Former ADCC champion Mackenzie Dern will face current ADCC champion Ffion Davies in a superfight at the inaugural CJI. A massive superfight between ADCC champions Mackenzie Dern and Ffion Davies is set to go down at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) this August. View this post on Instagram A
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Former ADCC champion and current UFC strawweight Mackenzie Dern will compete at the 2024 ADCC World Championships. Decorated BJJ black belt and current UFC strawweight fighter Mackenzie Dern is set to return to the ADCC mats this year. On Thursday, the ADCC announced that Dern – a 2015 ADCC world
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Ahead of her main event bout at UFC Vegas 61, Mackenzie Dern told the media that she expects herself to score submission wins each time out. Mackenzie Dern has been two fights without earning a stoppage, and for her, that’s simply too long. On Saturday, the BJJ standout will square
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Jiu-jitsu specialist Mackenzie Dern will look to get back into the win column when she takes on fellow top-10 strawweight Tecia Torres at UFC 273. The event, which does not yet have a venue, is scheduled for Saturday, April 9. Torres announced the bout on Twitter. Dern last competed in
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Going into her October 2021 main event bout against Marina Rodriguez, jiu-jitsu specialist Mackenzie Dern was riding a four-fight unbeaten streak and knocking on the door of a shot at the UFC strawweight title. Dern, however, would lose a hard-fought decision that night. In a recent appearance on MMAJunkie Radio,
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Jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern is tantalizingly close to a shot a the UFC strawweight title. On October 9, Dern will compete in her first-ever UFC main event, when she will take on the no. 6-ranked strawweight Marina Rodriguez. In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Dern explained the weaknesses she
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Jiu-jitsu standout Mackenzie Dern is continuing her climb up the ranks of the UFC strawweight division. Dern is now scheduled to take on Marina Rodriguez in the main event of a UFC Fight Night on October 9. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto first broke the news of the bout. An IBJJF gi
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Elite Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Mackenzie Dern is scheduled to take one big step closer to fighting for the UFC strawweight title. In a recent interview with TMZ, UFC president Dana White revealed that the company is targeting a fight between Dern and top strawweight contender Marina Rogriguez. As the
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Mackenzie Dern extended her win streak to four fights when she submitted Nina Nunes in the first round at UFC Vegas 23. Nunes was Dern’s highest-ranked UFC opponent to-date, positioning Dern for a high-leverage fight in her next outing. The submission came in the final seconds of the first round.
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Mackenzie Dern might be jiu-jitsu’s best current hope of capturing a UFC title. On Saturday, April 10, Dern could take one massive step closer to a title shot when she meets no. 5-ranked strawweight Nina Ansaroff at UFC on ABC 2. Mackenzie Dern is, undoubtedly, one of the best female
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