UFC Vegas 39: Mackenzie Dern vs Marina Rodriguez Prediction, Odds and Fight Preview

The main event of UFC Vegas 39’s fight card features the women’s strawweight contest between the number 4th ranked UFC women’s strawweight fighter, Mackenzie Dern facing the number 6th ranked women’s strawweight fighter, Marina Rodriguez. Here is the UFC Vegas 39 Mackenzie Dern vs Marina Rodriguez Prediction, Odds, and Fight Preview.

UFC Vegas 39: Mackenzie Dern vs Marina Rodriguez Fight Preview

Mackenzie Dern is one of the best grapplers on the UFC women’s roster. She is a former ADCC and no-gi BJJ World Champion and Dern made her UFC debut against Ashley Yoder on UFC 222. She holds a record of 6-1 inside UFC and lost only one fight against Amanda Ribas on UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs Waterson.

She is coming into this fight riding a winning streak of four fights, with her latest win coming against Nina Nunes at UFC on ABC: Vettori vs Holland. Mackenzie Dern won three performances of the night bonus in her last four fights and she finished all of them in the first round itself.

A win at UFC Vegas 39 will take Dern an inch closer to the women’s strawweight title shot and she’ll look forward to utilizing this opportunity to the fullest.

Marina Rodriguez on the other hand holds a completely different fighting style as compared to Dern. She is an elite striker who made her UFC debut against Maria De Oliveira Neta on Dana White’s Contender Series Brazil 2.

She holds a record of 4-2-1 inside UFC which includes a loss against former UFC women’s strawweight champion, Carla Esparza and two draws coming against Randa Markos and Cynthia Calvillo each. Rodriguez is coming into this fight with a two-fight win streak with her latest win coming against Michelle Waterson at UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs Waterson.

UFC Vegas 39: Mackenzie Dern vs Marina Rodriguez Prediction and Odds

Mackenzie Dern is the crowd favorite entering into this fight with betting odds of -161 in her favor against Marina Rodriguez who’ll be coming into this fight as an underdog with betting odds of +130 in her favor.

This fight is going to be a classic contest between striker and grappler and it is going to be interesting to see which woman will move closer to the title shot with a win in this one.

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