Dern vs Torres

Who won Dern vs Torres?

Mackenzie Dern beat Tecia Pennington by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 273, on Saturday 9th April 2022 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Mackenzie Dern.

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).

Dern vs Torres stats

Mackenzie Dern stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Tecia Pennington made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 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. Tecia Pennington marked her 17th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Mackenzie Dern's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Tecia Pennington's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Pennington had a slight advantage in power over Dern, with a 8% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dern had a massive advantage over Pennington, boasting a 64% submission rate over Pennington's 8%.

Mackenzie Dern was the younger woman by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Dern had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pennington. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Dern was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2016, 3 years and 9 months later than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 7 less professional rounds, 53 to Pennington's 60.

Dern vs Torres form

Mackenzie Dern had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Marina Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Virna Jandiroba at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Randa Markos at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Hannah Cifers at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had been beaten by Amanda Ribas at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Tecia Pennington had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she was victorious against Angela Hill at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, she had been defeated by Weili Zhang at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Before that, she had been beaten by Jessica Andrade at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

She had won against Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Mackenzie Dern had been fighting more than Tecia Pennington.

Going to this contest, Mackenzie Dern had last fought 3 years, 5 months and 2 days ago, while Tecia Pennington's last outing had been 3 years, 7 months and 4 days ago.

Dern's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 30 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Pennington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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