Former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor was the primary to weigh-in on tonight’s UFC Vegas 101 headliner between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas, congratulating the previous on her redemption in opposition to the Brazilian with a late third spherical armbar submission win within the evening’s essential occasion.
Dern, who first confronted off with Ribas again in 2019 in a visit to Florida, dropped her first-ever skilled blended martial arts loss to the Minas Gerais native — seeing her excellent run of seven consecutive wins halted because of this in a unanimous choice loss.
And tonight, avenging her loss 5 years after the very fact, Arizona-born Jiu-Jitsu queen, Mackenzie Dern turned in her eighth profession submission win in opposition to Brazilian foe, Ribas — wrapping up a late armbar submission win simply lower than 10-seconds remaining within the body.
Conor McGregor heaps reward on Mackenzie Dern after UFC Vegas 101 win
Off the again of her win, Mackenzie Dern made her intentions clear to proceed to work towards a primary strawweight title cost within the division, noting that she hopes to combat up within the rankings subsequent, with incoming title challenger, Tatiana Suarez watching tonight’s motion from Octagon-side.
Returning subsequent month in a bid to change into the promotion’s newest unbeaten titleholder, Final Fighter winner, Suarez travels to Australia to co-headline UFC 312 in a title pursuit in opposition to the undisputed, Zhang Weili.
