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.
Activity check
Dern's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 4 months, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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