The Weight Cutting Chronicles: UFC Vegas 11

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Mackenzie Dern Credit: Cageside Press

Mackenzie Dern (8-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC)

Strawweight (115lbs): 3-1 Missed weight 1 time

Mackenzie Dern made her debut in the UFC back in March of 2018 when she won a split decision over Ashley Yoder.

In Dern’s sophomore fight, against Amanda Cooper 2 months later, she missed weight, coming in at 123lbs. for a strawweight bout.  The bout proceeded as a catchweight fight and Dern won by first-round submission but it was bittersweet.

Dern took about a year and a half off after the fight and gave birth to her daughter before returning to make weight at 115lbs successfully for her fight against Amanda Ribas. Dern last fought in May when she finished Hannah Cifers and again will be looking to fight in the strawweight division for her fight at UFC Vegas 11.