Mackenzie Lynne Dern Santos is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. She is a former world No. 1 ranked IBJJF competitor, currently ranked 6th among the female divisions. Dern made her promotional debut against Ashley Yoder on March 3, 2018, at UFC 222. She faced Amanda Cooper on May 12, 2018 at UFC 224.
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Mackenzie Lynne Dern Santos is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. She is a former world No. 1 ranked IBJJF competitor, currently ranked 6th among the female divisions. As of October 26, 2020, she is #11 in the UFC women’s strawweight rankings. Dern made her promotional debut against Ashley Yoder on March 3, 2018, at UFC 222. She faced Amanda Cooper on May 12, 2018 at UFC 224.
In February 2019, Dern announced that she had put her MMA career on hold due to pregnancy. Her daughter, Moa, was born on June 9, 2019. According to Dern, she left Black House MMA after a reported incident concerning her original coach, Juan Gomez, where he got into a physical altercation with her husband over a disagreement about money. She and her husband were asked to leave the team as per BJJ Records as per Carlos Gracie Sr.
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