Forward of her UFC Vegas 102 headliner, strawweight star, Mackenzie Dern turned some heads immediately throughout her media obligations, bringing a sizeable emotional assist mutt together with her for her engagement forward of her rematch struggle with Brazilian contender, Amanda Ribas.
Dern, the present quantity six ranked strawweight challenger, has been sidelined since August, the place she returned to the winner’s enclosure following a two-fight dropping run, touchdown a unanimous determination win over Crazy Godinez at UFC Combat Evening Abu Dhabi.
And rekindling her rivalry with Brazilian grappling star, Ribas, Dern will look to avenge her first-ever skilled blended martial arts defeat, when her seven-fight run was halted in a unanimous determination loss towards the flyweight and strawweight challenger.
Mackenzie Dern brings emotional assist canine, Mack together with her to media day
Showing at this night’s media day to finish her obligations, adorned grappler, Mackenzie Dern introduced together with her an emotional assist canine named Mack — to the occasion — turning some heads inside the media sphere.
Picked to probably avenge her loss to Ribas this weekend over the course of a 5 spherical setting, Dern is “closing the gaps” in her total blended martial arts sport since her transition from submission grappling, in accordance with former title challenger and UFC alum, Jessica Penne.
“I was watching their [Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas] previous fight this morning, and I see a lot of improvements in both ladies, but more on Dern’s side,” Jessica Penne mentioned throughout a podcast episode with Angela Hill. “Don’t get me wrong, Ribas has been looking really good in her fights. I think she’s been putting her punches and strikes together a little bit better, following up, whereas in their first fight, she kind of just hit and then moved. I see Dern coming forward a lot more in this fight. I think Dern has filled in more gaps since they fought.”
