Mackenzie
Dern showed she is far more than just a grappler at
UFC Fight Night 223.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt dominated
Angela Hill
in all aspects of their strawweight bout en route to a lopsided
unanimous decision triumph in Saturday’s headliner at the UFC Apex
in Las Vegas. In addition to a dangerous submission game, Dern
showcased heavy-handed standup and vicious ground-and-pound in an
impressive performance against a veteran foe.
Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 223, with
statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.
8: Strawweight victories for Dern, tying her with
Jessica
Andrade and
Xiaonan Yan
for sixth most in UFC history in the weight class.
126: Significant strikes landed by Dern, an
Ultimate Fighting Championship career best. Her previous high
of 82 came in a victory against
Virna
Jandiroba at UFC 256. By comparison, Hill landed 66 significant
strikes.
104: Signficant head strikes for Dern. Hill, meanwhile, landed just
27.
1,834: Days since Dern’s last knockdown in UFC competition, when
she dropped
Amanda
Bobby Brundage at UFC 224. Dern scored her first knockdown
since then when she floored Hill with a right hand in the opening
stanza.
3: Takedowns landed in nine attempts for Dern, who also secured
13:12 of control time. Hill did not attempt a takedown but did log
7:11 of control time in defeat.
22: Total UFC strawweight bouts for Hill, the most in the history
of the division.
Randa
Markos is No. 2 with 18.
1,820: Career significant strikes for Hill. With the 66 she landed
against Dern, Hill passed
Frankie
Edgar for No. 2 all-time in significant strikes landed in UFC
history.
Max
Holloway is well ahead of the field with 3,122.
4: Consecutive victories for
Anthony
Hernandez following his third-round TKO of
Edmen
Shahbazyan in the UFC Fight Night 223 co-main event. That ties
him with
Caio
Borralho and
Andre
Petroski for the second-longest active winning streak in the
UFC’s middleweight division behind
Dricus Du
Plessis (five).
25: Significant strikes landed byShahbazyan. Hernandez landed 15
significant strikes during that same time.
48: Combined significant strikes landed by Hernandez in the final
two periods, when he earned a technical knockout victory 61 seconds
into Round 3. Shahbazyan landed just five significant strikes in
that same timeframe.
6: Takedowns landed in 15 attempts for Hernandez. “Fluffy” also
attempted four submissions and logged 7:11 of control time in his
victory.