Grappling star, Mackenzie Dern has as soon as extra proven off her beautiful capability on the mat in her rematch with Brazilian foe, Amanda Ribas of their UFC Vegas 101 headliner tonight — submitting the strawweight and flyweight challenger with late third spherical armbar to avenge a 2019 defeat.
Dern, the present quantity six ranked strawweight challenger, entered tonight’s rematch towards Ribas off the again of a 2019 pairing between the duo in Florida, through which her excellent unbeaten document in blended martial arts was halted at seven fights with the previous delivering a unanimous choice win.
Nonetheless, 5 years on, Dern has avenged that blemish, and reignited her path to a primary title cost within the Octagon, wrapping up an eventual third spherical armbar win over the Brazilian favourite with simply lower than 10 seconds remaining within the third spherical of their foremost occasion conflict.
With undisputed strawweight champion, Zhang Weili set to return subsequent month at UFC 312 in Sydney, Dern is bound to have a eager eye on proceedings between the Chinese language titleholder and the unbeaten challenger, Tatiana Suarez — who featured Octagon-side tonight to look at occasions unfold.
Beneath, catch the highlights from Mackenzie Dern’s submission win over Amanda Ribas
