Mackenzie Dern feels she has come a great distance since her first struggle towards Vilna Jandilova.
Practically 5 years in the past, Dern earned a unanimous choice victory over Jandiroba. She has an opportunity to get a two-up with the Brazilian fighter within the co-main occasion of UFC 321 on October twenty fifth on the Etihad Enviornment. Extra importantly, the winner will go away Abu Dhabi because the undisputed girls’s strawweight world champion.
Regardless of being identified for his world-class grappling, Dern and Jandiroba’s first struggle was fought totally on the toes.
“I watched it lately and it simply broke my coronary heart,” Dern stated in an interview with MMA Combating. “We have been preventing on a regular basis and I barely knew how one can throw a jab on the time. It was my first full camp with Pirro, I used to be simply getting back from being pregnant, and I gained that struggle with guts and coronary heart.”
“I am a very completely different fighter now, and I do know Vilna has additionally grown lots. This struggle goes to be fully completely different.”
Dern is 5-5 contained in the Octagon since defeating Jandiroba at UFC 256, however enters her first title shot on a two-fight win streak with wins over Crazy Godinez and Amanda Rivas. Earlier than that, she suffered back-to-back losses by the hands of Jessica Andrade and Amanda Lemos.
Jandiroba, then again, has a really spectacular 6-1 file since dropping to Dern six months in the past. She heads to the UAE with wins in her final 5 fights, together with a second-round submission win over Lemos and most lately a decisive unanimous choice win over Yan Xiaona.
Jandiroba is presently trending at +110 at a number of sportsbooks, making him a slight underdog, whereas Dern is trending because the -130 betting favourite.
