Mackenzie Dern improved to 6-0 in MMA with the closest victory of her fighting career on Saturday night, defeating Ashley Yoder via split decision at UFC 222. It represented a lot of different experiences for the grappling wizard.
There was a lot of hype and expectation around Dern going into her Octagon debut, and she knew that most of the fans expected her to get a quick finish at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The stoppage didn’t come, and she thinks that was actually good for her evolution as a mixed martial artist.