Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-01, mom’s match isn’t so exciting: Mackenzie Dern vs Xiaonan Yan gets two stars (check out our ratings for The best Mma matches of 2022).
Yan vs Dern is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, at UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in the 5-round strawweight division (115 lbs, 52 kg); it is the main event of UFC Vegas 61 (also known as UFC Fight Night 211 or UFC on ESPN+ 69). Watch the video and Rate this fight!
Mackenzie Dern’s record
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, former ADCC world champion and BJJ no-gi Mackenzie Dern enters this bout with a professional record of 12-2-0 (58% completion rate) and she is ranked as Number 7 straw weight class of women in the world.
In the last three matches, she defeated Nina Nunes (Mackenzie Dern vs Nina Ansaroff) and Tecia Torres (Mackenzie Dern vs Tecia Torres), but between these two fights, she lost to Marina Rodriguez (Mackenzie Dern vs Marina Rodriguez).
Xiaonan Yan’s record
Her opponent, Xiaonan Yan, has a mma record of 15-3-0 (Win rate on deposit 47% – she never won via ko/tko) and she joined as Number 11 in the weight distribution of straw.
In the last three matches, she defeated Claudia Gadelha (Claudia Gadelha vs Xiaonan Yan) but then she lost twice, to Carla Esparza (Xiaonan Yan vs Carla Esparza) and Marina Rodriguez.
Battle card
Here’s the full UFC Vegas 61 fight card (we’ll update it as we weigh in):
KEY CARDS (live on ESPN/ESPN+)
Mackenzie Dern vs Xiaonan Yan
Randy Brown vs Francisco Trinaldo
Raoni Barcelos vs Trevin Jones
Sodiq Yusuff and Don Shainis
Viacheslav Borshchev vs Mike Davis
KEY CARDS (live on ESPN+)
John Castaneda and Daniel Gustavo Santos
Alexey Oleynik vs Ilir Latifi
Jesse Ronson vs Joaquim Silva
Krzysztof Jotko vs Brendan Allen
Julija Stoliarenko vs Chelsea Chandler
Guido Cannetti vs Randy Costa
Pre-match press conference
Watch UFC Vegas 61’s pre-fight press conference for free, featuring Xiaonan Yan and Mackenzie Dern!
Consider
Watch UFC Vegas 61: Dern vs Yan head-to-head bout videos from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video/highlights
Here we will post a collection of the best videos of the match Mackenzie Dern vs Xiaonan Yan right after the match is over. If you watched the full fight, you can rate it at the end of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms like Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook etc and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official Highlights
Result
Who won the war between Dern and Yan?
Xiaonan Yan defeated Mackenzie Dern by majority decision. The score is 48–47, 48–47, 47–47.
Interview after the battle
Hear what the winner or two fighters have to say after their bout, here’s Mackenzie Dern and Xiaonan Yan’s 61st UFC Vegas octagon post-fight interview.
UFC Vegas 61 results
Here are the results of all the fights of UFC Vegas 61 Dern vs Yan.
MAIN CARD
Yan Xiaonan def. Mackenzie Dern via MD
Randy Brown defended. Francisco Trinaldo via UD
Raoni Barcelos protested. Trevin Jones via UD
Sodiq Yusuff def. Don Shainis via SUB r1
Mike Davis objected. Viacheslav Borshchev via UD
MAIN CARD
Daniel Santos objected. John Castaneda via KO r2
Ilir Latifi defeated. Aleksei Oleinik via UD
Joaquim Silva protested. Jesse Ronson via TKO r2
Brendan Allen objected. Krzysztof Jotko via SUB r1
Chelsea Chandler protested. Julija Stoliarenko via TKO r1
Guido Cannetti def. Randy Costa via SUB r1
Press conference after the game
Watch and listen to the official UFC Vegas 61 post-fight press conference video, featuring the main event Xiaonan Yan and Mackenzie Dern (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLmicqsbKtE
Bonus reward
UFC Vegas 61 Fight of the Night: Daniel Santos vs John Castaneda
UFC Vegas 61 Night Performances: Guido Cannetti, Chelsea Chandler, Brendan Allen, Joaquim Silva
