Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern is ranked 5th of 156 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating, and the UFC’s women's strawweight champion.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,8585th of 156 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.78Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,860, 15 Aug 2026
- Record
- 17–5Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2026 | Won vs Gillian Robertson TitleUFC 330 - Makhachev vs. Garry · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +14 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Won vs Virna Jandiroba TitleUFC 321 - Aspinall vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +22 |
| 11 Jan 2025 | Won vs Amanda RibasUFC Fight Night 249 - Dern vs. Ribas 2 · Submission (Armbar), R3 | +19 |
| 3 Aug 2024 | Won vs Lupita GodinezUFC on ABC 7 - Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +18 |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Lost to Amanda LemosUFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −4 |
| 11 Nov 2023 | Lost to Jessica AndradeUFC 295 - Prochazka vs. Pereira · TKO (Punches), R2 | −24 |
| 20 May 2023 | Won vs Angela HillUFC Fight Night 223 - Dern vs. Hill · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +20 |
| 1 Oct 2022 | Lost to Xiaonan YanUFC Fight Night 211 - Dern vs. Yan · Decision (Majority), R5 | −12 |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Won vs Tecia PenningtonUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Split), R3 | +22 |
| 9 Oct 2021 | Lost to Marina RodriguezUFC Fight Night 194 - Dern vs. Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −16 |
| 10 Apr 2021 | Won vs Nina NunesUFC on ABC 2 - Vettori vs. Holland · Submission (Armbar), R1 | +39 |
| 12 Dec 2020 | Won vs Virna JandirobaUFC 256 - Figueiredo vs. Moreno · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +46 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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