Prediction: Amanda Ribas via Decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ribas has been in there with killers and held her own. She\u2019s battle-tested, and this is a level Ricci just hasn\u2019t reached yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stylistically, Ribas is a huge problem for Ricci. On the feet, Ribas is way more polished. She\u2019s got real striking at range\u2014clean jab, solid kicks, good footwork\u2014and most importantly, she knows how to keep distance when she wants to. Ricci, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t bring much finesse to her striking. She\u2019s not \u201csticking\u201d anything\u2014it’s just crash forward, throw a few wide shots, and either dip out or barrel into the clinch. There\u2019s no sharp combinations, no real head movement, and that kind of reckless burst is exactly what Ribas is built to pick apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in the clinch or grappling? Ricci\u2019s usual path to success isn\u2019t likely to work here. Against most fighters, she can just muscle them to the cage, get a hold of them, and grind out control. But Ribas is strong<\/em> and technical. She won\u2019t get held there. In fact if it hits the mat, Ribas is slick with her jiu-jitsu and knows how to reverse or create scrambles that end with her on top or back to her feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ricci has heart and she\u2019s gritty, but there\u2019s a ceiling to her style, especially when the technique isn\u2019t tight. Against someone like Ribas who can handle the pace, beat her to the punch at range, and not get bullied in the clinch? That\u2019s a bad matchup. Ribas should control the distance, win the cleaner exchanges, and if it goes to the ground, she\u2019ll be in the better positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prediction: Amanda Ribas via Decision Ribas has been in there with killers and held her own. She\u2019s battle-tested, and this is a level Ricci just hasn\u2019t reached yet. Stylistically, Ribas is a huge problem for Ricci. On the feet, Ribas is way more polished. She\u2019s got real striking at range\u2014clean…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}