UFC Fight Night 227: UFC News: At a UFC event set for June 24, flyweight veterans Amanda Ribas and Maycee Barber are anticipated to clash. VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena is the location of the June 24 event, which will air on ABC 5 in Jacksonville Florida. The timing of the match starts at 12.00 PM ET. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
Both Ribas and Barber enter the fight with a winning record. At UFC 285, Ribas most recently defeated Viviane Araujo to avenge a split-call defeat to Katlyn Chookagian in her previous fight. In her last five races, the veteran Brazilian has alternated between victories and defeats.
With a recent split decision victory over Andrea Lee, Barber, 24, has won four straight fights after Roxanne Modafferi’s defeat caused her to reevaluate her career. This is the longest winning streak in her UFC career.
The Co-main event will feature Emmett vs Topuria fight at the 125 lbs division.
Amanda Ribas vs Maycee Barber- Preview, Prediction and Odds
Looking at the fight records of both Amanda Ribas and Maycee Barber Amanda has fought 15 matches to date out of which she has had 12 wins while recording 3 losses. Out of the 12 wins she has won two matches via TKO, 4 fights via submission and 5 via decision.
Whereas, for her losses, he has been knocked out twice and has lost once through the decision.
She has never submitted to her opponent as a professional fighter.
Amanda Ribas vs Maycee Barber Odds ; −175 ; +150
Whereas on the other hand, Maycee Barber has fought in a total of 14 matches whilst recording 12 wins and 2 losses. Talking about her wins she has had 5 wins through TKO, 2 wins through submission and 5 via decision. In her entire fighting career to date, she has lost twice by decision.
UFC Fight Night 227: Amanda Ribas vs Maycee Barber- Preview, Prediction and Odds
Looking at these records Maycee Barber has more punching power than Amanda Ribas. Moreover, Amanda has a height of 5’3” whereas Maycee has a height of 5’5”, which clearly indicates that Maycee will be at a height advantage of two inches. But though Maycee is taller Amanda still has a reach of 66” which keeps her at an inches advantage over that of Barber as her reach records 65”.
Ribas is an orthodox stance fighter, whereas Maycee is a Switch stance fighter. Maycee is 5 years younger than Amanda, instead of recording lesser losses compared to Amanda, she still cannot be considered more experienced than Amanda as she lacks the experience of fighting the top tier fighters.
To date, it has been predicted that Ribas can win the scheduled bout over Maycee Barber via decision.
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