EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Brendson Ribeiro beat Caio Machado with a split decision Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 246 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Take a look inside the fight with Ribeiro, who snapped a two-fight skid and won by decision for the first time in his career. Ribeiro (16-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Machado (8-4-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) Machado outstruck Ribeiro 79-49 in a fight contested entirely on the feet and at distance.
"I knew it was going to be a tough fight and it was going to be a war. We knew it was going to happen. We talked about this – there's going to be a tough fight, but it doesn't matter.
We're frustrated sometimes because we don't get the knockout, but it doesn't matter how we get the win. I knew that my arm was the one to be raised." "(I had) no terror whatsoever.
I didn't feel any (pressure). I knew we were going to make it happen. I work so hard, but in my other fights in the UFC, they were just minor adjustments that prevented me from a win.
I just needed to make these adjustments. We put a lot of work, even on on the on the mental side. There's no pressure.
I knew that all those adjustments, all we needed to do is just make those minor adjustments to come out with the win." "I'm a fighter. I want to fight as soon as possible.
I have another challenge coming – no, no, not a challenge. I'm getting married on the 4th of January to my future wife. Love you – I love you.
So it is a beautiful moment in my life, very important.
