Here's the match video of Marina Rodriguez vs Mackenzie Dern from yesterday's UFC show in Las Vegas. Marina is from Florianopolis, Brazil. She trains with Thai Brasil. She has very good kickboxing skills but she has no ground skills. Mackenzie trains with Jason Parillo in Huntington Beach, CA. She has improved since going there. But based on this fight, they still have some things to work on. Round two was the only time Mackenzie could get the fight to the ground. She needed to get a finish but she screwed around too much. Her ground and pound almost got that finish. But she stopped doing that and tried other things which were unsuccessful. For the rest of the fight, Marina was able to do enough to keep Mackenzie away. With Mackenzie's fighting style, she needs to eat shots to close the distance. And she wasn't willing to do that. Parillo kept yelling at her to move forward and she just reverted to bad habits that he needs to fix. I scored the fight 49-47 for Marina. I scored round two 10-8 for Mackenzie. All three judges scored it 49-46 for Marina. It's a missed opportunity because Mackenzie fought stupid. I don't expect Marina to get a title shot. And Carla Esparza is waiting for a title shot. So I don't expect her or Joanna Jedrzeczyk to fight her. Jessica Andrade is a possibility. Enjoy the video.
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