Forward of her UFC Vegas 102 headliner, strawweight star, Mackenzie Dern turned some heads at the moment throughout her media obligations, bringing a sizeable emotional assist mutt together with her for her engagement forward of her rematch combat 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 shedding run, touchdown a unanimous choice win over Crazy Godinez at UFC Battle Evening Abu Dhabi.
And rekindling her rivalry with Brazilian grappling star, Ribas, Dern will look to avenge her first-ever skilled combined martial arts defeat, when her seven-fight run was halted in a unanimous choice 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 general combined martial arts recreation since her transition from submission grappling, based on former title challenger and UFC alum, Jessica Penne.
“I used to be watching their [Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas] earlier combat this morning, and I see a whole lot of enhancements in each girls, however extra on Dern’s aspect,” Jessica Penne stated throughout a podcast episode with Angela Hill. “Don’t get me improper, Ribas has been trying actually good in her fights. I believe she’s been placing her punches and strikes collectively a bit of bit higher, following up, whereas of their first combat, she type of simply hit after which moved. I see Dern coming ahead much more on this combat. I believe Dern has crammed in additional gaps since they fought.”
