Lemos vs Dern

Who won Lemos vs Dern?

Amanda Lemos beat Mackenzie Dern by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 298, on Saturday 17th February 2024 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Amanda Lemos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Lemos vs Dern stats

Amanda Lemos stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mackenzie Dern made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

This was Amanda Lemos' 13th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2017. Mackenzie Dern marked her 15th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Amanda Lemos' UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Mackenzie Dern's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Lemos had a massive power advantage over Dern, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dern had a massive advantage over Lemos, boasting a 54% submission rate over Lemos' 23%.

Amanda Lemos was the older woman by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Lemos had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Lemos' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Dern's, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2014, 2 years earlier than Dern, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 12 less professional rounds, 41 to Dern's 53.

Lemos vs Dern form

Lemos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Weili Zhang at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Marina Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.

Before that, she had been beaten by Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had defeated Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

Lemos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lemos vs Dern?

Amanda Lemos was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Mackenzie Dern made her way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.