Again in October 2019, Mackenzie Dern was matched up with Amanda Ribas for her third UFC struggle. After a 7-0 begin in MMA, the embellished Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner was handed her first style of defeat at Ribas’ arms, dropping a choice in Tampa.
Simply over 5 years later, she will be able to now say that she avenged that loss after submitting Ribas in the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 101.
The Brazilian ranked strawweight and flyweight was in a position to land some sharp elbows early. However Dern, the grappling specialist, was in a position to get Ribas on the bottom for over half of the primary spherical. Throughout that point, she introduced down some efficient ground-and-pound.
Ribas labored her manner again to the ft late within the first after which had extra exercise in a quiet second spherical. Dern, nevertheless, introduced the motion again to the bottom within the third body and locked up a traditional, late armbar to attain the submission.
In doing so, the elite BJJ artist grew to become the primary to ever submit Ribas contained in the cage.
Mackenzie Dern Submits Amanda Ribas In Rematch Over 5 Years In The Making
Dern wins the struggle with an arm bar!Dern held guard and elbowed Ribas to chop herUsed submissions to comb RibasThen submitted Ribas from topBrazilian jiujitsu masterclass by Mackenzie Dern pic.twitter.com/FMH27J1Kvb
— William – Open Notice Grappling
(@OpenNoteGrapple) January 12, 2025
MacKenzie Dern's finest MMA submission by a rustic mile. My hat is off to her. What a sweep, what an adjustment, what an armbar
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— Liam Picks Fights (@LiamPicksFights) January 12, 2025
What a slick armbar. Love a Dern submission. Nice card and UFC 311 IS NEXT
— MS (@UFC_Obsessed) January 12, 2025
Dern, who appears to crack again into the highest 5 of the ladies’s strawweight rankings, has now received two straight and three of her final 5 bouts.
Ribas, in the meantime, has now misplaced three of her final 5 fights.
