Amanda Ribas

Amanda Ribas (born August 26, 1993) is amixed martial artist (MMA) from Brazil, competing in the strawweight division of the UFC.

The Varginha native was the daughter of Marcelo Ribas, a jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai as well as judo teacher. She train under her father until she was one to the national youth team in Brazil. He stop training and competing for some years after suffered knee injuries. She started to trains and competes again after seeing some of one of her colleague training for an MMA tournament.

I was born on the mat. It was for me. There was a time when I stopped doing jiu-jitsu to dance. My father wanted to die.

Early career

After winning the 2014 IMMAF World Championship in Women's Flyweight division, Ribas started her professional MMA career since 2014 and fought primarily in Brazil. She amassed a record of 6–1 prior to being signed by UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ribas was scheduled to face Juliana Lima at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on July 7, 2017. However, Ribas was flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation and removed from the bout. The possible violation stems from a sample collected June 7. She was replaced by Tecia Torres. She initially received a two-year sanction by USADA after testing positive for Ostarine, but the suspension was terminated on May 3, 2019 as USADA determined that the positive test was the result of an ostarine contaminated dietary supplement.

In her UFC debut, Ribas faced Emily Whitmire on June 29, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 3. She won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the second round.

On October 15, 2020 Ribas faced Mackenzie Dern at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson. She won the fight via unanimous decision.

Ribas was scheduled to face Paige VanZant on March 14, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira. However, VanZant was forced to pull out of the fight due to fracturing her right arm, and she was replaced by Randa Markos. She won the fight via unanimous decision.