Amanda Ribas vs. Maycee Barber Agreed for UFC Jacksonville on June 24

Two fan-favorite Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweights will battle it out for top-10 contention this June.

A report from Combate first broke the news on late Thursday that Amanda Ribas (11-3) would be returning to the cage on June 24. The flyweight will be taking on Maycee Barber (12-2), reportedly in Jacksonville, Florida, which would likely put it at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena. This event is rumored to air on the ABC airwaves in some fashion, and therefore is currently titled UFC on ABC 5. The 125-pound pairing has since been confirmed by both ladies on their respective Instagram pages.

Both women are coming off decision wins in March. For Brazil’s Ribas, she rebounded from her first loss on the scorecards – coming against perennial contender Katlyn Chookagian – to claim a unanimous verdict against Viviane Araujo. Before the 2022 Chookagian setback, Ribas had won five of six in the Octagon, with the lone defeat in her rise a knockout at the hands and elbows of Marina Rodriguez.

Barber has strung together four straight wins under the UFC banner since a pair of decision defeats to Roxanne Modafferi and Alexa Grasso in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The victories over Andrea Lee and Miranda Maverick, however, came with some controversy, as a large portion of scoring media members and fans believed Barber lost both matches. Nevertheless, the 24-year-old finds herself on her longest win streak as a UFC fighter, who joined the roster in 2018 after a victorious showing on the second season of Dana White's Contender Series.