Barry Recks
Amanda Ribas and Maycee Barber have the potential to light it up for what could be the best fight of the night this coming Saturday. Which of these flyweights will score a crucial victory?
Read on for more about this Amanda Ribas vs Maycee Barber bout, including our predictions, picks, and the latest odds to win the fight, as brought to you by JefeBet. Also, don’t forget to check out the other MMA content here to help you make the best betting decisions.
Betting Preview for UFC Fight Night Featuring Amanda Ribas vs Maycee Barber on Saturday, June 24, 2023
- Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
- When: Saturday, June 24, 2023
- Odds: Amanda Ribas (-170) vs Maycee Barber (+145)
All odds are provided by DraftKings.
Betting on Amanda Ribas (-170 on DraftKings)
- Odds: -170
- Record: 12-3-0
- Age: 29
- Height: 5′ 4″
- Weight: 133.80 LB
- Reach: 66 in
Ribas is flying high after masterfully winning against Viviane Araujo last March via unanimous decision in the preliminary card of UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane. Now, she’s got even more chance to climb up the rankings in the women’s flyweight division and get closer to a title shot with a win against Barber. Ribas, whose last three fights all ended via decisions, is pretty good with her grappling.
She is averaging 2.16 takedowns per 15 minutes, which is better than Barber’s 1.23 average. In addition to that. Ribas has an 88 percent success rate against takedown attempts. You can’t say the same about Barber, who only sports a 47 percent takedown defense. The 39-year-old Ribas has a 4-0 submissions record. She also has two wins by way of knockouts and is actually landing more significant strikes (4.8) per minute than Barber (4.27).
Betting on Maycee Barber (+145 on DraftKings)
- Odds: +145
- Record: 12-2-0
- Age: 25
- Height: 5′ 5″
- Weight: 125.50 LB
- Reach: 65 in
Barber is on a roll, having won all of their last four fights — all via decisions. The last time she was inside the Octagon, Barber cut Andrea down to size via a split decision victory over Andrea Lee in March of this year in the undercard of UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen. Barber got taken down to the canvas in that fight, but she made up for it with clean strikes, landing 48 to just 39 by Lee.
She landed 14 percent of those strikes while on the ground, so that’s a warning sign to Ribas that she can still be an effective striker even when under duress on the canvas. Prior to that, Barber dominated former title contender Jessica Eye on her way to a unanimous decision victory in the early preliminary stage of UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier. Barber can be a menace with her striking, as evidenced by her five-fight streak of KO wins from 2018 to 2019.
El Jefe’s Prediction on Amanda Ribas vs Maycee Barber
Ribas will try to be patient in this fight but will find her groove starting in the latter parts of the first round with some ground-and pound-activity. The Brazilian dominates Barber on the ground and does enough standing up to score a split-decision win.
Prediction:
Ribas wins by split decision.
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