Brazilian Mackenzie Dern won by submission with an unstoppable armlock during the third round of her fight against her compatriot Amanda Ribas, Saturday evening, during the first “UFC Fight Night” gala of the year , in Las Vegas.
The 31-year-old fighter, nicknamed “the queen of jiu jitsu”, thus obtains her revenge against Ribas who inflicted the first defeat of her career during a shock in October 2019.
This is a first victory by submission for Dern since April 2021. She also wins a second victory in a row after suffering two defeats in February 2024 and November 2023.
The evening was punctuated by several knockouts, some of which were quite spectacular. The knockout of the evening undoubtedly goes to Brazilian Cesar Almeida, who sent his Ghanaian rival Abdul Razak Alhassan to dreamland in a main card fight.
List of fights of the evening:
MAIN CARD
Mackenzie Dern (15-5-0) wins by submission in the third round v. Amanda Ribas (13-6-0)
Mackenzie Dern gets her revenge –
Santiago Ponzinibbio (31-8-0) wins by knockout. in the third round against Carlston Harris (19-7-0)
Santiago Ponzinibbio imposes his law in the third round –
Cesar Almeida (7-1-0) passes the KO. in the first round to Abdul Razak Alhassan (12-7-0)
Almeida, the KO. of the evening in Las Vegas –
Chris Curtis (31-12-0) lost by knockout. in the third round in front of Roman Kopylov (14-3-0)
Roman Kopylov wins by knockout. with just a second to go! –
Christian Rodriguez (12-2-0) wins by unanimous decision v. Austin Bashi (13-1-0)
Punahele Soriano (11-4-0) wins by knockout. in the first round c. Uros Medic (10-3-0)
Un 7e K.-O. pour Panahele Soriano –
PRELIMINARY FIGHTS
Jose Johnson (16-10-0) loses by submission in the first round to Felipe Bunes (14-7-0)
Marco Tulio (13-1-0) wins by knockout. in the first round c. Ihor Potieria (20-8-0)
Marco Tulio unleashes his power! –
Thiago Moises (19-8-0) wins by unanimous decision v. Trey Ogden (18-7-0)
Preston Parsons (11-6-0) is beaten by KO. from the 1st round by Jacobe Smith (10-0-0)
A smashing entry from Jacobe Smith –
Ernesta Kareckaite (6-1-1) wins by split decision v. Nicolle Caliari (8-3-0)
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (9-1-0) slips by unanimous decision over Bruno Lopes (14-1-0)
Fatima Kline (7-1-0) wins by K.-O. in the 2nd round c. Victoria Dudakova (8-2-0)
Nurullo Aliev (10-0-0) wins by unanimous decision v. Joe Solecki (13-6-0)
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