Amanda Ribas
Wants to fight:[autotag]Carla Esparza[/autotag] or [autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag]
The callout: “I want to fight at my weight at 115, maybe with the winner of Carla Esparza and Marina (Rodriguez), I dunno. I’m asking!”
The reality: Not so much a callout as a polite request, [autotag]Amanda Ribas[/autotag]’ suggestion of a possible strawweight matchup against the winner of the Carla Esparza-Marina Rodriguez fight on Jul. 25 seems completely reasonable, under the circumstances. It gives her the chance to move up the rankings against Top 10 opposition, and against a fighter on pretty much the same timeline as her. A late-September matchup would seemingly make sense.
Ribas’ bubbly, infectious personality is impossible to ignore. But will the matchmakers listen to her callout and give the always-smiling Brazilian an even bigger reason to grin?
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