The point of title fights is to determine who is the best in the world in a particular weight class. You can quibble with Dern and Jandiroba being called the best at strawweight, but Zhang Weili left ...

Mackenzie Dern is now at the top of the mountain in the UFC but the newly minted titleholder is prepared for the true grind ...

In a hard-fought, five-round fight, Dern (15-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) outpointed Virna Jandiroba (22-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) to win a ...

Craig Pekios is a freelance writer born and raised in Bettendorf, IA. Joining LowKick MMA in May 2022, Craig has more than ...

The UFC women's strawweight division has a new queen. Mackenzie Dern has spent her entire mixed martial arts career maturing ...

The decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt continued to reassert herself as serious contender in the women’s strawweight division when she disposed of Amanda Ribas with an armbar in the third round ...

The latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the UFC rankings toward contention and others fall away.

Mackenzie Dern became just the sixth different name to become strawweight champion Saturday when she defeated Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321 to claim the vacant belt.

Ten years after her World Jiu-Jitsu Championship upset win in the UAE, the Huntington Beach strawweight is back to face Virna ...