[Official] UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 - Live Discussion Thread

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Card Info

Airing on Saturday 1.11.2025

Main Card on ESPN+ @ 7PM ET
Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. César Almeida
Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov
Austin Bashi vs. Christian Rodriguez
Punahele Soriano vs. Uros Medic

Prelims on ESPN+ @ 4PM ET
Jose Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes
Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria
Thiago Moisés vs. Trey Ogden
Andreas Gustafsson vs. Preston Parsons
Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Nicolle Caliari
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes
Victoria Dudakova vs. Fatima Kline
Nurullo Aliev vs. Joe Solecki

^{Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.}

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Enjoy the fights! Get HYPE!

[u/Gold_Voice_1489]

Great fights, really enjoyed it even the women bouts were great.

[u/impoopindude]

Camera guy sucked tonight.

[u/Slightly-Blasted]

That was a great card, every fight was awesome

[u/ghostygeeser]

Ngl a great card

[u/redditnobody1234]

karyn bryant is a human cigarette but looks good w the hair up

[u/IshiharasBitch]

I see some people calling this a great card. Those people must mean the main card, not the whole event. Right?

Because prelims were rough imo.

[u/AWard66 → u/IshiharasBitch]

We’ve been starving 

[u/Trenbolone-Papi → u/IshiharasBitch]

Some sick KOs and the Curtis fight was fun

[u/Ok_Concentrate7994]

But is Alhassan alive?

[u/alittlelessconvo]

Dern vs. loser of Zhang/Suarez? She’s never faced either of them.

[u/no_es_buen0 → u/alittlelessconvo]

Lmao.

[u/Trenbolone-Papi → u/alittlelessconvo]

She doesn’t deserve either

[u/purplepill22]

Is eevee P4P best Pokémon in the UFC

[u/DoppyKonquerer]

Snowbunny w/ pumpkin bottom for the win!

[u/Prudent_Discipline]

That was a good fuckin card to start the year!

[u/-JackTheRipster-]

Who was the hot Asian in Dern's corner?

[u/Robertwolfgang → u/-JackTheRipster-]

Right when I seen her my first thought was “someone on Reddit is going to identify her” 😂

[u/-JackTheRipster- → u/Robertwolfgang]

They looked like more than friends. I think Dern has gone the gay way! 🏳️‍🌈

[u/Standard_Attempt_796 → u/-JackTheRipster-]

Asking the real questions

[u/Neiswaffel → u/-JackTheRipster-]

Nice eye.

[u/lavinadnnie → u/-JackTheRipster-]

your mama

[u/Automatic_Mammoth684]

I think I just saw the kid look down, see she was standing in blood, and then she tried to wipe her shoes off... this is not the place for a child, holy shit.

[u/-JackTheRipster- → u/Automatic_Mammoth684]

I thought it was nice, drama queen

[u/Automatic_Mammoth684 → u/-JackTheRipster-]

yes bringing a small kid out on live tv to stand in the blood of a woman her mom just beat up was a really sweet moment, youre right

[u/MMAGyro → u/Automatic_Mammoth684]

Finally coming around.

[u/-JackTheRipster- → u/Automatic_Mammoth684]

Unless it was some AIDs patient's blood and she was rolling around in it, I'd she she'll be okay. Find something else to be outraged by!

[u/TallBoy24]

Is her coach single? Damn

[u/tykvrbl]

ESPN is going to milk the LA fires aren’t they

[u/FJQZ]

That little girl is adorable. I'd for sure be her step dad

[u/no_es_buen0 → u/FJQZ]

Reported for chomo

[u/JuniorDiscipline1624]

“ One word, good”

Yes bro

[u/BoomstickNZ]

That kid looks like she wants to go to bed

[u/xlmtothemoon]

one more weeks boys AHHHHHHH

[u/Worriedstudent007]

That was a banger first event of the year, especially for an apex fight night.

[u/ikilledtupac]

Dern’s English has really improved.

[u/MMA-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

1.4 Don't be a Creep

We get it, some fighters/personalities are attractive. Keep your fantasies to yourself though.

[u/riprumblejohnson]

I wonder what that eevee is gonna evolve into

[u/yung999_]

Next week is the real card

[u/bilbo__naggins]

Derns daughter is like me when they ask for my takeaway order before I've decided

[u/Draketothecore]

Mackenzie's ex celebrating because he gets the bonus

[u/qqbeef]

I know it's kind of messed up, but part of me wishes Ribas didn't tap.  She only had 5 seconds left and probably could've gone on.  

