Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Amanda Ribas vs Randa Markos

Here's the match video of Amanda Ribas vs Randa Markos from last night's UFC show in Brazil. This fight is at Strawweight. Since returning from a USADA suspension, Amanda has looked great. She trains with her father and at American Top Team. Paige VanZant was supposed to be her opponent but Paige is still having problems with her arm. The Canadian Randa agreed to replace her. She has been in the UFC since TUF 20 with mixed results at best. Randa is a pretty good wrestler but her striking is terrible. Not only is Amanda a more complete fighter but she is much quicker too. This fight went as I expected except that Amanda couldn't get a finish. She was particularly dominant in round three which I scored 10-8. So I scored the fight 30-26 for Amanda. So did two of the judges. The third judge scored it 30-25. Afterwards, Amanda called out Paige. What is more likely is she will face the winner of Carla Esparza vs Michelle Waterson. And the winner of that fight will get a shot at Zhang Weili's UFC Strawweight Championship. On my Big Topic of WMMA podcast a few days ago, I named Amanda as the top up and coming Strawweight contender. All that and she's loaded with charisma too. She's a star in the making. Enjoy the video!