Here's the match video of Marina Rodriguez vs Amanda Ribas from last night's UFC show in Abu Dhabi. This fight is at Strawweight. Both fighters are Brazilian. Michelle Waterson was supposed to be Amanda's opponent but she pulled out. Amanda is seemingly headed towards the title picture. She trains with her dad and Marcos Da Matta. She trained at American Top Team for this camp. Marina is 34 years old from Florianopolis, Brazil. She trains with Marcio Malko at Thai Brasil. She is mainly a kickboxer with a 2-1-2 UFC record which means she doesn't do enough to win fights and she's not a finisher. Round one went as expected. Amanda got a takedown and controlled Marina with ground and pound. She won the round 10-9. Marina did nothing. In round two Marina rocked Amanda with a punch. The fight should have been stopped immediately. But Herb Dean let it continue for some reason but he stopped it a few seconds later. Of course it's a big win for Marina not to mention unexpected. But as is usually the case when this sort of thing happens, people overreact to everything. One lucky punch doesn't make Marina an instant title contender. She needs to show me she can do this again. Very doubtful. Maybe Joanna Jedrzejczyk could test her. And Amanda could easily bounce back from this and be even better. One fight doesn't make or break anyone. So please relax. Enjoy the video!
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