On a show that featured a legitimate top tier middleweight fight and a championship women’s bantamweight fight, it appeared most of the talk in the days leading up to UFC 224 centered around Mackenzie Dern, who fit into neither of those categories.
Dern also didn’t fit into what was supposed to be her strawweight division.
Dern arrived in Rio de Janeiro at 139.5 pounds for a fight at 115. The fact that things proceeded from there makes one question the protocol of all involved, because no matter how you slice it, cutting 23.