Earlier tonight within the co-main occasion of UFC 330, ladies’s strawweight queen Mackenzie Dern efficiently defended her title towards Gillian Robertson by defeating “The Savage” by unanimous decison and snapping her five-fight win streak.
Mackenzie Dern had a robust opening spherical at UFC 330. The champ was the sharper fighter on the toes with nonstop output. The Brazilian additionally showcased her grappling superiority. She stuffed a number of of Robertson’s takedown makes an attempt, scored considered one of her personal, and inflicted injury from high place.
Dern additionally threatened the challenger with a kimura and tried a rear-naked choke, though she couldn’t safe a decent sufficient grip to complete her Canadian foe within the first body at UFC 330.
Spherical 2 was one other sturdy spherical for Dern. She continued to threaten Gillian Robertson with submission makes an attempt whereas racking up floor management time.
Spherical 3 adopted the same sample for the champion. Though the 33-year-old slowed down barely because the struggle progressed, she nonetheless managed to harm the challenger together with her jab and mixtures. Dern additionally scored one other takedown late within the spherical. Robertson, nonetheless, regarded extra assured within the third body and commenced attempting to dictate the tempo.
Spherical 4 was one other dominant spherical for the champion. Mackenzie Dern continued to dictate the motion on the bottom after taking Robertson down and controlling her for a lot of the stanza.
Within the fifth and remaining stanza, “The Savage” lastly secured a takedown and gained high management, however Dern’s strong protection prevented the challenger from inflicting any vital injury. Within the remaining 10 seconds, Robertson landed heavy ground-and-pound, which can be sufficient to steal the spherical. Nevertheless, it wasn’t sufficient to remain up on the judges’ scorecard.
Official decison: Champion Mackenzie Dern defeated Gillian Robertson by unanimous resolution (49-46 x2, 48-47) at UFC 330.
UFC 330: Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson – Highlights
