Mackenzie Dern waited over 5 years however lastly acquired her revenge in a rematch with Amanda Ribas within the UFC Vegas 101 foremost occasion.
In contrast to their first assembly the place she simply couldn’t rating a takedown, and finally misplaced a choice, Dern spent virtually the whole combat on the bottom this time round as she continuously 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 in a position to break Ribas’ grip to increase the submission, which earned the faucet only a cut up second later with the combat coming to an finish at 4:56 within the third spherical.
“I’m comfortable, I wished to get my submission document larger,” Dern mentioned about her newest victory. “We have been in a position to get some takedowns. She’s such a troublesome fighter.
“From 5 years in the past to get this win was heavy on me. I’m comfortable 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 principally taking part in 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 prepared to go to the bottom along with her.
Dern now enjoys the spoils of a two-fight win streak as she seems to be to maneuver ahead within the strawweight division in 2025.
“I simply wish to get one other win in a row,” Dern mentioned about what she needs subsequent. “I might hope somebody in entrance [of me in the rankings] however we’ll see.”