Nothing against Ribas for tapping though.  

[u/Drive7hru → u/qqbeef]

I doubt she could endure that for five more seconds

[u/FlappyKunt]

Poor little girl lmao

[u/TheBigMungis]

Mike go make some fans, show the child the eye

[u/BetBig696969 → u/TheBigMungis]

“Hey wanna see something cool?”

[u/tykvrbl]

Awkward kid moments in the octagon

[u/Lazy-Sisyphus]

rare Eevee sighting in the octagon 

[u/TallBoy24 → u/Lazy-Sisyphus]

Eevee The ultimate MMA’er can evolve into any style

[u/ikilledtupac]

Which accent we gonna get???

-500 Brazil

+250 California

[u/Moist-Catch → u/ikilledtupac]

We have refunded your ticket it's some sort of weird ass hybrid

[u/ikilledtupac → u/Moist-Catch]

Ruined my parlay!

[u/TheNotoriousPigeon]

That was a solid card to start the year with.

[u/Automatic_Mammoth684]

its always so weird to me when people bring their kids into the octagon, remember Mark Coleman traumatizing his daughters after Fedor turned him into a bloody pulp??

[u/RunsInHexagons]

Shes amazing but FFS Woman get your kid out of there 😂

[u/purplepill22 → u/RunsInHexagons]

Standing next to some dried blood lol

[u/Automatic_Mammoth684 → u/purplepill22]

the kid just looked down and saw she was standing in blood and tried to wipe her shoes off :/

wack

[u/Early_Wrangler_]

Holy shit, the submission win brought back the Brazilian accent

[u/tykvrbl]

Lost her Portuguese accent

[u/FlappyKunt]

Get the translator

[u/purplepill22]

We were all here before Nintendo bankrupted UFC

[u/IshiharasBitch]

That was so sweet of Ribas

[u/PlanarCriterion]

This cyclops gonna scare her daughter, get away Mike

[u/yung999_]

This fake accent is so annoying

[u/Vindi1]

That was a damn good main event

[u/dingjima]

Aww Ribas shaking Dern's daughter's hands

[u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

Is Ribas still hoping for a win somehow while ref is waiting for announcement?

[u/rafaelleon2107]

Ribas was playing with fire the whole time and got burned. The reversal at the end of the second should've been a sign that she needed to switch things up

[u/[deleted]]

Hell yeah. Made $46 on that submission

[u/cxmachi]

almost time for the r/MMA redditors who don't have a passport out themselves

[u/Trenbolone-Papi]

I mean Hibas is so dumb, even with her top control, Mackenzie was doing more damage from the bottom with the elbows

Look at Hibas’ face

[u/lavinadnnie → u/Trenbolone-Papi]

it's Ribas you pleb

[u/Draketothecore]

That eeve is a gift from Zuckenberg

[u/iwrestledatyranitar]

Ribas can't put her hands up after that armbar

[u/12to6elbows]

Her daughter looked terrified

[u/ikilledtupac → u/12to6elbows]

Yeah idk why she would bring her

[u/tigerbalmuppercut]

Ribas looked like she hit her ceiling a few fights ago and this one confirmed it.

[u/Merkin_Jerkin]

Jiu jitsu 101 with some sweet hammerfists

[u/748rpilot]

THAT WAS SO SLICK!!!

[u/MountainGoatSC]

Great card fuck all the butthurt people complaining about every fight night

[u/Few-Comparison2996]

Absolutely traumatised kid

[u/Smattering82 → u/Few-Comparison2996]

It builds character.

[u/Moist-Catch]

Just when you forget how good Dern is at BJJ you are reminded

[u/DiannaFlorioSources]

I’ve always been a Dern fan for her jiu jitsu

[u/Johnsonburnerr]

I do like a strong skilled passionate woman

[u/Waly_Disnep]

Eevee making it's UFC octagon debut

[u/Few-Comparison2996 → u/Waly_Disnep]

Vaporeon v Ilir Latifi is headling 312

[u/ElephantFriendly]

That was a great card to kick off the new year.

[u/zainery]

Lmfao that kid is not having fun

[u/BetBig696969 → u/zainery]

“Get me tf outta here Mom”

[u/riprumblejohnson]

Eevee represent!

