Rodriguez vs Dern

Who won Rodriguez vs Dern?

Marina Rodriguez beat Mackenzie Dern by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of the winner Marina Rodriguez.

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).

Rodriguez vs Dern stats

Marina Rodriguez stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Mackenzie Dern made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 6 by submission.

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

Marina Rodriguez's UFC record stood at 7-6-2, while Mackenzie Dern's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Rodriguez had a massive power advantage over Dern, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dern had a massive advantage over Rodriguez, boasting a 60% submission rate over Rodriguez's 7%.

Marina Rodriguez was the older woman by 6 years, at 38 years old.

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

Rodriguez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2015, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Dern, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 13 more professional rounds, 66 to Dern's 53.

Rodriguez vs Dern 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.

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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.

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