Mar 18, 2018
Dern returns against Cooper at UFC 224
After her successful UFC debut, Mackenzie Dern will return to the Octagon against Amanda Cooper at UFC 224 which will take place on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro. Dern won her highly anticipated first promotional bout against Ashley Yoder via split decision at UFC 222.
TSN.ca Staff
After her successful UFC debut, Mackenzie Dern will return to the Octagon against Amanda Cooper at UFC 224 which will take place on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro.
Dern won her highly anticipated first promotional bout against Ashley Yoder via split decision at UFC 222.
The 24-year-old decorated jiu-jitsu practitioner entered the UFC with a 5-0 undefeated MMA record which she added to with her victory in the featured prelim bout in Las Vegas.
Dern has one half of her bouts via submission.
Cooper is in after a victory over Angela Magana at UFC 218 which she won via second round TKO.
The 26-year-old is 2-2 since joining the UFC, she also holds a victory over Anna Elmose.
A bantamweight bout between John Lineker and Brian Kelleher as well as a heavyweight tilt between Oleksiy Oliynyk and Junior Albini have also been added to the Jeunesse Arena card.
Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight title against Raquel Pennington in the main event and Brazilian legends Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida will also meet at the event.