Alright, kids - 2025 isn’t starting off great. It’s filler, through and through. Some good fighters, some awful matchups, but it’s mostly a matter of shoveling a bunch of fighters into the Apex to keep the execs happy. The era of low-effort check-cashing is only getting more intense.
Mackenzie Dern (14-5) headlines against Amanda Ribas (13-5) in a rematch that is only kinda necessary due to scheduling and ranking positions. Still not a fight that anyone was clamoring to see, and neither are a bunch of these other matchups. But don’t worry, we’ve got our main man Tim Bissell on to talk Sumo and bring some level of joy discussing a combat sports operation run with some actual competence.
UFC Vegas 101 Main Card
* Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas 115 lbs
* Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris 170 lbs
* Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. César Almeida 185 lbs
* Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov 185 lbs
* Austin Bashi vs. Christian Rodriguez 145 lbs
* Punahele Soriano vs. Uros Medic 170 lbs
UFC Vegas 101 Fun Factoids
* Ranked fights: 1
* Ranked fighters: 2
* Fighters coming off losses: 14 + 1 NC
* Contender Series alumni: 17
* TUF alumni: 1
* Debuting fighters: 5
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