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Mackenzie Dern
16-5tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

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Reported prose from our newsroom. BJJ specialist

Mackenzie Dern is 11-5 in 16 UFC fights since her debut on March 3, 2018.

Her past five began with two losses. Jessica Andrade stopped her by TKO in the second round on Nov. 11, 2023, and Amanda Lemos won a unanimous decision on Feb. 17, 2024.

Dern has won three straight since. She took a unanimous decision from Loopy Godinez on Aug. 3, 2024, submitted Amanda Ribas in the third round on Jan. 11, 2025, and won a unanimous decision over Virna Jandiroba on Oct. 25, 2025.

The Jandiroba fight ran five rounds and was contested as a women's strawweight title bout, the only scheduled five-rounder among her last five appearances. Her last five bouts have all been at women's strawweight.

Written 2026-08-15 · ahead of UFC 330 — Makhachev vs Machado Garry. News (#18) — checked against the fight record before publication.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

Nicknamepending
NationalityUnited States
HometownPhoenix, Arizona
Fighting out ofRVCA
Height5' 4"
Reach63.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age33
Date of birthMar 24, 1993
Weight115 lbs.
Pro record16-5
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking53
Defence42
Grappling / TD35
Cardio53
Chin51
Fight IQ47

Our record on Mackenzie Dern

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Mackenzie Dern 5×, 3 correct (3-2 — 60% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-08-15Gillian RobertsonMakhachev vs Machado Garry53.5%Correct
2025-10-25Virna JandirobaUFC Fight Night: Klein vs Rebecki52.4%Correct
2024-02-17Amanda LemosUFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Dern55.1%Missed
2023-11-11Jessica AndradeUFC Fight Night: Ricci vs Godinez57.7%Missed
2023-05-20Angela HillUFC Fight Night: Latifi vs Nascimento62.2%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Mackenzie Dern

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD74.4%ACC 36%BODY14.6%ACC 77%LEGS11.0%ACC 94%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 74.4% upstairs — +11.5 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
74.4% acc 36%+11.5 vs field
BODY
14.6% acc 77%−6.2 vs field
LEGS
11.0% acc 94%−5.3 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 74%CLINCH 10%GROUND 17%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

17 UFC fights · 851 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 16-5. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Gillian RobertsonMakhachev vs Machado Garry2026-08-15
W · vs Virna JandirobaUFC Fight Night: Klein vs Rebecki2025-10-25
L · vs Amanda LemosUFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Dern2024-02-17
L · vs Jessica AndradeUFC Fight Night: Ricci vs Godinez2023-11-11
W · vs Angela HillUFC Fight Night: Latifi vs Nascimento2023-05-20
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