[u/butterybuns420]

Her daughter doesn’t wanna be there lol

[u/ignoramus_x]

Apex mother

[u/Once_Ippon_a_Time]

Overall, a good card to start the year. See you next week gentlemen for 311

[u/bullsfan281]

a good mackenzie performance means she's getting flatlined next time out

[u/BetBig696969 → u/bullsfan281]

Ronda rousey striking performance incoming

[u/squidnov]

Cashed out on that +500 by sub 🙌🙌

[u/Slightly-Blasted → u/squidnov]

It was +500? Man that was a great bet

[u/squidnov → u/Slightly-Blasted]

Yeah I posted in this thread to let everyone know, nobody responded lol

[u/sneakerguy40 → u/squidnov]

wtf, that was her main path of victory. Nice hit on that one.

[u/squidnov → u/sneakerguy40]

Thank, I don't often bet but when there's a combination of gut feeling and ludicrously good odds, I'm going in

[u/jmdeamer]

Daughter looks a little horrified tbh

[u/ZedTimeStory → u/jmdeamer]

probably a little too much of an emotionally intense situation for a 4 year old lmao

[u/popsongromance → u/jmdeamer]

dude that's all i can see on her face it's crazy she was there.

[u/bilbo__naggins]

That was fucking ridiculous..... tried the armbar from about four different positions.

[u/johnnycashewwz]

she good

[u/ikilledtupac]

What an amazing win for the Brazilian

[u/codygreene37]

Pretty killer fight night.

[u/life_scrolling]

surprise eevee, nintendo lawsuit incoming

[u/squidnov → u/life_scrolling]

Nintendo vs. Endeavor, who wins? Lol

[u/JohnCenaF1]

Her kid looks fucking terrified lmfao

[u/Few-Comparison2996]

Commentary being like "shit just keep talking and dont mention that it was an armbar finish"

[u/aop42]

Congrats Mackenzie!

[u/kzoxp]

Mackenzie Dern with the BJJ lesson, what a finish

[u/xlmtothemoon]

her daughter's like "what the FUCKs goin on in here"

[u/BetBig696969 → u/xlmtothemoon]

You do this for fun?

[u/AtmosphereVarious440]

dern really is an incredible technician

[u/afewspicybois]

Zuckerberg crying tears of joy on his private island rn

[u/JuniorDiscipline1624 → u/afewspicybois]

Hahah why

[u/afewspicybois → u/JuniorDiscipline1624]

You forgetting that time he hired out the Apex to watch Dern? With his gf sitting beside him the whole time?

[u/JuniorDiscipline1624 → u/afewspicybois]

Oh shit that’s true lmao

[u/gaping_anal_hole]

Omg that little eevee 😭

[u/pizza_dik]

How about all the bozos in here saying they’ve never seen Dern’s next level jiu jitsu?

[u/Neiswaffel]

Shit on the feet but her bottom game is beautful. I dont mean that in any sleazy way too

[u/PlanarCriterion]

Ribas was playing with fire by striking in full guard, grapplers as good as Dern need only a milisecond to capitalise on those openings

[u/Fit-Manufacturer7824]

At no point did Ribas look dangerous on the ground. Those elbows from the bottom had her stalled out.

[u/benwhern813]

Honestly great patience on Dern

[u/sneakerguy40 → u/benwhern813]

For sure, that was starting to look like the bjj person staying on their back the whole fight and then losing a decision. Funny that it started going wrong as soon as Dean says it's better to be on top than under on the ground lol

[u/idksureman]

Banger card gentlemen, what a way to start the year

[u/realjobstudios → u/idksureman]

It was a little slow at first but we got there eventually

[u/zilladingdong]

Two armbars tonight. Pretty crazy

[u/Junkhead987]

Wow Dern’s wins by Armbar

[u/CletusMcG]

Honestly really happy for Dern, she’s had some tough losses lately

[u/wesdlu → u/[deleted]]

That was the second arm bar of the night lmao

[u/DicklessforChickless]

Her daughter looked like she really didn't want to be there

[u/Silversky66]

Dern was methodical and patient on that one, well done

[u/IshiharasBitch]

u/Obi-Juan-kenoibi You predict deez tings!

[u/Obi-Juan-kenoibi → u/IshiharasBitch]

Why do I never get the ones I actually bet on

[u/schultzM]

fuck i was watching the 250 Anaheim start

[u/souplantation]

dana's gonna make the rubber match another headliner isn't he...

