Fighter profile

Mackenzie Dern

Women's Strawweight · UFC record 12-5 · 17 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 15 Aug 2026

Submission HunterControl Grappler

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)72

Power68

Striking defense72

Takedown defense60

WrestlingProvisional measure70

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (17 detailed fights; as of Sat 15 Aug 2026). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED77.8

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED64.4

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 163 cm (5'4")
Reach: 160 cm (5'3")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 33

Last 3: W W W (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

17 detailed UFC fights · 52 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 15 Aug 2026; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed16.4significant, per round

Strikes absorbed18.1per round

Striking differential-1.7per round

Takedown attempts1.58per round

Takedown defense40.6%of attempts stopped

Finish rate41.7%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 16.4
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 18.1
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): -1.7
Striking accuracy: 41.4%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 52.7%
Knockdowns per round: 0.04
Target: head / body / leg: 74.4% / 14.6% / 11.1%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 73.8% / 9.5% / 16.7%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 1.58
Takedowns landed per round: 0.35
Takedown accuracy: 21.9%
Takedown defense: 40.6%
Control time per round: 1:26
Submission attempts per round: 0.33
Reversals per round: 0.15

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 12-5-0
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 41.7%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 0 · 5 · 7
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 1 · 0 · 4
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 2 / 6
Average fight time: 14:48 (over 16 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Mackenzie Dern — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 15 Aug 2026	Gillian Robertson	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry
Sat 25 Oct 2025	Virna Jandiroba	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane
Sat 11 Jan 2025	Amanda Ribas	W	SUB Armbar	R3 4:56	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2
Sat 3 Aug 2024	Loopy Godinez	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
Sat 17 Feb 2024	Amanda Lemos	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria

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Mackenzie Dern — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 11 Nov 2023	Jessica Andrade	L	KO/TKO Punch	R2 3:15	UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira
Sat 20 May 2023	Angela Hill	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill
Sat 1 Oct 2022	Yan Xiaonan	L	M-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan
Sat 9 Apr 2022	Tecia Pennington	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
Sat 9 Oct 2021	Marina Rodriguez	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez
Sat 10 Apr 2021	Nina Nunes	W	SUB Armbar	R1 4:48	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland
Sat 12 Dec 2020	Virna Jandiroba	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno
Sat 19 Sep 2020	Randa Markos	W	SUB Armbar	R1 3:44	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
Sat 30 May 2020	Hannah Cifers	W	SUB Kneebar	R1 2:36	UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns
Sat 12 Oct 2019	Amanda Ribas	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
Sat 12 May 2018	Amanda Cooper	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R1 2:27	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Sat 3 Mar 2018	Ashley Yoder	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya

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