Tabatha
Ricci will square off against Amanda
Ribas in a strawweight bout at
UFC 318.
MMA Mania was first to report the booking. UFC
318 takes place on July 19 at the Smoothie King Center in New
Orleans and is headlined by a BMF title bout between Max
Holloway and Dustin
Poirier.
Ricci is coming off a 2-1 campaign in 2024 that concluded with a
unanimous decision loss against Xiaonan Yan
at UFC Fight Night 248 on Nov. 23. “Baby Shark” is 6-3 in the
Octagon with victories over the likes of Angela
Hill, Tecia
Pennington and Gillian
Robertson.
Ribas has alternated between flyweight and strawweight bouts during
her promotional tenure. She has lost three of her last four fights,
including a third-round submission defeat to Mackenzie
Dern in her most recent outing at UFC Fight Night 249 on Jan.
11.