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 struggle.
“Former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas will tackle quantity 9 ranked Amanda Ribas, March 23, on the UFC Apex,” White mentioned through Instagram Video.
“Rose is harmful, an amazing striker, knockout energy. She’s overwhelmed Weili Zhang, Joanna Jędrzejczyk. Ribas is returning to flyweight after a formidable wheel kick knockout over [Luana] Pinheiro, and this struggle 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 break up resolution loss to Carla Esparza. She misplaced to Manon Fiorot in his 125-pound debut. She’ll enter the struggle 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.
