Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas are running this back this weekend. The two UFC strawweight contenders meet in the main event of Saturday's UFC Fight Night 249 at the UFC Apex. It's a rematch that's been five years in the making.

The UFC returns from a three-week break over the holidays with Fight Night 249 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Mackenzie Dern is not motivated by vengeance but can avenge her first mixed martial arts loss on Saturday. Dern runs it back with Amanda Ribas at UFC Fight Night, five years after Ribas scrubbed the zero from Dern's record.

The main event for the UFC's first show of the new year is official after the headliners made weight Friday. Ahead of UFC Fight Night 249 (ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex, women's strawweight standouts Mackenzie Dern (15-5 MMA,

UFC is back for its first show of 2025 — and, of course, it goes down inside the APEX Facility in Las Vegas. Believe it or not, UFC's first event of each year since 2021 has been an APEX Fight Night.

The UFC kicks off its 2025 calendar with a compelling rematch between Dern and Ribas with all but two fighters making weight.

Tomorrow night the UFC returns for their first card of 2025 and we will see a pivotal strawweight rematch headlining