LAS VEGAS – Mackenzie Dern is happy to have made history Saturday, but her main goal goes beyond that. Dern (8-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) scored the first leg submission in women’s UFC history to open the main card of UFC on ESPN 9 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The jiu-jitsu standout caught Hannah Cifers in a kneebar midway through the first round of their strawweight contest after ending up on bottom in a scramble with Cifers. Despite getting a first-round finish, it was a rough fight for Dern since Cifers lived up to her toughness. “I’m so happy with my performance. I knew that Hannah wasn’t an easy girl,” Dern said in her post-fight news conference.
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Mackenzie Dern happy to make UFC history, but ultimate goal is to become mom champ – MMA Junkie