For the UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas, her biggest moment inside the octagon so far, would still be her first round TKO win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217. However, up until that moment that shook up the world of women’s MMA, “Thug Rose” had won most of her fights via submission. Namajunas is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu […]
Mackenzie Dern, a multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion, made her MMA debut in 2016 under the Invicta FC banner. She went 5-0 with that promotion before she signed with the UFC. Her octagon debut came in March when she earned a split decision win over Ashley Yoder. Because of her jiu-jitsu success, Dern drew comparisons to […]
The highly anticipated debut of female prospect Mackenzie Dern went off without a hitch as she opens her UFC career with a tough win against Ashley Yoder via split decision at UFC 222. Ok, maybe saying “without a hitch” was not entirely accurate. That would be selling short the effort Ashley Yoder put forward, pushing Mackenzie Dern the distance and only […]
Mackenzie Dern was recently interviewed with Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour.” In the interview she opened up about her career plans in MMA and Jiu Jitsu. On the heals of a tough opening round loss at ADCC 2017 against brown belt Elvira Karppinen, Dern (3-0) is lighed up to fight Mandy Polk (3-3) in a 125lb fight at LFA […]