Dern vs Yan

Who won Dern vs Yan?

Yan Xiaonan beat Mackenzie Dern by majority decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 1st October 2022 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 47-47 in favor of the winner Yan Xiaonan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Dern vs Yan stats

Mackenzie Dern stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Yan Xiaonan made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

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

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

The stats suggested Yan had a massive power advantage over Dern, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dern had a massive advantage over Yan, boasting a 58% submission rate over Yan's 0%.

Mackenzie Dern was the younger woman by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dern. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Dern was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2016, 6 years and 8 months later than Yan, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 3 less professional rounds, 53 to Yan's 56.

Dern vs Yan form

Mackenzie Dern had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

She had defeated Virna Jandiroba at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Dern's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

Yan's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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