positive test was the result of an ostarine contaminated dietary supplement.
In her UFC debut, Ribas faced Emily Whitmire on June 29, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 3. She won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the second round.
On October 15, 2019 Ribas faced Mackenzie Dern at. She won the fight via unanimous decision.
Ribas was scheduled to face Paige VanZant on March 14, 2020 at. However, VanZant was forced to pull out of the fight due to fracturing her right arm, and she was replaced by Randa Markos. She won the fight via unanimous decision.
The bout with VanZant was rescheduled and eventually took place at UFC 251 on July 12, 2020. Ribas won the fight via a submission in round one.

Mixed martial arts record