Mackenzie Dern waited over 5 years however lastly acquired her revenge in a rematch with Amanda Ribas within the UFC Vegas 101 primary occasion.
Not like their first assembly the place she simply couldn’t rating a takedown, and finally misplaced a call, Dern spent nearly your entire battle on the bottom this time round as she always battled for positions with Ribas in a number of grappling exchanges. It wasn’t till Dern noticed a gap for an armbar from the underside that allowed her to attain a reversal, which ended along with her within the mount on high of Ribas.
With time ticking away, Dern determined to latch onto the armbar once more however she was capable of break Ribas’ grip to increase the submission, which earned the faucet only a break up second later with the battle coming to an finish at 4:56 within the third spherical.
“I’m completely satisfied, I needed to get my submission document larger,” Dern stated about her newest victory. “We had been capable of get some takedowns. She’s such a tricky fighter.
“From 5 years in the past to get this win was heavy on me. I’m completely satisfied to get that [loss] off and to get two wins in a row.”
It was a continuing battle of positions with Dern scoring an early takedown within the opening spherical and sustaining high place with Ribas largely enjoying protection by tying her up from the underside. Whereas Dern was in management, she couldn’t actually do a lot injury or search for submissions with Ribas largely nullifying her offense.
It was a powerful efficiency from Dern, who continues to point out why her Brazilian jiu-jitsu is so deadly towards anyone keen to go to the bottom along with her.
Dern now enjoys the spoils of a two-fight win streak as she seems to maneuver ahead within the strawweight division in 2025.
“I simply need to get one other win in a row,” Dern stated about what she desires subsequent. “I’d hope somebody in entrance [of me in the rankings] however we’ll see.”
