Dern vs Cooper

Who won Dern vs Cooper?

Mackenzie Dern beat Amanda Cooper by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 224, on Saturday 12th May 2018 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Dern vs Cooper division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Dern vs Cooper stats

Mackenzie Dern stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Amanda Cooper made her way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Mackenzie Dern's 15th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018.

Mackenzie Dern's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Amanda Cooper's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Dern, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dern had an advantage over Cooper, with a 50% submission rate over Cooper's 33%.

Mackenzie Dern was the younger woman by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Dern had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cooper. Despite this, Cooper had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Dern's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Cooper's, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2016, 2 years and 5 months later than Cooper, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 37 more professional rounds, 53 to Cooper's 16.

Dern vs Cooper form

Mackenzie Dern had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Jessica Andrade at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Yan Xiaonan at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had beaten Tecia Pennington at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

She had been defeated by Marina Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Dern's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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