| UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 11, 2025 (2025-01-11) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 (also known asUFC Fight Night 249, UFC Vegas 101 andUFC on ESPN+ 107) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship taking place on January 11, 2025, at theUFC Apex inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Valley, United States.[2]
A women's strawweight rematch betweenMackenzie Dern andAmanda Ribas headlined this event.[3] They were originally scheduled to compete atUFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley on December 14, 2024 but the bout was moved to this event in order to serve as the main event.[4] The duo previously met atUFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson in October 2019, where Ribas won by unanimous decision.[5]
A women's bantamweight bout between formerUFC Women's Featherweight ChampionGermaine de Randamie and formerLFA Women's Bantamweight ChampionJacqueline Cavalcanti was reportedly scheduled for this event.[6] However, de Randamie announced her retirement and the bout was scrapped.[7][8]
A welterweight bout between Preston Parsons and Andreas Gustafsson was scheduled for the event.[9] However, Gustafsson withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Jacobe Smith.[10]
In addition, Nurullo Aliev and Yanal Ashmouz were scheduled to meet in a lightweight bout. However, Ashmouz withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced byJoe Solecki.[11]
At the weigh-ins, Jose Johnson and Ihor Potieria missed weight. Johnson weighed in at 128.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit. Potieria weighed in at 188 pounds, two pounds over the middleweight non-title fight limit. Both bouts proceeded at catchweight, with Johnson forfeiting 20% of his purse and Potieria forfeiting 25% of his purse, which went to their opponents formerLFA Flyweight Champion Felipe Bunes and Marco Tulio, respectively.[12]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Mackenzie Dern | def. | Amanda Ribas | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:56 | |
| Welterweight | Santiago Ponzinibbio | def. | Carlston Harris | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:13 | |
| Middleweight | César Almeida | def. | Abdul Razak Alhassan | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:16 | |
| Middleweight | Roman Kopylov | def. | Chris Curtis | TKO (head kick) | 3 | 4:59 | |
| Featherweight | Christian Rodriguez | def. | Austin Bashi | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Punahele Soriano | def. | Uroš Medić | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:31 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Catchweight (128.5 lb) | Felipe Bunes | def. | Jose Johnson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:04 | |
| Catchweight (188 lb) | Marco Tulio | def. | Ihor Potieria | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Lightweight | Thiago Moisés | def. | Trey Ogden | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jacobe Smith | def. | Preston Parsons | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:13 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Ernesta Kareckaitė | def. | Nicolle Caliari | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Bruno Lopes | def. | Magomed Gadzhiyasulov | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Fatima Kline | def. | Victoria Dudakova | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 4:27 | |
| Lightweight | Nurullo Aliev | def. | Joe Solecki | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[14]
