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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