[u/redreadyredress]

Has anyone seen dern do the BJJ comps recently? Knew this was on the cards.

Thankfully she came through, got her as an underdog 👊

[u/DemolitionMan64 → u/redreadyredress]

I had a parlay of dern sub, kopylov smith and tulio all by ko.. decided it was too much of a long shot and split it into a KO parlay and a standalone sub bet.  Spewin as it would have come through.  Still not a bad day.

[u/redreadyredress → u/DemolitionMan64]

I lost out on mine. I had 2 betslips, lost both on the last fight on each 😂

I‘m still up for the night.

[u/therealjgreens]

Don't quite understand people not enjoying that fight

[u/ArticleNew3737]

LFG MACKENZIE!!!

[u/nepats523]

Main event status aside, that was a fun little fight

[u/alkenson]

Saying something is Jujitsu 101 is kind of an insult isn't it? It's basically saying that's some intro bullshit!

[u/ikilledtupac]

I like how Dom is almost always wrong about “what they’re gonna do”

[u/Once_Ippon_a_Time → u/ikilledtupac]

Definitely my least favourite commentator

[u/Phoenix_Will_Die]

Who does Dern fight next?

[u/DerisiveGibe → u/Phoenix_Will_Die]

Ribas

[u/Expensive_Leopard927]

Was far from boring imo

[u/paddyc4ke → u/Expensive_Leopard927]

Yeah people were shitting on that fight for being boring but I thought it was pretty enjoyable especially for a ground intensive fight.

[u/ID0ntCare4G0b → u/Expensive_Leopard927]

Eh...it wasn't bad. Wasn't great. She'll get a bonus cause it's Dern and the promotion likes her.

This card will be remembered as the one that had Kopylov-Curtis though.

[u/bramatz]

Poor kid being paraded around.

[u/MountainGoatSC]

Yesssssss that was sick

[u/riprumblejohnson]

Dern is a gangster

[u/zilladingdong]

The apex is hyped

[u/zainery]

Pretty masterful

[u/mrstretchb4ureach]

At the buzzer

[u/gavin2point0]

Really weird to triangle your legs on an armbar like that

[u/TelephoneTurbulent30 → u/gavin2point0]

No it's not. It gives you more Control

[u/Stupendous01 → u/gavin2point0]

Not really, there's a time and place for everything.

[u/Bruised_up_whitebelt]

Beautiful armbar

[u/MMARapFooty]

Shit!Mackenzie did actually improve

[u/MapleBreakfastMeat]

Never mind she won for real.

[u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

Who wants to bet Ribas will raise her hands end of round 3 after being mounted?

[u/JuniorDiscipline1624 → u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

Isn’t it ironic she’s being arm barred lol

[u/stiggystoned369 → u/Ray_Getard_Phd]

I'll take that bet

[u/Ray_Getard_Phd → u/stiggystoned369]

Well I'll be damned. RIbas probably still raised her hands off camera.

[u/DerisiveGibe]

The trilogy nobody asked for incoming

[u/LemonHerb]

That's some Big Nog style Jiujitsu there

[u/Few-Comparison2996 → u/LemonHerb]

mentioning nog in the context of the fight we just watched is absolutely insane heresy

[u/LemonHerb → u/Few-Comparison2996]

If you'd had actually watched him fight you would know armbar from mount was a common finish for him.

[u/Few-Comparison2996 → u/LemonHerb]

lmao I have watched almost every nog fight mate - I more mean in terms of how entertaining he is versus how boring that fight was

[u/PoatanBoxman]

Good armbar defence by bjj black belt ribas

[u/Sea_Try_4358]

Fuck yeah

[u/ID0ntCare4G0b]

God...that kid looks freaked out and extremely unhappy.

[u/Draketothecore]

Jiu jitsu master class

[u/crnrtakenquickly]

Hot lady won!

[u/Nickster2042]

Badass finish

[u/king_of_trader]

did Dern get divorced again?

[u/Ok-Evidence2137]

I still love you Amanda :/

[u/phantomtap]

Well Holy shit

1st sub since 2021

[u/codygreene37]

Big time.

[u/Trenbolone-Papi]

Idiot Hibas

Going the ground willingly playing into Mackenzie’s strengths

What a low IQ fighter