Pros react after Maycee Barber TKO’s Amanda Ribas at UFC Jacksonville

Tonight’s UFC Jacksonville co-main featured a key women’s flyweight contest between Amanda Ribas and Maycee Barber.

Ribas (12-4) had most previously competed at March’s UFC 285 event, where she picked up a unanimous decision victory over Viviane Araujo. The Brazilian had gone 3-2 over her previous five Octagon appearances ahead of this afternoon’s event.

Meanwhile, Maycee Barber (13-2 MMA) entered the contest sporting a four-fight winning streak. ‘The Future’ had most previously competed back in March of this year, where she earned a split decision victory over Andrea Lee.

Tonight’s UFC Jacksonville co-main event proved to be a coming out party for Maycee Barber. After a shaky start, ‘The Future’ was able to dominate her Brazilian opponent on the ground, battering Ribas with some nasty ground and pound. After nearly scoring a finish in the late stages of the opening round, Barber sealed the deal in round two with an emphatic TKO victory. The win marked her fifth in a row.

Official UFC Jacksonville Results: Maycee Barber def. Amanda Ribas via TKO at 3:42 of Round 2

Check out how the pros reacted to ‘Barber vs. Ribas’ below:

Great matchup @ufc hope this fight hits the mat and enjoy some @amandaribasufc @MayceeBarber world class Jiujitsu!! Love their energy🙌 about to witness super high level MMA LFG 🔥 #UFCJacksonville

— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) June 24, 2023

#UFCBR bombando de tarde.

Luta co principal entre Amanda Ribas e Maycee Barber

CHAMA

— Charles 'DoBronxs' Oliveira (@CharlesDoBronxs) June 24, 2023

Ladies came to bleed today 🤜🏽🤜🏽🤜🏽

— C H🖕🏽T O🇪🇨V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) June 24, 2023

Post-fight reactions to Maycee Barber defeating Amanda Ribas at UFC Jacksonville:

Amazing performance @MayceeBarber 👏🏼

— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) June 24, 2023

Ground and Pound > Jiu Jitsu
•#UFCJacksonville

— Eric Nicksick (@Eric_XCMMA) June 24, 2023

https://twitter.com/chitoveraUFC/status/1672710578098544641

@MayceeBarber got me pic.twitter.com/rXGL1m0jzL

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 24, 2023

Them ladies came to scrap congrats barber

— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) June 24, 2023

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